Site announced for 2006 Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships

The National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association proudly announces the 2006 Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships, to be held April 5-9, 2006 at the Carolina SportsPlex in Morrisville, North Carolina. The event will bring over 50 teams in 4 divisions (Division I, Division II, Division III, and B Division) together to compete for the title of National Champion.  The teams selected to participate in the tournament will be announced the week of March 6-10 of 2006, on the NCRHA website www.ncrha.org.  A website specific to the National Championships will be released as the event nears with details on travel, hotels, and event specifics.

The 2005 Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships were held at OD?s Sports Crossing in Ft. Collins, Colorado.  Lindenwood University claimed their 3rd consecutive Division I National Championship by defeating the University of Central Florida, the University of Nevada defeated Neumann College for the Division II National Championship, Saint Charles Community College won their 6th consecutive Division III National Championship by defeating Riverside Community College, and Lindenwood University B took home their 2nd consecutive B Division National Championship by defeating Eastern Michigan?s B squad.  You can view the results from the 2005 Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships and 2004 as well.

This will be the eighth consecutive year that college roller hockey will crown national champions, going back to 1999.  It will be the first time that the event will be held in a location within the newly formed Southeast Collegiate Roller Hockey League (SECRHL), which formed in the 2005 merger between the SCRHA and ACRHA.

Several NCRHA Member Organizations have announced dates for their Regional Championship Tournaments.  The MCRHL will host their Regional Championship Tournament on February 25-26, 2006.  The ECRHA, GPCIHL, SCHL, SECRHL, and WCRHL Regional Championship Tournaments will be on the weekend of March 3-5, 2006.

For more information, stay tuned to www.ncrha.org.