GF Tribune: Americans begin Silver Cup Wednesday
GF Tribune: Americans begin Silver Cup Wednesday
By Steve Schreck, sschreck@greatfallstribune.com
March 30, 2016
GREAT FALLS, MT -- Jeff Heimel and Connor Barta believe the Great Falls Americans are playing their best hockey of the season.
It could not have come at a better time.
The Americans, fresh off of back-to-back Frontier championships, are in Romeoville, Ill, this week for the North American 3 Hockey League’s Silver Cup, a national tournament that features the top eight teams in the league.
“It’s good to peak at the right time,” said Heimel, the Great Falls head coach.
The tournament, to commence Wednesday at the Canlan Ice Arena, is comprised of the NA3HL’s six division champions and two wild cards.
Two pools separate the eight squads, and both pools will battle each other for the first three days before the top two teams in each pool meet in semifinal play Saturday. The winners will compete for the title Sunday.
“Right now, we are pretty much taking it a game at a time. We’re really looking forward to playing (Point) Mallard (Ala.) here (Wednesday),” Barta, the veteran defenseman, said of the team’s first game Wednesday night at 6:30. “Right now, a game at a time. But it’d be awesome to win this whole thing.” Read More>
