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	Capital Cup Results
	Maryland Crush take the Cup in 1-0 shootout win over Wings In one of the most amazing MLRH games ever played, the Maryland Crush and the Virginia Wings played a thriller that will be long remembered in the DC area. Maryland goalie Kevin Columbo and the Wings JP Alley put on a show, battling to a 0-0 draw at the end of regulation and these guys were just getting started. Columbo and Alley continued the "Saga of the dueling goaltenders" and posted matching shutouts in the five-minute sudden death overtime as well. In the shootout, both keepers stopped the initial shooters but, in round two, Maryland's Alex Bidas beat Alley in the second round and that was enough as Cloumbo made it stand up. Virginia Wings Coach Chuck Foster had nothing but praise for both netminders, "I've been coaching a long time and I've seen goaltenders have great games but to both guys that hot is pretty special." The Wings Captain Sean Gaglione was equally impressed with the goaltending. "It wasn't like we were just shooting from the perimeter, both teams were getting quality shots and both of those guys were incredible." DC Smoke show takes the AAA Title the hard way. Leading 3-1 late in the game, the DC Metro Smoke Show only needed to hang on to advance to the Championship game vs. New York. But Team Tricerat (Baltimore) rallied to tie the game at three and that was enough to force a "Do-over." In game two, the Smoke Show jumped to a 3-0 lead and this time they hung on, advancing to meet the New York Rockers AAA team. The Smoke jumped to an early lead with New York closing to 2-1 and 3-2 but midway through the final period, DC put two more on the board and at, 5-2, they were in control. The Rockers added a late goal to draw within two but it was too little, too late. The Virginia RoughRiders took the AA title, downing the Tricerat AA team for the Championship.

	MLRH ROLLER HOCKEY NIGHT IN DC!
	Melanie Moore of the Miami Mambo's Slamm Hockey team is interviewed for the Roller Hockey Network to debut in September. Ms. Moore and the Mambo went on to upset Itan Chavira and the LA Cru but, later on, things went south for the Mambo against the Motor City Hot Wheels when they ran into the high-scoring Stefanie Metcalf. Ms. Metcalf, selected the nations top women's ice hockey player and first team All-American at Colorado, laid four goals on the Mambo. Jenna Donnelly added another as the women contributed five of Detroit's seven goals to set a Slamm Hockey scoring record.

Slamm Hockey League

Saturday Night Crazyness

Mambo, LA and Motor City all finish the night 1-1.

Slamm Hockey's opening night at the Gardens Arena was a wild night with upsets, some big hits and a huge night from Stephanie Metcalf who tallied four goals to power the Motor City Hot Wheels to a 7-2 win over the Miami Mambo.

Metcalf''s record breaking performance could not have come at a better time as, earlier in the evening, they lost a 4-3 thriller to the La Cru. The Cru got on the board early on a goal from Emily Hall and each time the Wheels evened the score, Itan Chaviria found a way to put LA back on top with the game ending at 4-3.

Later in the evening, the Miami Mambo posted a 5-4 win over the Cru in another thrlller and then, when the Mambo were feeling pretty good abut themselves, Ms. Metcalf put a big hurt on the Mambo. For the record, it was the first hat trick by a woman in Slamm Hockey, much less a 4-goal game.

Metcalf, a former collage ice hockey star at Colorado, has made a very nice transition to playing on wheels. In 2004, she was named the best woman in women's ice hockey and selected as a first team all-star.

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