Mission Snipers

Mission Snipers
League NARCh
Based in New York City
Colors Yellow and Black
         

The Mission Snipers are a professional roller hockey team based out of New York who competes in Pro tournaments across North America.

2015: The summer started in Detroit, MI at Torhs Nationals. The Snipers added another Championship to their resume with a win over the Alkali Assault in the Championship. The team went undefeated during the tournament and Shane Fox really showed the roller hockey world why he is one of the top players in the sport. Fox and Sigmund played lights out all tournament and Troy Redmann proved once again to be the best goaltender the US has to offer. The Snipers were also $12,000 richer!

After TORHS was over a lot of the players went over to Finland for the IIHF Inline World Championships in Tampere. PJ Kavaya, Shane Fox, David Makowski, Nathan Sigmund, Greg Thompson, Pat Cannone, and Troy Redmann all represented the United States.

However, the tournament of the year was State Wars 11. State Wars Hockey had the best Pro Division the sport has seen in a long long time. The Pama Pro Invitational was unique in that it only allowed teams who were invited to play at the tournament. The Snipers had a tough round robin but squeaked into the playoffs as a 6th seed, taking down every team that go in their way! First the Bauer Bordercats, then the Pama Cyclones. In the finals the Snipers took down Alkali RPD and were awarded $20,000 and the right to call themselves the best team in the US.

2013: 2013 was yet again another great year for the Labeda Snipers. With new goaltender Troy Redmann (California), they won the NARCh Pro division with an undefeated record throughout the entire tournament. With the #1 seed after round robin play the Snipers took out some great teams on their path to gold. In the playoffs the Snipers beat the Mississauga Rattlers (Quarter Finals 8-1), Mission Next Gen (Semi Finals 2-1) and Alkali RPD (3-2 Finals). Alkali RPD was led by Travis Noe and is currently known as the best player in the world.

In the finals, Pat Cannone scored a nice short side shot over the blocker of Gerald Kuhn. Not too long after that Nathan Finney buried a great pass from Cody Baugh to notch the game up at 1. The Snipers would end the first period with a beautiful rebound goal from Kyle Kraemer that was assisted by Peter Messina. The second period was a battle and RPD could not get that tying goal passed Troy Redmann. Pj Tallo would bury a nice forehand shot over Kuhn's glove to put the Snipers up by a 3-1 score. With a couple of solid penalty kills and great defensive play, the Snipers would only allow RPD to score one more goal to end the game 3-2. Rob Alexander scored a brilliant one passed Redmann. However, that wasn't enough and the Labeda Snipers were crowned the 2013 NARCh Pro Champions.

2011: In 2011, The Mission Labeda Snipers took home the NARCh Pro Finals over the Mission Axiom in a 3-2 contest. Kyle O'Kane started the scoring out with a high glove snipe over the Axiom goaltender. Towards the end of the first period, Travis Fudge (Mission Axiom) lit the lamp to tie the game up a 1-1. As the second period started, both teams were eager to score the next goal. PJ Tallo (Mission Axiom) would put his team up 2-1. Shots were being fired from all cylinders and finally with just around a minute left in regulation, Greg Thompson would tie the game with an outstanding one handed backhand. Overtime would come and Kyle Kraemer would fire a laser beam passed the Mission Axiom goaltender and would crown the Snipers CHAMPIONS!

2010: At NARCh Finals in 2010 (San Jose, CA), the Mission Labeda Snipers finished in 2nd place falling to the Tour Mudcats with under 5 seconds remaining in regulation. The refs a called a controversial penalty that put the Tour Mudcats up on a power play with the game tied at 2-2. Jp Beilsten would score a slap shot from the power play to give the Tour Mudcats the NARCh Cup and the prize money

In 1999, The Mission Snipers and the Detroit Mission Stars received Inline Hockey Central's Game of the Year Award. Frank Scioli also received the Player of the Year Award presented by Inline Hockey Central.

In 2007, the Mission Snipers won the NARCh Winter Nationals in Arizona. The D-1 team (who is most of their pro roster) took out the Mission Habs in the Championship game. At that same tournament, the Midget team captured the victory over a strong AKS team. The last summer victory was in 2006, also in the D-1 Division, where they beat the Mission Militia in OT. 2008 East Coast WinterNationals, the Mission Snipers defeated the LA Pama Cyclones in the championship game.

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