North Royalton Bears

The North Royalton Bears participated in the Rock-n-Roll Cup Tournament over the President’s Day weekend falling to the U18 Southgate Senators , 4-1, in the tournaments semifinal game. The Bears opened up tournament play on February 14th falling to the U18 Butler Bulldogs, 5-1. Royalton’s lone goal was scored by Michael Ambrose assisted by Jacob Krosky and Colin O’Connor. North Royalton returned to the ice the morning of February 15th defeating the U18 North London Nationals, 2-1, behind Joey Fratantonio’s 47 save performance. The Bears got goals from Brian Fielding and Nicolai Kolasinski in the win. The Bears faced a familiar foe in their evening game, squaring off against the Riverside Beavers. The two teams skated to a 1-1 tie with the Bears lone goal being scored by Brian Fielding with Cam Cook picking up an assist. The Bears concluded tournament play falling to Southgate, 4-1, in the semifinals with Jacob Krosky netting the Bears lone goal. Next up for the Bears, the Wooster Oilers, the two will play in the opening round of the North Coast HS Hockey League playoffs which will kick off on February 21, 2015 at the Mentor Civic Ice Arena.