Roller Hockey...had no clue it was even an organized and competitive sport until we started developing our website, http://www.playkidsports.com/. In fact, St. Louis is known as the roller hockey hot bed! St. Louis has produced some of the top roller hockey players in the world, players such as Paul Stastny, Pat Maroon, Travis Turnbull, PJ Tallo, and JP Beilsten to list a few!
All of these guys were associated with the Missouri Inline Hockey Association (MOIHA). MOIHA developed in 1997 and has done wonders for the world on inline roller hockey for youth. Be sure to check their website out http://www.moiha.org/ for more information.
Roller Hockey has more popular in the nation...with well over 100 schools supporting the sport. Bummer thing about this is that even though it's played, it is not recognized as a varsity sport as of now. Therefore, when considering college scholarships, not many Universities offer them for roller hockey. You can however receive college scholarships from private funding sources.... I'm excited to learn more about roller hockey and would love to get my children involved! Our niece plays and we loved watching! Would be fun to go watch the University of Missouri Tritons play, as they placed 2nd in the nation this year!!! Wow! Who knew right???
So, something to think about for sure as it is becoming a rapid growing sport played by colleges! Go Tritons!
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