Westminister, CO - The Roughriders U16 spent 7 days in Vancouver, Canada at the 30th Annual Richmond International Midget Hockey Tournament. The players left a lasting, positive impression on the local residents and hockey players. The Roughriders are a group of respectful young men led by a head coach that is not only passionate about hockey and developing hockey skills, but is also intent in developing quality young men.
James Klassen of British Columbia felt the same way and was kind enough to send a letter to the team.
Hello.
I just wanted to send you an email with congratulations for your Championship at the AAA tournament held last week in Richmond, BC. My son's team was one of your "victims" and we as parents enjoyed watching the players on your team execute some great hockey plays and high-speed decision making. After playing your team in the first game, my son suggested that you would likely take home top spot. He was right.
I realize that travelling such a distance to attend a tournament comes at great cost for all concerned and we hope that our province was welcoming to your team and were good hosts. Our team just had to travel over an hour to get to the games and the cost was much less for us. My son was excited to play teams from elsewhere having played high-level hockey in BC for many years, besides teams from Seattle and region, this was his first opportunity to play teams from Colorado and California (he even scored a goal from his point position in our victory over Tri-Valley).
Anyway. Thanks again for putting the effort into teaching your players so well and for bringing them to the tournament. Congratulations to you; to the players; and to the parents.
Sincerely,
James Klassen, hockey parent from Mission, BC
The Roughriders are at home this weekend for a 3 game homestand.
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