The Pittsburgh Bandits 18U team won the gold in the TORHS regional in Cincinnati on May 2^nd and 3^rd.  They defeated the Cincinnati Smoke 5-1 in the Championship and were 5-0 for the weekend.  Tyler Fraer won the Top Goalie of the tournament while Dylan Rohar lead all players in total goals and Sammy Nixdorf lead all players in assists.  Dakota Keicha won player of the game in the championship.  Congratulations to the Bandit 18U team.

Team members include CJ Bohn, Billy Dobson, Bobby Dobson, Sam Nixdorf, Dylan Rohar, Dakota Keicha, Jordan Nixdorf and Goalie Tyler Fraer.  The team is coached by Barry Bohn and Fred Fraer.

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The Tour Bandits 16U team won the gold medal in the AAU Pittsburgh, PA regional on April 19, 2009.  In round robin action the Bandits started off by defeating the Bandits 14U team by a score of 10-5.  In game two they defeated Mission Fusion Boss by a score of 6-2 before finishing out round robin play with a 6 - 4 win over the Mission Fusion Stealth.  The Bandits would finish as the number one seed and would again face Mission Fusion Boss in the first round of the playoffs and would defeat them by a 6-0 score.  In the championship game the Bandits would get off to fast start as Kevin Putnam slammed one past the Fusion net minder just 3:05 in to the first period.  Defensemen A.J. Rosales would add to the Bandits lead with a goal at the 7:41 mark on an  assist by Rob Speer giving the Bandits a 2-0 lead.  Jordan Nixdorf  would give the Bandits a 3-0 lead just two minutes later scoring his 10 goal of the tournament on an assist by A.J. Rosales.  Eric Manetta would round out the scoring with the first of his two goals on the night with just :38  remaining in the period.

As the first period ended the Mission Fusion Stealth goalie would take a four minute unsportsmanlike penalty that would give the Bandits a 4 minute power play to start the second period. Bandits forward  Eric Manetta would cap off that power play with a goal at 12:53 mark on an assist from A.J. Rosales.  Eric would finish the game with two goals and two assist leading the Bandits  to their first tournament championship of the early season. The Stealth would finally get one past the solid goaltending play of  Carl Weedman with just under 2:00 minutes left to play in the game to make a 5-1 final score.  Bandits Jordan Nixdorf would take home the Top Forward honors in the tournament racking up a total of 14 points.  Top Defensemen honors went to A.J. Rosales while Top Goalie honors went to Carl Weedman and Adam Mackiewicz as the Bandits went undefeated in the tournament. 

Team members include, Nate Fleissner, Carl Weedman, Adam Mackiewicz, Henry Smith, Jordan Nixdorf, AJ Rosales, Eric Manetta, Joe Sobolak, Kevin Putnam, Conner Farren, Brian Byrd and Rob Speer.  Bandits 16U team is coached by Chris Farren and Chip Byrd.

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