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Pittsburgh Bandits are AIHL Eastern Conference Champions!                                    Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                                                    Monday, June 15, 2009
The Pittsburgh Bandits defeated the Long Island 495ers in the best of three series to earn a spot in the AIHL Championship Game The Bandits will take on the San Jose, CA Pirates on June 1st & 2nd in Philadelphia, PA.  . More details to follow.
 
Tour Bandits 2Hot4Ice Regional Wrap up                                                                 Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tour Bandits enjoy a great weekend of competition at the Pittsburgh 2Hot4Ice regional event held at Blade Runners Inline Hockey Complex. Bandits team captured championships in the Adult and the 16U division while taking second place the 18U and 14U divisions.  Sam Nixdorf-18U & Chris Binkley-adult division were honored as the Top Dishman in their respective divisions while Justin Cormack-adult division took home the Deebs Young Award and Steve Baker the Top Goalie Award. The Tour Bandits will now set their sights on competing at the 2Hot4Ice Nationals in Raleigh, NC on June 25th and also at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Philadelphia, PA. starting on June 28th.

 
Tour Bandits gear up for 2hot4ice Pittsburgh Regional                                    Thursday, June 4, 2009
2HOT4ICE ROLLS TO PITTSBURGH, PA
2Hot4Ice is headed to Bladerunners for our final qualifier of the season. Sign up for the Contest featuring CCM, Kryptonics, RBK, Rink Rat and Warrior products to be displayed at our booth.  Fans at home, register today for the RBK Online Contest. We look forward to seeing friends in Pittsburgh, PA!                        Click Here for Schedule
Tour Bandits / Phantoms Win AIHL Mid-Atlantic Division Championship                 Monday, May 18, 2009
The Tour Bandits / Steel City Phantoms are 2009 American Inline Hockey League Mid-Atlantic Division Champions. The Bandits / Phantoms battled back twice in both series as they lost the opening games in both rounds in over time.  The over time loses would only seem to fuel the Bandits determination even more as the would defeat both the Philadelphia Brawlers and the Southampton Cyclones in games 2 & 3 to advance to the American Inline Hockey League's Eastern Conference Finals.

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Tour Bandits 18U Wins TORHS Cincinnati  Regional Championship                Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Pittsburgh Bandits 18U team won the gold in the TORHS regional in Cincinnati on May 2nd and 3rd.  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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Tour Bandits 16U Wins Gold at Pittsburgh AAU Regional                              Monday, April 20, 2009

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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Tour Bandits 14U Win Gold at Philadelphia AAU Regional                                      Sunday, April15, 2009

 

The Bandits 14U team won the gold medal in the AAU regional in Philadelphia on March 21-22, 2009. 

The team members were Ryan Bishop, Shane Cottrill, Kyle DeVault, Dathan Johnston, Tyler Kuhn, Mike Stelitano, Billy Sutyak, Anthony Tonkovich, and Jason West. Billy Sutyak won tournament MVD honors and Tyler Kuhn won MVG. The Bandits will compete in the upcoming AAU regional in Pittsburgh on April 17-18. The Bandits are coached by Chuck Devault and Jeff Kuhn. 

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Tour Bandits Tryouts                                                                                         Monday, December 22, 2008  

Tuesday, December 30 at Harmarville Blade Runners

6:00 - 7:00 PM   8U - 10U - 12U

7:00 - 8:30 PM   14U - 16U

8:30 - 10:00 PM   18U - 21U

This is for the our "AAA", "AA" and "A" teams.  Cost is $10.00 per person and all players must have an AAU membership to participate.

Any questions regarding tryouts please contact Annette Fleissner at netnet@zoominternet.net or Jon Roux at jonroux@comcast.net

 
   
Bandits Pro / Minor Team Meeting                                                                      Tuesday, July 22, 2008  
There will be a team meeting to discuss the future of this program for all players planning to return for the 2008/09 season on August 3rd at 6:00 PM at Harmarville Blade Runners. 
   
Tour Bandits Take Silver Medal                                                                         Sunday, July 6, 2008  
The Tour Bandits U18 AA team fell in championship game to the Jaguars (NJ) 3-1.  In round robin play the Bandits rolled to victories over the Long Island Piranhas (NY) 6-0, RBK Jr. Ducks 4-0. Great Britain 3-1, Canpro (Columbia) 8-0 to finish the round robin play with a 4-0 record advancing to the playoffs.  The Bandits would find themselves fighting to stay alive against a feisty RBK Jr. Ducks Black (CA) in a 2-1 game that came down the finals seconds as the Bandits pulled off the victory and a earned a spot in the finals against the Jaguars. The finals was a great game and was a tribute the goaltenders who were absolutely incredible the whole game. With the Bandits down by one goal with just seconds left to play the Bandits pulled goalie Tyler Fraer and went all out try to tie the game with an extra attacker, but only after a few opportunities the Jaguars put in an empty netter to seal the victory.  The Bandits finished the tournament with a record of 5-1 and a silver medal.  
   
Tour Bandits Defeat Tour Mudcats                                                                  Monday,  June 30, 2008  
It was a match up between two Tour Teams for the finals of the USARS Men's Gold Division championship in Philadelphia, PA. The Tour Bandits fell behind early on before coming on strong and defeating the Tour Mudcats (PA) by a score of 10-4.   The Tour Bandits also defeated Anaheim Ducks (CA) in the first round of the playoffs to advance to the final.  In round robin play the Bandits downed the Canpro Team (Columbia),  Mission Snipers (NY) and Mile High Mayhem (CO).  The Bandits only loss in the event came to the LA Pama Cyclones (CA).   
   
Bandits PIHA Preseason Continues
Thursday, November 1, 2007
 
 
The Bandits Pro & Minor teams continue their exhibition schedule with games againts their arch rival the Scottdale Inferno on November 24 starting 4:00 PM at HotShots Sports Arena in Mt. Pleasant, PA.  The Bandits will be coming off a weekend of exhibition games against the Winchester Generals and the Potomac Mavericks before taking on the Inferno.   
   
Team USA Junior World Team
Monday, October 29, 2007
 
The Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs was the site for the 2008 Junior World Team tryouts. Bandit players Nick Posa and Thomas Javor both earned spot on the prestigious Junior World Team that will compete in the FIRS Junior World Championships being held in Paris, France in July 2008. Bandits player Steve Leibhart earned a spot on the U18 Major Team USA as well.  
 
Bandits Preseason Continues
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
 
The Bandits minor teams will hit the road again in November with stops in Winchester and Chantilly, VA. The Bandits will play in Winchester, VA on Friday night November 16th at the Sportsplex against the Winchester Generals and then travel over to Chantilly on Saturday 17th  night to take on the Potomac Mavericks. The Generals and Mavericks are new expansion teams to PIHA for the 2007/08 season.    
   
Bandits & Lunatics Minor Teams Scrimmage
Saturday, September , 2007
 
The Bandits and the Lunatics minor teams went at it for several hours on Saturday.  Both organizations using the games to try and get to ready for the upcoming PIHA Season.  The Bandits were using these scrimmage games to try and get a look at some new players. Jeremy Lascko of Cleveland, OH looked very impressive in his first appearance in a Bandits uniform.  
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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