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[Paul]

Congratulations Reggie!!!

Sounds like another nicely run tournament. Great Job Kevin.

~Paul

[Jim Rzonca]

REGGIE ROCKS!


****STIGA U.S. OPEN***** HERE HE COMES!!!


www.lemonttablehockey.com/usopen

Jim Rzonca
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[johnbenej]

Reggie.

The face of an angel: the heart of a lion.

No nicer person in table hockey.

Congratulations Reggie.

[ChallengerSRT8]

[nedved_93]

Congrats Reggie!
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Dwayne - ETHL

[KevinSoCal]

RESULTS

Opening Round Robin (22 players, 21 games each)

W-L-T (Pts) Name #Rank

TOP 8
20-1-0 (40) Peter Orum #1 (Tie-breaker = Head-to-head win)
20-1-0 (40) Reggie Stefaniszyn #2
18-2-1 (37) Eric Krol #3
17-2-2 (36) John Medema #4
16-3-2 (34) Johnny Labianca #5
14-5-2 (30) Kevin Rafferty #6
13-5-3 (29) Sean Rafferty #7
12-5-4 (2 Dan Brown #8

NEXT 8
13-7-1 (27) Jeff Wilens #9
11-8-2 (24) Brian Rafferty #10
10-10-1 (21) Steven Campos #11
7-11-3 (17) Ricky Soto #12
6-11-4 (16) Jacob Na #13
7-14-0 (14) Tiffany Soto #14
6-13-2 (14) Sean Hart #15
5-13-3 (13) Michael Hart #16

NEXT 6
4-14-3 (11) J.D. Garwood #17
5-16-0 (10) Austin Keyes #18
4-15-2 (10) Zac Campos #19
3-15-3 (9) Kyle Kilday #20
0-21-0 (0) Justin Na #21 Did Not Play
0-21-0 (0) T.J. Robertson #22 Did Not Play

More results to follow as I get them entered.

Best regards,
Kevin

_________________
Dr. Kevin Rafferty
www.tablehockeyrocks.com/8.html
UNITED STATES STIGA SHOOTOUT
Costa Mesa, CA

[johnny labs]

Thanks Kevin for puttin on the tourney.I had a great time playing stiga. Kevin R,Eric K,John M ,Reggie S and Peter Orum are all great people and I look forward to play them again and have some more good times. Sorry I didnt stay for coleco. Aj, thanks for keeping score for us. The eight hour round trip was worth it. Thanks Again Kevin your tops in my book.

[KevinSoCal]

PLAYOFFS

Top 8 Opening Round (Best of 7)
• Four winners move into A Pool
• Four losers move into B Pool

#1 Reggie Stefaniszyn = Win 4-0
6-5-7-6
2-0-1-4
#8 Dan Brown

#2 Eric Krol = Win 4-1
2-5-2-4-3
1-2-5-3-2
#7 Kevin Rafferty

#3 Johnny Labianca = Win 4-0 (Games 3 and 4 OT)
5-4-2-4
0-2-1-3
#6 Sean Rafferty

#4 John Medema
3-1-1-1
5-3-2-4
#5 Peter Orum = Win 4-0

A Pool Playoffs (Best of 7)

Semi-Finals

#1 Reggie Stefaniszyn = Win 4-0 (Game 2 OT)
4-3-5-5
3-2-0-0
#5 Peter Orum

#2 Eric Krol = Win 4-0
7-4-3-3
3-2-2-2
#3 Johnny Labianca

Finals

#1 Reggie Stefaniszyn = Win 4-0
4-4-5-9
2-0-2-1
#2 Eric Krol

3rd Place (Best of 5)

#3 Johnny Labianca
4-2-3
5-4-5
#5 Peter Orum = Win 3-0


B Pool Playoffs (Best of 5)

Semi-Finals

#4 John Medema = Win 3-0
6-5-7
2-1-1
#8 Dan Brown

#6 Sean Rafferty
3-3-0
4-5-7
#7 Kevin Rafferty = Win 3-0

Finals

#4 John Medema
4-5-1-1-4
3-2-3-2-5
#7 Kevin Rafferty = 3-2 (Game 1 OT)

3rd Place (Best of 3)

#6 Sean Rafferty
2-2-0
1-3-2
#8 Dan Brown = Win 2-1


Next 8 Opening Round (Best of 5)
• Four winners move into C Pool
• Four losers move into D Pool with the Next 4 from Opening RR

#1 Steven Campos = Win 3-0
4-10-4
1-0-0
#8 Sean Hart

#2 Jeff Wilens = Win 3-0
4-3-3
0-0-0
#7 Michael Hart

#3 Brian Rafferty = Win 3-0
2-4-2
0-1-1
#6 Tiffany Soto

#4 Ricky Soto
2-0-0
3-2-3
#5 Jacob Na = Win 3-0


C Pool Playoffs

Semi-Finals

#1 Steven Campos = Win 3-0 (Game 1 OT)
2-2-4
1-1-1
#5 Jacob Na

#2 Jeff Wilens = 3-0 (Game 1 OT)
2-2-5
1-0-0
#3 Brian Rafferty

Finals

#1 Steven Campos
0-2-2-2-0
3-4-1-0-3
#2 Jeff Wilens = Win 3-2

3rd Place (Best of 3)

#3 Brian Rafferty
0-0
5-5
#5 Jacob Na


D Pool Playoffs (Best of 5)

#1 Ricky Soto
#8 Bye

#2 Tiffany Soto = Win 3-0
4-3-2
1-1-1
#7 Kyle Kilday

#3 Michael Hart = Win 3-1 (Games 3 and 4 OT)
2-2-1-2
1-0-2-1
#6 Austin Keyes

#4 Sean Hart = Win 3-2 (Game 3 OT)
2-1-3-4-3
6-4-2-0-2
#5 Zac Campos

Semi-Finals

#1 Ricky Soto = Win 3-0
6-5-5
0-0-1
#4 Sean Hart

#2 Tiffany Soto = Win 3-0
3-1-3
1-0-0
#3 Michael Hart

Finals

#1 Ricky Soto = Win 3-0
2-3-6
1-1-1
#2 Tiffany Soto

3rd Place (One game)

#3 Michael Hart
2
3
#4 Sean Hart = Win

United States Stiga Shootout 2008
Final Standings

CHAMPION
1. Reggie Stefaniszyn, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2. Eric Krol, Homer Glen, IL
3. Peter Orum, Bronderslev, Denmark
4. John Labianca, Las Vegas, NV
B Pool Champion
5. Kevin Rafferty, Laguna Hills, CA
6. John Medema, Tinley Park, IL
7. Dan Brown, Manchester, NH
8. Sean Rafferty, Laguna Hills, CA
C Pool Champion
9. Jeff Wilens, Yorba Linda, CA
10. Steven Campos, Ladera Ranch, CA
11. Jacob Na, Ladera Ranch, CA
12. Brian Rafferty, Laguna Hills, CA
D Pool Champion
13. Ricky Soto, Ladera Ranch, CA
14. Tiffany Soto, Ladera Ranch, CA
15. Sean Hart, Ladera Ranch, CA
16. Michael Hart, Ladera Ranch, CA
17. Zac Campos, Ladera Ranch, CA
18. Austin Keyes, Laguna Hills, CA
19. Kyle Kilday, Wolcott, CT
20. J.D. Garwood, Ladera Ranch, CA
_________________
Dr. Kevin Rafferty
www.tablehockeyrocks.com/8.html
UNITED STATES STIGA SHOOTOUT
Costa Mesa, CA

[ReggieJ44]

Thanks, guys and a big thanks to Kevin and AJ for putting on two well-run tournaments. No glitches, new Stiga games, old Coleco games and good food and drinks! It can't get much better than that!
I hope to be back next year with another ETHLer or two.

Reggie Stefaniszyn ETHL

[ICECHEXX]

Back home safe & sound
I had a great time. Thanks, Kevin, for putting on a fun tournament.
Everyone had a gret time there.
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John Medema
TTTHC & LTHL

[brotzp]

What happen in Round 2...Sounds like Pete had some problems???

[KevinSoCal]

I want to thank all 20 table hockey players who played in the 3rd Annual United States Stiga Shootout in Southern California last weekend.

CHAMPION: Congratulations to the 2008 Champion, Reggie Stefaniszyn. Thanks for making the trip from Edmonton to be here. It was great having Reggie stay at my place. Reggie is such a great guy and a superb table hockey player. Reggie really knows his sports. We had a great time the next day sitting about 20 rows behind home plate at Dodger Stadium as the Chicago Cubs beat the LA Dodgers 3-1.

Second Place: Congrats to Eric Krol for coming out from Homer Glen, IL and making it all the way to the championship finals. Eric was a force to be reckoned with all day long. I hope you and your family had a great vacation in Southern California. So much to see and do out here. Thanks for all you’re doing for the USTHA.

Third place went to my buddy Peter Orum from Denmark and currently living in the U.S. in Tampa, FL. Thanks for making the cross-country trip for the tournament. Prior to the tournament, I thought Peter would face Reggie in the finals. But re-seeding each round just like in the NHL playoffs, with the highest seed playing the lowest seed, Peter and Reggie squared-off in the semi-finals. Like Reggie, Peter stayed at the Rafferty Hilton. We had a great time playing lots of bonus table hockey.

Fourth place finisher John Labianca drove in from Las Vegas the morning of the event. Johnny is a great guy and a really good table hockey player. Thanks for making the drive over to Southern California on several occasions to play. I hope we have many more chances to play table hockey together prior to January 2009 for the next Stiga Las Vegas. It was great going to the Wranglers minor league hockey game last year in Vegas with you and some of the other table hockey guys.

Congratulations to sixth place finisher John Medema from Tinley Park, IL. John just retired from his job days before the tournament after an illustrious teaching career. John is classy guy and a very solid table hockey player. Talk about an epic battle. John and I went to the fifth and final game to decide the B Pool Championship. I hope you and your wife had a great time in Southern California.

Movie stuntman Dan Brown, from Manchester, NH, played very well in his second United States Stiga Shootout appearance. Thanks for making the trip again and for bringing along your Boston University buddy Kyle Kilday, from Wolcott, CT. You guys were classy competitors.

My oldest son Sean, a high school freshman, beat me twice on the day. Sean also managed to beat John Medema and tied Peter Orum. Like with a lot of the younger people, they can become as good as they decide they want to be. It’s all a matter of how much time and effort they want to put into playing table hockey.

Jeff Wilens from Yorba Linda, CA won the C Pool. Jeff used to play in a Southern California table hockey league a few years ago when Norway’s Espen Moe was living in Southern California.

I want to thank the local players who made up the rest of the field for playing in the tournament. Everyone had a great time. Brothers, Zac and Steven Campos; father and son, Michael and Sean Hart; brother and sister Ricky and Tiffany Soto met in the finals for the D Pool Championship. Tiffany was the only female player at the tournament this year.

Another one of our regular SoCal players, Jacob Na, a student from South Korea, did very well. J.D. Garwood played great but needed to leave early.

My younger son Brian, who was the top Junior player at last year’s Stiga U.S. Open in Lemont, played well.

Last, but not least, I want to thank our neighbor, Austin Keyes for playing. Looking a lot like Shaquille O’Neal, Austin is a junior in high school -- and at six feet eight inches tall – he just might be the tallest table hockey in the world right now. Does anyone out there know of a table hockey player taller than 6’-8”?

The 4th Annual United States Stiga Shootout will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009. I hope you will consider combining a vacation in Southern California with a stop on your future table hockey tournament travel plans.

Best regards,
Kevin

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Dr. Kevin Rafferty
www.tablehockeyrocks.com/8.html
UNITED STATES STIGA SHOOTOUT
Costa Mesa, CA

[KevinSoCal]

Check out the newspaper story and photos from the 2008 United States Stiga Shootout:

Nine great photos!

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hockey-tournament-table-2064873-rafferty-third

Best regards,
Kevin

_________________
Dr. Kevin Rafferty
www.tablehockeyrocks.com/8.html
UNITED STATES STIGA SHOOTOUT
Costa Mesa, CA

[EricK]

Man, I'm good looking!

Thank you, you've been a beautiful crowd. Good night and tip your waiters!

[LedZepFan94]

[ChallengerSRT8]