Peak Pathways have continued to leave a mark on the Northwood community. Brac Kelley ‘24, Sophia Deanzeris ‘25, and Shayna Deutsch ’24 are collaborating on a sports management-related Peak Pathway. Early this year, they formed a SpikeBall league, and in January, they helped manage the Northwood Invitational Hockey Tournament. Now, they’ve come up with another concept that promotes our school’s theme of Unity. The three have organized a four-on-four competition for the three hockey teams that will happen just before spring break.
All round-robin games will begin on Tuesday at 8:45 a.m., with playoffs the following day. There are twelve teams in all, each with 5-6 players. The 12th team consists exclusively of faculty members. All games will last 8 minutes, and the round-robin will finish after regulation, meaning no overtime or shootouts. If a team is tied after round robin, the most victories and fewest goals against will be used as tiebreakers.
Players will have two minutes between games, so don’t be late since there are consequences. The Tournament Handbook states, “If you are late for your game, your team will have to play down a player for the number of minutes you were late!” These are not long games; therefore, participants, don’t be late!
With this being a co-ed event, there has been significant debate about the no-hitting rule. Boys are used to hitting, but girls aren’t. In this competitive environment, removing something from the game has sparked much discussion on campus.
Our tournament directors, Kelley, Deanzeris, and Deutsch, created these teams. “We paired up the girls with whom they are close with. That way, they would have someone they are comfortable with because being with the boys may be intimidating,” Duetsch explained. “We put the boys in a random team generator that came up with 11 teams, each with four guys, and then we put the girls with the guys depending on who is friends. We did move around teams depending on if they were unfair,” Deutsch added. You know who to contact for complaints or challenges regarding the rosters.
Unfortunately, we cannot live stream these games at this time; however, if you are reading from home, be sure to check back in a few days to find out who your champions are and the memories and humorous stories that will be made!!
