PowerHockey tourney to wheel into USA Hockey Arena

Plymouth's USA Hockey Arena is hosting a unique national hockey tournament featuring athletes who are living and thriving in spite of disabilities.

The Wheelchair Hockey League (WCHL) and their local travel team, the Michigan Mustangs, are proud to host the 2015 U.S. PowerHockey Championship running July 16-18 at USA Hockey Arena, located at 14900 N. Beck Road. The event is free.

This elite PowerHockey tournament features wheelchair hockey teams including the current defending champions Philadelphia PowerPlay, along with the Minnesota Selects, Texas MotorMavs and host Michigan Mustangs.

Players – men and women - range in age from 10 to 60-plus and have a variety of disabilities that include muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, arthrogryposis and osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones). This tournament will determine the 2015 United States PowerHockey Champions.

The U.S. PowerHockey Championship is a biannual tournament that actively promotes the sport of adaptive power-wheelchair floor hockey, also known as PowerHockey.

The schedule starts Thursday with games 3:30 p.m. (Michigan vs. Philadelphia) and 5 p.m. (Texas vs. Minnesota).

Four games take place Friday (Minnesota vs. Philadelphia, 10:45 a.m.; Texas vs. Michigan, noon; Minnesota vs. Michigan, 2:45 p.m.; Philadelphia vs. Texas, 4 p.m.).

Championship Saturday starts with quarterfinal games at 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m., respectively. The semifinal game of the tournament runs at 2 p.m., with the championship game scheduled for 4 p.m..

The slogan of the Wheelchair Hockey League is "Don't Just Sit There, Play Hockey!" That's exactly what will happen July 16-18 at USA Hockey Arena.

For more, go to www.powerhockey.com/2015.