WCRHL Pre-Season Spotlight: Long Beach State

The Long Beach State 49ers have qualified for the National Championships for four straight seasons, the last two in Division 1. Last season Long Beach finished first overall during the regular season in the very competitive WCRHL Division 1 and again qualified for Nationals where the 49ers made it all the way to the "Elite Eight."

For the 2009-2010 season Long Beach returns all but three players from last years team. Returning will be three time NCRHA top five scorer and three time WCRHL All Star Ryan Burrows as well as last year's two WCRHL All Star Freshman standouts, forward Paul Anderson and defenseman Ken Yamamoto. The 49ers will also see the return of the high scoring Christian Bernad and two of last years top defensemen, Andy Huyhn and Oscar Huezo, as well as last season's starting goaltender (converted from defenseman) Justin Barney.

New to the team this season will be the high level Freshman goaltender Brandon Jones, talented Freshman forward Casey Childers and Freshman defenseman Ben Piontkowski as well as the speedy Sophomore forward Travis Benson.

The 2009-2010 season again looks very bright, as Long Beach State is not only looking to contend for a Regional Championship but a National Championship as well.

Go Beach!

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