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12th Annual Jim Sapikowski Memorial Tournament September 23-25, 2016

08/24/2016, 2:00pm EDT
By Carolina Hockey

The Jim Sapikowski Memorial Tournament started in 2005 as the Carolina Invitational Hockey Tournament. The tournament name was changed to the James Sapikowski Memorial Tournament after May 2005 when Coach Sapikowski and his wife Alison passed away.

The inaugural tournament invited teams from surrounding states, including Kennesaw State University, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  According to Coach Sapikowski these teams "represented ACHA and Division II and III at its finest."  He believed that it would help to bring a spotlight on collegiate hockey to a part of the country where hockey is growing in popularity, but has had limited exposure.  He further envisioned the tournament as “a regional celebration of collegiate hockey, aimed at bringing talented teams together for a few days each year that would not otherwise play each other.”

The University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels hosted the inaugural tournament from October 14-16 in 2005.  It was sponsored by J5 Inc., Stirling Ventures and Tristarrr, all of Chapel Hill.

UNC continues to remember "Big Jim" and hopes to carry on his legacy through this annual tournament.

Here is the full game schedule for our JSAP annual tournament September 23-25. All games are played at the OC Sportsplex in Hillsborough.

2016 Tournament Schedule

Friday September 23

4:00pm – UMass Lowell vs University of North Carolina

6:45pm – Indiana University of PA vs Elon University

9:30pm – Coastal Carolina vs Duke University

 

Saturday September 24th

1:15pm – Indiana University of PA vs University of North Carolina 

4:00pm – UMass Lowell vs Duke University

6:45pm - Coastal Carolina vs Elon University 

 

Sunday September 25th

8:30am – UMass Lowell vs Elon University 

11:15am – Indiana University of PA vs Duke University

2:00pm - Coastal Carolina vs University of North Carolina

Tag(s): North Carolina