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Alumni (FMC/Modell's Sporting Goods) AXA Advisors

BlackRock BDO Seidman

The Gael Pub Ernst & Young

Heartland Brewery PricewaterhouseCoopers

NYU MED Professor Thom's Bar & Restaurant

The ShaRkZ (Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP) Special Delivery

Westside Skate & Stick Traffix

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Alumni - East Side Division
Sponsored by Family Management Corporation and Modell's Sporting Goods, Team Alumni is made up mostly of a solid crew of long-time friends coming together as teammates for the first time. Alumni refers to the fact that many members of the team were brought up and went to high-school together in New York City, the greatest city on earth. Other members were brought on for their impressive resumes of experience and incredible playing skills. The Alumni team is led by Captain Ben Zises. They went 8-2 and 7-3 in their first two seasons in the MRHL and their player Mike Friedman was named the league's first season MVP when he finished the Summer 2007 campaign with 21 goals and 12 assists.
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AXA Advisors - West Side Division
AXA Advisors the broker-dealer and investment advisor for AXA Financial, Inc, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. With over $1.75 trillion in assets under management and over 50 million clients worldwide, we are one of the premier financial instutions in the market. Ross Ginsberg is the leader of the AXA Advisors squad. http://www.axaonline.com/rs/axa/about-us/32_about_axa_main.html
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BDO Seidman - West Side Division
For almost 100 years, BDO Seidman has provided assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. We offer a sophisticated array of services and access to global capabilities combined with local presence and the personal attention of experienced professionals. At BDO Seidman, quality service is paramount—and is the key to our success in building strong, long-term client relationships. http://www.bdo.com The BDO Seidman team will be led by captain Matthew Becker as they play their inaugural season during the MRHL Spring 2008 session.
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BlackRock - East Side Division
Headquartered in New York, BlackRock serves clients from offices in 18 countries, maintaining a major presence in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.

We employ approximately 5,000 employees—including more than 550 investment professionals—worldwide. With offices strategically located around the globe, we are able to offer clients in-depth local knowledge and understanding while leveraging the strength of our global presence and infrastructure to deliver focused investment solutions. Today, BlackRock services clients in over 60 countries. As of June 30, 2007, BlackRock manages $1.230 trillion across fixed income, equity, liquidity, asset allocation/balanced, real estate, and alternative strategies for institutional and retail clients worldwide. The BlackRock team will be lead into action by Daniel Someck and Joseph Campbell. www.blackrock.com
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Ernst & Young - West Side Division

The members of the global Ernst & Young organization help companies in businesses across all industries — from emerging growth companies to global powerhouses — deal with a broad range of business issues. Our 114,000 people in 140 countries around the globe pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality and professionalism to provide clients with a broad array of services relating to audit and risk-related services, tax, and transactions. For further information about Ernst & Young, please visit our website www.ey.com.

In 2006 the Ernst & Young team finished with a 7 and 5 record in the B1 Division of the Chelsea Piers roller hockey program. The team will be led by captain Michael Giarrusso into their third MRHL season as they face brand new teams and professional rivals PricewaterhouseCoopers and BDO Seidman in the West Side Division.

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The Gael Pub - East Side Division

Located at 1465 Third Avenue (between 82nd and 83rd Streets), the Gael Pub is a fun authentic Irish pub and sports hangout with a 45 foot long oak bar, seven HD plasma TVs and an eight foot projection screen showing games from the NHL Center Ice Package and the ESPN Full Court college basketball package. Tuesday nights feature a Trivia Night Pub Quiz, Thursday nights have live music and Sunday at 9:00PM is when Karaoke at The Gael ramps up the fun. If you want a "Cheers"-like environment, this is the place to go. http://www.thegaelpubnyc.com/main.html Michael Moore will be in charge of this brand new MRHL team as they take the rink in the green jerseys of the old Minnesota North Stars.

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Heartland Brewery - East Side Division
This brand new MRHL team is a combination of players from three prominent firms: Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Union Bank of Switzerland. The team will be led by Joseph Damanti of Corcoran with able assistance by Anthony Esposito of RBS and Andrew Slutzky of UBS. Their team will be sponsored by the nice folks at Heartland Brewery.
What started with one brewpub in Union Square in 1995 has turned into six different restaurants throughout Manhattan. Heartland's beers taste different than beers from Germany and Britain because they are made from indigenous ingredients like Wisconsin malt, hops from Washington and Oregon, and American yeast. All beers are served at their freshest within one to two weeks of brewing. It's what the folks at Heartland call "Real Beer". http://www.heartlandbrewery.com/
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NYU MED - East Side Division

Since its founding in 1841, NYU School of Medicine has made countless contributions to medical education, scientific research, and patient care, saving and enriching lives the world over. Today, NYU School of Medicine remains at the forefront of academic medicine. In medical education, NYU is distinguished by its innovative programs in cyber learning, evidence-based practice, humanistic medicine, and urban and global health. Approximately 680 students are enrolled in the M.D. program and another 68 in the Medical Scientist Training Program, which combines the broad scientific and clinical education of the physician with rigorous research training in a specific basic science discipline, leading to the M.D.-Ph.D. degree. The NYU Med roller hockey team previously played in the B1 Division at Chelsea Piers. They will be led into the operating theater during their second MRHL year of action by Captain Joshua Marcus.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers - West Side Division

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is well placed to help you meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace. We offer the perspective of a global organization combined with detailed knowledge of local, state and US national issues. Formed in 1998 from a merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, PwC has a history in client services that dates back to the nineteenth century. Each accounting practice originated in London during the mid-1800s.

Today, PwC serves 29 industries. Our industry-focused professionals in the fields of assurance, tax, human resources, transactions, performance improvement and crisis management help to resolve complex client and stakeholder issues worldwide. We also bring our experience and talents to help educational institutions, the federal government, non-profits, and international relief agencies address their unique business issues.

Daniel Motyka will be leading this brand new team into action as their captain.   www.pwc.com
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Professor Thom's Bar & Restaurant - West Side Division

Professor Thom's Bar & Retaurant, located at 219 2nd Avenue (bewteen 13th and 14th streets) in the East Village, is a cheery, beery hardwood-floor hangout co-owned by five bartenders. Sidle up to the whopping 41-foot bar and knock back imported tipples like Belgian Delirium Tremons and potent Blackthorn Cider, plus pub grub done right, from deep-fried mac and cheese and fat burgers to nachos served on a pizza platter. The nine blaring TV sets show games from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and NCAA basketball and football packages. The vintage upstairs lounge, with original 1830s ceiling moldings, is a whole different scene--and one that the dapper bearded Professor Jerry Thomas, the "Godfather of Bartending", would be proud of. If your favorite game isn't on you can entertain yourself with Monday night trivia, Tuesday live music, Wednesday Bingo and Sunday night's Reverse Happy Hour. http://www.professorthoms.com/professorthoms.html

The Professor Thom's team formerly played as Organic Near You and were the winners of the inaugural MRHL championship after finishing the Summer 2007 season with a 7-3 record. In 2006 the team was known as '3 Fat 1 Skinny' and finished with a 9-3 record in the B1 Division of the Chelsea Piers Adult Roller Hockey program. Captain Adam Root leads this squad, comprised largely of Lehman Brothers coworkers, into battle each week.

 

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The ShaRkZ - East Side Division
The ShaRkZ are made up of lawyers and staff (and the offspring and friends thereof) from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, a midtown Manhattan law firm with over 400 attorneys ( www.srz.com ). The ShaRkZ played their inaugural season in 2006 and finished with a first place 9 and 3 record in the Chelsea Piers B2 Division. They are led into their third MRHL season by co-captains John Maloney and Justin Epstein (winner of the MVP award at the 2007 All Star game).
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Special Delivery - West Side Division
Josh Braunstein will be leading the Special Delivery team into it's second MRHL season. They played in the Fall 2007 season as The Tornadoes and were finalists in the championship playoffs after finishing the regular season with a 6 and 4 record.
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Traffix - West Side Division
Traffix is comprised mainly of employees of Traffix, Inc (NASDAQ: TRFX) http://www.traffixinc.com/ and Hot Rocket Marketing http://www.hotrocketinc.com/ (a wholly owned subsidiary), an Internet Marketing company with headquarters in Pearl River, N.Y. and offices in Manhattan, Long Island, and Canada.

Although the entire team has never played together before joining the MRHL in 2007, most members of the team have been skating together for more than 10 years. Captain Rob Cahme is leading this squad into its third MRHL season. They finished the Summer 2007 season with a first place 7 and 3 record in the West Side Division.
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Westside Skate & Stick - East Side Division

Westside Skate & Stick is located at 174 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Their mission is to provide a superior, reliable level of service and a wide range of products to the figure skaters and ice and roller hockey players of New York City. As long-standing members of Chelsea Piers Adult Hockey program, they know and understand what players and enthusiasts expect from a pro shop. http://www.wsskate.com/home.html

Chris Pelka will be leading this squad as captain into their third MRHL season. The team was a finalist in the inaugural Summer 2007 Championship playoffs and won our Fall 2007 Championship after finishing the regular season with an 8 and 2 record. Their player Reilly Olson won the Fall 2007 MVP Award after scoring 46 points (29 goals and 17 assists) during the regular season. Most of the players are from the Hamilton Mustangs team that played in the Chelsea Piers roller hockey program and various other Chelsea Piers ice and roller hockey teams.

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