Two Local Beaufort County Kids Compete in CHL Jr. Pirate Travel Team | Eastern NC Now

    Two Beaufort County residents, Owen Chrisman and Tucker Davis, played on the 2012-2013 Jr. Pirate Hockey travel team that recently made it to the CHL finals in Wilmington, NC. The Jr. Pirate travel team competed in the CHL (Carolina Hockey League) this season and the team played a grueling 25 game season with 11 trips to cities as far north as Roanoke, VA and south to Charlotte, NC. The two defensemen helped get the Jr. Pirates into 3rd place in regular season play and 3rd place in the CHL Finals. In the past the team has entered independent tournaments as far away as Pittsburgh, PA.
Tucker Davis (2) and Owen Chrisman (22) play on the same defensive line and provided strong support to the solid goaltending for the Jr. Pirates this season: Above. Tucker Davis setting himself up on the blue line to hold the puck in the offensive zone: Below.    Click the picture to expand to as much as 1000 pixels wide within most expanded images, and then push the arrows embedded in the center edge of the play-box to access the gallery, and slide new images into viewing within the center of the screen.
    Owen Chrisman was named the team's "Best Defenseman of the Year" and had 2 goals, 1 assist, and 10 penalty minutes for the season. Tucker Davis had 2 assists and also had 10 penalty minutes this season. Both Owen and Tucker are in Ms. Folkers' and Ms. Lane's fifth grade class at John Small Elementary where they both have made the A-B Honor Role. Both boys started playing hockey at Bladez on Ice in Greenville in 2009 and have been on the travel team for the past three years. The Jr. Pirate Hockey Team is one of the teams fielded by the ECHA (East Carolina Hockey Association). ECHA fields multiple travel teams as well as a local House League, a hockey "Learn to Play" program, and puts on an annual "Try Hockey for Free" day. Anyone who is interested in getting their child into the sport can contact ECHA President, Jim Chrisman, at echajrpirates22@gmail.com for more information.

    More pictures of the team, and while engaged in play, here below.

Owen Chrisman celebrates after scoring a goal from a shot made at the blue line in the game against Hampton Roads Admirals during the CHL Tournament: Above. Tucker Davis celebrates with Tyler Davis and Yusef Taha after a Jr. Pirate goal against the Wilmington Ice Hawks which Tucker received an assist on: Below.    Click the picture to expand to as much as 1000 pixels wide within most expanded images, and then push the arrows embedded in the center edge of the play-box to access the gallery, and slide new images into viewing within the center of the screen.
Owen Chrisman takes a shot from the blue line in an early season game in Greenville against the Carolina Stars: Above. The Jr. Pirate Squirt travel team placed 3rd in regular season play and 3rd in the CHL Finals and were coached by Mick Marshal, Jim Chrisman, and Chris Stansbury: Below.    Click the picture to expand to as much as 1000 pixels wide within most expanded images, and then push the arrows embedded in the center edge of the play-box to access the gallery, and slide new images into viewing within the center of the screen.