Whats Next...
NEW for 2022! The Nashville Invitational
Dates: November 18-20, 2022
Location: Incredible 2 fields under one roof! 1334 Drakes Creek Rd., Hendersonville, TN.
Boys Divisions:
♦ High School A
♦ High School B
♦ 7-8 Grade
The Senior 18+tourney can be found on this page of our site
Bearpaw customizes its bracket creation based on placement calls with program directors. Players/Teams may play up a division but not down.
Game Times:
All times are CDT
Sunday will feature consolation and the championship games.
Friday 7 pm to 10 pm
Saturday 9 am to 10 pm
Sunday 9 am to approximately 3 pm.
The Venue: This new location has 2 rinks under one large roof. Each bench has 2 doors.
Team Fee: $1799. A nonrefundable $500 deposit is due upon registration. Balance is due 9/1.
Questions: Please use our contact page.
Updated Schedule -11/1/2021@1:30pm est
Rules
- USBOXLA Rules with the following amendments
Amendments
- Games will be three 12 min periods. 2 min breaks and 5 min to warm up before games.
- Each team will get one 30 second time out per game. No time outs the last 2 minutes.
- Stop time the last 2 min if teams are within 3 goals. If we enter the last 2 min stop time it will stay stop time.
- Overtime will be a sudden victory with no timeouts.
- Pool play games will be one 4 min 4 v 4 followed by a 3 man shootout. If still tied each team will send one player out until a winner is declared.
- Championship/Consolation games will be a 10 min 5 v 5 until a winner is declared.
- Fighting is not allowed. Fighting may result in expulsion from the tournament.
- Clearing will be 10 seconds.
- Players may only play for one team. Any player that plays for more than 1 team will make those teams ineligible for the playoffs or championship and the games they played on will be forfeited.
- Forfeited games will be entered with a score of 10-0 and the forfeiting team will be ineligible for the playoffs/championship.
The brand new 2-pad facility is under one roof! It is absolutely amazing!
Helpful hints for Nashville from a Nashvillian:
Hot Chicken:
There are a lot of great hot chicken joints in Nashville. Some notary ones are Party Fowl, Hattie B's, Prince's, and Bolton's. Party Fowl and Hattie B's tend to be where I suggest people new to the Hot Chicken Craze start because Prince's, and Bolton's tend to be more heavy-handed with their spices. When it comes to ordering, if you do not feel like standing in a line, order ahead and do pick up, FYI the line can get pretty long at peak hours.
BBQ:
There are three staples of BBQ in Nashville, Edley's, Martin's, and Peg Leg Porker. All three are amazing; but if you find yourself at Edley's you are doing yourself a disservice if you are not ordering yourself a Bushwacker (think of it as an Alcoholic Wendy's Frosty). While these can be found at many locations throughout Nashville, Edley's Bushwakers are Premo in excellence.
Downtown Bar Hopping:
Major tip, don't stay at one bar all night. Each bar has its own scene. there are multi-floor bars (AJ's Good Time Bar, Acme Feed & Seed, Kid Rock, FGL, Jason Aldean's, etc.) and bars that are much more intimate/ historic feel to them (Roberts Western World, Layla's Honky Tonk, Legends, the Stage, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, etc.).
For the Bars that back up against the Ryman Auditorium (looks like a church), if there is a long line in the front, try the back ally entrance. This tends to be faster and has historical significance. During the time when the Grand Ole Opry was originally located at the Ryman, musical acts would scurry back and forth between the Ryman backstage entrance (now enclosed with an iron gate) and the bars across the ally to drink between their sets, and play after hours.
Want to pull an all-nighter? The Diner Nashville (Downtown) and Scoreboard Bar & Grill on Music Valley Drive are 23/7 bars. This means technically "last call" is at 3 am (like all bars in nashville), but these two bars are allowed to re-start serving alcohol at 4 am. During this time the Kitchen is open 24/7.
Live Music:
Do not worry about finding good live music in Nashville, it is everywhere. Bad musicians don't exist in Nashville, this is a well-known fact. if you don't like the music in one location, just go next door, or in many cases, all you need to do is go to a different floor to get a different vibe.
That being said, if you have time, definitely check out who is playing at the Live Music venues in the city, and check out the Nashville Scene for live show listings (https://www.nashvillescene.
Nashville Neighborhoods:
if you are interested in visiting different Nashville Neighborhoods, check out Nashville Guru (http://nashvilleguru.com/
Demonbreum Hill / Mid-Town / Hillsboro village is more of a local college bar scene.
Melrose, Sylvan Park, the Nations, East Nashville are more residential and hipster in vibe.
All these neighborhoods have tons of great food, shopping, and ragging bars; and non of the tourist trap gimmicks that you find Downtown.
Team Activities:
As much as the locals hate it... Rent a BYOB Pedal Tavern, Party Bus, or Tractor and get weird in public. Nothing like being driven around the city while pregaming your night.
If you have any other questions reach out to Nate Glaser, on the ins and outs of What’s What in Nashville, irish.dpole@gmail.com.
Every player and coach must be a member of USBOXLA http://membership.usboxla.com
- Key Tournament Points
- USBOXLA Sanctioned
- 4 Game Guarantee w/ some getting 5
- 2-3 Experienced officials per game
- Certified Athletic Trainer
- Sport Court Playing Surface
- 2 Doors Per Bench
- Videographer
- Ball Color Used: Orange
- Selected games recorded/Streamed