Michael Hunt (inline hockey)

Michael Hunt is a professional roller hockey player, a 12 time National Champion and also a 5 time member of Team Canada. Michael won the Division 1 IIHF World Championship in 2008 with Team Canada.^[1]

Hunt was born in Hamilton, Ontario and played his junior hockey in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the St James Canucks. He later spent 15 years living in the Boston, Massachusetts area but has since moved back to Canada.

Hunt's Team Canada experiences include

• 2003 Team Canada F.I.R.S World Championships Pizek Czech Republic (Bronze Medal)
• 2004 Team Canada F.I.R.S World Championships London Ontario, Canada (Silver Medal)
• 2005 Team Canada F.I.R.S World Games Deusburg, Germany (Silver Medal)
• 2008 Team Canada IIHF World Championships Bratislava, Slovakia (Gold Medal)
• 2009 Team Canada IIHF World Championships Munich, Germany (7th Place)

Hunt's Pro Experiences include

• 1999 Torhs National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2003 NArch Pro National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2003 Torhs Pro National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2004 Torhs Pro National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2005 Torhs Pro National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2005 Torhs Pro Winter National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2006 Torhs Pro National Champions (Gold Medal)
• 2007 Torhs Pro National Champions (Gold Medal)

He also founded and formed Team Rink Rat which holds the record in professional roller hockey winning 7 straight Pro National Championships never losing a game going 43-0-3 over the course of those championships. No other professional roller hockey team has ever come close to the dominance of Team Rink Rat. Team Rink Rat also won $173,000 US dollars over the course of their 7 championships, the most prize money ever won by a Pro roller hockey team.

Hunt is also regarded as the best over 40 year old inline player in the world^{[citation needed]} with 5 scoring titles in the over 35 division of the NARCH (North American Roller Hockey Championship) tournaments. He still competes in various professional and over-35 tournaments in North America, and is also is captain of the Boston Swamp Rats AIHL pro team based in Boston, Massachusetts and has been for the past 3 years.

As of 2010 Michael Hunt retired from professional hockey

References

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