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Team Notice: Meeting Friday...

All Student-Athletes on the 2008 Varsity and JV rosters must report Friday March 14th for a mandatory team meeting. The team meeting will be held in Room 131 at 2:00 p.m. at Novi High School. The meeting room is next to the Athletic Department office. Please bring your student I.D. The meeting will conclude between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m.

If any rostered or non-rostered player that attended tryouts that has any questions or concerns prior to the meeting please contact Coach Smith at jrbsmith23@yahoo.com.

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2008 Novi Varsity & JV Inline Hockey Tryouts

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'Cats Undefeated After Rolling
Past Walled Lake Western 7 - 4
5/6/07 Submitted to Novi.org

Novi's Varsity Inline Hockey Team remains undefeated heading into the final weekend of league play following a convincing 7-4 win over Walled Lake Western. The victory has the 'Cats fighting for first place with the Howell Highlanders.  MORE

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'Cats Squeak By WL Northern
5/4/07 Submitted to Novi.org

Novi barley squeaked by the Knights of Walled Lake Northern Thursday evening with a late goal by Shawn Baxter to win 4-3. "I said the rest of the season would tell the tale of how we will fair in the state tourney and we passed tonight with a C minus," said coach Smith.  MORE

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Novi Rollers Defeat Spartans 11-3
5/1/07 Submitted to Novi.org

Novi Inline took another win Sunday evening as they put the Spartans of Livonia Stevenson down with a 11-3 victory. The contributions came from everyone, with  three different Wildcats scoring for three points each.  MORE

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Wildcats, Rocks Tie 5-5
5/1/07 Submitted to Novi.org

In a rematch of a game played two weeks ago in which Novi shut out the Salem Rocks 8-0, this week's game turned out to be quite a different story. Looking for some redemption, the Rocks of Salem gave everything they had to get a hard earned come from behind tie against the Novi wheelers.  MORE

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Novi Rolls Over Canton 11-3
4/23/2007 Submitted to Novi.org

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Novi Wheelers Crush Salem Rocks
4/21/2007 Submitted to Novi.org

2007 Season Preview
4/3/07  DETAILS

Head Coach John Smith previews the coming season in his annual column.

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Novi ends season with loss to Walled Lake Central 5-2
6/14/2006 by Dave Zarem

Novi was set to advance to the finals of the league playoffs but ran into a hot Walled Lake Central team. The Cats had a number of flurries, but the W.L.C goalie came up big in stopping Novi's assault early in this semi-final game, as the Cats fell 5-2. Jeff Donohue and Mike Arnold found the back of the net for the Wildcats.  MORE
 

Wildcats on a Roll...
Novi defeats Howell 9-5; Plymouth 4-1
6/5/2006 by Scott Olson, John Smith and Dave Zarem

On senior honors night Novi finished regular season play last Thursday with a 9-5 win over Howell. With 5 seniors out of the lineup to receive academic honors, Novi played well and paced themselves with stingy defense and pounced on offensive opportunities. MORE
 

Wildcats have a very successful weekend
Novi goes 4-1 in state tournament
5/24/2006 by John Smith and Scott Olson

The Novi Inline hockey team opened some eyes this weekend at the 2nd annual high school state tournament hosted by the AAU. Since Inline hockey is not sanctioned by the MSHAA at this time the AAU has provided Michigan with solid guidelines for education and athletics. What a weekend it was as the Michigan AAU Inline hockey director Amy Carroll and staff did a superb job at accommodating all the schools that participated.  MORE

Tournament Schedule
5/13/06 Click for: VARSITY  or  JV
 

Wildcats Defeat Plymouth 5-2
Mike Arnold's two first period
goals lead Novi to victory
5/19/2006 by Scott Olson

Just a day before the new Varsity Inline playoffs start, Novi showed their depth by soundly defeating Plymouth 5-2 at Total Sports in Wixom. Plymouth wasn't able to answer Novi's onslaught until the third period.  MORE

Cats Tie One, Win One
Cats tie Walled Lake Northern,
then defeat Howell 4-3
5/13/2006 by Scott Olson and John Smith
Novi's newest varsity program has made a turn in the right direction and it's coming at the precise time. In their last four games the Novi Wildcats have gone 3-0-1 and seem to be peeking just in time for this weekends state tournament.  MORE

Cats Catch Dogs 6-4
Steve Rousseau's hot wheels carry 'Cats
5/9/2006 by John Smith and Scott Olson
 
Steve Rousseau has made the transition from steel to wheels look easy. In doing so he led the cats to a 6-4 victory over KVC rival Brighton scoring 3 goals, and helping on another.   MORE

Wildcats sink Canton 9-3
5/5/2006 by Dave Zarem and Scott Olson
Following a disappointing and undisciplined game against Walled Lake Central last weekend, Novi put a good game together Thursday evening, soundly defeating Canton 9-3 at Total Sports in Wixom. Most impressive was that the Wildcats had 7 different goal scorers.  MORE

Wildcats Fall to WLC 5-3
Back and forth game for the Inline Wildcats
5/2/2006 by Scott Olson
Wildcat Varsity Inline fell to Walled Lake Central 5-3 Sunday evening. "The boys played a great game, but just came up a little short in the end," explained Coach John Smith.  MORE

Wildcats Ice CC 12-5
Novi starts off strong and keeps up the pressure
5/1/2006 by Scott Olson
The new Wildcat Inline Hockey Team was on a roll Thursday, soundly defeating their cross-town rival Detroit Catholic Central 12-5. Novi started the game with a goal in the first minute of action, and didn't let up throughout the game.  MORE

Wildcats Fall to WLW 8-0
4/25/2006 by John Smith and Scott Olson 
The Novi Wildcat Varsity Inline team took one on the chin last night as they were shutout 8-0 against Walled Lake Western. The game was close throughout the contest until the third period.  MORE

Historic Victory!
Wildcat Inline defeats the Howell
Highlanders 7-3 in inaugural game
4/14/2006 by Scott Olson and Dave Zarem
Getting a new high school sports program and team off the ground isn't easy. Novi High School recently started up Inline Hockey as a Varsity sport, and, after getting thorough a tough 40 player tryout, the new Novi Wildcat Inline squad was ready for their inaugural season and game at the Total Sports in Wixom Thursday.  MORE

General Information About Inline is Online
3/21/06  CLICK HERE

Bernie Fratto writes about Novi's  newest Wildcats!
3/19/06
 
Check out this week's Speaking of Sports.

Team Tryouts are Monday, March 27th
3/19/06
Team Tryouts are Monday, March 27th at 4:00 p.m. and Tuesday March 28th at 3:00 p.m. at Total Roller Hockey in Wixom. More information can be found on their website at www.totalrollerhockey.com. The first practice is March 29th at 5:00 p.m. League play begins April 9th and continues through mid-June.