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paintballimpact.com / Teams / Saint Louis Avalanche
Saint Louis Avalanche - NPPL
The Saint Louis Avalanche of the NPPL scored a number 7 rank at the Huntington Beach 2007 preliminaries. In the Huntington Beach 2007 preliminaries, the Saint Louis Avalanche passed the Sacramento excessive and Pittsburgh all Americans in points, with an average score of 42.63. In the Huntington Beach finals, the Edmonton Impact and the Oakland blast took first and second place, and the San Diego Dynasty and Stockholm Joy Division took third and fourth place. Though the Avalanche have a long and successful history in the NPPL, they did not achieve a top 8 ranking in the quarterfinals scores.
The Saint Louis Avalanche have a lot to play for when they play their NPPL Super 7 matches. For the 2007 season, the team with the number one ranking in the professional division gets a trophy, 12 medals, and $25,000.00. Each player on the top ranked team gets a series medal from the NPPL. The team with the number two ranking for the season also get a trophy, medal, and $10,000.00. The third and fourth place teams get medals, trophies, and an additional $7,500.00 in cash. Though the other divisions are semi-pro or divisional, teams with the top 4 rankings for this season also get trophies and cash prizes. Teams that are awarded cash prizes can spend their money on paintball's that they can use to scrimmage each other or play shooting drill games like rapid fire and random rapid fire. In the shooting game random rapid fire, player shoot at ten targets that all have a number associated with them. When the official calls out each number, the player takes one shot at the intended target. As soon as the player takes the shot at the intended target, the official calls out the next number. At the end of the round of shooting, the time to go through the shooting exercise is recorded, with a second deducted for each missed target. The player with the shortest time wins the shooting exercise. When teams like the St. Louis Avalanche score in the top four in the series ranking, they can use the money to buy practice paintballs like Drakula pro-series paintball's from TC Paintballs, or reusable paintballs like T-ball paintballs from Rufus Dawg.
The St. Louis Avalanche team website is closely associated with Warped, who make paintball guns, paintball gear, skateboard gear, and paintball and skateboard clothing. The last link on the homepage of the Warped Sports website goes to a page that discusses the history and future of the St. Louis Avalanche. In 2007, legendary player Tyler Michaud signed onto the Avalanche roster, building on what was already a very talented franchise. Tyler Michaud is an experienced professional who has already tasted success with other pro teams like the San Diego Dynasty.
Ed Poorman, the owner of the St. Louis Avalanche has also welcomed two other veterans to its roster in the last season. Adam Geis of Voltage and Carl Markowski have both been added to the pro roster for the 2007 season.
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