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p Champions were crowned across six divisions at the USA Hockey-Long Drink Warrior National Championship on Sunday, April 27, at the Florida Panthers IceDen. Nearly 500 players across 33 teams from around the country competed for top warrior hockey honors in the United States Results and stats are available at USAHockey.com. J NGB News U.S. Figure Skating & USA Hockey PHOTOS: US FIGURE SKATING, USA HOCKEY Remembering Dick Button 28 / MAY.JUNE.2025 USICERINKS.COM Warrior Mentality Champions Crowned at 2025 USA Hockey-Long Drink Warrior National Championships p Two-time Olympic champion Richard "Dick" Button, whose pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revo- lutionized the sport of figure skating, died Jan. 30, 2025, in North Salem, New York. He was 95 years old. Born Richard Totten Button on July 18, 1929, in Englewood, New Jersey, Button was inducted into the inaugural classes of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (1976), the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame (1976) and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (1983). Well known as "The Voice of Figure Skating" from 1960 to 2010, Button was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015. Button won consecutive Olympic gold medals (1948 and 1952), five-consecutive World titles (1948–52), three-consecutive North American titles (1947, '49, '51), seven-consecutive U.S. titles (1947– 52) and a rare European Championships (1948), making him the only man to hold these titles at the same time. His only career defeat was at the 1947 World Championships, where he earned silver behind Switzerland's Hans Gerschwiler. Button's coach, Gustave Lussi, chastised the judges for not being able to properly score Button's innovative and athletic jumps. Button was the first to land a double Axel in competition (1948 Olympic Winter Games, St. Moritz), the first to land a triple jump (loop) in competition (1952 Olympic Winter Games, Oslo) and invented the "Button camel," now known as the flying camel spin. Well known as "The Voice of Figure Skating" from 1960 to 2010, Button was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015. Tournament National Champion Elite Colorado Warriors Elite Tier 2 Washington Capitals Warriors Tier 3 St. Louis Blues Warriors Bravo Tier 4 Pittsburgh Warriors Gold Tier 5 Motor City Warriors Tier 6 Minnesota Warriors North St. Louis Blues Warriors Bravo