Members of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln's (CVN 72) hockey team played against Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek Dec. 3 at the Norfolk Scope Arena.

The Lincoln team skated away with the win, shutting out Little Creek in an 8-0 victory.

"It took a little bit of time to build up the team, but now that we have, we are pretty good," said Seaman Quinton Wilson, one of Lincoln's players.

Wearing his Lincoln jersey for the last time, Wilson, who is transferring to guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), scored one point and one assist in the game.

"It's kind of a bitter sweet victory," he said. "I have loved being a part of this team and winning, but I am also excited to get on another team and play against these guys."

The hockey game itself is part of a four-year project headed by Senior Chief Petty Officer James Werner, who is trying to get more exposure for the military teams that play in the Hampton Roads area. The end goal of the project is for each team to have at least one game per month, culminating in a championship at the end of the year.

If you would like to support the Lincoln Sailors, they will be playing the first round of a championship series Dec. 14 at Iceland in Virginia Beach.

Lincoln is in the final stages of a four-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) and is scheduled to be delivered back to the fleet in early 2017.

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