Summer season begins

'Twas a festive opening night, one overtime and one shootout (that we know about). The details ...

Stickmen 2, Fugaweez 0: Ken Halford had a goal and an assist for the Stickmen, and goalie Kenny Koulabooth was perfect on 13 shots. Jesse Henderson also scored. Both goals came late in the second period.

Stingers 7, Komets 6 (OT): A heartbreaking debut for the Komets, who blew a 6-4 lead in the third period and lost it just 1:02 into overtime on John Briscoe's game-winner. Bill Ivey got credit for the assist. Scott Childress had a hat trick for the Stingers, and Ray Scott scored four times for the Komets. Mike Bresnahan added two.

Blue Devils 2, REDRUM 1: Randy Perry scored with 5:19 left to deliver the Blue Devils. Mike Drago got the assist. David Ogle had the other goal for the BD's. Ray Workman followed a day of water volleyball with one hell of a defensive game, saying afterward: "I'm going to throw up." Hey, we just report the facts.

Phantoms 3, Ice Holes 2 (shootout): Cory Howard's shootout goal was the game-winner for the Phantoms. He also had an assist. Greg Hunt had both goals, unassisted, for the Ice Holes. Jason Neal and John Lloyd scored for the Phantoms.

Wolverines 2, Snipers 0: The Wolverines skated shorthanded (eight guys) but still dominated the Snipers. Brian Bradley and Bryan Conner scored, and goalie Chris Duran faced only 12 shots. The Wolverines peppered Patrick Donahue with 34 shots.

Spiders 3, Puckers 1: Andrew Patti had a goal and assist for the Spiders. Brent Lasse tied it 1-1 with a goal at the 10:20 mark of the third. But Alex Atkins gave the Spiders the lead two minutes later before Patti's goal sealed it. Spiders had 37 shots to 14 for the Lucky Puckers.

Patriots 2, Brewzers 1: The score was all we got on this one; no scoresheet available. According to "anonymous" leaving comment here, Patriots goals were by Jeff Eagle and vaunted Finnish import Antti Sivula. Go, Finland!