I league results...better late than never

We had forgotten we hadn’t posted the results from Saturday…to busy celebrating Hanukkah.

Patriots 2 Grave Diggers 0

After rumors of a C league team showing up for the GD’s were shunned, the Patriots arrived not caring really who they played. GD compiled themselves of a player from every team in the league, and could still not find a way to beat the pats. GD goalie John Ellis played his heart out and was so eager to beat his old team, alas, not enough. Patriots get their goals coming from John Newell and Bryan Brookman, while Pats goalie Phil Talley was strong in net and now has put together back to back shut outs. GD made a game of in late by throwing all they had at the pats, but simply not enough.

Ice Holes 1 Puckers 0

This game was incredibly boring. No Scoring or Penalties the first period, followed by no scoring and one penalty in the 2^nd. WTF man!? Finaly in the third it was Mark Dunning who would beat Casey Jenkins for the game’s only needed goal. Ice Holes really dominated this one as they threw 29 shots at Jenkins, while on the other side of the rink, Holes’ goalie Doug Taylor easily stopped all 5 shots he was faced with. Somebody bring in a ringer or something, jeez.

Brewzers 4 Snipers 0

Brewzers get back to their winning ways as they blank the snipers somewhat easily. The letter A scored on a Rob Walker Assist, while Brit Broomstrom and Steven Daniels added goals (Daniels would have two goals on the night). Again, the refs let this one go pretty much by only calling one penalty in this game, and that was even late into the third. As far as goalies are concerned, it was the letter A who had a shutout, stopping 16 of 16 shots, while Snipers goalie Nicolas Murphee had a rough night, only stopping 13 of 17 shots. Jennifer Leonard is hot.

Warriors 4 Blue Devils 0
Warriors were without coach Dallas Lehr in this one, but I’m sure he would have been proud of his team, who absolutely crushed the BDs. The Evil Empire was lacking leadership in Mike Drago and Ray Workman, and they paid for it. Warriors were up 2-0 after the first, and just added to it. Eric Johnson had two goals while Tim Brady and Clark Sandlin also had a goal. From Todd Smith, “We played like none of us had every played a game of hockey before in our lives”. Coach Nate Hodges did not comment on his first loss as a head coach.

Patriots 4 Snipers 1

Patriots all but secure a spot in the keg game with a big win here in a tough game, not because of a talent of the Snipers, but because of sheer fatigue set in from playing their second game of the night. For many of the pats, it was their 2^nd if not 3^rd game of the night. The Pats rallied past their sleep deprived state and once again it was John Newell who got the scoring started, this time off a Steve Benefield assist. Scott Dolbee would score, as well as Travis Lehr on a nice break away goal that humbled snipers goalie John Ellis. (this guy just won’t take a hint). However the best goal of the night would be scored by the now on fire Roy Haenselmann whose upper age bracket was not shown at all as he beat Ellis top shelf on the backhand, sending the Patriots bench into a roar of victory. In the interest of fairness, the Snipers scored one from Ken Halford to make it interesting. As goes the New England Patriots, as go the Euless Patriots. From Junior Lindamood who missed the game, “I think it’s the coaching of Hodges and Skupien and also the Hoss-ness of Butch and Greg, they really know what they’re doin’ out there, It inspires me not to suck”.

Komets 3 Stickmen 0

David Blubaugh is our hero in this one. 4 total minutes in penalties, both on roughing occasions. HA! Sean Kier and Wil Dobson would be the komets guns on the night as Keir sinks the game winner while Dobson tacks on two more. Once again, John Ellis turns up as the goalie of record in this game (how many games did this freak play in!?!?!) as he gets the shut out (high five dude). Blubaugh just didn’t have the defense in front of him, but it was fun to see him punch komets after they scored. From Grave Diggers Head Coach Bobby Sirkis who was observing the game upstairs, “Blubaugh is freakin hilarious, love that dude. I wish Ellis had some temper to him like that.”

Shoot the J!

How to stop a breakaway....

awesome

Rumors buzz for Marty - Marty Trade.

Turco for St. Louis...


I would cry for joy if this happened.

lets hope the ambassador of fun/GM Hull has the stones to pull this one off.


Give me Smith or Give me Death!!

I League, week 5

Grave Diggers 2 Komets 1
We have heard conflicting reports that Bobby Sirkis came out of retirement to play I league, for the most part we can confirm they are true. GD had a battle with the scrappy komets as it was decided not until the third period. Grave Diggers took the lead on a Corey Howard goal in the first. Komets struck on a goal from the great Mike Gallagher to knot the game at 1-1. Apparently goalie John Ellis scored the game winner…we know that’s a lie, but apparently a mishandle of the puck by komets goalie brett Bryant would cost the komets this one, as the GD improve to 4-2 on the season. Komets lost any shot of making the keg game by losing this one.

Ice Holes 1 Stickmen 0
This was like watching the NY Giants vs Baltimore Ravens superbowl in 1997…ugh. Ice holes score their first and only goal early on an Andrea Cortinas shot from Greg Durante. You would think in a game this tight, there would be a lot of penalties…but nope…one flippin penalty the whole game…what was this??? Doug Taylor gets the shutout as he kicks aside all 16 shots he faced while David Blubaugh caught the rough end of it as he faced 22, but let in that one early. Ice Holes still in the hunt for a playoff shot. Stickmen were just happy ohio state squeaked into the national championship…were they’ll get obliterated by LSU. HA!

Blue Devils 4 Puckers 1
Blue Devils win with by far their best game of the season in this crushing victory. BDs were passing, shooting; setting plays up…it almost looked like the patriots out there. Danny Flynn scored the best goal we have ever seen since the US beat the Soviets back in the day for his first career goal ever. Steve Niekamp reminded the Blue Devils they were still I leaguers as he deceptively caught the BDs napping. Coach Nate Hodges then cursed out his entire team and threatened to ground them from Beer. They started shooting and scoring. The great Todd “New England Patriots own you all” Smith scored from ringer Mike Drago, while Clint Wacker and Chris Zoll scored to put this one out of reach. Big story of the night was the BDs scoring as many goals as the Puckers had shots. 49 to 4 was the shot count, what was even more amazing was the fact the BDs took no penalties…holy…

Spiders 2 Brewzers 1
Spiders have randomly come out of nowhere and find themselves tied for second in the league. This was a good one that we wish we would have seen, because these two teams pretty much played each other again later on that night. Spiders first goal was scored by the letter A, for a 1-nil lead. Brewzers equalized it from a goal from the semi-average Jamil Jabri. In the third though it would be Arvin Manalo form Kurt Kresta on the game winner late to seal the win. More on these players later…

Patriots 5 Warriors 0
In what was supposed to be I league’s version on Patriots vs Colts, turned into more of Patriots vs Bills. Patriots were concerned over what Dallas Lehr might bring to the table in this pivotal game of powerhouses. In what was for the most part a checking game, the Patriots established their will and did what they do best: Win. Cory “Shoot the J” Howard scored off a Butch Hutchinson centering feed, while Bryan “Paul Coyne” Brookman’s breakaway goal broke the will of the Warriors in the 2nd while Roy Haenselmann scored on a Junior Lindamood assist in the same frame. In the third, warriors stepped up their physicality, patriots kept scoring. Brad Allen scored off a Haenselmann assist, while Cory Howard made it rain at end with his second of the night from Les York. From warriors coach Dallas Lehr, “I probably shouldn’t have made this team skate suicides before the game, but one thing is sure, everyone is fired. Blow the damn team up”.

Snipers 5 Spiders 4 (SO)
We did see this one and it was a freakin gem. In a game reffed by his Majesty Tom Yockey, we saw celebrations, goals and brawls…as is just and right for hockey. First period alone had four goals: Pete Clark and Evan Callahan for the Spiders, while Tom Buckner and Rob Mustell for the snipers. 2nd period was the Rob Mustell show as he threw two more in for his hat trick on the night. Spiders then fought back in the third as the letter A scored and Clark got his second of the night for the equalizer. After a scoreless OT, cue the shootout. A freakin 20 person shootout occurred with sweet goals, dumb misses and awesome celebrations. It would be the Great Jennifer Leonard who absolutely undressed goalie John Ellis Jussi Jokeinen style to win it for the Snipers. It may have been the greatest goal ever scored, and the celebration ten times as great. Huzzah!

Buy me an I phone for Christmas!


the fake olson refing an NFL game...

Breaking News: Feds Raid Warriors for Documents

Arlington, Tx - Federal Agents raided Warriors headquarters in Arlington approximately 8:48am on Friday morning under the suspicion on espionage, sabotage, foul play and heresy against the pope.

Officials are claiming the warriors hockey organization illegally stole financial documents, plays, game film as well as attempted sabotage of team transport, equipment and a possible premeditated assassinations plans of several key Patriots players and coaching staff.

A special agent with the FBI, who spoke on the condition on anonymity, said, "We were issued a search warrant for the retrieval of several documents as well as photographs, contraband, and video tapes which could be held in courts as evidence of foul play if they are indeed found."

From Warriors head coach, Dallas Lehr, "Until they actually find any documents, they have nothing on us. But I can't believe they can't be bribed."

The Patriots organization has little to say about the incident, however team owner Jeff Vaughan did comment briefly on the ordeal.

"I'm taking names".


Former Warriors Coach Bobby Sirkis was appalled at the report, "I am disappointed how far the organization has fallen since I left as coach. There would not be this embarrassment on the franchise. We never got caught when I was coaching."

Lehr also stated, "I know for a fact now that this league is rigged and strongly feel that (Tom) Yockey has something to do with this."

Yockey was unavailable for comment.

No word how this will affect Saturday's Patriots/Warriors match up.

I League...Thanksgiving Style

As we sit here content from our pre-thanksgiving feast, we thought it would be good to write on the blog.

So here’s last week crap…er action…

Blue Devils 3 Brewzers 1

A short handed brewzers squad takes one on the chin as the Blue Devils bounce back to .500 on the season. Jamil Jabri scored the lone Brewzers goal. After that, the Blue Devils stepped up and played one of their finest games this season. Chris Zolle scored from Clint Wacker, while Ray Workman and Scott Speelman scored in the Blue Devils three unanswered goals. The Hot Gloria Buell extended her point streak to 2 games with an assist on the speelman goal. From Ray Workman, “This win was for Todd Smith, it’s his 40^th Birthday, and he couldn’t look more the age if he tried.” From Jabri, “F&*#& you Nate Hodges.” Wow…harsh.

Ice Holes 5 Puckers 2

Ice Holes totally trounce the Puckers in this one. Things looked good for the Puckers at the start as John Hardin scored to put the lucky puckers up 1-0 in the first. Then the Ice Holes started playing hockey. Four consecutive scores for the Holes, as Chris Hayes gets a hat trick and Philip Hussey also taps one in. Travis Lehr would get some ice time for the Puckers and score for the Puckers other strike, but this one was all Ice Holes, the whole game. Wow…no penalties in this one.

Komets 6 Snipers 5

Well Defense was forsaken in this one. Komets were completely dominating this one, then the Snipers started roaring back. Michael Gallagher and Sean Kier had the Komets up 2-nil, but Lee Miller’s goal for the Snipers made looked to make this into a game again. Komets then pulled away on three strikes from Alex Atkins, Bruce Frankel, and Kier’s second of the night. Again, Miller and Atkins would trade goals as the score sat at 6-2 Komets going into the third. Then the Snipers started playing. Alex Eyesermans, Jesse Henderson, and Joe Tomme score for the Snipers in what looked to be the greatest meltdown to occur in I league History. However Komets survived the Snipers assault led by Tom Yockey?!?! WTF? Who had an assist in the snipers rally…that’s funny. From Head Referee in the game, Chris Skupien, when asked about Yockey’s play, “I didn’t even know he was out there, the sucking level looked to be level across the board”.

Grave Diggers 3 Warriors 2 (SO)
Head Coach Dallas Lehr was fuming after this collapse from his warriors squad and almost fired himself in retaliation. Eric Johnson and Scott Dolbee scored for the Warriors for the 2-0 lead and the Warriors held the lead with a minute left to play in the game. Then the Grave Diggers mounted an epic comeback. The Letter A scored on a Cory Howard Assist, while Amy By/rum scored the game tying goal with 24 seconds left in the game. (We are just going on what was on Pointstreak. We heard warriors are protesting based on roster violation...yeah right, like yockey will do anything about it). After a scoreless OT, it was former Stingers great Rodney Murray on the shootout winner to complete the GD upset over the undefeated warriors. From Lehr, “There will be no media allowed to our next practice, that is how inhumane I am going to be to this team.”

Patriots 5 Stickmen 1

Much like their inspiration in New England, the Euless Patriots, keep winning games, and make it look easy. Butch Hutchinson was the hero in this one, and pulled a Jussi by putting up four goals and an Assist in a complete thrashing of the stickmen. The up and coming Junior “Caketown” Lindamood also had a tally on the night. Most notably was the hot Sabrina York whose play was damned near flawless in what was undoubtly her best game ever, knotting two assists in the win. Patriots have won a lot in a row. In the interest of fairness, Timothy Schmidt scored for the Stickmen in the losing cause.

Spiders 3 Komets 2 (SO)

Fresh off their almost meltdown, the Komets couldn’t hold off the Spiders in this one as they blow a 2-1 lead in the third. After a scoreless first period, it would be Jon Hale to score on a Michael Ginnard assist for the 1-0 lead. Alex Atkins and ringer Scottie Baldree then gave los komets a 2-1 lead with 9 minutes and change left in the third. According to Komets Sources, the following occurred midway through the period on a sudden debacle which had Rich Duval putting the puck in his own net, credit to Mallisa “Smiley” Daniels, tied the game and sent us to OT. After a scoreless frame, it would be the GREAT PETE CLARK! to get the winner for the surging spiders. Hoorah for Turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving Peeps!

I League, Week 3

Without much more delay, week three was wrapped up and we are beginning to see the wheat being separated from the chaff.

Brewzers 2 Grave Diggers 0

Brewzers continue their strong season with a shutout of the scrappy Grave Diggers. Jamil Jabri scored as does Jason Nall on a Steven Daniels assist for the easy win. Goalie Mike Moore was perfect on shots as he out away all 12 shots he faced. From Brewzers Coach Andy Thomas, “We still have a lot of room to improve, notably Jennifer Leonard’s play needs to step up if we have any chance at winning the keg.” Another thought from the game, can someone explain how Bobby Sirkis’ little 8 year old brother Jake Sirkis was playing? Its more funny than anything.

Patriots 4 Blue Devils 2

Patriots continue their march on I league with another solid win against a very determined Blue Devils squad, mostly in the form of BD defensive play by one Mike Redmond. Patriots got two strikes from Junior “Caketown” Lindamood who was a beast in this game, while Travis Lehr and Butch Hutchinson also scored as well. The great Todd Smith would score on a Gloria “Hotness” Buell and Scott Spellman assist, and Mike “Ringer” Drago would get one as the game ended, but Patriots’ supremacy was never questioned past the first period. From Todd Smith, “We were outplayed, out coached, and outskated, they remind me of my New England Patriots team…damn they are good.” Pats Coach Hodges was not content with the game though, “We played like crap, if it was Mayhem out there, we would have lost 30-2”. As far as Blue Devils Nation is concerned, there was no Ray Workman, we are told through sources he will be skating laps as punishment for his absence.

Snipers 5 Stickmen 2

So finally it happened as both squads that have pretty much the same players, faced off against each other, and it looks like all the cool players went to the snipers. (SNAP!). In what was an actual close game, for a while, Snipers had a hat trick from Big Joe Tomme, plus goals from Jamil Jabri (WTF!?) and Lee Miller. Stickmen got their tallies from Brad Bynum and the great Alex “Greater than Jesse Henderson” Eysermans. This one was close up until the third, then the snipers just said “see ya” and left the stickmen crying. From Jesse Henderson, “We know that we had to represent the Stickmen nation in this one, since everyone else left.” For a while it was the Snipers that was the Stickmen’s farm team…we think it’s the other way around now.

Komets 2 Puckers 1

Komets finally put together a win after dropping three straight going back to last season. In what was a truly entertaining game to bash…er watch, we saw both teams struggle in a shockingly defensive performance…the heck??? Melissa Knourek got the first strike for the Komets, while John Padilla tied it up for the puckers. It was TCU’s own Scottie Baldree who had the game winner, to put the komets back on the winning track.

Warriors 3 Ice Holes 1

Back to the titans of I league, where we saw an epic struggle for the right to be mentioned in the same breath as the Patriots. After a scoreless first period, it would be the great Andrea Cortinas to get the Holes up to a 1-0 lead. Warrior would answer back towards the end of the period on a Roy Urquhart goal on a Carl Moser and Eric Johnson assist. Into the 3^rd we went with the game knotted at 1-1. The great Eric Johnson would be the hero in this one as he puts up 2 goals, one assisted by Urquhart in the winning cause for the Warriors, who sit tied with the Patriots for supremacy in the league.

Spiders 1 Puckers 0

In a very “dallas stars” like game, ie all defense, no scoring. We saw the Spiders get the win on the night in what is indicated to be a very lopsided game as dictated by shots. The Spiders generated 33 shots on the night all but one was cast away by Puckers Net Minder Casey Jenkins, mighty! While on the other end, it was John Ellis who was bored for most of the night as he only saw 6 shots. After 2 periods of no score it was Evan Callahan who would get the one and only needed goal for the Spiders. We don’t have anything witty to say about this game. Bye.

Stars News...

DALLAS STARS RELIEVE DOUG ARMSTRONG
FROM DUTIES AS GENERAL MANAGER

FRISCO, Tex., -- Dallas Stars Chairman of the Board and Owner Thomas O. Hicks announced today that he has relieved Doug Armstrong from his duties as General Manager of the hockey club.

“As an owner I have to be responsible for one person in Hockey Operations and that is the General Manager of the team,” said Hicks. “I thought that the team needed a change in direction. I know that change can be healthy and it was my determination that this move needed to be made. I want the Dallas Stars to return to being one of the elite teams in the league.

“Doug has been a great member of this organization for 17 years and has been a big part of the success we have had here in Dallas, starting under Bob Gainey and winning seven division titles, two Presidents' Trophies, making two consecutive Stanley Cup Finals appearances and winning the Stanley Cup in 1999. He has been our General Manager for the past five years, and we've been to the playoffs the past four seasons.”

Armstrong's contract was set to expire at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season.

“There is no question that Doug will continue to have a solid career in hockey as the future general manager of an NHL team,” said Hicks. “I would like to thank him for his efforts and I wish him and his family nothing but the best.”

Hicks said that the team will announce interim positions to run the Stars' hockey operations department in the near future.

--stars--

(hopefully we can see some changes...like...winning?)

Week 2!

Sorry for the late posting…we kinda got like a grown up job…so finding time to post has been difficult. Don’t know how you did it drago…

Behold! Last Saturday!

Brewzers 4 Stickmen 0

In the first of two games for the Brews that night, they took the first one by storm in a 4-nil win. Matthew Walker scored twice while Paul Thurston also had a goal. Jamil Jabri also had an excellent night, as he put up a goal and an assist. This game could have been a lot worse, but David Blubaugh for the stickmen stopped 29 of 32 on the night. Back to greatness, the Brewzers have never looked this good. Rumor has it the patriots have begun filming their games…

(david blubaugh?! Whats up with the late game misconduct man?!)

Puckers 4 Brewzers 2

Perhaps we stand corrected on the Brewzers’ greatness?? Puckers dominated this one, perhaps by a lack of brewzers players? Mac Kenzie Funi scored the opening goal for the Brewzers, while Steve Niekamp tied it on a John Ward and Travis Lehr assist. Brewzers would then get the go ahead marker on a Paul Thurston goal. In the second period it was the puckers who started running away with it. Guy Riggs and Ward would score to give the puckers the upper hand, while Chris Kirton would ice the game in the third for the puckers fourth goal on the night.

Patriots 2 Ice Holes 1

A Joke:

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

JEFF VAUGHAN!

Patriots take vengeance over their opening season loss last season with a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Ice Holes. In a game where defense prevailed and goaltending was at it’s finest, we saw this one go to the tenth’s place on the clock in regulation before a winner was decided. Pats continued their assault from Greg Helenbrook for the opening score, however Chris Hayes tied the game on a Greg Durante goal. However, it was the great master of hockey, he who’s name shall not be spoken by Egyptians, the great Jeff Vaughan who scored with .7 left in the game to crush the Ice Holes spirit and send Patriots nation rejoicing into the night once again. Patriots have now won 10 straight dating back to last season, who will lose first? New England Patriots, or Euless Patriots?

Patriots Hockey: We Pop Bottles….

Blue Devils 3 Komets 1

In what was the biggest rivalry next to the Patriots and Mayhem, this rivalry just got even bigger ... When newly hired Blue Devils coach Nate Hodges arrived late from the Patriots performance, he witnessed two horrible circumstances…the Komets were winning, and Sirkis was coaching the Komets. However the Blue Devils, who had half of china on their bench, rallied and carried the day. Rich Duval scored to open up the scoring on a Sean “Space Pope” Kier assist 30 seconds into the game. A scoreless second and mighty defensive performance was had in the second, but in the third…all hell broke loose. Blue Devils strike on a glorious play by Ray “Mighty Viking Warrior” Workman on a Todd “Mike Modano” Smith assist for the huge equalizer. The great Todd Smith would have the go ahead goal, even though pointstreak gave it to the goalie…WTF?!? This game also saw the return of the Euless hockey messiah himself, Josh Briscoe, who was epic on faceoffs. Some fireworks ensued as their was a violent collision involving a komet and a BD…some are calling it intentional, others purly incidental…we hope this doesn’t further infuriate this rivalary…Ray workman, not to be outdone, scored the empty netter and iced the game and sweet revenge for the Blue Devils.

Warriors 3 Spiders 2 SO

In our first shootout of the season, it was the Warriors…aka the Colts who remain undefeated on the year. Jon Hale off a Lynn Kresta and Mallissa Daniels assist had the spiders out in front early. However Scott Dolbee would have the answer late in the period. Michael Ginnard would score for the spiders in the second, however Mark Arnold would tie it up for the warriors in dramatic fashion. In the shootout it was Frank Casperson who would win it in the shootout and keep the perfect season alive for Coach Dallas Lehr and the Warriors. From Lehr, “We just went out there, played it one period at a time, gave 100% and really told the boys to keep shooting and score more points than the other team, we did that today and we won.”

Grave Diggers 3 Snipers 2

Not on Pointstreak…

I league Week 1

Standings and Stat leaders are on pointstreak...go look. Its week one anyways, doesn't matter.

Grave Diggers 5 Puckers 2
The 2^nd game of the night for the grave diggers found them on the winning side as the GD put up 5 against what was supposed to be a stacked Puckers squad this season. Randy Chappel had two goals, while Dan Grimes had a goal and an assist for Grave Diggers. Puckers two goals were from Steve Niekamp and Guy Riggs. Puckers goalie Casey Jenkins was obliterated with 37 shots on the night.

Ice Holes 1 Grave Diggers 0
The first game of the season for the GD did not go according to plan as they had to battle a stingy Ice Holes defensive torrent. In what has become farm system for the D league Spartans over at Nytex, the Ice Holes dominated play by casting 27 shots at Grave Diggers’ goalie John Ellis, Michael Crook had the games only goal off a Andrea Cortinas assist. Ice Holes looked damned near impenetrable on Defense.

Warriors 6 Brewzers 5 (OT)
The coaching debut of Dallas Lehr got kicked off to a great start as this game featured what should be two of the top teams in the league this season. Game was started off by Sean Griffen getting two goals in the first for the Warriors, while Kenneth Thomas and Matthew Walker getting two for the Brewzers. Third Period had Walker get his 2^nd of the night while Daniel Grimes and Damon Lacey had the goals which gave the Warriors the lead into the third frame. In the third, both squads tore into each other as Walker would get the hat trick on the night while his brother Rob Walker would also get a goal. Tim Brady (cousin of Tom Brady?) scored the only goal in the third for the Warriors. This would send the game into OT where the great Clark Sandlin on a Tim Brady assist would get the winning talley.
Both these teams have tons of talent and are teams to be feared this season.

We also hear the Brewzers are getting new uniforms….FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stickmen 3 Spiders 1
Stickmen get an excellent performance in net from David Blubaugh, while getting adequate support from his offense to start the Stickmen off on the right foot in a 3-1 win. Stickmen drew first blood on a Tom Buckner goal in the first. In the second it would be Joe Tomme on a Ken Halford assist. Spiders tried to make a comeback on an Andrew Patti strike, however the empty netter from Ken Halford iced the game and Tom Yockey once again threw his clipboard against the wall. From Jesse Henderson, “I would like to thank our fans for coming out tonight, I’m glad I could put up such a great performance, and I would like to thank Alex Eyesermans for his pregame massages he gives me and Halford, it really helps us get loosened up before the game.”

Snipers 4 Blue Devils 0
It appears the Snipers and Stickmen could competing for best record in the league (what a keg game that would be if both teams could make it). This one was all snipers as Joe Tomme gets two goals, while Jesse Henderson and Fred MacDonnel also had goals in this one. Ken Halford and Larry Wade both had assists in the winning cause. The Evil Empire looked sporadic in the loss, perhaps from their lack of practicing in the offseason. From Ray Workman, “This loss was really a wake up call, we are going to be focused the rest of the season, it stars in the gym and the film room, and ends on the ice next week.”

Patriots 7 Komets 2

In his first pre-game speech as head coach, Nate Hodges told his patriots squad, “Do not Shoot like Nate Hodges, Do shoot like Bobby Sirkis.” Obviously they followed the game plan.
Simple domination in this one, as the Patriots mopped the floor with the Chris Gallagher-less Komets. The Patriots who didn’t lose any steam after the keg game, scored their goals in bunches. Clearly the Komets didn’t even belong on the same Ice as the Patriots as it looked like the New England Patriots vs the Washington Redskins. Travis Lehr and Greg Helenbrook both had two goals, while Butch Hutchinson scored as did Junior Lindamood and Scott Dolbee in thier Patriots debut. From Dolbee after the game, “This team is F&#^ sick”. The komets, in the interest of fairness, had their goals from Melissa Knourek and Mike Bierwiler. Also being reunited with his patriots brothers in arms was Bryan Brookman, “Man, I have missed playing with this team. It’s so great to be back.”

NCR: No comment required

A birdie dropped off this delicious image of a certain blog poster who's (who let this happen?) coaching an I-League team this session.

We don't make the news up; we just report it. Right, Ray?

BC

I league: Week 1

Same times as before.

See four posts below for previews...

only other note...

Leftovers dont exist anymore they are now the Grave Diggers
And the Patriots are now the Grim Reapers.
And the Brewzers are now the Lumberjacks
The Spiders are now the Prancing Ponies
The Komets are now team Chris Gallagher
The Stickmen are now the Wolverines
The Snipers are called team Caketown
The Blue Devils are now called the Chokers
The Warriors are now the Spartans
and the Puckers are now team Random

you all suck, have a nice day

Gone: Fort Worth Ice

There's one fewer sheet of ice in D/FW.

Fort Worth Ice is no more. The management company running the rink, Firland Management, blames the opening of NYTEX, in part. The company specializes in turning around failing operations, but this rink apparently couldn't be saved.

Thanks to the alert reader who let us know.

bc

Need a Goalie?

Received an email this afternoon from a D-League goalie in Duncanville who's looking to pick up another team in either C or D league. The catch is he's looking for games NOT on Fridays. Since D-league games are all on Friday this season, the poor fella seems out of luck.

But if anyone wants to contact him, drop me a line. The email link is at right.

bc

D-League: Free practice this week

Regarding that belated D-League announcement, some anonymous coordinator posted this email from Yockey as a comment ... we assume it to be authentic.


Teams,

Listed below is the schedule for this Friday D League. We are having a free practice to help teams gather their paperwork for registration. Also allowing additional time to get your VIP Photo Card.

7:45pm: MisFits and Blue Devils
7:45pm: Yokels and Ice Dragons
9:15pm: Kings and Stickmen
9:15pm: Van Buren Boys and MidCities
10:45pm: Hitmen (A)
10:45pm: Ice Dogs and Hitmen (B)

Free agents will be told to show up to skate with teams that have expressed a need for players.

If you are still in need of players, let me know.;

Sincerely,

Tom Yockey


By the way, note there's a drop-in game tonight at 9:15-11p. What say we make it a D-League drop-in?

BC

Week 1: I leauge...

Word has come down from the League Office and the first games are released...

6:15pm Gold Brewzers vs. Warriors:
A very interesting match up that pits Dallas Lehr's Warriors against Andy Thomas' Brewzers. This should actually be a flippin good game to watch. We saw how Dallas was slave driving his players in practice on Saturday, that team should be ready to play, especially after the checking drills.

7:30pm Gold Patriots vs Komets:
A rematch of last years keg game had to be played at some point in time this season. Both squads have lost some players, while on the same side, gained some players. We looked into the record books and in a regular season matchup of the previous season's championship, the championship loser is victorious 86.4% of the time. We'll see what happens this Saturday. I mean after all, the last time the keg game was replayed the next season, the Patriots beat Mayhem 3-0.

7:45pm Green Blue Devils vs Snipers:
Ray Workman will look to bring the D league championship anointing to the I league Blue Devils and make the franchise into the empire it was destined to be. Snipers had a pretty solid team last season, but just were a couple players short of success. Did they add those players in the off season? Or where they like the Stars and had their biggest off season move come in the form of new jerseys? Snap!

8:45pm Gold Ice Holes vs Leftovers:
The Ice Holes will be good, as the Ice Dragons have pretty much committed to beating up on the I league again with suffocating defense. Leftovers pretty much imploded and coach Bobby Sirkis found himself with 7 players. "I Had such a S*#ty season last session, that I am suspending myself as both a player and coach for one game."

9pm Green Spiders vs Stickmen
Spiders could be a very good team as rumor has it the Black Widows and Spiders have combined. If this is the case, fear this team. The more important question, can Tom "Foolery" Yockey finally win a championship?. The Stickmen on the same side will have all their players returning, plus their goalie in David Blubaugh is returning, which always keeps the Stickmen as a threat.

Predictions...??
no idea....this league has more parody than todays NCAA Football and the NFL....combined.

What's next? Ear muffs?

This just seems crazy. The NHL is going to game-test a nutty-sounding invention: Heated skate blades. It's supposed to make you faster. Wayne Gretzky is an investor in the product, called Thermablade.

I know a few guys in D-league who could use these things, yours truly included. But, truthfully, sounds like a big pain in the arse to recharge your skate batteries every two games. I have a hard enough time getting my stuff out of the bag to dry.

Read all about it here.

See how it works here.

By the way, anybody heard what's up with the fall d-league schedule? Season was supposed to start last week, but still no word. Other StarCenters have schedules posted and were starting Wednesday.

What's up?

BC

I league: Practice #2

times: posted.

New D-League Champ: Blue Devils

The Blue Devils won the first championship in franchise history (I- or D-league) last night by sweeping Hockey Team in the D-League finals.

Mark Cameron's goal held up to force a scoreless overtime, and Greg Sargent scored the lone shootout goal as the BDs prevailed 2-1. We can't find the scoresheet on Pointstreak. (Why do they have such a hard time getting that right in the playoffs?)

Goalie Terry Redmon, aka Frank the Tank, was on his head again. HT had about 35 shots and got only the one. Redmon knocked away all five in the shootout and ended up allowing one goal on more than 70 shots in the series. He was easily the series MVP.

Congrats to Blue Devils everywhere. The curse is broken.

And, congrats to HT for a hard-fought series.

BC

Game 1: BD 3, HT 0

Terry Redmon had an elephantine game in net (thanks, Razor) Thursday night as the underdog Blue Devils defeated Hockey Team 3-0 in Game 1 of the D-League Finals.

The BDs got goals from Chris Price and Mark Johnson, and Eric Hogentogler added an unassisted power play goal at the 3:10 mark in the third period. Redmon was perfect (a "f-in monster," reports one teammate) on 35 HT shots.

HT outshot the BDs 35-21. The scoresheet is here.

Contrary to some of the bad blood on display in this space recently, the game was mostly clean, with good sportsmanship on both sides. Nice job, fellas.

Game 2 in the best-of-3 is Sunday night.


LATE ADDITION:

Some anonymous character sent this cryptic image to Saturday Night Heroes' investigative desk. Are the BDs planning a victory parade? Beware counted chickens, friends.

Practice Times...I league...

Practices this weekend...also preview of the teams...

Patriots: will look to defend their title, however will have to do it without Greg Helenbrook and Nate Hodges. However Pats will still keep their stars in Steve Benefield and Butch Hutchinson as anchors for this season. Offseason acquisitions have kept the team at peak performance, and there are rumors of new coaching staff guiding the patriots. We’re trying to get word on who that may be…

Stickmen: A lackluster performance last season overshadowed some great goaltending from David Bluebaugh. If this team had some young talent that could score, this team could go places. The reliance on Jesse Henderson can only produce a .500 season at best, the rest of the stickmen need to step up, or they are doomed to middle of the pack again.

Leftovers: Can they win 2 games? Find out in December.

Puckers: We see a new team almost every game, not to mention every season. Kevin Luchenhoff, Ryan Rintala and Rob Constantine need some defense behind them, if this happens, Puckers are a top 4 team. If puckers can ditch some of their lesser players and stack up, they’ll be set.

Wet Willies: Coming off their mediocre season in the FB C league, the WW thought it was time to have a season off. Bobby Sirkis, Asian Wonder Chris Luz, SouthLake’s own Ryan Leviz, Jason Neal, Nate Hodges and Jason Islam, should easily win the keg...with a 10-0 record and a record 198 GF and 1 against The 1 goal against coming because bobby was skating drunk and scored on the wrong net.

The wet Willies should own the league....

Snipers: That Rob Mustell guy they have is really good, they should build on that.

Brewzers: These guys, if the goaltending holds up, could be the dark horse to win the keg. Pretty good defense, offense that comes at random, but they’re no match for the wet willies.

Blue Devils: These guys underachieved at the lowest level last season, some blame the lack of Todd Smith participation, others blame Ray Workman and his lack of leadership. Very possible it could be a little of both. If mike drago came back, this team may win a couple games.

Komets: No Chris Gallagher means this team will suck this season. We heard on the back of their new jerseys, it says, “In C. Gallagher we trust”.

Spiders: Were also beneficiaries of Chris Gallagher leadership, well that’s gone now, so they’ll finish .500. Not to mention when they play the wet willies, they are going to lose 20-1.

Ice Holes: If any team was going to give the Patriots or Wet Willies a little bit of a challenge, it would be the Ice Holes. Made up of many of the C league team Ice Dragons, the Ice Holes should finish in the top 4, and if the right ringers show up, possibly win it all.

Warriors: Aka the Leftovers, aka the Puckers, will hope to have a better season than this past one. They are the most consistent team in the league and are competitive in every game they play. The bad part is that they just are lacking that one guy to lift this team from a 2-1 loss to a 2-1 win.

Practice Times for this weekend...

It's HT, BDs in D-League Finals

Hockey Team and Blue Devils will meet in a best-of-3 title series after both prevailed Tuesday night.

The hated (by all but their wives) HTs prevailed in a penalty-marred (more than 20) 6-3 victory over the Misfits. Eric Mask (attempt to injure match penalty) and Scott Skurdalsvold (fighting game misconduct) will miss the finals for their transgressions. Misfits led this one 3-2 near the end of the second period.

The BDs hung three second-period goals on the Yokels in their 4-2 win. Greg Sargent had a goal and an assist. Terry Redmon stopped 29 of 31 shots, not including one from a teammate that almost caught the corner. Yikes.

Game 1 of the finals is Thursday night.

Good luck to both sides.

Patriots win!

Patriots 2 Komets 1
Patriots defeat their demons win their first championship in franchise history. It wasn’t the Patriots best performance of the season, by far, but it was certainly enough to beat the komets. It was the final I league appearance for both Chris Gallagher and Nate Hodges who both had their retirement press conferences following the game, a tearful moment for both guys. This game was blessed by the presence of several of the Mayhem squad who made it their point to boo Hodges whenever he touched the puck. For the Komets, Chris Gallagher was the force that he always is, as he briefly stunned the patriots by getting the first score of the game. However the patriots roared back, only problem was they hit post after post and missed open net after open net. Many of the patriots believed the hockey gods were again, against them. However the patriots finally struck on a Greg Helenbrook goal on a Butch Hutchinson assist. A glorious goal in which shredded Komet defenders and humbled Komets goalie Brent Bryant. The patriots continued to dominate play but could not seem to get the goals to fall. In the third period, the game was still tied at 1-1, when Butch Hutchinson scores off the draw for the go ahead marker. Patriots then for the rest of the period dominated play but couldn’t get any more insurance markers. Komets then threw everything they had in Gallagher, Nation and Baldree, but not even that solid line could crack the solid Patriots defense. As the clock hit 0.00, all of America rejoiced as the Patriots lifted the keg, and silenced the haters. Jeff Vaughan smiled, a crippled Dallas Lehr laughed, and Tom Yockey was pissed as he had to hug Hodges at the presentation ceremony. The MVP of this game was by far Butch Hutchinson whose play was near perfect on the night and was a force on the bench. Right next to him was Steve Benefield who was a backchecking warrior and was hungry like the wolf whenever the puck was near him. Truly, a glorious season for the Pats. Amen.

Btw…we were inspired by the Patriots shutout win over Mayhem…
(all pictures taken from EulessHockeystop's unofficial photographer Brian Bergman)

Chris DeBaene leads the crown in a terrible version of the national anthiem Dallas Lehr with his third Championship

Patriots swarm the Komets Zone.





Ryan "Screaming like a demon from hell" Smith hoped to bring the spirit of mayhem to the game.

Philip Talley standing tall in net.

Nate Hodges flys away from the Komets aka the Phantoms

Greg Helenbrook's game tieing goal.

Surgio Castillo crashes the zone. (Get better soon dude)

Ice Holes 1 Black Widows 0
This would have made an excellent keg game as well, not to mention the fact many thought one of these teams should have played the Pats for the keg…but that’s another story for another time. Ice Holes get their winning goal from “Graves” (we can’t wait for friggin pointstreak)…and that was all they needed for the win. Goalie Doug Taylor shut down the team of hot spiders chick, while the hottest one, Melissa Munn, could not score…some say her being mentioned on this blog has cursed her…we beg to differ. Both teams, if they keep the same people, should be EXCELLENT contenders next season. From the way the black widows were partying upstairs...you would have thought they won the keg...

Puckers 7 Leftovers 2
This wasn’t much of a game, puckers were in control of this one since the beginning of time, and just freaking obliterated the leftovers. From coach bobby sirkis, “Damn, this team sucks.” Puckers had goals from their stars as Rob Constantine nets the hat trick, Ryan Rintala scores twice, while Kevin Luchenhoff and “Ward” scored in the route. Leftovers did get a couple just to be competitive from Chris Gallagher (who randomly was playing in this one) and the great Junior Lindamood who finished the season leading the team in scoring. Rumor has it the leftovers may be dissolved next season.

Spiders 7 Blue Devils 3
Blue Devils end what was the worst season in their existence by not only having almost no one show up for their game, but getting obliterated at the same time. The Spiders showed they were for real and hopefully will be a contender next season as they showed excellent offensive prowess and skills in defeating the shorthanded BD. Chris Gallagher had two goals and two assists, Brian Conture has two goals, while Andrew Patti, Pete Clark and a mysterious spider also score in the route. While the collapse of the blue devils this season has been expected, no one thought it would really happen. The answer is clear…the Blue Devils need Mike Drago to resurrect the empire…

Stickmen 2 Brewzers 1
We are basing this entire recap off one Jesse Henderson’s recap via text messages…
“I was the hero of this game for the most part. David Blubaugh played excellent in net, but needed his offense to score some to bail him out at the end. We won 2-1 baby, Steve Daniels missed being a hero for the Brewzers by about one second as he scored right after time had expired. This can only be explained by the fact that Steve is still the second best player from Granbury (behind me of course). Glory is mine!”

Nice.



Snipers 3 Warriors 1 (or so we hear) no score sheets on the books….all we know is that bobby sirkis is pissed.

FINAL STANDINGS....

Look for an email from yockey concerning next season

D-League Playoffs

The schedule is out for playoffs this week. The big question was whether Hockey Team was in or out. Well, they're in, and as the No. 1 seed. Think about that what you will.

Anyway, our friends over at the Euless Sr Stars blog (Who are doing a nice job, if only because they mention me.) are predicting Hockey Team won't survive the first round. Hmmm. We predict HT won't send out quite the same short-bench team we've seen since the aborted move to C league.

Here's the schedule:

Single-elimination round
Tuesday
8:30 p.m. -- Hockey Team vs Misfits
10 p.m. -- Blue Devils vs Yokels

Best of 3 Finals
Thursday
9 p.m. -- Game 1
Sunday
10:30 p.m. -- Game 2
Monday (Oct. 8)
9 p.m. -- Game 3 (if necessary)

BC

I league previews...

Championship: 1. Patriots vs 2. Komets 9:15pm
Patriots will have two things to face in this game: Chris Gallagher and their ghosts from past Championships lost. If they can beat those two things...the Patriots will have the keg.

3rd: 3. Ice Holes vs 4. Black Widows 9pm
This would have also been an AWESOME keg game, and perhaps one of these teams should be playing the patriots this weekend...we'll see what happens. But a bunch of awesome hot hockey chicks against a solid defensive squad in the ice holes should be awesome.

5th: 5. Stickmen vs 6. Brewzers 8pm
A revenge match up as the Brewzers last game beat the living crap out of the stickmen. We'll see if the sticks can somehow go out with honor.

7th: 7. Blue Devis vs 8. Spiders 7:45pm
Blue devils are failing horribly this season, we'll see if they can some how salvage this season or if the spiders will have a decent .500 season by winning this one.

9th: 9. Warriors vs 10. Snipers 6:45pm
Warriors also had better hopes for the season, we'll see who can score more goals...Eric Johnson or Rob Mustell

11th: 11. Puckers vs 12. Leftovers 6:30pm
Toliet Bowl here...will the puckers bring back their team of ringers or will the Leftovers finally find out how to win a game? funny thing is we are writing this...and they're kinda playing right now....HA!

Summary week 8 I league

3 stars
- Melissa Munn- Black Widows: 2 Goals/ 1 Assist
- Andrew Patti – Spiders: 2 goals/1 Assist
- Travis Lehr – Patriots: 2 goals

Honorable Mention: Dave Runyon – Brewzers: 2 goals

Goalie of the Week: Bobby Michaelides: 23 saves on 24 shots: (warriors 0-1 loss)


Ice Holes 1 Warriors 0
Once again the warriors drop a heart breaking 1-0 loss as the Ice Holes win their game, hoping for help to somehow sneak into the title game. John Bird scores the game winner, however it was goalie Doug Taylor who held his own during the final Warrior onslaught to preserve the victory. Props to Bobby Michaelides who faces 24 shots on the night and stopped all but one of them.

Black Widows 4 Puckers 3.
Black Widows faced a team of “mercenaried” puckers who brought in several Ice Holes into this one. BW had their best performance of the season so far (and no Tom Yockey on the bench). It was the newest addition to the Black Widows that made us impressed by the hot and very talented Melissa Munn who was basically freakin amazing. Munn puts up two goals and an assist while Peanut Raliff and a mysterious #44 had the goals for the BW. One the flip side it was Nelkamp, Guy Riggs, and Pilcher who scored for the puckers. This one was a pretty good game to watch. If the Black Widows keep this team together next season, they’ll be pretty much unstoppable.

Patriots 2 Snipers 1
A very shorthanded patriots squad dishes out a decent performance against a very stacked snipers squad. This game featured the glorious return of Jeff Vaughan whose very presence defeated the hearts of the snipers squad just a little. It was Travis Lehr who caught fire in this one, scoring twice for the Pats. Jamil Jabri scored the lone goal from the snipers late to make the game interesting, but the patriots once again played excellent D along with some excellent saves from Phillip Talley. The challenge of the night was the Pats taking on Rob Mustell who put up 4 goals and an assist last week, however Mustell was curtailed as was the snipers. Props given to the snipers for throwing everything they had in this one. Patriots with the win will make their 3rd keg appearance in a year.

Brewzers 5 Stickmen 0
In what has been one of the strongest teams as of late, the brewzers are like….amazing? The brewzers once again dash the hope of a playoff contender, this time with a thrashing of the stickmen. Dave Runyon scores twice, while Steve Daniels, Rob Walker, and Matt Walker also score in this one. This one was dominated by the brewzers who threw 31 shots on the Sticks’. We don’t think even the Patriots would want to deal with the Brewzers right now, damn that team looked good…

Komets 3 Blue Devils 2
Several things happened in this one…lets start with scoring…After a scoreless first the Blue Devils struck first on our favorite teddy bear: Ray Workman’s goal. (more on workman later). Komets retaliated with an Alex Atkins goal. Blue Devils would then grab the lead again on a Chris Zolle strike for the 2-1 lead with under a minute left in the period. In the third, the komets would rally, yet again as Bryan Brookman scores the equalizer midway through the frame. It would then be the great Bruce “Old man and the Sea” Frankel off a Mike “Tony Romo” Gallagher for the winner with a minute left in the game. However the story in this one was the fact that the hot Bev Schlueter beat the living *#&$ out of Ray “Turtle” Workman. I mean geeze dude…you got your ass kicked. This fight was hilarious to hear about as Schlueter not only took out workman, then started roughing it up with Olson…comedy abounds. Sure, schlueter is suspended for the keg game, but who cares…it was fun to watch…see below. Anyways… The win gets the komets two must have points, and the komets get the head to head tie breaker over the Ice Holes for a date with the Patriots next week for it all.....oh here's the video we got from a random komet....

Spiders 4 Leftovers 1
Once again, no Tom Yockey on the bench means a victory for another spiders squad. The Spiders relied heavily on Evan Callahan and Andrew Patti who scored all the goals/assists in this one. Patti put up two goals and an Assist, as did Callahan. Leftovers once again could not get anything from Junior Lindamood who failed horribly, but it was Matt Chappel who got the goal from a Tom Griffin assist. This sets up a leftovers vs puckers toilet bowl that everyone is talking about. Rumor has it Bobby Sirkis will be scratching his entire team and brining in his C league Wet Willies team for a fun skate around….literally.

playoffs...

here they are...previews later...

Championship: 1. Patriots vs 2. Komets 9:15pm
3rd: 3. Ice Holes vs 4. Black Widows 9pm
5th: 5. Stickmen vs 6. Brewzers 8pm
7th: 7. Blue Devis vs 8. Spiders 7:45pm
9th: 9. Warriors vs 10. Snipers 6:45pm
11th: 11. Puckers vs 12. Leftovers 6:30pm

Thank me later

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BC

Week 8 Previews

This weekend is the regular season finale before the playoff week next week…

BEHOLD! PREVIEWS OF DOOM!

6:30 Warriors vs Ice Holes

Head Coach Bobby Sirkis was trying to first and foremost beat the Ice Holes last week with the leftovers, he will use his knowledge gained last week to try again with his warriors squad. A win for the Ice Holes is a good thing, but not exactly necessary to get into the keg game. From Coach Siriks, “Ice Holes got lucky last week, I know their weaknesses now”.

6:30 Leftovers vs Spiders

What mercenaries will the spiders bring to bear in this game??? Leftovers may or may not be coached by their inspiration Bobby Sirkis, if not; Nate Hodges may make his coaching debut. From Junior Lindamood about the game, “I feel unstoppable; nothing can hold me back, except this team. I am applying for free agency next season…I want a keg.”

7:45 Puckers vs Black Widows

Black Widows need a win to stay in the keg hunt plus some help. They are capable of beating a capsized Puckers squad, question is, can Tom “Foolery” Yockey A. Get enough players to make up his team and B. Can his team score more than one goal? Find out on Saturday. From Yoc, “I swear if this team doesn’t give me more than four skaters to coach, I am resigning from coaching any team that has to do with an arachnid.”

7:45pm Brewzers vs Stickmen

A must win game for the stickmen, then prayers and hail Marys must be said in order to get the stickmen into the keg game. Brewzers had by far their best game in several seasons last week against a very tough blue devils squad and will see if they can duplicate and spoil another team’s keg hopes, dreams and cotton candy.

9pm Patriots vs Snipers

Patriots again take the ice looking to take a point from the game and secure the top spot in the league. They will have to go against a strong snipers squad composed of mostly stickmen members, bitter from their loss last week to the mighty Patriots. Rumor has it the Patriots are under investigation from the league for taping and stealing other team’s signals during games. All reports are alleged and without merit. We await league management for further comments.

9pm Komets vs Blue Devils

The Blue Devils are pissed off. It’s that simple. However they can make their season if they can force a Komets loss, thereby crushing any komets hope of a keg game. Komets win and they are in the big dance, if not, chaos could erupt in the division as a 3 to possibly 4 way tie of teams could occur. From Ray Workman, “The loss in last season’s keg burns deep within our souls. We will get revenge.”

Week 7 Recaps...

3 stars
1. Rob Mustell: Snipers – 4 goals, 1 assist (Snipers 5-6 SO loss)
2. John Bird: Ice Holes – 2 goals, GWG (Ice Holes 2-1 win)
3. Chris Gallagher: Spiders – 2 goals, GWG (Spiders 4-1 win)

Goalie of the Week: John Ellis: Leftovers – 23 saves on 25 shots – leftovers 1-2 loss


Ice Holes 2 Leftovers 1
Leftovers almost pull the unthinkable as the Ice Holes continue to stay in the hunt for the title game. The Holes got the scoring started in the first with a goal from John Bird for a 1-0 Ice Holes lead. After a second period of no scoring, the Leftovers equalized the game with a goal from Billy Quinn. However with 56 seconds remaining in the game the Holes broke the hearts of Leftover fans everywhere when Bird scored his second of the night on a Jason Pilcher assist. Leftovers’ goalie John Ellies was amazing on the night with 23 saves on 25 shots, while Holes netminder Doug Taylor only faced 8 shots all night, one coming on a leftovers’ break away with under 30 seconds left in the game.

Spiders 4 Puckers 1
Spiders get back on the winning track by a crushing 4-1 win over the puckers. Sure the spiders brought in three mercenaries, but it’s I league right? Chris Gallagher scores twice while Nate Hodges and Andrew Patti both add goals in this one. Puckers got their strike form Rob Constantine on strange mishandle by the Spiders, but spiders’ goalie matt sexton stops all other shots. While Puckers goalie Patrick Donaghue (Snipers??) was obliterated with shots as he faced 37 on the night, wow.

Brewzers 5 Blue Devils 3
Blue Devils just couldn’t get it done, as one BD put it, in this odd upset on the night. Brewzers painted the scoreboard from different players as Brian Flarshart, Pave Ronyon, Steve Sepedo, Paul Thurston, and Paul Gotlieb score. The Evil Empire would try and get going, but just couldn’t get the shots to drop on the night. Blue Devils strikes came from Scott Spellman, Jarrod Robison and Eric Hogentogler. While the loss did knock the Blue Devils out of the championship game, they can still play spoiler to the komets next week.

Patriots 2 Stickmen 0
Patriots pitch their 4th straight shutout of the season with a 2-0 victory over David Blubaugh and the Stickmen. This was a scoreless affair almost through two periods as Blubaugh kicked aside shot after shot from the Patriots War Machine Offense. Finaly with 45 seconds left in the second period the great Steve Benefield of the Patriots hammers home a Butch Hutchinson feed for the 1-0 lead. Pats would then add to their lead late in the third on a Greg Helonbrook goal for the insurance marker. Blubaugh was amazing facing 25 shots on the night and making 23 saves. Pats goalie Phillip Talley had a pretty easy night, only facing 8 shots, and knocking them all aside with ease. Patriots close the gap of making another keg game to one point and can get that Saturday against the Snipers.

Black Widows 1 Warriors 0
Once again, the Black widows are involved in another 1-0 game, this time though they happen to be on the winning side. The shorthanded BW once again only like like 3 skaters and had to go summon help from outside help. Turns out to be a winning move as Sergio Castillo off a Chris Gallagher assist is the winning marker. Warriors are officially eliminated from Keg contention with the loss, while the Black Widows, believe it or not, have an outside chance of making that game. Goalies on the night, Bobby Michaelides and Jason Lonneman both had brilliant performances as Michaelides deserved a better fate, facing 16 shots and only letting one past him, while Lonneman faced 11 shots and kicked them all aside.

Komets 6 Snipers 5 (Shootout)
This one was literally a shootout. Both Sides combining for 10 goals in regulation in a game where goaltending and defense were forsaken. Snipers struck first on a Rob Mustell strike only to have that marker erased when Komets’ own Dustin Nation tied the game 15 seconds later. Snipers then went up 2-1 on a Joe Tomme goal, only to have that lead erased on a Komets goal from Bryan Brookman. The first period would come to a conclusion but not before Mustell would score again for a Snipers 3-2 lead going into the second. Alex Atkins would score early in the second for the Komets while Mustell would get his third of the night to go into the third with the game at a 4-3 Snipers advantage. In the third, Snipers scored on Mustell’s fourth goal on the night, however Will Dobson and the Komets’ savior Chris Gallagher score to tie the game. A scoreless OT led to a wild shootout where 16 skaters were shown. Scott Baldree would then score the game winner for the Komets, who still have a chance at the title game.


Summary for Keg game:
-Patriots: 75% chance of making the game. Need a point to clinch
-Komets: 50% …multiple scenarios here, simply put, komet beat BD on sat, they are in.
-Ice Holes: 45%....A loss does not kill the team, but it doesn’t sit well either. A win and a Komets loss puts the holes in, but other scenarios apply….
-Black Widows: 25%...A Komets Loss, Ice Holes Loss, and a win puts the Widows in the game because of a very low GA…providing they don’t get into a high scoring affair.
-Stickmen: 10%...Need a miracle to get in…A Komets Loss, Ice Holes Loss, Black Widows Loss, and a win to get in. Again…all possible, but will it all line up.

There are dozens of more scenarios…we’re tired.

I would like...

to apologize for not having the Standings/Summaries up yet.

It took us awhile to find the score sheets and life is freakin crazy busy right now... elementary school is kicking my butt right now.


So i'll try and get this stuff up plus previews tonight

i can let you know the standings for the top 5 are this...

Patriots-12pts
Komets -11pts
Ice Holes - 11pts
Black Widows-9 pts
Stickmen-9pts


hodges

Interesting ...

Now here's an interesting development. A rival blog has arrived on the scene. I-league's own Chris Gallagher has started his blog for the upper leagues in Euless -- A to D. We wish him the best of luck.

Read it here.

He wastes no time in breaking a little news. We don't know his source, but Gallagher says the D-league playoffs will include the top four teams in a one-game elimination bracket instead of the traditional three-game series. That sucks. Sucking even harder, he has the Hockey Team as one of the eligible teams.

We hope the new blogger has his facts wrong, or the guys running this league will have lived up to the sad tradition of telling folks what they want to hear and then doing the opposite.

BC

Week 7 Preview

With only 2 games left before playoffs…this weekend is huge

PREVIEWS!

6:30pm Blue Devils vs Brewzers
Blue Devils hope to remain in the hunt for a trip to the title game, a loss and they’re out. They will have to take on a Brewzers squad that has one of the lowest GAAs in the league. Ray Workman has promised victory, by at least 3 goals.

6:30pm Snipers vs Komets
Komets are coming off their thrashing at the hands of Nate Hodges and the Patriots and hope to get back on the winning ways. They will have to go up against a Snipers squad who had a nice offensive explosion last game. Greg Martinez is the one to watch in this one, as he is very quickly becoming one of the better players in this league. Will Chris Gallagher return to save the komets from a back to back loss?

7:45pm Stickmen vs Patriots
This is always a fun matchup to watch as this one could possibly be a Keg Championship. It pits the league’s best two goalies against each other and for the Stickmen, David Blubaugh must show up. The Patriots are looking to continue their winning ways, but will have to do it against the Axis of Evil: Henderson, Eyesermans, and Halford.

7:45pm Black Widows vs Warriors
Black Widows haven’t scored a goal in two games and have suffered back to back 1-0 losses…frustrating. They will have to go against another scrappy team in the warriors who are also trying to make a back door run at the title game. The loser of this one will be eliminated from the race. From coach Bobby Sirkis, “Watch for the werewolf”.

9pm Spiders vs Puckers
Puckers hope they can somehow salvage this season with back to back wins as they take on a downward spiraling spiders team. Puckers will need excellent defense again if they are to slow down the streaky yet sometimes potent spiders offense. We are predicting two goals from Ryan Rintala and a goal from Kevin Luchenhoff.

9pm Ice Holes vs Leftovers
An upset is brewing in this one, as a low scoring ice holes team will have to try and generate enough offense against on fire – John Ellis. If this remains a low scoring affair, the Leftovers may pull one of the greatest upsets in modern I league history. Leftovers will need a good game from their superstar Junior “Caketown” Lindamood (see below)…From Coach Sirkis, “We’re bringing the rain”.

Also...have your coordinators talk to Yockey...the time is coming to start thinking about the fall, teams, format, league, games, ect

week 6 summaries...

Week 6 in the books, excitment abounds.

3 Stars
1. Dallas Lehr: Patriots - 2 goals, GWG (patriots 4-0 win)
2. Casey Jenkins: Puckers - Defensive anchor (puckers 1-0 win)
3. Greg Martinez: Snipers - 1 goal, 1 assist (snipers 4-2 win)

Goalie of the week:
David Blubaugh: Stickmen: 20 saves on 22 shots, perfect in the shootout (Stickmen 3-2 SO)

honorable mention: John Ellis: faced 28 shots, stopped 27 of them. (Leftovers 0-1 loss)

Blue Devils 1 Black Widows 0
Black Widows once again lose a heart breaker by the score of 1-0, this time at the hands of the blue devils. BD got their lone goal from Mark Cameron midway through the first, and that is all they would need as Phil Garlow pitches the shutout. The Black Widows who only had 7 skaters again, still couldn’t find the score sheet and now have dropped two straight. Blue Devils are on fire as they are winners of four straight and are right in the hunt for the keg game.

Patriots 4 Komets 0
Patriots get their third straight shutout and fifth straight victory to improve to 5-1 on the season. Patriots were almost near perfect on the night, showing no weakness in either offense or defense and had outshot the komets 11-1 after the first period alone. Scoring wise, Dallas Lehr tacks on two goals, while Travis Lehr and Butch Hutchinson tallied goals in the win. Goalie Philip Talley was again perfect stopping 12 of 12 shots on the night. Komets had half of china on their bench and from their captain, Bruce Frankle, “we got a good old fashion whooping tonight”. Patriots will look to continue their winning ways next week against the stickmen.

Snipers 4 Spiders 2
Spiders continue to look terrible as this time the Snipers burst out in an offensive explosion. Greg Martinez scored the first goal for the snipers however that lead would be erased as Kurt Kresta scores for the spiders with seconds left in the 1st. Snipers would regain the advantage on ringer Alex Eyesermans’ goal, only to have the game tied on a Mallisa Daniels goal. Snipers would then go on an offensive quest by putting up two more in the 2nd period from Rob Mustell and the great Paul Coyne. Solid goaltending from Snipers net minder Nick Murphee in the third would give the Snipers the win in what was a very nice game. Tom “Foolery” Yockey was once again out coached by the wind.

Puckers 1 Leftovers 0
We don’t have a score sheet from this one, but defensive awesomeness occurred from the puckers when Casey Jenkins made a pitch for defenseman of the year with perfect defensive play. We don’t know who scored the goal for the Puckers who get their first W of the season. (Ryan Rintala with goal for the puckers) We have heard much bitching from people about this game, so we don’t know how this game progressed. From Coach Sirkis, “People should tune in next week, cause it’ll be a new leftovers team against the ‘Holes”.

Warriors 1 Brewzers 0
Warriors continue to hang on for their possible back door entry into the keg game with a solid defensive performance. The great Doc Taub scores the game winner for the Warriors who are only a couple players being comparable to the Mayhem squad of seasons past. If Coach Sirkis can somehow get this team into the Keg game this season, he may as well be the greatest I league coach of all time. Warriors’ last two games are going to be tough ones, Black Widows this week and the regular season finale against the Ice Holes. Warriors take a loss; they’re out of the hunt.

Stickmen 3 Ice Holes 2 (Shootout)
In probably what was the most entertaining game next to the Patriots masterful shutout, the Ice Holes take their second loss of the season, but are able to get a valuable point to stay one point behind the Patriots and tied for 2nd. Stickmen were all over this game at the beginning with goals from Kevin Cook and Brad Brynum in the first for a solid 2-0 lead. But they often say the two goal lead is the hardest to protect. In the third, the Ice Holes ralled back on two goals from Jonathan Bird to tie the game. After a scoreless OT, apparently, an EPIC shoot out transpired with 19 skaters going (or so the legend goes). Fans watching finally saw the Stickmen with the game winner from Kevin Oliver, we dont know how many "goals" were scored in this or if it was just goalies denying shot after shot. In regulation, Stickmen did not throw that many shots on the Ice Holes net, as Doug Taylor only had to face a total of 7 shots?! Meanwhile on the other end, Stickmen David Blubaugh was the savior of the stickmen as he makes 20 saves on 22 shots on the night, plus we're guessing he was immortal in the SO

Standings week 6

Summaries to come at some point in time this week...maybe wends?

Who says I-League is no-contact?

Anyone recognize this goon?

Previews Week 6

We apologize for lack of….well anything…

Life kinda sucks right now…

Previews!

Patriots vs Komets 6:30
Chelsea vs Liverpool…that simple.

Blue Devils vs Black Widows: 6:30
Loser will be officially eliminated from any championship game

Brewzers vs Warriors 7:45
I pray olson is reffing this one, it’s going to be the only entertainment on the ice

Snipers vs Spiders 7:45
we don’t have anything to say about this game….so….

BOBBY SIRKIS, JASON ISLAM, PATRIOTS, MAYHEM, RINGERS, JOSH BRISCOE, JEFF VAUGHAN!

Leftovers vs Puckers: 9pm

The 2 burning question to the masses is…who does Stone Cold play for? And has Leftovers ringer Junior Lindamood recovered from his dramatic encounter at his girlfriend’s parent’s house?!?! FIND OUT SATURDAY!!

Ice Holes vs Stickmen: 9pm

A late night gem is in order here…we could go on about how we hate the stickmen for half their team calling me right after the Michigan meltdown…but I won’t…Stickmen still have a shot at Glory, while the Ice Holes will try to find their offensive rhythm.

Pure Genius

Gotta love the gusto, and inspiration, of the Stars' new billboards. They need lots more of this, leaguewide, to get some media traction.

Say it with me: Pure Genius.



Here's the story, Morning Glory.

BC

Summaries: Week 5

Here’s your damn summaries….bunch of freaks!

GOSH!

3 stars

1. Ray Workman – Blue Devils – 2 Assists, and oppressive defense (Blue devils 3-2 win)
2. Chris Zolle – Blue Devils – 1 goal, 1 assist (blue devils 3-2 win)
3. Chris Gallagher- Spiders – 2 goals (GWG) (brewzers 3-0 win)
Honorable Mention: Eric Johnson: Warriors- 2 goals (Warriors 2-3 loss)

Goalie of the Week: Philip Talley- Patriots: 17 saves on 17 shots – Patriots 1-0 win


Stone Cold “sack” award:
Three way tie: Brian Bradley, Robert Sirkis: Leftovers/ Larry Wade: Stickmen
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!


Spiders 3 Brewzers 0
Brewzers had no shot in this one, they should’ve just went home and cried. Chris Gallagher says, “I’m the man” while flashing the shocker as he gets two goals and Pete Clark gets the other one as the Spiders cruise 3-nil.

Patriots 1 Black Widows 0 (OT)
Another glorious textbook victory for the Patriots, in a very dramatic game. The spiders were loaded with several players from the D league Hitmen, however the Patriots D denied every attempt. It would be half way through the OT period that Jeff Eagle off a Butch Hutchinson assist would be the winning tally for the surging patriots. Tom “Terry” Yockey was once again defeated by the wind. He should really some lessons in coaching from Chris Skupien.

Stickmen 4 Leftovers 1
When we asked coach Sirkis how the game went, he responsed, “Stickmen: a lot, Leftovers: not even close.” As college football season nears, we’re now using Ohio State Stickmen, cause that’s what they are. Heck, we should just put college teams on all the names in the league. Hey, let’s go ahead and roll with that….. The UTA Leftovers had no hope though they had a goal from their ringer Jr “Caketown!” Lindamood off a Billy Quinn assist. From the Stickmen: Stef Trapp, Brad Bynom, Brian Listman, and Jeff Thomas all scored, while Henderson, Eyesermans, and Halford trio was silent.

Phantoms 3 Ice Holes 1
Yea, we put the phantoms, cause it’s pretty much that whole freakin team - minus the good players. (Kidding!) But Ryan Smith is a sack. Moving on to the game…A glorious battle ensued, and we gotta give the Komets props for stepping up. When the Komets lost Nate Hodges, they pretty much got an equal if not better replacement in Brian Brookman, so their ringer trio with Gallagher and Atkins is still complete. Ice Holes went up 1-nil when some dude named John scored. (lack of damn rosters!) Komets then rallied as Gallagher strikes as does Sean “Space Pope” Keirr, while in the third it was the great speed demon Scott Baldree who notched the third goal of the night. Komets = UT, while Ice Holes represent Notre Dame.

Blue Devils 3 Warriors 2
The New York Blue Devils pretty much hung on to win a VERY close game against the Boise St. Warriors. The great Jarrod Robinson scored on a Chris Zolle assist for the early lead for the evil empire. The game was then tied up as Eric Johnson strikes for the equalizer for the Warriors. After a scoreless 2nd period, the third was filled with juicy goodness as BD took the lead on a Scott Speelman goal, only to be nullified when Johnson struck again for the Warriors. Finally with less than four minutes left to go in the game it was Chris Zolle whose goal from Ray “Hobo” Workman and Brian Rivers would mean victory for the Diablo Azul.

Snipers 3 Puckers 2
The Texas Tech Snipers hung on for a win over the Oklahoma Puckers, as the puckers yet again come up short. Jesse Henderson made his presence known as he scores in the first for the 1-0 snipers lead. Bob Mustall would get his second point of the night on his goal late in the second for a snipers 2-0 lead. Puckers would respond on a goal from Rob Constantine with under 30 seconds left in the frame. Snipers then pretty much iced the game as Greg Martinez gets a tally midway through the third. Puckers would get a score from Kevin Luchenhoff late, but not enough.