Hockey Video of the Week

This is not new, but it's new to us. And, it's freakin' awesome. Can you say: "Inglewood Jack?"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2741695332150078257&q=winnfield

Phantoms Ascend to First Place

Phantoms 4, Wolverines 2: Jason Neal scored three times and Jay Peters added a goal and an assist as the Phantoms climbed into first place. They needed a loss by the previously undefeated Patriots, which the Stingers happily delivered. (see below) Ryan "Screaming Like A Demon From Hell" Smith had an assist on Peters' goal. The Wolverines got unassisted goals from Robert Sirkis Sr. and Jason Delarosa. The Phantoms are now 6-0. With Fugaweez and Stickmen yet to play, they look like a shoo-in for the Stanley Keg final.

Stingers 2, Patriots 1 (shootout): Scott Childress' shootout goal lifted the Stingers and their giant goalie, Dana Fenili. Fenili stopped 18 of 19 shots. Rodney Murray scored in the second period for the Stingers on a Roland Widman assist. Butch Hutchison fed Jeff Vaughan on the Patriots' goal. The Pats fell from first but could still be headed for a Stanley Keg final with victories over the Spiders and REDRUM. Not that they're counting their chickens, but somebody already predicted victories in the comments section below. Shhhh. Don't tell the Spiders or Stickmen, who also are 5-1 heading into the final regular-season games.

Ice Holes 2, Lucky Puckers 0: Andrea Cortinas scored both goals in this one, and both came on assists by Mike Skupien. Jared Junker also got an assist on the second goal. The Ice Holes played typically stingy defense, allowing just 14 shots.

Stickmen 4, Komets 2: Ed Vogel had the hat trick for Stickmen. Tim James had a pair of assists. Jesse Henderson added a shorthanded goal in the third period. That turned out to be the game-winner as the Stickmen improved to 5-1. The Komets managed just six shots on goal.

REDRUM 4, Fugaweez 2: Daniel Barr had two goals to help snap REDRUM out of its funk. He also had an assist. Other goals were by Michael Wh*&% (That's right, we can't read it.) and Jason Howell. For Fugaweez, Big Dan Grimes notched a pair. Kyle Overton had two assists.

Spiders 7, Brewzers 2: Andrew Patti laid four goals and an assist on the slumping Brewzers. This one was quite the pasting, but maybe not as bad as the score indicates. The Spiders took only 16 shots. Unfortunately for Brewzer fans, seven went in. Yikes. Other goals were by Rahul Sharma, Alex Atkins and -- well, whaddya know -- scorekeeper David Lusty scored one.

Blue Devils 2, Snipers 1: Finally, a blue moon rose Saturday. The Devils took an uncharacteristic 35 shots in breaking a four-game losing skid. Dan Glein and Todd Smith scored, both assisted by Chris Perkins. Snipers goalie Patrick Donaghue was on-his-head fantastic. The Snipers' goal was by Jesse Henderson, who capitalized on a 5-on-3 advantage.

Note to Tom Buckner: If you have the photos we discussed, leave your email below and we'll tell you how to send them.

Note to everyone else: Remember, there are no games this week because of Labor Day and etc. Next games: Sept. 9.

BC

Hockey Video of the Week

Check out this hockey fight. Total greatness, accompanied by System of a Down. Enjoy.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=353208567394505949&q=hockey

No Coors Tournament For You

Sad news: The annual Coors Light 4-Sport Tournament of Champions is canceled because not enough teams showed interest. Apparently, the Sept. 8-10 weekend they chose didn't work for enough of us. The hockey-softball-bowling-golf-poker tournament (that's five sports, for those paying attention) will instead convene next April.

Standings and schedule

Schedule for tonight:

7:45 p.m.: Patriots vs. Stingers
8:45 p.m.: Puckers vs. Ice Holes
9 p.m.: Komets vs. Stickmen
10 p.m.: Phantoms vs. Wolverines
10:15 p.m.: Brewzers vs. Spiders
11:15 p.m.: REDRUM vs. Fugaweez
11:30 p.m.: Blue Devils vs. Snipers
12:30 a.m.: Beer ;)

Eating Their Lunch(Box)

Stickmen 6, Puckers 3: Tim James scored twice and Ed Vogel had two assists in a game the Stickmen broke open in the third period. The game was tied 2-2 with under seven minutes to play, when James scored his second goal. Goals followed by Brian Listman, Jesse Henderson and Jim O’Reilly. The Puckers got goals from Greg Riggs, Dallas Lehr and LeMoine the scorekeeper. The Stickmen improved to 4-1. Above, the vaunted Lunchbox sneaks in behind the Puckers' net.

Other results for games of Aug. 19 ...

Spiders 4, Fugaweez 2: Four different Spiders scored in this one, and the defense smothered Fugaweez, allowing just seven shots. Goals were by Andrew Somebody (can’t read your last name, Andrew, sorry), Somebody With Initials KN, Alex Somebody and … well, we’ll give the fourth goal to scorekeeper LeMoine (apparently goes by one name, like Pele and Tatu and … Madonna), who did such a fantastic job. His goal was credited to No. 1, who’s not listed on the scoresheet. Scott Dolbee and Clark Sandlin scored for Fugaweez. John Ward had an assist.

Patriots 1, Snipers 0 (shootout): Butch Hutchison and Kyle Krumm (can hardly read this name, so apologies to Kyle; blame above-mentioned LeMoine) hit the net in a shootout to lift the undefeated Patriots. Goalie Jon Ellis saw just five shots and stopped them all. Snipers goalie Pat Donaghue was even better, stopping 21 of 21.

Stingers 5, Brewzers 1: Scott Childress scored twice and Greg Carter had a goal and two assists for the Stingers. Childress’ goals late in the third put the game out of reach. Other goals came from Jason Isham and Scott Castleberry. Isham also notched an assist.

Wolverines 7, Komets 2: Few details available on this game cuz the scoresheet got cut off. However, we had a good seat for this one and can testify it was a damned rout.

Ice Holes 3, Blue Devils 0: We had a good seat for this one, too, and can testify it was a damned rout. The hapless Devils managed just eight shots to the Holes’ 43. Ouch. Greg Hunt had a pair of goals, unassisted, and Dave Base had the other (assist Joan Crook and Jason Junker). Hunt also managed a crafty (and uncalled) hook in the nice young man who broke free behind the Ice Holes' defense and had an open shot on goal.

Phantoms 8, REDRUM 0: We hope the beer was cold after this one, Redrummers. John Lloyd had the hat trick for Phantoms. Jay Peters added a pair as the Phantoms remained undefeated and tied for first place. Other goals: Greg “The Hook” Hunt, Cory Howard and someone whose name we can’t read. We’ll call him Chris DeBaene. Goalie Jesse Gonzales was perfect but faced just 11 shots. As for REDRUM, well, they led in penalties.