Week 8: I League

Playoff Matches are secured. Many tie breakers were used. Some great games tonight, some total domination games and even some thuging.

Stickmen 4 Brewzers 0
Stickmen take the best record in the league into the Keg game with the Lowest GAA in their 2nd straight shut out. Steph Trapp, Dan Lagrone, Jeff Thomas and Larry Wade had the strikes. Tim James had a couple helpers. Meanwhile Stickmen goalie Steve McCollister had, what looks like, 14 saves on 14 shots. Stickmen will go after their 3rd Keg in Franchise history next week.

Puckers 4 Patriots 2
Patriots charged out of the gate for the 2-0 lead on two Jeff Eagle goals. But there is a reason they say the 2 goal lead is dangerous. The Patriots just pretty much forgot how to play hockey for the 2nd and 3rd periods. Puckers took advantage of a somewhat tired and out of position pats team and rattled off 4 unanswered goals from Guy Riggs, Dallas Lehr, Ron Constantine, and Chris Kirton. Pats goalie Jesse Gonzales fought with honor, but too many mistakes plagued the Patriots. On the other side of the ice, netminder Casey Jenkins had many bounces go his way as he shut the pats down after giving up two goals. Violence ensued at the end of this one, Oh Dear. As requested by both squads, we will say the refing in this one, as well as all the games on the Green Rink was very….unfortunate.

Spiders 5 True.com 4
Chris Gallagher’s goal with 49 seconds left in regulation lifted the Spiders into the 3rd place game next week. This one was an offensive fiesta as the Spiders had a 4-2 lead after the first period. Mike Lambert had the hat trick, from what the score sheet says, while Pete Clark added a tally in the first. True.com kept it close in the opening period with goals form Tim O’Donnell and Melissa Ross. True.com would tie it up in the 2nd with two goals from Jonathan Keith and the always dangerous David Benson. As noted earlier, Gallagher’s goal at the end was the difference maker.

Stingers 3 Blue Devils 2 (SO)
David Edwards wins it for the Stingers as this shootout goes 7 skaters deep per side. In Regulation, Ray Workman and David Ogle had the Blue Devil goals while the Stingers got their two from Scott Childress and Ronald Widmann. Blue Devils Goalie Mike Redmond kicks aside 14 of 16 before the shootout while Greg Carter stops 8 of 10.

Wolverines 9 Shockers 0
This was an absolute thrashing. Probably the most one-sided game of the season. Chris Conner decided to go insane as he gets the hat trick plus 2 helpers. Greg Mersbergher, Nate Hodges, John Pinnar, and Bryan Conner had scores while Trevor Lichty had two goals.

Komets 3 Ice Holes 1
Komets get their revenge from last season’s humiliation by playing one of their best games of the season. Gerrald Kappers' Goal from Nate Hodges gave the Komets momentum 30 seconds into the first. Komets would make it 2-0 in the second period on Melissa Ross’ goal. The Ice Holes, who fought a very physical game struck back on a Michael Crook goal to make it 2-1. Komets responded as a Sergio Castillo point blast was deflected home by Ross for her second of the night. Next to the Puckers, the Komets are probably the team with the most momentum.

Snipers 3 Fugaweez 2
Snipers with a huge upset, makes some wonder if the Fugs are deserving of a Keg Birth, but we think they do. Snipers’ Bill Fitch gets the first for the Snipers from Rob Richards, but the Fugs countered with Matt Osbourne’s goal. Alex Eyesermans gave the Snipers the lead again, but it was to be tied yet one more time on Osbourne’s 2nd score of the night. With 2 minutes left in regulation, Andrew “warrior” St. Julian humbles the Fugaweez for the 3-2 lead. Patrick Donaghue looked turconian on the night by stopping 26 of 28 shots. Fugs will also be going for their 3rd Keg title against the Stickmen next week.


So now that the dust has settled….we have out rankings…Yet must be blessed by Knute

1. Stickmen-14 points
2. Fugaweez- 12 points
3. Spiders-11 points
4. Puckers- 10 points *have Head to Head wins against: Patriots, Stingers, Komets.
5. Patriots- 10 points * have Head to Head win against Stingers, GAA against Komets
6. Stingers- 10 points *have lowest number of regulation loses against Komets
7. Komets- 10 points
8. Ice Holes- 8 points * Head to Head against Wolverines
9. Wolverines- 8 points
10. Brewzers- 7 points *Head to Head against True.com and Blue Devils
11. True.com -7 points *Head to Head against Blue Devils
12. Blue Devils – 7 points
13. Snipers- 4 points
14. Shockers -2 points

Tie Breakers:
-Head to Head
-Lowest Number Regulation Losses
-Highest Number Wins
-GAA
-Coin Toss

Week 7 Scoring...better late than never

last nights games to come later.

Week 8 Times...I league

Twas the week before the playoffs…ok we can’t write poetry so screw that.
Keg match up is pretty much secured. Both Fugs and Stickmen are in regardless of what happens to their games. (we heard a stickmen vs pats match up almost happened, but all parties couldn’t reach a consensus)

So this week looks like this…
7:45: Ice Holes vs Komets: I league Game of the Night:All we know is the Komets are pissed after last season’s 9-1 drumming at the hands of the Ice Holes.

8:15: Snipers vs Fugaweez: Fugs are in the Keg game, snipers aren’t…we wonder what the Fugs/Snipers’s coach is going to do, huh Steve?

9pm: Stickmen vs Brewzers: Stickmen have their ticket punched for the keg, Brewzers are battling for position for the battle for Place next week.

9:30 pm: Shockers vs Wolverines: Both teams coming off humiliating defeates.

10:15 pm: Blue Devils vs Stingers: This should be a good matchup as both teams try and make a respectable place game next week.

10:45 pm: The Patriots had a huge emotional win last week over the Spiders, however wont make the keg this season. They look to hold on to 3rd place. Puckers trying to continue their winning streak.

11:30pm: Spiders vs True.com: Spiders need a win to play for 3rd place agains the pats next week. True.com could very well pull the upset this week.

We havnt forgotten point leaders
and there is big news for way next session will work....more on that tomorrow.

Christmas Tourney: I and D League

There will be an I and D league Christmas tournament this year, Dec. 29th, 30th and 31st, In Duncanville.
For a team entry fee of $596 each team will play a minimum of 4 games (1 on the 29th, 2 on the 30th and at least one on the 31st.) 15-15-15 stop periods

Tournament is limited to the first eight team that register. One restriction: If you currently play on a D league team you cannot play on an I league team for this tournament.

The full team payment is due by December 16.

any questions, call DPSC.

Week 7: I league

So with one more week to go before playoffs, we believe we have our Keg teams...As for the rest of the league, great games occured...

Patriots 4 Spiders 2
I league Game of the Night Part I was a classic. Both teams needed a win to stay in the Keg hunt, but more on that later. Spiders coming off their barnburner against the Blue Devils while the Pats came off their heartbreaker to the Ice Holes. Play started out with the Spiders striking first on a goal from Patti Greco on a nice set up from Linda Mason. The Pats responded on a lazer wrist shot that painted the top corner from Jeff Eagle to knot the game at 1-1. Pats then took a 2-1 lead on Nate Hodges’ sassy breakaway goal and never looked back. Rahul Sharma added 2 strikes to extend the lead to 4-1. (what, Patriots showing offense!?!). Spiders then got a nice goal on a one timer from Chris Gallagher, his 6th goal of the season. But Pats Goalie Jesse Gonazles denies the spiders the rest of the way as the Patriots regain control of 3rd place. Gonzales has won 15 straight I league games….that’s gotta be a record.

Los Komets 5 Shockers 1
Komets went on a hockey jihad against the scrappy Shockers in their biggest margin of victory in franchise history. The stingy Komets D only allowed the Shockers 7 shots on the night. The Komets got their “game winner” from Sean Kier, while Alex Adkins, Gerald Kappers, Melissa Ross, and Rich Duval also added goals in a game of simple domination. Shockers did have a couple chances and were able to get a goal from Otto Bleiss. This team should continue to get better especially into next session. Shockers drop to 1-6 in their young existence, while the Komets continue to gel and improve to 4-3. As quoted by a member of the Fugaweez, “Fear the Komets”.

True.com 5 Blue Devils 2
True.com continues to shock and awe the league as they are winners of 3 of their last 5. T.C. (we are too lazy to type the full abbreviation), built a 4-0 lead in the first period by getting 2 goals from David Benson while Jason Bellows and Bryan Perry also added scores for the early lead. In the 2nd period the Blue Devils looked to make a response by cutting the score to 4-2 by getting goals from Chris Zolle and Terry Newman. But True.com dashed any hope as Tim O’Donnell lit the lamp to re-gain the 3 point lead. A scoreless third period then followed. We talked to some BDs after the game, they were downtrodden, but not defeated. Beer must have been real cold.

Stingers 6 Wolverines 1
What the heck man!? Stingers apparently owned the 2nd period against the shorthanded wolverines (9 skaters). The Kick Arse Jersey’ Stingers drew first blood from Ronald Widdman while the wolverines stuck back 11 seconds later from Chris Conner. Then late in the second, the wheels came off for the wolverines. Rick White and Jason Isham both struck to make the score 3-1 Stingers and it just got progressively worse for wolverine fans. White got his second goal of the night as did Widdman while Josh Briscoe also got one in the plundering of the W’s. Coach Bobby Sirkis Jr comments on the game: “#&$@#”

Puckers 3 Brewzers 1
Puckers win their 3rd straight with a nice win in this one. Brewzers got the first one from Ken early in the first. Late in the first, lucky puckers got 2 goals from and Rob Constantine for the 2-1 lead. He would then get his 2nd of the night midway through the third for the 3-1 advantage. Puckers Goalie “Doug”? stops 13 of 14 shots on the night. While Matt Moore for the Brewzers stops 18 of 21.

Fugaweez 2 Ice Holes 1
I League Game of the Night Part II featured another classic Fugaweez game. Fugs needed a win plus a Pats win over the Spiders to punch their ticket to the keg game. Fugaweez got the 1-0 lead on a Derrick Tillemons goal in the 2nd. In the 3rd Steve Junker hits the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1, when late in the third (again) the Fugs find some later game heroics, this time from Scott Dolbee to get the 2-1 lead, which would hold up for the final. A battle of goalies was fought as Bobby Michaelides stops 12 of 13 while Ice Holes Netminder David Giesecke stops 8 of 10. More on the Keg later…

Stickmen 3 Snipers 0
The Stickmen played normal stickmen hockey in this one. Goals from Luke Scheeinfurth, Tim James and Ken Halford as the Stickmen pretty much never had anything to worry about in this one, only giving up 10 shots on the night. Un-officially, the Stickmen should be far enough ahead on tiebreakers to clinch their spot in the keg, we must verify with Knute.

The Keg game: So with all said and done, the Fugs are in and the Stickmen are 99.9% in, awaiting the blessing of Knute.
Fugs own the head to head tie breaker against the Pats, while if the stickmen were to lose next week and the pats win, the Stickmen would have the fewest loss tiebreaker still. This feels like the BCS all over again….

As stated above, nothing is certified until Knute says so.

In other news…..I league/ D League Tournament is Dec. 29-31. More info on that coming soon.