Scoring leaders after Week 5

*A note about stats: Players accumulate stats by team. That is, if you play for more than one team, you have a stat line for each team. Stats are compiled according to official scoresheets. Any mistakes or misspellings or omissions are due to incomplete or inaccurate scoresheets. If your name is misspelled, leave a comment and it will be corrected. In other words, this process is like hand grenades; we're just trying to get it in the vicinity. -- The management

UPDATED: Week 5 results

Ice Holes 3, Phantoms 2: David Giesecke scores twice for Ice Holes (4-0-1), including the game-winner with 1:55 left. Greg Hunt scored in the first for Ice Holes on a Bubba Johnson assist. Cory Howard and Jason Neal scored for Phantoms (3-2). Ice Holes win shots battle 16-13.

Score by periods
Ice Holes 2 0 1—3
Phantoms 0 0 2—2

Stickmen 1, Fugaweez 0: Jeff Thomas scores on a Jesse Henderson assist in the second period of a tight game. It’s one of just six shots all game for Stickmen (2-2-1). Steve McCollister stops all 21 Fugaweez shots. Fugaweez drop to 2-2-1.

Score by periods
Stickmen 0 1 0—1
Fugaweez 0 0 0—0

Patriots 2, Snipers 0: Steve Benefield [no wonder he was anxious for a blog update] scores two for the first-place Patriots (4-0-1). League scoring leader Butch Hutchison notches an assist. Goalie Jon Ellis picks up the first of two victories for the night. Snipers drop to 1-3-1.

Score by periods
Patriots 1 1 0—2
Snipers 0 0 0—0

Spyders 2, Brewzers 1: Spyders score winning goal with 38 seconds left for their first victory (1-4). No. 14 gets the winner (scorekeeper’s chicken scratch looks like “Arcy Patti.”) . John Parker scores for Brewzers (2-3).

Score by periods
Spyders 1 0 1—2
Brewzers 0 1 0—1

Blue Devils 1, REDRUM 1 (tie): Eric Hogentogler scores unassisted in the third to stop the Blue Devils’ losing – and scoreless – streak. They’re 1-3-1. Unknown skater No. 1 scores for REDRUM (1-2-2). Both teams use substitute goalies. Jon Ellis stops 22 of 23 for REDRUM. Terry Redmon saves 32 of 33. Nice.

Score by periods
REDRUM 1 0 0—1
Blue Devils 0 0 1—1

So, what do you think?

We've been running this blog for about six weeks now. What do you think? What do you hate, love, etc.? What would make this more useful to you? Suggestions, please. Blog Captain is taking a poll this week and thinking about whether to continue this endeavor next season. Please take the time to click on "comment" below and tell me what you think.

UPDATE: Fair Park Ice struggles

According to Dallas Morning News reporter David Flick, the new/old rink is struggling at Fair Park, despite all its charm and hours of open ice. He reports today (www.dallasnews.com) that after an initial rush of skaters, business has fallen off during public skating hours, with the ice sometimes devoid of customers.

Rink officials say they're bringing in less than a third of the $35,000 in monthly operating expenses, but they insist the rink is in no danger of permanently closing. However, it will shut down in April for the summer – as planned. The rink's chief says it will reopen after the State Fair. We'll see about that ...

See my earlier posts about the rink, which included operating hours and contact info.

Results: Week 5

Results based on what we heard about last night. More complete results after scoresheets available. If we got your score wrong, leave a comment.

Game of the week:
Ice Holes 3, Phantoms 2
We're told this was won on a late goal. Ice Holes are 4-0-1. Phantoms are 3-2. This game sets up a first-place showdown between Ice Holes and Patriots next week.

Other action:
Patriots 2, Snipers 0
Stickmen 1, Fugaweez 0
Spyders 2, Brewzers 1
REDRUM 1, Blue Devils 1 (tie)

Next week:
Stickmen at Phantoms, 8:45 p.m.
Brewzers at REDRUM, 9 p.m.
Snipers at Spyders, 10 p.m.
Blue Devils at Fugaweez, 10:15 p.m.
Patriots at Ice Holes, 11:15 p.m.