Tippett will return for Stars. Good move.
-- BC
Friday, April 27, 2007
DPSC Officials Promise Reforms, Improvements
For those who missed the coordinators meeting on Tuesday night, Keith sent this wrapup. There are some interesting nuggets here, including:
-- All-Star games for all leagues each season.
-- DPSC staff in attendance for all games. This should make ringers harder to hide and lousy officiating easier to correct.
-- Another promise to put photos in pointstreak for easier identification, and the suggestion that we could get ID cards.
Read on ...
SSHL-Euless Coordinators:
Thank you for attending the meeting on Tuesday night. Ed, Tom and I appreciate your candor and feedback on the programs and are dedicated to making the improvements you requested. Below are some of the key discussion points we will be working to improve for the summer season. We will have the Summer League registration information to you next week.
Scheduling
Consistent nights and times-announced prior to registration
Consistent and balanced schedule. All teams will have an equal number of games in similar slots as well as and equal number of games against common opponents.
Conveyors
A DPSC Staff member present at all SSHL games to insure league rules are followed and that all participating players are officially registered and rostered.
MHOA Evaluations
On-Line document which allows coordinators the ability to rate officials and provide feedback to MHOA
Crossbar
We will convey your concerns regarding the Crossbar to the new management and see if we can work with them to make sure you have a great experience when you go upstairs.
All Star Games
We will schedule an all star game each season for each league. Details to follow later.
ID Cards
We will determine a way to identify registered and rostered players. We are looking into photo ID's and the Pointstreak option of photo identification. This will be fully implemented in the fall and we will make every effort to get at least the photos in Pointstreak for the summer session.
Please let me know if you have any other concerns or comments. Thanks again for your support of our programs. Your business is appreciated.
Keith Andresen
Director of Hockey Programs
Dallas Stars/Dr Pepper StarCenters
817.267.4233 ext.228
Fax 817.267.4273
kandresen@dallasstars.com
-- All-Star games for all leagues each season.
-- DPSC staff in attendance for all games. This should make ringers harder to hide and lousy officiating easier to correct.
-- Another promise to put photos in pointstreak for easier identification, and the suggestion that we could get ID cards.
Read on ...
SSHL-Euless Coordinators:
Thank you for attending the meeting on Tuesday night. Ed, Tom and I appreciate your candor and feedback on the programs and are dedicated to making the improvements you requested. Below are some of the key discussion points we will be working to improve for the summer season. We will have the Summer League registration information to you next week.
Scheduling
Consistent nights and times-announced prior to registration
Consistent and balanced schedule. All teams will have an equal number of games in similar slots as well as and equal number of games against common opponents.
Conveyors
A DPSC Staff member present at all SSHL games to insure league rules are followed and that all participating players are officially registered and rostered.
MHOA Evaluations
On-Line document which allows coordinators the ability to rate officials and provide feedback to MHOA
Crossbar
We will convey your concerns regarding the Crossbar to the new management and see if we can work with them to make sure you have a great experience when you go upstairs.
All Star Games
We will schedule an all star game each season for each league. Details to follow later.
ID Cards
We will determine a way to identify registered and rostered players. We are looking into photo ID's and the Pointstreak option of photo identification. This will be fully implemented in the fall and we will make every effort to get at least the photos in Pointstreak for the summer session.
Please let me know if you have any other concerns or comments. Thanks again for your support of our programs. Your business is appreciated.
Keith Andresen
Director of Hockey Programs
Dallas Stars/Dr Pepper StarCenters
817.267.4233 ext.228
Fax 817.267.4273
kandresen@dallasstars.com
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Stars...Game 7...Refs....even canada can't believe it
we came across this article from a canadian paper...they're about as mad as we are...
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=84313667-f302-43ce-a6c8-a7df0616520b
As the playoffs roll on and occasions arise when Canucks fans might want to consider the officiating bias, they should remember Monday's Game 7.
If there was ever a collection of circumstances which favoured the home team, this was it. The Dallas string of penalties in the second and third periods which turned the tide Vancouver's way was nothing short of astonishing, a remarkable turn of events to people who have watched NHL playoff hockey over the years.
With Dallas nursing a lead as only they can in the second period, they proceeded to take seven of the next eight penalties, some of them infractions that wouldn't have been considered offences in a pee-wee game.
A tap on the arm of Trevor Linden by Stu Barnes that wouldn't have bruised an egg gave Vancouver a two man advantage for 48 seconds in the second period which allowed the Canucks to generate some crowd noise with some great scoring chances, even though they weren't able to convert. But there's no question it lifted Vancouver off the mat.
The penalty to Joel Lundqvist early in the third period which again got the Canucks going was nothing short of amazing. There appeared to be virtually no contact between offender and offended, yet the arm shot up as though there'd been some kind of mugging. Harry Neale on Hockey Night called it "a brutal call" and Tom Larscheid reportedly referred to it as "a phantom call" on the TEAM 1040. What Dallas coach Dave Tippett thought of it wasn't known until afterwards, when there was no point moaning.
"Baffling," was how Tippett described the work of Rob Shick and Greg Devorski. "Why don't they let the players decide it. The five penalties we took in the second period changed the whole complexion of the game, changed the momentum of the game. ... We could never get our legs under us after that."
The penalty that resulted in the winning goal was another of those new NHL mysteries, the most flattering thing that can be said about it being that it's been called all year, albeit sporadically. As Daniel Sedin circled the Dallas net with the puck, Jeff Halpern was chasing him with his stick in one hand, lifting it to the point of contact around the waist but not impeding him in the least. Sedin didn't even notice he was there.
Doubtless these guys would take the Adolph Eichmann defence of "just following orders", but never in the history of the game have the officials been so prominent in determining the outcome of games.
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=84313667-f302-43ce-a6c8-a7df0616520b
As the playoffs roll on and occasions arise when Canucks fans might want to consider the officiating bias, they should remember Monday's Game 7.
If there was ever a collection of circumstances which favoured the home team, this was it. The Dallas string of penalties in the second and third periods which turned the tide Vancouver's way was nothing short of astonishing, a remarkable turn of events to people who have watched NHL playoff hockey over the years.
With Dallas nursing a lead as only they can in the second period, they proceeded to take seven of the next eight penalties, some of them infractions that wouldn't have been considered offences in a pee-wee game.
A tap on the arm of Trevor Linden by Stu Barnes that wouldn't have bruised an egg gave Vancouver a two man advantage for 48 seconds in the second period which allowed the Canucks to generate some crowd noise with some great scoring chances, even though they weren't able to convert. But there's no question it lifted Vancouver off the mat.
The penalty to Joel Lundqvist early in the third period which again got the Canucks going was nothing short of amazing. There appeared to be virtually no contact between offender and offended, yet the arm shot up as though there'd been some kind of mugging. Harry Neale on Hockey Night called it "a brutal call" and Tom Larscheid reportedly referred to it as "a phantom call" on the TEAM 1040. What Dallas coach Dave Tippett thought of it wasn't known until afterwards, when there was no point moaning.
"Baffling," was how Tippett described the work of Rob Shick and Greg Devorski. "Why don't they let the players decide it. The five penalties we took in the second period changed the whole complexion of the game, changed the momentum of the game. ... We could never get our legs under us after that."
The penalty that resulted in the winning goal was another of those new NHL mysteries, the most flattering thing that can be said about it being that it's been called all year, albeit sporadically. As Daniel Sedin circled the Dallas net with the puck, Jeff Halpern was chasing him with his stick in one hand, lifting it to the point of contact around the waist but not impeding him in the least. Sedin didn't even notice he was there.
Doubtless these guys would take the Adolph Eichmann defence of "just following orders", but never in the history of the game have the officials been so prominent in determining the outcome of games.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
I League Pratice #2
Practice Posted
-Fury dropped out
-only 17 teams in the league, rumor is each team may have one double header during the season
-more updates as we get them....
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Viva Las Vegas
Congrats to a pair of Euless D-League squads -- the Blue Devils and the Misfits -- who just returned from Vegas and a national tournament held there. There was hockey all day and partying all night (and sometimes into the next day). At one point, beer was spotted (and consumed?) on the bench. We at Saturday Night Heroes certainly don't condone such brutish behavior.
If you see a Blue Devil, ask him about one player's bad case of road rash. And, ask about a blackjack dealer at the MGM Grand who judged one player to be another's father. (There went the dealer's tip.)
As for how the BDs and Misfits fared in their respective divisions, well, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. The BDs are claiming to have finished fourth in a field of 60 teams. That is a true statement.
Viva Las Vegas.
BC
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