Thursday, May 03, 2007

I League begins!

Jeff Vaughan is ready for hockey
After a couple practices and such, we're ready to kick off another competitive season....
So despite the fact we had this done last night, but got owned when out power went out, here is the line-up for this weekend….

6:30pm (Gold) Mayhem vs Patriots
The Cold War continues in the rematch of last season’s glorious keg match, patriots look for revenge while Coach Bobby Sirkis looks for continued perfection against BAC.

7:30pm (Green) Blue Devils vs Shockers
Blue Devils hope to make another strong season while dancing hippo Ray Workman has promised an undefeated season. Shockers have always started well to begin a season, we’ll see how they fare against Todd Smith’s Goonery.

7:45pm (Gold) Stickmen vs Borrachos
Stickmen were one of the hottest teams to close out last season, but so were the borrachos. Stuckeman and super ringer Shawn Haley look to carry the Borrachos on a strong season. Jeff Vaughan says attend this one and get a Jeff Vaughan autographed bench towel…

8:45pm (Green) Puckers vs Spiders-Platinum
We get to see the new spiders-platinum team roll out. Apparently silver was too plain sounding. Puckers will have Rob Constantine to fear while the Spiders-Plat. Have their own secret weapons….

9pm (Gold) Stingers vs Warriors
Stinger hoping to reverse last season’s mediocrity with a win over the newly formed warriors team. We hear the warriors are a good portion of last season’s fugs team? Josh Briscoe has declared this game a game for the ages….

10pm (Green) Snipers vs Fugaweez
Snipers begin the defense of their keg title against a reset fugaweez team. We don’t know how the fugs look this season; we’ve heard there was massive reconstruction. Jesse Henderson will be buying everyone shots before the game…bring the kids…

10:15pm (Gold) Komets vs Brewzers
This showdown features a rematch of last season’s Silver 3rd place game. Komets were busy during the offseason by picking up Alex Atkins from the Injured Reserve, while getting their top defenseman Nate Hodges back as well as scoring champion Chris Gallagher. Brewzers will probably unleash Andy Thomas…

11:15pm (Green)
Spiders-Gold vs Ice Holes
Spiders hope to also reverse their dismal season last year with a better one, however have to face an Ice Holes team bent on perfection. Rahul Gilbreth is rumored to have put on 90 pounds of pure muscle.

11:30pm (Gold) Practice-Leftovers
We can predict the Leftovers will not lose this one….
Divisions are…..
Gold-8 Teams
Mayhem
Spiders-Gold
Stickmen
Stingers
Patriots
Ice Holes
Borrachos
Warriors

-All gold teams will play each other one time for a total of 7 games.
-The Gold Division will then have a 2 week playoff.
-The first week will be a semi-final between the top 4 teams with the winners playing for the championship the following week and the losers playing for 3rd place the following week.
-We will do the same format for 5th-8th place. (That way each team plays competitive games the last two weeks of the season and no team plays any other team more than twice and each team has 9 games and 3 practices)

Silver-9 Teams
Leftovers
Shockers
Spiders-Platinum
Fugaweez
Brewzers
Blue Devils
Puckers
Snipers
Komets

-All Silver teams will play each other one time for a total of 8 games. The 9th game will be a playoff game (Just like it always has been)
-Since there are an odd number of teams a different team was given a full ice practice each week so that over a 10 week period there will have 9 games an 1 practice.
-The full ice practice will always be in the 11:30 PM slot so that each team has that slot one time. -Rather than leave one team out of the playoffs it was decided that 8th will play 9th and the winner will play 7th in a game later the same night.
-So if a team finishes 8th or 9th they have the chance to play 2 games the final night and get an extra game.
-Aside from that the playoffs will be 1v2, 3v4, 5v6.
rest of the season....
Other Notes from the Management:
Additional Information
1. Teams that have paid in full, either the team fee or individually, with payments totaling $2900 or more may have
have 2 subs. However these subs must appear on your roster and they must have proof of USA Hockey insurance.
2. Players who have not paid their league fees will not be allowed to skate, except for subs as indicated above. There
will be no exceptions.
3. Coordinators must check-in and provide us with a roster a minimum of 45 minutes before your first game. If you
have already provided a roster and made full team payment you do not need to arrive early to check-in.
4. No subs will be allowed to play for teams that are not paid in full.


From Keith and Tom
“We truly appreciate your business and your patience as we transition to a new season under a new hockey manager. Tom Yockey and myself will do everything we can to make sure you have a great experience. I have spoken to quite a few of you and have received some very good suggestions and we will certainly implement some of them going forward, especially an easier registration process for returning players and teams next session.”

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Six Teams Will Make D-League Playoffs


This just in from the horse's mouth ... StarCenter's Keith Andresen says six D-League teams will make the playoffs (which should start around the first of June) but the seeds will be based on winning percentge and not points since teams will have played a different number of games.

In an e-mail to Saturday Night Heroes, Keith says:

"The first thing I will do is try and make sure each team has a minimum of 30 games. Once confirmed we will determine the standings based on winning percentage instead of points as some teams will have played more games than others. The top six are in the playoffs and the rest of the teams will be in a best of the rest tournament."

As we enter the final month, the top five seeds look locked in. There's a heated race for the sixth and final spot as things stand today. If we award a half-win for an OTL, we find these winning percentages:

Stickmen (28 points) -- .538
Blue Devils (29 points) -- .517
Yokels (28 points) -- .466
Mid-Cities (25 points) -- .416


Oh, and the Stickmen play the Blue Devils tonight in a game with big playoff implications.

The standings: