SND with guest host jon ellis, from WhereHockeyHappens.com

Saturday Night D-league gets its start on Thursday in the bizarro world we call Euless.

Blue Devils (6-6-2) 3
Canadiens (5-8-0) 2

The Devil defense was hardly living up to its name as they allow forty-six shots on the night, the lead fell quickly to the Can-do offense, specifically Chris Gallagher and Gabe Rivera. Jared Junker collects the sole Devil goal in the first period, but no one could feel the ground swell that he generated with that shot until a few minutes later. The second started calmly enough but by the half way point the game was tied thanks to Blue Devil Chase Hannah. Later, the Devils take the lead with a shot from Randen Barajas, with stand-out play from Dan Pittman in the net the Devils weather the storm and earn the win.

Friday was filled with Saturday night action, too.

Ice Bats (7-7-0) 5
Komets (3-9-1) 2

The Komets fall apart without their star center Wil Dobson. Jacqueline Zee uses her contacts with MHOA to swing an early Ice Bat goal for herself and Mike Kirkland puts a fork in the opening period. The Bats open the first keeping on pace with a goal from Hong Kong Kim but drop their sticks in shock when the Komets pierce the smothering defense and hang-up their first goal on a shot from the hammering John Thompson. Zee spends the intermission hangin' with her homeys in the ref's crease and starts the third period with a hat trick, making the Glen "Mr." Whipple Komet goal meaningless and squeezably soft. Come on Lanny, why would you allow that?

Privateers (9-3-1) 9
Warriors D (10-3-0) 4

Warriors D? Looks like Warriors I to me. . . Chris Skupien, another guy with MHOA ties, manages to put a puck in the net for the Warriors. The Privateers let loose a hearty laugh and go on a run: Bob-O goes first then the second period brings his mates Andrew Latham, Matt Taylor, and Joel Bush for a shorty- oh, and Bob-O get s another in there also. Skupien breaks things up with a random Warrior goal, then Taylor and Bush put things back in order with a couple 'Teer goals. Suddenly a real wrench gets thrown into things when the Privateer power play surrenders a short handed goal to Eric Johnson. Latham returns to the well but Ryan Morris won't let the Warriors die. . . Matt Taylor doesn't mind killing them, however, he scores the final goal. Plenty of penalties but fortunately none of the goalies were injured by the pucks.

Saturday finally arrives.

Ice Bats (7-7-0) 1
Privateers (9-3-1) 8

The 'Teers continue their weekly throttling of the league, maybe Lanny could have skated it up a couple of times? The Bats were out of the game in the first period with goals coming in from Steven Sollyard followed by Joel "Burnin'" Bush and then Randy Perry, even with this start it was hard to believe that Joel would own the game winner. Andrew Latham scores a Privateer goal to open the middle frame and Bob-O scores the last-o-the period. Bush scores again in the third making six unanswered 'Teer tallies and as they ponder their greatness the Bats sneak in for a Mark Smith goal. Wiping the clouds from their own eyes the Privateers load the Bat net with a couple more from Sollyard and Latham.

Blue Devils (6-6-2) 5
Warriors D (10-3-0) 6

Skupien and the Warriors pull one out in this nail-biter. Eric Johnson puts the Warriors out front but Randen Barajas ties things up. Skupien settles things for a while until Charlie Heine ties it again. Skupien needs his Warrior win for the week and he rattles-off two toward that end. Brian Hamstra brings the Devils within one but Johnson cancels the goal. Hamstra hits again and inspires Barajas to do the same tying the game in the third. Things were looking good when the Warriors lose a man in the final ten seconds of the game but an uncovered man escapes to the clearing shot and that man, being Skupien, scores the game winner, shorthanded, with only a second left on the clock. His fourth goal of the game, that's precisely, about 66.6% of the Warrior offense- can we read anything into these statistics? Well, I can't help but conclude that Skupien scores a lot.