Standings

We've asked, but don't yet know, whether the league breaks into divisions like last season or if we're reverting to the old one-big-division format. For now, we'll go with this. We've also asked whether the Brewzers are indeed playing two games July 29. Obviously not, so stay tuned for a schedule tweak. My guess is the Stickmen (not BZ) play the Patriots that night ...

UPDATE as of WEDNESDAY NIGHT ...

The updated schedule for July 29 reads thusly:

7:15 p.m.: Patriots vs. Puckers

8:30 p.m.: Brewzers vs. Blue Devils

9 p.m.: Phantoms vs. Stingers

9:45 p.m.: Fugaweez vs. Snipers

10:15 p.m.: Stickmen vs. Ice Holes

11 p.m. : Komets vs. REDRUM

11:30 p.m.: Wolverines vs. Spiders

Summer season begins

'Twas a festive opening night, one overtime and one shootout (that we know about). The details ...

Stickmen 2, Fugaweez 0: Ken Halford had a goal and an assist for the Stickmen, and goalie Kenny Koulabooth was perfect on 13 shots. Jesse Henderson also scored. Both goals came late in the second period.

Stingers 7, Komets 6 (OT): A heartbreaking debut for the Komets, who blew a 6-4 lead in the third period and lost it just 1:02 into overtime on John Briscoe's game-winner. Bill Ivey got credit for the assist. Scott Childress had a hat trick for the Stingers, and Ray Scott scored four times for the Komets. Mike Bresnahan added two.

Blue Devils 2, REDRUM 1: Randy Perry scored with 5:19 left to deliver the Blue Devils. Mike Drago got the assist. David Ogle had the other goal for the BD's. Ray Workman followed a day of water volleyball with one hell of a defensive game, saying afterward: "I'm going to throw up." Hey, we just report the facts.

Phantoms 3, Ice Holes 2 (shootout): Cory Howard's shootout goal was the game-winner for the Phantoms. He also had an assist. Greg Hunt had both goals, unassisted, for the Ice Holes. Jason Neal and John Lloyd scored for the Phantoms.

Wolverines 2, Snipers 0: The Wolverines skated shorthanded (eight guys) but still dominated the Snipers. Brian Bradley and Bryan Conner scored, and goalie Chris Duran faced only 12 shots. The Wolverines peppered Patrick Donahue with 34 shots.

Spiders 3, Puckers 1: Andrew Patti had a goal and assist for the Spiders. Brent Lasse tied it 1-1 with a goal at the 10:20 mark of the third. But Alex Atkins gave the Spiders the lead two minutes later before Patti's goal sealed it. Spiders had 37 shots to 14 for the Lucky Puckers.

Patriots 2, Brewzers 1: The score was all we got on this one; no scoresheet available. According to "anonymous" leaving comment here, Patriots goals were by Jeff Eagle and vaunted Finnish import Antti Sivula. Go, Finland!

Schedule through Aug. 12

July 15
7:15 P.M.: Fugaweez vs. Stickmen

8:30 P.M.: Phantoms vs. Ice Holes

9 P.M.: Wolverines vs. Snipers

9:45 P.M.: Komets vs. Stingers

10:15 P.M.: Puckers vs. Spiders

11 P.M.: Blue Devils vs. REDRUM

11:30 P.M.: Patriots vs. Brewzers

July 22
7:15 P.M.: Brewzers vs. Stickmen

8:30 P.M.: Blue Devils vs. Patriots

9 P.M.: Puckers vs. REDRUM

9:45 P.M.: Komets vs. Spiders

10:15 P.M.: Wolverines vs. Stingers

11 P.M.: Phantoms vs. Snipers

11:30 P.M.: Fugaweez vs. Ice Holes

July 29
7:15 P.M.: Patriots vs. Brewzers

8:30 P.M.: Puckers vs. Blue Devils

9 P.M.: Phantoms vs. Stingers

9:45 P.M.: Fugaweez vs. Snipers

10:15 P.M.: Brewzers vs. Ice Holes

11 P.M.: Komets vs. REDRUM

11:30 P.M.: Wolverines vs. Spiders

Aug. 5: PRACTICE
7:15 P.M.: Fugaweez and Stickmen

8:30 P.M.: Phantoms and Ice Holes

9 P.M.: Wolverines and Snipers

9:45 P.M.: Komets and Stingers

10:15 P.M.: Puckers and Spiders

11 P.M.: Blue Devils and REDRUM

11:30 P.M.: Patriots and Brewzers

Aug. 12
7:15 P.M.: Fugaweez vs. Stingers

8:30 P.M.: Patriots vs. Ice Holes

9 P.M.: Stickmen vs. Blue Devils

9:45 P.M.: Puckers vs. Komets

10:15 P.M.: Brewzers vs. Snipers

11 P.M.: Phantoms vs.Spiders

11:30 P.M.: Wolverines vs. REDRUM

I-League Returns Tonight

Yes, I-League returns tonight from the rink reburbishing, even if we're a tad late in posting it here. Sorry. About that refurbishing, here's an early report: The ice is like friggin' glass. You can see shadows from surface cuts on the newly painted floor. Really beautiful.

The schedule is out through Aug. 12. There's practice tonight, then three games before another practice on Aug. 5.

Tonight's practice:

Phantoms and Wolverines, 7:15 p.m.
Komets and Blue Devils, 8:30 p.m.
Patriots and Brewzers, 9 p.m.
Stickmen and Ice Holes, 9:45 p.m.
Snipers and Stingers, 10:15 p.m.
Spiders and Redrum, 11 p.m.
Fugaweez and Puckers, 11:30 p.m.

Euless I-League Dominates Grapevine

Yikes. Maybe this is not such a good idea. But, hey, they asked for it. An ad hoc team of 16 Euless I-Leaguers dominated the Grapevine I-League in a 10-0 victory on Friday night. Thanks to the guys who played: Chris Duran, Kent Taub, Nate Hodges, Dallas Lehr, Bobby Sirkis, Robert Sirkis, Rahul Sharma, Andrew Patti, Bryan Conner, Chris Conner, Rich Duval, Brian Bradley, Kenny Fain, Jeff Eagle, Mike Drago and Dan Grimes. We had a great time and won another t-shirt ... even if it was a bit too easy.

Wolverines, Brewzers Skate the Keg

The Wolverines and Brewzers each skated the Stanley Keg Saturday. Bobby Sirkis (photo above) got the hat trick in the Wolverines' 5-2 victory over the Stickmen. The Brewzers defeated the Blue Devils 2-0 in the other title game. Matt Walker and Milton Highfill scored for the champs.

In other games:

Stingers 4, Redrum 3 (shootout): This one went deep into the shootout, perhaps seven skaters to a side. We lost count. A great finish to start the night.

Snipers 3, Spiders 1: Jeff Thomas scored twice for the Snipers.

Fugaweez 4, Ice Holes 2

Patriots 6, Phantoms 1

Spuds 6, Puckers 5: Spuds get their first victory.


And a good time was had by all in the bar afterward ... Good season, folks.