Another great season wrapped up in the wee hours Sunday. Great job, ladies and gents. Don't look now, but another season starts in only six days. Count us out this time -- our family needs its Saturday nights back. But fear not, loyal reader, one of the folks listed below will be taking over as chief I-League scribe. More on that later.
If anyone has other digital pictures from Saturday's games, email them to us and we'll put them on the site. Email: blogcaptain@yahoo.com
Phantoms 2, Patriots 1 (shootout): The Phantoms skated the Stanley Keg after Ryan Smith scored the shootout goal that completed a perfect 9-0 season and capped a great defensive struggle. The Patriots struck first, on Ray Haenselman's unassisted goal with 1:04 left in the second period. Cory Howard evened it up early in the third. Above photo courtesy of Mr. Smith's friend Kelly Martin.
Stingers 2, Spiders 0: In the game for third place, Jason Isham had a goal and assist to lead the Stingers. David Edwards scored the other one. Dana "The Eclipse" Fenili stopped all 14 shots that came his way.
Wolverines 5, Stickmen 2: In the game for fifth place, Chris Conner scored a pair to put the shorthanded Stickmen away. Other goals were by Robert Sirkis, Tony Davis and Shazad Nazir. (Scorekeeper Chris gave Shazad's goal to Mike Drago, but Drago had the assist.) Greg Mersberger, Conner and brother Brian Conner also had assists. Jim O'Reilly had both goals for the Stickmen, with Tony Eggleston getting an assist.
Ice Holes 1, Snipers 0: Steve Junker scored the only goal in the game for seventh place, assisted by Joan Crock and Jared Junker. Goalie Doug Taylor got the shutout, stopping 8 shots behind typically stingy Ice Holes defense.
Blue Devils 4, Brewzers 3 (overtime): Jeron Gibson got the winning goal in overtime of the game for seventh place. David Ogle and Dan Glein got credit for assists. The Brewzers went out to a 3-1 lead with second-period goals by Andy Thomas, Dennis Cotton and Steve Daniels. But the BDs came back on Mike Drago's goal (assist Ray Workman) as time ran out in the second and John Dwyer's score (assist Matt Patchen and Randy Perry) with 3:26 to go. Good goaltending on both sides by Mike Redmon (BDs) and Mike Moore.
Puckers 5, REDRUM 1: In the game for 11th place, Rob Constantine scored a pair and added an assist to lead the Lucky Puckers. Mike Vogel added a goal and assist. Other goals were by Brent Lasse and Dallas Lehr. Lehr and Lasse each also snagged an assist. For REDRUM, there was a third-period goal by Jason Howell.
Fugaweez 5, Komets 4: The Komets gave a game effort in the duel for last place, but the Fugaweez held on, thanks to a pair of goals and an assist by Dallas Lehr. Andy Thomas, Clark Sandlin and Dan "G Man" Grimes also scored. Grimes notched an assist, too. Eric Anderson had a pair for the Komets. Other goals: Mike Gallagher and Mark Gragg. Nate Hodges added an assist.
