D-League Playoffs

The schedule is out for playoffs this week. The big question was whether Hockey Team was in or out. Well, they're in, and as the No. 1 seed. Think about that what you will.

Anyway, our friends over at the Euless Sr Stars blog (Who are doing a nice job, if only because they mention me.) are predicting Hockey Team won't survive the first round. Hmmm. We predict HT won't send out quite the same short-bench team we've seen since the aborted move to C league.

Here's the schedule:

Single-elimination round
Tuesday
8:30 p.m. -- Hockey Team vs Misfits
10 p.m. -- Blue Devils vs Yokels

Best of 3 Finals
Thursday
9 p.m. -- Game 1
Sunday
10:30 p.m. -- Game 2
Monday (Oct. 8)
9 p.m. -- Game 3 (if necessary)

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I league previews...

Championship: 1. Patriots vs 2. Komets 9:15pm
Patriots will have two things to face in this game: Chris Gallagher and their ghosts from past Championships lost. If they can beat those two things...the Patriots will have the keg.

3rd: 3. Ice Holes vs 4. Black Widows 9pm
This would have also been an AWESOME keg game, and perhaps one of these teams should be playing the patriots this weekend...we'll see what happens. But a bunch of awesome hot hockey chicks against a solid defensive squad in the ice holes should be awesome.

5th: 5. Stickmen vs 6. Brewzers 8pm
A revenge match up as the Brewzers last game beat the living crap out of the stickmen. We'll see if the sticks can somehow go out with honor.

7th: 7. Blue Devis vs 8. Spiders 7:45pm
Blue devils are failing horribly this season, we'll see if they can some how salvage this season or if the spiders will have a decent .500 season by winning this one.

9th: 9. Warriors vs 10. Snipers 6:45pm
Warriors also had better hopes for the season, we'll see who can score more goals...Eric Johnson or Rob Mustell

11th: 11. Puckers vs 12. Leftovers 6:30pm
Toliet Bowl here...will the puckers bring back their team of ringers or will the Leftovers finally find out how to win a game? funny thing is we are writing this...and they're kinda playing right now....HA!

Summary week 8 I league

3 stars
- Melissa Munn- Black Widows: 2 Goals/ 1 Assist
- Andrew Patti – Spiders: 2 goals/1 Assist
- Travis Lehr – Patriots: 2 goals

Honorable Mention: Dave Runyon – Brewzers: 2 goals

Goalie of the Week: Bobby Michaelides: 23 saves on 24 shots: (warriors 0-1 loss)


Ice Holes 1 Warriors 0
Once again the warriors drop a heart breaking 1-0 loss as the Ice Holes win their game, hoping for help to somehow sneak into the title game. John Bird scores the game winner, however it was goalie Doug Taylor who held his own during the final Warrior onslaught to preserve the victory. Props to Bobby Michaelides who faces 24 shots on the night and stopped all but one of them.

Black Widows 4 Puckers 3.
Black Widows faced a team of “mercenaried” puckers who brought in several Ice Holes into this one. BW had their best performance of the season so far (and no Tom Yockey on the bench). It was the newest addition to the Black Widows that made us impressed by the hot and very talented Melissa Munn who was basically freakin amazing. Munn puts up two goals and an assist while Peanut Raliff and a mysterious #44 had the goals for the BW. One the flip side it was Nelkamp, Guy Riggs, and Pilcher who scored for the puckers. This one was a pretty good game to watch. If the Black Widows keep this team together next season, they’ll be pretty much unstoppable.

Patriots 2 Snipers 1
A very shorthanded patriots squad dishes out a decent performance against a very stacked snipers squad. This game featured the glorious return of Jeff Vaughan whose very presence defeated the hearts of the snipers squad just a little. It was Travis Lehr who caught fire in this one, scoring twice for the Pats. Jamil Jabri scored the lone goal from the snipers late to make the game interesting, but the patriots once again played excellent D along with some excellent saves from Phillip Talley. The challenge of the night was the Pats taking on Rob Mustell who put up 4 goals and an assist last week, however Mustell was curtailed as was the snipers. Props given to the snipers for throwing everything they had in this one. Patriots with the win will make their 3rd keg appearance in a year.

Brewzers 5 Stickmen 0
In what has been one of the strongest teams as of late, the brewzers are like….amazing? The brewzers once again dash the hope of a playoff contender, this time with a thrashing of the stickmen. Dave Runyon scores twice, while Steve Daniels, Rob Walker, and Matt Walker also score in this one. This one was dominated by the brewzers who threw 31 shots on the Sticks’. We don’t think even the Patriots would want to deal with the Brewzers right now, damn that team looked good…

Komets 3 Blue Devils 2
Several things happened in this one…lets start with scoring…After a scoreless first the Blue Devils struck first on our favorite teddy bear: Ray Workman’s goal. (more on workman later). Komets retaliated with an Alex Atkins goal. Blue Devils would then grab the lead again on a Chris Zolle strike for the 2-1 lead with under a minute left in the period. In the third, the komets would rally, yet again as Bryan Brookman scores the equalizer midway through the frame. It would then be the great Bruce “Old man and the Sea” Frankel off a Mike “Tony Romo” Gallagher for the winner with a minute left in the game. However the story in this one was the fact that the hot Bev Schlueter beat the living *#&$ out of Ray “Turtle” Workman. I mean geeze dude…you got your ass kicked. This fight was hilarious to hear about as Schlueter not only took out workman, then started roughing it up with Olson…comedy abounds. Sure, schlueter is suspended for the keg game, but who cares…it was fun to watch…see below. Anyways… The win gets the komets two must have points, and the komets get the head to head tie breaker over the Ice Holes for a date with the Patriots next week for it all.....oh here's the video we got from a random komet....

Spiders 4 Leftovers 1
Once again, no Tom Yockey on the bench means a victory for another spiders squad. The Spiders relied heavily on Evan Callahan and Andrew Patti who scored all the goals/assists in this one. Patti put up two goals and an Assist, as did Callahan. Leftovers once again could not get anything from Junior Lindamood who failed horribly, but it was Matt Chappel who got the goal from a Tom Griffin assist. This sets up a leftovers vs puckers toilet bowl that everyone is talking about. Rumor has it Bobby Sirkis will be scratching his entire team and brining in his C league Wet Willies team for a fun skate around….literally.

playoffs...

here they are...previews later...

Championship: 1. Patriots vs 2. Komets 9:15pm
3rd: 3. Ice Holes vs 4. Black Widows 9pm
5th: 5. Stickmen vs 6. Brewzers 8pm
7th: 7. Blue Devis vs 8. Spiders 7:45pm
9th: 9. Warriors vs 10. Snipers 6:45pm
11th: 11. Puckers vs 12. Leftovers 6:30pm

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Week 8 Previews

This weekend is the regular season finale before the playoff week next week…

BEHOLD! PREVIEWS OF DOOM!

6:30 Warriors vs Ice Holes

Head Coach Bobby Sirkis was trying to first and foremost beat the Ice Holes last week with the leftovers, he will use his knowledge gained last week to try again with his warriors squad. A win for the Ice Holes is a good thing, but not exactly necessary to get into the keg game. From Coach Siriks, “Ice Holes got lucky last week, I know their weaknesses now”.

6:30 Leftovers vs Spiders

What mercenaries will the spiders bring to bear in this game??? Leftovers may or may not be coached by their inspiration Bobby Sirkis, if not; Nate Hodges may make his coaching debut. From Junior Lindamood about the game, “I feel unstoppable; nothing can hold me back, except this team. I am applying for free agency next season…I want a keg.”

7:45 Puckers vs Black Widows

Black Widows need a win to stay in the keg hunt plus some help. They are capable of beating a capsized Puckers squad, question is, can Tom “Foolery” Yockey A. Get enough players to make up his team and B. Can his team score more than one goal? Find out on Saturday. From Yoc, “I swear if this team doesn’t give me more than four skaters to coach, I am resigning from coaching any team that has to do with an arachnid.”

7:45pm Brewzers vs Stickmen

A must win game for the stickmen, then prayers and hail Marys must be said in order to get the stickmen into the keg game. Brewzers had by far their best game in several seasons last week against a very tough blue devils squad and will see if they can duplicate and spoil another team’s keg hopes, dreams and cotton candy.

9pm Patriots vs Snipers

Patriots again take the ice looking to take a point from the game and secure the top spot in the league. They will have to go against a strong snipers squad composed of mostly stickmen members, bitter from their loss last week to the mighty Patriots. Rumor has it the Patriots are under investigation from the league for taping and stealing other team’s signals during games. All reports are alleged and without merit. We await league management for further comments.

9pm Komets vs Blue Devils

The Blue Devils are pissed off. It’s that simple. However they can make their season if they can force a Komets loss, thereby crushing any komets hope of a keg game. Komets win and they are in the big dance, if not, chaos could erupt in the division as a 3 to possibly 4 way tie of teams could occur. From Ray Workman, “The loss in last season’s keg burns deep within our souls. We will get revenge.”

Week 7 Recaps...

3 stars
1. Rob Mustell: Snipers – 4 goals, 1 assist (Snipers 5-6 SO loss)
2. John Bird: Ice Holes – 2 goals, GWG (Ice Holes 2-1 win)
3. Chris Gallagher: Spiders – 2 goals, GWG (Spiders 4-1 win)

Goalie of the Week: John Ellis: Leftovers – 23 saves on 25 shots – leftovers 1-2 loss


Ice Holes 2 Leftovers 1
Leftovers almost pull the unthinkable as the Ice Holes continue to stay in the hunt for the title game. The Holes got the scoring started in the first with a goal from John Bird for a 1-0 Ice Holes lead. After a second period of no scoring, the Leftovers equalized the game with a goal from Billy Quinn. However with 56 seconds remaining in the game the Holes broke the hearts of Leftover fans everywhere when Bird scored his second of the night on a Jason Pilcher assist. Leftovers’ goalie John Ellies was amazing on the night with 23 saves on 25 shots, while Holes netminder Doug Taylor only faced 8 shots all night, one coming on a leftovers’ break away with under 30 seconds left in the game.

Spiders 4 Puckers 1
Spiders get back on the winning track by a crushing 4-1 win over the puckers. Sure the spiders brought in three mercenaries, but it’s I league right? Chris Gallagher scores twice while Nate Hodges and Andrew Patti both add goals in this one. Puckers got their strike form Rob Constantine on strange mishandle by the Spiders, but spiders’ goalie matt sexton stops all other shots. While Puckers goalie Patrick Donaghue (Snipers??) was obliterated with shots as he faced 37 on the night, wow.

Brewzers 5 Blue Devils 3
Blue Devils just couldn’t get it done, as one BD put it, in this odd upset on the night. Brewzers painted the scoreboard from different players as Brian Flarshart, Pave Ronyon, Steve Sepedo, Paul Thurston, and Paul Gotlieb score. The Evil Empire would try and get going, but just couldn’t get the shots to drop on the night. Blue Devils strikes came from Scott Spellman, Jarrod Robison and Eric Hogentogler. While the loss did knock the Blue Devils out of the championship game, they can still play spoiler to the komets next week.

Patriots 2 Stickmen 0
Patriots pitch their 4th straight shutout of the season with a 2-0 victory over David Blubaugh and the Stickmen. This was a scoreless affair almost through two periods as Blubaugh kicked aside shot after shot from the Patriots War Machine Offense. Finaly with 45 seconds left in the second period the great Steve Benefield of the Patriots hammers home a Butch Hutchinson feed for the 1-0 lead. Pats would then add to their lead late in the third on a Greg Helonbrook goal for the insurance marker. Blubaugh was amazing facing 25 shots on the night and making 23 saves. Pats goalie Phillip Talley had a pretty easy night, only facing 8 shots, and knocking them all aside with ease. Patriots close the gap of making another keg game to one point and can get that Saturday against the Snipers.

Black Widows 1 Warriors 0
Once again, the Black widows are involved in another 1-0 game, this time though they happen to be on the winning side. The shorthanded BW once again only like like 3 skaters and had to go summon help from outside help. Turns out to be a winning move as Sergio Castillo off a Chris Gallagher assist is the winning marker. Warriors are officially eliminated from Keg contention with the loss, while the Black Widows, believe it or not, have an outside chance of making that game. Goalies on the night, Bobby Michaelides and Jason Lonneman both had brilliant performances as Michaelides deserved a better fate, facing 16 shots and only letting one past him, while Lonneman faced 11 shots and kicked them all aside.

Komets 6 Snipers 5 (Shootout)
This one was literally a shootout. Both Sides combining for 10 goals in regulation in a game where goaltending and defense were forsaken. Snipers struck first on a Rob Mustell strike only to have that marker erased when Komets’ own Dustin Nation tied the game 15 seconds later. Snipers then went up 2-1 on a Joe Tomme goal, only to have that lead erased on a Komets goal from Bryan Brookman. The first period would come to a conclusion but not before Mustell would score again for a Snipers 3-2 lead going into the second. Alex Atkins would score early in the second for the Komets while Mustell would get his third of the night to go into the third with the game at a 4-3 Snipers advantage. In the third, Snipers scored on Mustell’s fourth goal on the night, however Will Dobson and the Komets’ savior Chris Gallagher score to tie the game. A scoreless OT led to a wild shootout where 16 skaters were shown. Scott Baldree would then score the game winner for the Komets, who still have a chance at the title game.


Summary for Keg game:
-Patriots: 75% chance of making the game. Need a point to clinch
-Komets: 50% …multiple scenarios here, simply put, komet beat BD on sat, they are in.
-Ice Holes: 45%....A loss does not kill the team, but it doesn’t sit well either. A win and a Komets loss puts the holes in, but other scenarios apply….
-Black Widows: 25%...A Komets Loss, Ice Holes Loss, and a win puts the Widows in the game because of a very low GA…providing they don’t get into a high scoring affair.
-Stickmen: 10%...Need a miracle to get in…A Komets Loss, Ice Holes Loss, Black Widows Loss, and a win to get in. Again…all possible, but will it all line up.

There are dozens of more scenarios…we’re tired.