A SNH copycat (and proud of it)

This blog has spawn. A follower of SNH who went to play over at NYTEX has started up a copycat blog (with our blessing) over at the rink in the North Richland Hills. They even borrowed our name.

We note that there's no other link between the two blogs, despite the similarities. The nice fella who started it simply liked what we do here and decided NYTEX could use something like it.

We send the best of luck to our cousin in the western Northeast Tarrant constituency.

Cheers!

BC

Rejected

Here's a short list of team names rejected by the Mutineer's front office:

The Good-Bye Horses: it puts the puck in the net







The Prince Alberts: wear a cup when you face-off with these guys











The Sussudios: ?








The Buttery Nipples: delectable defense








The Piltdown Men: the evolution of I-league








The Chefs: do you smell what the Chefs are cookin'?









The Polyps: on yo ass







The Oompa Loompas: if you are wise, you will play some strong D







The One-Hitters: crunch and munch







The Ice Lepers: they leave it all on the ice









The Creditors: they just keep coming







The Pink Eyes: the gnarlier side of pink








In the end, the "One-Hitters" lost out in final voting to "The Mutineers" in a 45/55 split. . . sources say.

Another Week, Another Boring Report

Sources are sayiing that the Blog has lost its edge, it's boring. . . Well you try cranking out reports on fifty teams a week and injecting each one with something special. It ain't that easy. So, here's the week that was and a picture of Jimmy "Stone Cold" Welch.

MAJOR I-league

Ice Bats (1-2-0) 2
Spiders (3-0-0) 3

I witnessed the first two periods, and this was a good game. as previously mentioned, Freddy Gilbert scored for the Spiders but Billy Quinn took advantage of the open ice provided by the Spider powerplay to score a shorty for the Bats and tie the game. After I left the scoring picked back up, Arvin Manalo put the Spiders on top for a while, Eric Petty tied the game, and finally Evan Callahan wins the game for the Spiders, he must have been quite relieved since he was unable to push the puck into the open net at the end of the first.

Patriots (4-0-0) 4
Blue Devils (2-2-0) 3

A rematch of the finals, only with little on the line. Charlie Heine sends a rebound over the shoulder of Ellis for the Blue Devil lead, and sounds his barbaric yawp. The Pats roar back in the second with a shorty from John Newell (no pun intended), an even strength goal from Les York, and a power play shot from "Coast to Coast" Steve Benefield. Butch Hutchinson scores one more for the Pats at the opening of the third, but the Devils wouldn't lie down: Chris Zoll and Val Kuntz collect enough offense to get within one, but it dies there. Are the Patriots the Sharks of our league, or is the guard changing?

Brewzers (1-3-0) 3
Canadiens (1-1-0) 4

A scoreless first gives way to the Brewzer's powerplay and Steven Collyard, young Josh Sutton adds another to put the Brewzers up by two. The great white north sweeps in closing the second with a goal from Rich Wojcio, and opening the third with goals from Gabe Rivera and David Friend (your friendly goal scorer). Chris Gallagher caps-off the Canadien scoring in the final minute before John Parker collects the garbage goal to pull the Brewzers within one. A. J. Di Benedetto puts his goaltending career back above .500, Mike Moore faces nearly forty shots.

Komets (2-1-1) 3
Whalers (1-2-0) 2

The Hamster pops in the first Whaler goal, Rodney Forehand backhands in the tying goal for the Komets. Scotty Baldree flaunts his stickhandling prowess with a Komet goal in the second, that holds up until halfway through the final frame when the Whalers get the equalizer from Mike "Canon" Canzoneri. The Komets thrive under the venerable eye of Coach Al, winning in regulation with a one goal lead provided by Cory Cooper.

Snipers (1-1-0) 4
LSI (1-2-0) 1

Linda Mason keeps her pointstreak alive scoring the first goal for the Imports. . . unfortunately, it's also the last. The Snipers put forward a full court press, limiting LSI to nine shots for the game, and pouring shot after shot at David Jackson. Sniper goals fall to Jamil Al Jabri, Ed Vogel, Steven Collyard, and Mr. Chris Hale. The Snipers will pull one out on you now and then, but against LSI? What is the real story here? Are the Snipers that good or was half the Import roster playing for the Canadiens at the time?

Privateers (2-0-0) 6
Stickmen (0-4-0) 0

The Sticks are in a bad way these days, and even the mighty Steve McCollister in net could salvage a meeting with the new and improved Privateers. Joel Bush quiets the fire in his soul scoring the first goal of the game, what would prove the game winner, then two more in the first from Patrick Haley and Jeremy Boyd. Two in the second from Brian Zientek and Jeremy Boyd. Scoring winds down in the third with only one Privateer goal this one from Tony Finazzo. Forty-one shots to score those six goals. . . really, come to think of it, that's a pretty pedestrian scoring percentage.

minor I-league

Mutineers (1-1-0) 5
Grave Diggers (1-1-0) 4

The Privateer's farm team has a bounce back appearance, they score first, Ryan Lewis. The middle frame was back and forth: Diggers- Greg Stuecheli, Mutineers- Kevin McGlaun, Diggers- Tim Rivers, Diggers- Bruce Davis, Mutineers- Kevin McGlaun. Late in the third Davis finally breaks the tie in favor of the Diggers but two minutes is enough for the Mutineers to come back. Patrick Haley makes the fourth, John Swartzbaugh wins the game with a great screen shot. Ryan has a better save percentage than me. . .

Shockers (1-1-0) 1
Warriors (2-0-0) 3

The Shockers have a shockingly poor performance. It takes until the second period for a puck to cross the line and it gets there vias Scott "Mindo" Dolbee. The Shockers get there one tally shortly afterward from Eric Yepez. Travis Lehr wins the game for the Warriors in the third and Damon Lacey piles-on with the empty-netter. Lehr plays in at least three games, at this rate his beer gut will be gone in no time. . . Better double up on those brewskies, Travis.

Ice Holes (0-1-1) 2
Chiefs (2-0-0) 6

The former contenders prove they do belong in the minors, Ben Stillwagon drills the first Chief goal. The Holes take it back in the second with the play of Andrea Cortinas. Next it was the Chiefs turn and Stillwagon obliges again. The Holes return fire with Raul Gilbreath streaking down from the point. Troy Clarkson score the game winner at the close of the second leaving the third period for the stat padding. The grateful recipients are: Bill Broad, Ryan Brett, and Lee Morgan. The Morgan goal was a total fluke!

Silverwings (0-1-1) 2
Puckers (1-1-0) 5

The Wings never sniff this one, the Puckers score early and score often. By the time Bob Constantine, Chris Kirton, and John Ward were done there was a four goal hole to climb out of. Jason Rogers makes the effort for the Wings, on the power play. Kirton puts it to bed with his second. In the last minutes of the game Kirton foils his own attempt at the hat trick with an interference call. Kyle Ammann scores a meaningless Silverwing goal before the game goes in the books. The Silverwings seem to enjoy themselves, I hope it's enough to buoy them to their next win.


HAPPY, PAPPY?

Commerce

I played my wife this commercial, just to keep her on her toes. . .

Weekend Post Script

With the surplus of teams in the league currently, it appears that some of the games will be played on weeknights. This in addition to the normal Saturday and bleed over Sunday games. . . Personally, I would rather play a game at 1:00 am on a Sunday morning, than trying to make a 9:00 pm on Monday, but it is great to see the league continue to grow.

Here's what may have happened at the game last night. . .

Privateers (1-0-0) 8
Canadiens (0-1-0) 4

The Privateers have dropped their league favorite goalie, Ryan Haley, in favor of Matt Sexton, judging from the score, this is definitely a team to fear. They are the first team to put the biscuit in the basket: Cody Payne at 1:13. Patrick Haley puts the 'Teers up by two, but his goal is erased when Kenny Pohlman scores the first Canadien's goal. Cody Payne rights this wrong , and restores the Two goal lead unassisted. Chris Gallagher, who can't keep himself off of the I-league ice, decides the time is right for him to score his first of the night (after all, it's Monday, so no one should notice). Unsatisfied with scoring, Gallagher opts to pull a trip to cover for his defensive liabilities, and watches from behind the boards as his Canadiens get schooled by Casey Payne, Brian Zyntek scores another Privateer goal a couple minutes later. . . A.J. Di Benedetto (Canadien's goalie, and Komet keeper) was seen throwing up his hands and overheard cussing Gallagher out by those present, as he watched his save percentage for the session explode. Kenny Pohlman hears the pain of A.J.'s soul and rains down giggle drops at the Privateer net, until he comes away with a goal for the Canadiens, ending the second period with a two goal defeciet. Zyntek opens the third period's scoring, putting the Privateers up by three, but Pohlman gains the hat trick to keep it close. . . That's as close as it would get. When the offense failed to get in gear, A.J. left the game in tears and the heartless Privateers capitalized on not just one empty net goal from Bob-O, but also a second one from Tony Finazzo! Is this the only way you and Tony can score, Bob? JEEZ! That's why I will never allow you to score on me. . . never have, never will! What? No way! Prove it!

I-league is for FUN

I-league minor

Chiefs (1-0-0) 7
Mutineers (0-1-0) 1

The Chiefs were on a roll at the end of last session and they make short work of the Privateer's farm team. The first period starts and ends with a goal from Bill Broad sandwiching a goal from, wait a minute. . . is this right? I guess, Stone Cold Jimmy Welch gets a goal, WOW! In the second, the Chiefs get two more goals, both from former goalie Ben Stillwagon. In the third the Chiefs perceive no reason for discipline, they put them selves on the penalty and score anyway. It's Ryan Brett first then Lee Morgan makes the seventh Chief goal celebrating by breaking an abacus over his knee. Mike Kirkland of the Mutineers catches Josh Ayala sleeping and scores the lone Mutineer goal on their tenth shot of the contest. Is this the greatest I-league minor team ever assembled?

Grave Diggers (1-0-0) 5
Puckers (0-1-0) 1

After a long opening to the first period, Tim Rivers puts the Diggers up, but before the period can conclude, Kyle Boltz finds Brian Cudaback from behind the net setting up the tying goal for the Puckers. It takes almost the entire second period for the lead to change, and Bob Barr (two time silver shovel winner) shows-off his sniping skills with the top shelf goal. After Rivers scores his second goal he puts his team on the kill with an interference call, the Diggers quickly score a shorty from Bruce Davis, and he puts away one more before the game ends. Casey Jenkins tries to put his team on his back throwing six shots on net in the third, but despite the screens of Tom Edwards (ahem!) he shows himself to be more of a set-up man than a striker. GO DIGGERS!

Shockers (1-0-0) 3
Ice Holes (0-0-1) 2

What to make of this, former I-league runners-up return to league and lose first game in the minors? The Shockers gather for their first game, meeting their goalie only ten minutes before the puck dropped, but weather a typical Ice Hole first period even collecting the only goal from Shocker forward Matt Russell. Late in the second, the Shocker's Justin Driscoll adds to their lead, but the Holes keep it close with Todd Gavin's power play goal. The Icehole game plan was in force when Brittany Peyton closes regulation with the tying score. Nothing resolved in over time, the shoot-out is concluded with just the three pairs of shooters- the only scorer: Shocker Patrick Luscri. Three shocker goals, two in the pink and one in the stink.

Silverwings (0-0-1) 2
Warriors (1-0-0) 3

The Warriors count themselves amongst the prodigal teams, and I welcome them back to the fold, HERE-HERE! In the first the C-train leaves the station delivering the only goal before the intermission, putting the Wings on the board. The second was back and forth with Danny Grimes tying the game, followed by a Wing goal from Chris Arendall, and back to even with the help of Dallas Lehr (Dallas and Danny later show their bond is no deeper than their laundry). The third is scoreless. Over time is futile. Super Girl, Mel Knourek, takes the first shot of the shoot-out, but fumbles the puck. Dallas scores easily for the Warriors. Troy Ramsey can't convert. Scott "Mindo" Dolbee ends the affair with another Warrior shoot-out goal.

I-league MAJOR

Blue Devils (2-1-0) 3
Snipers (0-1-0) 1

The Devils have penalty trouble in the first period, but refuse to panic and instead score a short handed goal when Charlie Heine shows he has more moves than Ex-lax, ZING! Matt Weinrich doubles the Devil offense in the second, but Jeff Alenik cuts the lead in half with a Sniper goal. Before the second period is half over David Ogle retakes the lead claiming thirty-three percent of the scoring. The third concludes with a drop of 100% in goals, and a steady decline of 50% per period means that only one penalty was called in the last period. Walker in the Sniper net stops just over ninety percent of his shots, Blubaugh has a sp of .929 for the game. This game report is half-assed.

Whalers (1-1-0) 4
Brewzers (1-2-0) 2

The Brewzers roar into the game with a goal from Alex Eysermanns, but the story of the game is the eighteen minutes worth of penalties that the Brew crew piles-up, the Whalers finish the first with the tying goal on Brad Watson's power play shot. In the middle frame the struggle to stay out of the box but manage to gain the lead when Steven Collyard puts one on the board. The carry-over power play opportunity results in a Whaler goal in the third for Thomas Aarons, and Paul Thurston puts the Whalers in front for the first time in the game half way through the period. The Brewzers try to regain their focus, with only two minutes worth of penalties but are left with the last ditch option of pulling their goalie. . . Brian Hamstra scores the empty net goal, driving the stake into their earthling hearts.

Spiders (2-0-0) 7
LSI (1-1-0) 5

The Spiders take the ice without a goalie, I don't understand, I was in the building, Joelle has my phone number. . . Oh-well, I probably would have just screwed it up. Pete Clark scores the first Spider goal, followed by Linda Mason ending her scoring drought (empty net), two goals before the third minute ends. Roger Gray breaks the tie late in the first putting the Spiders back in front, but the period is a stalemate for the goal of Catherine Levesque (empty net). In the second LSI take the empty net lead with a goal from Gabe Rivera. Mike Ginnard ties the game, but Cory Cooper regains the empty net lead before the period ends. Rivera opens the third with another goal, this one on the power play, beating late arriving goalie Josh Ayala (the only shot he saw), but the Spiders quickly tie it up again with a couple of quick shots from Andrew Patti and Bill Wessel, with nearly nine minute left in the period and the security of goalie behind the team, it was only a matter of time. . . The Spiders get goals from Patti and Wessel again, a dramatic game for sure.

Stickmen (0-3-0) 1
Komets (1-1-1) 5

It was early Sunday morning when the Komets and Stickmen finally took the ice, it looked as if the Komets had taken care to schedule their afternoon naps. Wil Dobson rattles home the first goal of the game, on the first shift. Scottie Baldree puts the Komets up by two, and Dobson makes the most of his second shift with another goal. The remaining ten minutes pass painfully and uneventfully. In the third I was awakened by the Stick's offense, Jesse "Lunch Box" Henderson carries it in right off the face-off. The Komets awaken themselves answering with a goal from Dustin Nation. The period slips away, Wil Dobson biting his nails on the bench, but the only goal left in the game falls to Komet defenseman, Ryan Smith. Rookie netminder, A. J. Di Benedetto, has his first win, exceeding the performance of David Blubaugh with a save percentage of .933, I told you to watch out for Jesse.

Patriots (3-0-0) 6
Ice Bats (1-1-0) 2

In a rematch of last session's first round, the Pats follow the same game plan of eliminating Petty and Trantham form the Bat offense. The plan works almost immediately, quick tempered Petty responds to the draping Patriots with a body check that sends him to the penalty box, Kendall Bernard collects the Power play goal, Frank "Casper" Casperson sees his penalty end in another Pat goal, this one from Mac Miller, and the Patriots conclude the period with an even strength goal from the elder statesman, Roy Haenselmann. Mac Miller scores another power play goal in the second, and Scott "Mindo" Dolbee capitalizes on his quick hands on the forecheck to spoil the shut-out. At the beginning of the third, David Trantham takes advantage of the still spinning Ellis with a snap shot from the point, leaving only a two goal differential, and a potent Ice Bat offense chomping at the bit. Petty feels the frustration of the Patriot microscope and blows-up, resulting in his leaving the game. The Bats collapse without the charisma of their leading scorer, two more Patriot goals fall (Travis Lehr, Jeff Eagle), Dallas Lehr and Danny Grimes commit slashes on each other, Caspersen leaves the game, the Pats win the game, and Eric Petty delivers a dissertation to me on Zen Buddhism.

Sources say, the Ice Bats have put out a bounty for yours truly. . .

Canadiens-
Privateers-

No results at this time, is this game really playing on Monday?