The New Season - Fall 2010

Good Morning Gentlemen.  If you have not noticed yet we have our first game for the fall session scheduled this Saturday (10/2) at 9:00PM at the Butler Dek.  We do not know the rest of the schedule yet but I will update the calendar on the website as soon as it is updated.  It's my wife's birthday so I am still not sure if I will be there or not.  If not, then I will forward the team roster to someone so that you can fill it out before the game.  Please bring means of paying your league fees and T-Shirt costs with you just in case.

Here are the costs for this session:

Team Fee = $400.00
Referee fees for 9 games at $13.00 per game = $117.00
Goals for Charity = $78.00 (excluding playoffs) for those of us that played last session.

T-Shirts = $15 per person, paid separately directly to Curt. 

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Team Fee - $400.00 per team / 15 guys = $26.67/person.
Ref Fees - $117.00 per session / 15 guys = $7.80/person.
Goals for Charity - $78.00 / 9 guys that played last session = $8.66/person.

Totals:
If you played last session and you are returning for this session please pay me $43.00.

If you did not play last session please pay me $34.50.

Brotha Lynch Hung and MC Eiht will be playing for free.

Anyone who ordered a shirt please pay Curt $15.00, here is a note from Curt:

"Shirts are going to be $15/shirt. I am not going to pick the shirts up until I have everyone’s money…like we had discussed before, I can’t afford to be fronting anything and not getting paid. I will post my address on the website so everyone can mail it to me if need be."

Look for his address in the comment's section below or contact him directly at curtis(dot)carothers(at)snydercos(dot)com.  He will most likely not be at the game.

It looks like there are far less teams playing in the C League this session so it should be a good time.  Let's seriously start CRACKING SOME BEERS AFTER OUR GAMES!  Random Lengths were good for this.  If I'm there this week I'll grab some, if not, definitely next week. 

That's it for now.  I will inform someone prior to the game if I will be there or not.  Hope to see everyone out there. 

"Stay drunk when I dip and ain't shit
I got vast amounts
Your ass'll count em when I'm shootin em down your bitch's mouth
(Cause this the) Hunta Killa deal a lot"

From Brotha Lynch Hung's Hunta Killa.

GAME RECAP: 9/18/2010 VS. 7TH AVE @ BUTLER DEK

For those of you who do not know, we lost our game this past week.  Once again we exit the playoffs too early.  We went in as the 6th seed and lost to the 11th seed. 

It was a decent game.  We only had 5 guys including Dougy in goal - that means no subs.  Coach Shawn, who's name is actually JOHN, did end up playing for us.  The other team must have seen us and thought that we wouldn't be able to hang with them with no subs so they gave him permission to play. 

Although Coach Shawn scored our only two goals I think he did more bad than good.  He never passed.  Numerous times we were standing alone in front of the net and he opted to control the ball into the corner and eventually lose it.  His two goals came on good setups by us.  He also did not play defense.  He was often times the lone man at the point when the ball was in our zone and he may as well have not even been there because when the ball was played to one of their defenders they basically had all day to do whatever they pleased. 

Hopefully that dude never has to play with us again.  We lost 2-4 by the way. 


The start of next session will be here before we know it.  Curt checked with his shirt lady and she estimated that the shirts will cost us approximately $15 each. 

Here is our new logo:

Whether you voted for Bud's or not, and as homo-erotic as it may seem, I think we can all agree that this is a badass logo.  Thanks to Ty and Shoup for developing this. 

Once Curt has a price for shirts he will need the money ASAP.  He will not pick up the shirts until he has everyone's money.  Please make arrangements to pay him as soon as we know the price.

Have a good rest of the week duders. 



Preliminary Logo Designs

Good morning fellas.  Here are a few preliminary logo designs for the new jerseys.  Although I really like the hand drawn look it wouldn't hurt to have a few more to choose from.  Hit me up. 

Be sure to let me know what you want as your jersey name and number by next Wednesday.  If you do not provide me with your choice I will choose a name and number for you. 

Again our first round playoff game is tomorrow at 4:00PM.  See you then. 

Welcome to Bud's Manscaping Parlor

You guessed it, Bud's Manscaping Parlor won the final vote with 60% of us making that our choice.  I will update the website soon.  In the meantime we need to have ready the names and numbers for the jerseys so that
Curt can get his lady on it ASAP.

If you're reading this via email please reply to me with the name and number that you would like on your jersey.  Benny please find out if Doug would like a shirt and what he would want for his name and number.  Also if his buddies are planning on playing please get their information as well.

If you're reading this via the actual blog please email me here with your name and number decision.

If possible please have this information to me by Wednesday of next week.

We will also need to determine what our logo will be.  If you have any ideas pass it along.

Playoff game is this Saturday at 4pm.  See you there.  

Poll Results, Final Vote, Playoffs, Etc.

The intial round of voting has commenced.  We will have one more vote to determine our team name which will consist of the top vote getter from each poll. 

The shirt style, as voted on by the team, will be long-sleeved T-Shirts.  Perfect for the coming cold weather.  We may need to do a re-vote come spring though.

The shirt color, as voted on by the team, will be Red.  Red, long-sleeved Tees - I like it. 

The results from the polls based on percentage of voters voting for each particular option are as follows:

Team Name # 1:
Geriatrics 0%
A Whole Lot of Lovin 9.1%
'The Good' Sick 18.2%
Shama-lam 18.2%
Geri-hat-tricks 18.2%
Rabid Weasels 27.3%
Extreme Personal Itch 45.5%
Hot Lunch 54.5%
Bud's Manscaping Parlor 63.6%

Team Name # 2:
Tongue Punch Your Mom's Fart Box 8.3%
Miggaz in Trouble 16.7%
Your Mom's Fart Box 16.7%
Nine Inch Males 33.3%
Hurricane Passion 33.3%
Jim Wolf Paek 41.7%
The Dockers 50.0%

Shirt Color:
White 8.3%
Gold 16.7%
Black 16.7%
Carolina Blue 25.0%
Red 33.3%

Shirt Style:
Collared Polo-type Shirt 0%
T-Shirt 36.4%
Long Sleeved T-Shirt 63.6%

We will now hold one final vote to determine our new team name.  Please choose one option from the poll below:

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Voting will end next Wednesday, September 15th.  In the event of a tie the team manager will make a decision based on a random draw. 

PLAYOFFS:

With our two losses on the season we ended up the 6th place team.  Because there are 3.6 Million teams in the C league, Rick splits the playoffs up into an upper and lower division for the playoffs.  We are in the upper division playing the 11th place team, 7th Ave.  The standings have not been updated in a few weeks but they were sitting at 3-2 at one point. 

The good news?  Chad, Nordy, and Myself aren't going to have to miss the game because we're attending the Pig Pour Beer Festival in Pittsburgh this weekend.  The bad news?  That's because the game isn't until next weekend.  The lower division plays their games this weekend, the upper division plays next weekend.  

We play at 4:00PM on September 18th at the Butler Dek. 

If anyone is not able to make that time let me know now.  We have two weeks so if we're going to be short players I can contact Rick and try to get the time changed, but I'll need to know ASAP. 

Curt I know you're going to be on vacation this week but maybe drop a line to your buddy before you go so that we can get an idea of a price for long sleeved tees with names, numbers, and a logo.  Have a good trip dude, be safe.

GAME RECAP: 9/4/2010 Vs. Aztecs @ Butler Dek

UCHC finished their regular season return to the C league in grand fashion, winning on a goal with less than a minute to play versus Azetcs.  UCHC's first round draft pick for next session Ty Oche scored the goal on a nice play by one-time sub Coach Sean.

According to Rick the playoffs will take place over the course of the next three weeks.  The next session will most likely begin the first or second week of October.  

It was a fairly even-matched game versus Aztecs.  They had a few decent players that were able to sneak a few shots past Doug.  We had the lead for the majority of the game leading by as much as two at one point, only to let Aztecs back into it to tie the score at 5 late in the third period.

I'm unfortunately not in recap mood right now, so you'll have to deal with a condensed version.

Curt had three assists.

Ty had at least 2 goals and probably a few assists.

Tim had 2 goals.

Nordo had an assist or two and played an unreal game on defense, he was everywhere.

Shoup may have had some points but I'm not sure. He played some badass defense though.

Dougy was his usual solid self.

Tim and Nord both broke sticks.

 Make sure you vote for team name, shirt color, and shirt style.  The post with the polls is here.

Since it is the end of the regular season it is also time for the awards.  Those awards that are determined by a vote have been voted on by the USDHA (United States Dek Hockey Association).

ART ROSS TROPHY - MOST POINTS IN THE REGULAR SEASON

Curtis Carothers (with only 4 games played mind you).

MAURICE ROCKET RICHARD TROPHY - MOST GOALS IN REGULAR SEASON

Tim Reges Jr. with 12 goals scored.

VEZINA - BEST GOALTENDER

Doug Brewster with a 3.88 GAA.

HART MEMORIAL - MOST VALUABLE TO HIS TEAM

Benny and Dougy Brewster.

JAMES NORRIS MEMORIAL TROPHY - BEST DEFENSEMAN

Chad Cranmer

LADY BYNG - BEST SPORTSMANSHIP AND GENTLEMANLY CONDUCT

Ben Brewster

FRANK J.SELKE TROPHY - FORWARD WHO BEST EXCELS IN DEFENSIVE ASPECTS.

Nordy Siljander

CALDER - MOST OUTSTANDING ROOKIE

Seth LeGrand

BILL MASTERSON MEMORIAL - SPORTSMANSHIP, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION

Doug Brewster.  Perfect attendance.

Congratulations to all of the winners.  I'll let you dudes know about the playoffs as soon as I have word.  Take it easy.  Go now and vote for the new team name!

Poll Time

Hey Fellas.  It's time to vote for our new team name/color/style.  Just as before, make your choices in the boxes below.  This time there is a password that is needed to access the poll so that we can prevent any outsiders accessing the poll from the poll's website and skewing our results.  The password is '1111.' 

Vote for your top 3 choices in each team name poll.  Vote for your top 1 choice for each the shirt color and style. 

Some people gave more than 2 name suggestions, some gave none, and one even sent a picture.  Others gave suggestions for shirt color/style, others ignored it completely.  Some others did not provide any feedback at all.  It is what it is.  Polls will be open immediately and will close on Friday 9/10.

Again we're golfing on Sunday at Hiland if anyone is interested.  BYOB.  Get a hold of me with any questions.  Have a safe weekend.  

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Change of Season, Change of Session, Change of Attitude

By 4:00pm tomorrow (9/3/10) I will have the polls updated on this site so that we can choose a new team name, color, and shirt style. If you have not sent me your suggestions please do so before then.

In the meantime since we're discussing voting on changes to our team name I felt it fitting to reminisce on past and at one time possible team names and logos.

The sweet.  The creative.  The hilarious.

Ahh, the original.  We wore this to battle for almost 3 years.  Still looks good.

The Chocolate Bar Crest.  We would have left many teams with chocolate cravings and we would have left with black-eyes had we worn this.

I created this one and thought it was so sweet that I still use it on the stats/results page.  Yes, there are perks to being manager.  Free beer is always welcome as well.

Trav created this one at his now former place of employment.  Doing hockey art at work could have had something to do with his termination.  Pretty badass logo though.  I love the "changing lives," addition.

Delightfully simple, yet unrefined.

HAHAHA.  We were actually 1 vote away from having this as our logo for the last two sessions.  I think we owe the hockey gods some gratitude.  As hilarious as it is - it doesn't fit us.

The current logo.  It did us well.  Let's retire it as champions.

Ok fellas, get your creative juices flowing.  If possible work up a logo or make note of some ideas that would work for your team name ideas.  Once the first round of voting is completed we'll submit the final vote with logos as well.