GAME RECAP: 12/21/10 - C LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME @ BUTLER DEK

Something just didn't feel right going into this game. 

Maybe it was because we had to win three playoff games in order to get here, a first for this organization. 

Maybe it was the return of Curtis from the IR.

Maybe it was because we were playing Rick's team.

Maybe it was the absence of the ever present Brewsters, support beams to this success we call a season.

Maybe it was the fact that this team had not a single player in our age range, only much younger and much older.

Whatever it was that didn't feel right the end result sure had a familiar feel.  We lost to a bunch of little snotty kids (and a few of their dads) in the playoffs.  When are they going to correct this and stop the insanity.  We have 37 teams in the C league.  Why not a "High School" league played on weeknights?  Whatev.

In this season of giving there are plenty of things to be thankful for regarding this session.

• Nordo discovered a very nice scoring touch, especially in big games.  Gamer?
• 3 roster additions; Ty, Phil, and Adam who played very key roles in the success of the team.  Ty and Phil have committed to extensions to their contracts - not sure about Adam, he was somewhat pissed by the whole "TAMMY" shirt thing. 
• Shoup had an unreal tear through the playoffs in net.  Nice work man.
• Did I mention that this is the farthest we have made it in the playoffs?
• Oh yeah, and there's that whole second place things too.

The championship game was a whole lot of falling and stalling with very little balling.  We struggled moving the ball into their zone most of the game which resulted in very few scoring chances.  The chances we did generate were easily turned aside by their above average goaltender.

We laughed, we cried, we bitched, we dived - we hung in there for awhile but the little bastards kept the pressure on and eventually snuck a few cheesy goals past Shoup.

I know we hit a few posts in there at one point, that on top of a few break-aways and a few more missed chances and I place the blame solely on our inability to score.

Oh well, good season, good times.

Look for an Awards post in the next week or so.

Next Session

Normally they take a couple month hiatus after the holidays before starting a new session.  If I owned the Dek and had 37 teams vying to play for one fraction of the scheduled games I would have league play as often as I could and roll (literally) in the cash money.  Maybe Rick's crazy.

I'll keep an eye on things and send and update as soon as I know what's up.

Happy Holidays dudes, I'll talk with you soon.



PLAYOFF GAME RECAP: 12/12/2010 VS. (ENTER TEAM NAME) @ Butler Dek

I was not in attendance for the rainy and cold Sunday morning playoff game so this will not be much of a recap.  We won a rain soaked, sloggy, soggy game 3-0 backed by a stellar shut-out effort in goal by Shoup and goals by Adam, Ty, and Phil.  Nice work boys!

UPDATE:  Hahaha, I just received a text from Rick!  Our game this Saturday is at 5:00PM.

Please let me know if you will not be there.  Thanks dudes.  See you Saturday for round 2!  

 

GAME RECAP: 11/20 VS Predators @ Butler Dek

Ty recapped the game for us.  Did Pott, Who's this Dave, and Gavin play for us?

Figured I’d try my hand at a recap. We won 6-1. I believe I had 4 assists.

It was apparent from the start that the Predators would try to do justice to their name as several of them showed off their bulging 10” biceps with their cut-off shirts. Unfortunately for them their intimidation factor was actually a non-factor and they were outplayed from the drop of the ball. The dew on the rink made the game much slower than it would have been otherwise.

GAME RECAP: 11/13/2010 VS. Public Enemies @ Butler Dek

For what seemed like the 8th time out of 7 games we faced off against an opponent who also wore the color red.  And once again we were required to wear the "alternative."  Luckily everyone had a different colored shirt to fall back on so we weren't stuck wearing stupid pinnies.

GAME RECAP: 11/6/2010 VS. Enforcers @ Butler Dek

What a difference a season makes.  Last session we rolled along barely losing two games.

This session we struggled from the start and we are still sitting on one win.

We are dealing with some injuries and are still dealing with some attendance issues but that is the reason why we added a few extra guys this session.  At least we haven't had a game where only 2 or 3 guys show up.

We had one sub for our game Vs. The Enforcers.  They were a very beatable team and if we would have had more than one sub we probably would have taken them down.  

All-in-all though it was an entertaining game.  We jumped out to an early lead on a goal by Ty.  They eventually tied it at 1 and then took a 2-1 lead.

The score stayed this way for half of a period until we tied it, and then took the lead 3-2 early in the third.

The score remained 3-2 us until a 3v3 situation turned sour and they scored 2 goals in a span of 2 minutes.

If we play these dudes 10 times with a few subs, we win 9 times - unfortunately that is how this season has gone.

Our game this week is at 4:00pm and I'm assuming we'll be short men once again.  A few guys are still on the IR and it is the last day of archery season so I'm sure we'll have a few hunters taking advantage of their last opportunity in the woods. 

Sorry about the lack of updates this session.  I missed the first few games and totally lost a grip on the website.  I haven't updated the stats page or the results page at all.  

If you know your stats for the session send them my way and I will update the sheet.  Goals, assists, and games played is all that I will need.  If not, no biggy.  I'll be sure to keep up on it the rest of the way.

Take it easy dudes.

Game this week @ Butler Dek - 1:00pm

Hey dudes.  Quick reminder that we have a game this Saturday at 1:00pm.  Hope to see you all there.  If you have not paid me please bring your money.  Same goes if you have not paid Curt.  I believe we will finally have our uniforms for this week's game.

I didn't get a chance to do a recap for last game.  If you were not there we won.  Phil had an HT, Nordo scored two, Dougy played well in net.

There are a few guys who check their Facebook status more frequently than their email so I set up a Facebook page for the team.  I only added those of your with whom I am friends.  If anyone else has Facebook hit me up and I'll add you to the group.  

Take it easy Brosephs - I'll see you this weekend.

GAME RECAP: 10/9 @ BUTLER DEK

Hey dudes, sorry for the late post.  Getting things ready for winter and Trav's bachelor party are keeping me busy.  Here is an email recap from Ty:


Nothing like getting beat by pre-pubescent teens. It was a rough game man. All but one kid on their team was wearing a helmet, so they were all young. They clearly all played hockey together on some kind of organized team because they knew what they were doing. We were only down 2-0 after the first period but by that point most of our team was trying to pick their tongues off the ground. They just wore us all down with their passing back and forth and one of us chasing them around. Doug played a solid game in goal, three of their goals were really nice shots, one was pure luck, and a couple one timers that he didn’t have a shot at. Adam scored a nice goal coming off the boards and shot to the far bottom corner for our only goal. Chad and Phil almost got arrested for beating up a minor. Had the kids parents not been there I think it would have turned ugly for the children. The goalie robbed me on a breakaway and Nordo just missed on one or two one timers that could have been goals. We had three subs but we needed about 10 more to keep up the pace needed.

Too bad, another loss to a bunch of joke teens.  I wish we would have had to bail someone out of jail. 

Game this weekend is on Sunday at 10am.  I will finally be there so please bring your dues for both the team fee and for shirts.  

Any final stats/score so I can update the page? 

See you duders this weekend.

DROP-OUT CHANGES

Good morning gentlemen.  Quick update on things to come.  Piggy-backing on the previous post regarding changes to the team fees we also need to update the amount owed for the shirts.  The total amount due for the shirts is $259.  Divided by 17 people who ordered shirts the amount due per person was $15.  Now that we only have 14 players and 2 superfans purchasing shirts the new amount owed per shirt is $16.19.  Please if you have already paid Curt give him an additional $1 toward your purchase.  If you have not paid Curt please update your amount owed. 

I know this is super-annoying and only half as much as it is for Curt and I seemingly losing money each and every session because people change their minds or just never show up (Fehl), but I do it to ensure that we at least ATTEMPT to fairly distribute the funds so that no one person is paying more than the next.  We do this for fun and it sucks to lose money when you're just trying to light up some goalies and hip check a few kids. 

Although Rick knows we are good for our money I am going to try to make it up there this weekend to pay him so that we don't have to worry about it.  Actually, is there anyone planning on being at the game that I can meet somewhere to give them a check to give to Rick?  You dudes that work in Saxonburg or at Oberg do you take Bonniebrook home?  You drive very close to my house if you do.  Either that or I can stop by your house and give you the money whatever is easier.  I'll get a hold of Chad and see if he'll be at the game, I'll be driving past his house on Saturday anyway. 

OK dudes, managerial garbarge is now officially OVER for this session.  Let's focus on winning some games, posting good recaps, and drinking some liquid bread after the games.  Oh, and make sure you pay.  Have a good weekend brothers.  Looks for us at the Pens game.

SCHEDULE UPDATED/FEES CHANGED

Sorry for the delay of updates and the recap of last week's game men.  I have been a busy beaver.  For those of you unaware - we lost our first game of the new session last weekend, the final score was 8-9.  Somebody please leave a comment or send me an email with the stats so that I can update the site. 

According to Nordo it was a good game.  Obviously there were a lot of goals scored, just not enough to leave with the victory.  Hopefully we'll be back on track this weekend.

If you're viewing this from the actual site you can see that the games' schedule is updated (link to the site is at the bottom of this page).  Our game this week is at 7PM.  I was hoping it was going to be earlier because I will be attending the Pens' game, but oh well. 

I originally thought that the month of October was going to be tough because there is stuff going on basically every weekend, but luckily our schedule is working out quite nicely.  Next Saturday (the 16th) is Trav's bachelor party, but luckily our game is scheduled for Sunday.  Trav's wedding is the following Saturday but luckily we have a bye that week. 

Since I will be out this week I need to determine the best way to be sure our dues are paid.  I will contact Rick and see if he will allow us to wait until next week to pay.  I'll let you dudes know. 

Speaking of team fees, once again we have an early season drop-out causing the amount we all owe to change.  We now have 14 players so the fees for the team and the ref fees has changed.  Team fees are now $36.93 if you are new this session, or $45.59 if you played last session.

Whoever paid ref fees last week make sure I pay you back for them or simply deduct that amount from your team fee. 

   

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. 

GAME RECAP: 8/31/2010 Vs. Team Zoltan

'SHOOTOUT'

On a night where 75% of the UCHC squad were getting their faces rocked by STP (as long as you were not on the lawn or stage right in the pavilion), the Brewster bros. pulled their resources bringing in a few worthy substitutions - unfortunately the end result was a shootout loss, their second loss of the season.

It would be a SIN not to make mention the job of the Brewster Bros. this session.  Without them we're easily sitting at 2-6 instead of 6-2.  Just when the team seemed DEAD AND BLOATED with NO WAY OUT, the Brewster Bros. were PLUSH in their efforts to pull a squad out of the WICKED GARDEN that is the Butler Twp. Dek, and they did so with a BIG BANG BABY.

Team Zoltan has a decent record so they knew from the onset that this was going to be a TUMBLE IN THE ROUGH.  Dougy was cool like a LOUNGE FLY, while Benny was acting UNGLUED.  They were as nervous as a CRACKERMAN with NO MEMORY.

"I'll RIDE THE CLICHE...," stated Benny, "and say we're going to PRESS PLAY, play hard, and go after them like SEVEN CAGED TIGERS who have just been let loose."  Dougy took a deep breathe.  "It smells like SEX & VIOLENCE here today gentlemen."  A horrid fellow from Team Zoltan responded "yeah, like last night when I WET MY BED."  "They're going DOWN." Benny quietly responded. 

It was a WONDERFUL game.  There are few DAYS OF THE WEEK that rival that of a Dek hockey showdown in front of a BIG EMPTY set of bleachers (except for maybe CHURCH ON TUESDAY or a NAKED SUNDAY).  UCHC played like ARMY ANTS controlling the play for most of the game.  "A win is going to be like a PIECE OF PIE," Benny thought to himself.   

That was until some CREEP from Team Zoltan called for his hot sister DAISY to stand behind their goalie to enjoy the action.  She acted like an ART SCHOOL GIRL but was definitely a SOUR GIRL.  Benny and Doug were able to keep it BETWEEN THE LINES, but the Dek Rat subs were overwhelmed by DUMB LOVE.

Daisy had CINNAMON hair and she left the UCHC subs in a HAZY DAZE.  Dek Rat # 1 whispered to Benny, "I'm going to finish this game as FAST AS I CAN to TAKE A LOAD OFF and get my FIRST KISS ON MARS with Daisy."

Benny responded, "it's just a LADY PICTURE SHOW you dumbass, this is not a SEX TYPE THING!!"  It was too late.  There were thoughts of VASOLINE running through the Dek Rat's mind, it was void of anything hockey related, a BIG EMPTY if you will.

"I GOT YOU!" Doug yelled to Benny as he could sense his frustration with the debacle that was about to unfold, but again it was too little too late.  Dek Rat was in a COMA of love for that HOLLYWOOD BITCH and the chances of victory were BLACK AGAIN.   

UCHC held on and the game went to a shootout.  Doug felt like a SILVERGUN SUPERMAN in net and was excited to get home to his PRETTY PENNY and receive his victory kiss.  Some dude MEATPLOWed him and they scored 1 goal on 5 shots, but it STILL REMAINS that the Dek Rats were stuck on Daisy like ADHESIVE love.  She was a TOO COOL QUEENIE.  Their bodies were in Butler but their minds may as well have been in ATLANTA.  UCHC prepared for their INTERSTATE LOVE SONG on the LONG WAY HOME, because they responded by scoring zero goals. 

3-2 UCHC loses in a shootout.

Next week's game is at 11:00am.  Curt and Nord you both have played 3 games this session. You will need to have played in at least 4 games by the start of the playoffs in order to participate so if you plan on playing in the post season do your best to make the game this week. 

Marky and Eric you can still play this week but you will not be permitted to play in the playoffs.  Sucks I know.

A couple of the guys who played last weekend are possibly going to play with us next session and Benny said that they are decent.  Also Goldie and Shoup said they are returning next session.  Is everyone else planning on playing?  Let me know soon so that I can contact Rick and get us registered.

Sadly, we never did take a photo for the Mario Mosaic.  Summer session is just too hectic.  We still contributed our goals to a worthy cause so take what you want from that.

I updated as much stats as I could and updated the results page.  Go to the link below to access those pages if you're interested.

Also, the Hattz League Golf Scramble is this coming Sunday for those of you who will be in town.  Be at Hiland at 9:45am Sunday morning.

See you dudes on Saturday and/or Sunday.

GAME RECAP: 8/21/201 Vs. Flamming (sic) Todds

No, our opponent's name in the title is not misspelled, at least according to the Butler Dek Hockey website.  The FLAMMING Todds, instead of the Flaming Todds i'm guessing, were unlucky enough to face a UCHC squad with 1 sub - a rarity, I know.

The regular squad was amazed when they realized that not only were we going to have a guy on the bench, but this guy will actually be one of our own.  Good things were bound to happen. 

The Flammers were similar to us, although a few years older and about 400 pounds heavier.  You could tell they were just a bunch of beer drinking buddies who wanted to play hockey so as to not add barley weight to their already hefty behinds.

Steve, the "other" ref was their best player, so Mark had to handle the officiating duties solo (which was badass - 1 penalty because the ball got stuck in Seth's glove and a lot more subjectivity when pertaining to icing calls, it was nice).

From the opening face-off we knew that to win this game all that we had to do was keep up the pressure and speed, and sneak a few in behind their keeper. 

A few minutes into the first period Tim and Benny are controlling the ball in the offensive zone.  Benny fires a nice shot that is saved by the goalie, leaving a nice fat rebound for Tim to smack by him and into the goal.   1-0 UCHC.

Nordo was in unreal form.  Making moves and passes that are rarely seen in C league.  Somewhere near the end of the first or early in the second, he and Tim break in on a 2 on 1.  Pulling a spin-o-rama-curl-and-drag-between-the-legs-backhand pass Nordo slides it across the dek to where only Tim could play it. Forsberg shed a tear.  Goal, 2-0 UCHC.

UCHC took a 3-0 lead with a few minutes remaining in the second on a nice play by Chad.  Chad carried the ball into the offensive zone from his defensive position, made a great play in the corner to keep the ball in the zone, made a sick (the good sick) pass to Tim which nearly went in for a goal, then caressed the rebound himself and tucked it in the net.  There was some speculation that Tim snaked the goal from Chad as he slid into the crease to knock the ball in as it was slowly rolling across the goal line, but under immediate review Tim concluded that the ball was indeed already beyond the line - he was merely making sure that the goalie/defenseman did not make a play on it.  Check the audio.

Uncomfortable Chocolate were feeling very comfortable with a 3-0 lead heading into the third.  As long as we could hold them to a few long distance shots and play tight defense we would finish the day with a win. 

Sadly, we once again fell short in getting Dougy a shutout.  Off of a deflected pass that ended up on a Flamming Todds player's stick -

-they finally get one by Doug.  3-1 UCHC.

No worries, we'll just sit back and defend a little better - SHIT! again! - defensive lapse.  3-2 UCHC.

The game was now a little more interesting - so the Todd's took a time-out to rest their tired asses.  The bad thing for them was that we also rested our tired asses.  

Ball brought into our zone.  Misplay at the point.  Tim takes advantage.  1 v 1 with the goalie.   Five-hole. Game. 

Yes, I know, surprising to say the least that Tim scored on a breakaway, but it happened.

Steve the ref did score on a blast from the point with like 16 seconds remaining, but it was too little, too late.  UCHC held on for the win, their sixth of the season.     

Now at 6-1 on the season that win assures that we stay in a tie for second place out of the 32 teams in the C league.  Beef Supreme, who we should have beaten when we played them earlier in the season (recap here), played in the game before us and won in a shoot-out.  They remain undefeated and alone at the top of the standings. 

We have two games remaining in the regular season.  Next week's game is at 10:00PM and the following week's game is at 11:00AM.

 Curt, Nordo, and myself will be at the STP show next Saturday so we are out.  Chad said he is also out.  Anyone else unable to make it?  Marky, hopefully you and Eric are available to play, we could use you.  Please let me know if you can be there or not so that we can make plans to bring in some players if need be. 

Also, since we are scoring so many goals this session I decreased the amount we are giving to charity.  Instead of us giving $3/goal like last session, I decreased it to $2/goal.  I don't foresee any objections but if you disagree please speak up.

Benny I just got your text about next session.  I'm all for it, we could use a few more guys.  Also while we're on it, Shoup (you are still getting these posts right?) are you playing next session?  Maybe you and Dougy can do a platoon in goal.  I'll let you dudes figure that out but you are an integral part of the Random Lengths/UCHC squad and we would like to have you back.

Benny, any chance a couple of those guys would be willing/able to play this weekend?

Oh, a quick note about the dude pictured in the score template above.  I searched far and wide for "flamming" (or flaming) todd but came up empty.  It must be an inside joke.  Anyway, I did find Todd Flaming (bio here) and pictured above.  He's a lawyer, and judging by his picture, a very sly one - or a very hilarious one.  Also check out the face on the kitten in the background of the other picture.  It's horrfied.  So awesome.

Stats and Results updated.  Click the link below if you're reading this via email to go to the site.  Take it easy Brosephs. 

Are We Still Playing Hockey?

Holy hell it feels like a long time since I set foot on the dek.  Can't wait to be back out there this weekend.

Game is at 4:00 pm on Saturday.

Marky will you and Eric be attending or will you already be partaking in Heathen Fest?

If we don't go up to Jul's camp after the game we'll be over for awhile.

Benny what are we up to now?  An additional $13 from last game added on to the $8 that I still owed you?  Let me know.

If anyone will not be at the game please let me know.  Thanks dudes.  See you saturday.

GAME RECAP: 8/7/2010 VS. Predators

UCHC faced a familiar foe this past weekend - battling also B league defunct "Predators," see last session's recap here.

The team once again consisted of only three players - the Brewster brothers and Seth, with a large majority of us frolicking in Put-In-Bay.

Seth had an unreal goal and two assists, and Benny added his first two sick goals of the year and an assist of his own.  

Team manager has made a decision to move Benny to forward for the remainder of the season.  

Bye this weekend, and then we're back to it the following weekend.  Hopefully we'll have move dudes show up.  

Take it easy boyos.

Stats updated.

Game Recap: 7/31/2010 VS BMC

Since I missed the 7/31 game as a result of taking my boys and dog camping with the wife (which went very well), and because I have only heard bits and pieces of what happened (including the most important, being the game winning goal), this recap should be short and sweet. 

We had only one sub.  That sub, although not being the same sub as the week before, showed up at just about the same time as the week's prior sub - late - which he would later totally redeem himself.  More on that later.

From what I remember - the squad was Benny, Doug, Nord, Curt, Dek Rat Mark, and Seth. 

The game was very evenly matched.  These dudes may turn out to be our doppelgangers.  Supposedly they had a above average goalie, a tall kid with good skills who wears camo sweat-shorts, a stout defenseman, a guy who looks like Beck, a rock singer, a scandinavian, a guitarist, a dude that drives a big truck, and a slacker with long hair. 

Side note:  remember how when we first joined the league way back in 2007 how badly Mark the Ref and his cronies hated us?  Curt and I were talking about this the other day.  Those were fun times.  That first session I think we only played 2 games to the final whistle, the rest were stopped early for fear of a bench-clearing brawl.  Anyway, BMC (what does that stand for by the way) seems to be all buddy, buddy with us now - but, them being our doppelgangers and all, hopefully this is the start to a fierce rivalry.  I miss those days.

Back to the game.  Apparently we were down 3-2 late in the game.  Someone scored, Curt couldn't remember who it was so it definitely was not him, and then Seth (who showed up mid-way through the first period) scored a sick goal from his knees to ice the game with less than 2 minutes remaining.

So far I have Curt with 1 assist and Seth with 1 goal.

Who scored the rest?

See you boys in two weeks, Benny or Seth let me know how I can get the ref fees to you for this weekend. 

Remember that next week we have bye # 2. 

Keep it real brothers.