This was forwarded to the team from Fennell:
Hello all,
I am sorry to inform everyone that we only had 5 teams registered in the league, so we will not be running another session of deck hockey this year. We will be running another one starting the end of April. We are also going to have a deck hockey tournament if anyone is interested, I believe that it will be the weekend of September 26th. If you would like any more information about the tournament, please let me know.
Thanks,
Troy MohneyFamily Sports Centercoachtroy@familysportscenter.org724-482-2199
ok, ok, ok - i can understand that they do not want to continue with the session because they only have 5 teams registered, I get that.
What I don't get is HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY ONLY HAVE 5 TEAMS REGISTERED? Who is running this fiasco?! Out of the 100's of teams playing at the Township Dek, they could only get 5!! to register?? And this all for the same amount of money...
Boggles my mind. Better surface. More room. 5 v 5 like real hockey. Nicer boards. No communist, in-need of rehab, fat, taking their jobs too seriously refs. I don't see how it could be possible.
They should hire me to get teams to play in their league. It's like selling ketchup to a man with a cup full of plain fries (unless his name is Curt).
Joke league, unfortunate for us. Oh well, I guess we'll have to continue to put up with the Township.
Showing posts with label Specific Lengths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Specific Lengths. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
8/1/2009 Game Recaps
Random Lengths II (FSC)
We ended up playing the same team we played last week in the Township league, with the addition of a few good men. They were definitely a better team with those additional dudes.
We also discovered why Heroine Ref seemed so inclined to make the game as difficult as possible for us last week, and it was because he actually plays for this team. He had to ref last week instead of playing on the account of him being down to only one stamp back remaining for the following week.
They came out with much more energy and skill, and it showed on the score board with us being down 3-0 after the first period.
As it was last week we started to play much better half way through the second, and after two the game was now 4-2.
We made it a one goal game a few minutes into the third period and it was seeming very similar to how things transpired at last week's game where we tied the score at 4 late in the third.
As it turned out fate was not on our side and they ended up being the team to score late in the third, once again giving them a two goal lead which ended up being the final score, 5-3.
They had a few guys on offense who could really move the ball, and our forwards were confused as to who was to get back on D and who was covering what man. We changed our scheme and it showed with them only scoring twice more after the first period.
They were playing a tight man-on-man style of D, and it showed with our two leading scorers Zirn and Sparticuss being held off of the score sheet.
They also had Artus Irbe playing goal for them and he made some spectacular saves, but in most cases was out-shone by Shoup who had nearly 50 shots come his way, turning aside all but 5.
Chad Scuderi made an appearance and his presence on the dek was felt by the opposing team almost immediately with them getting stopped short time and again.
They seem to have it in with these refs as well considering the constant and blatant obstruction by Ben Ba-Donk-a-Dunk and his teammates.
We can speed by any player on their team, and to stop us is to cheat, and that is exactly what they did.
We should have an easy win next week considering the previous results of our next opponent, but we should not take anything for granted considering the following outcome....
Random Lengths (TWP)
Absolute travesty of a game. We were 10 minutes away from getting an easy forfeit win, and we played as if the forfeit had already happened.
The play on both ends of the dek was atrocious. Our defenders were following the ball and not the man. Our offenders could not get a shot through if the opposition was sleeping. We played, looked, and smelled like crap.
Were we tired from playing a game only 3 ours before? If so we're more out of shape than we think because they played the entire game with only one sub. The way we played they could have doubled the score if they had more subs.
Fennell and Trav ended up playing as forwards because of lack of offenders, and the one high point of the day was that Fennell was able to at least put us on the board with what I think was an unassisted goal.
That's really all that I have to say about it. Final score 1-6.
Stats and results updated for both teams on the links to your right.
We ended up playing the same team we played last week in the Township league, with the addition of a few good men. They were definitely a better team with those additional dudes.
We also discovered why Heroine Ref seemed so inclined to make the game as difficult as possible for us last week, and it was because he actually plays for this team. He had to ref last week instead of playing on the account of him being down to only one stamp back remaining for the following week.
They came out with much more energy and skill, and it showed on the score board with us being down 3-0 after the first period.
As it was last week we started to play much better half way through the second, and after two the game was now 4-2.
We made it a one goal game a few minutes into the third period and it was seeming very similar to how things transpired at last week's game where we tied the score at 4 late in the third.
As it turned out fate was not on our side and they ended up being the team to score late in the third, once again giving them a two goal lead which ended up being the final score, 5-3.
They had a few guys on offense who could really move the ball, and our forwards were confused as to who was to get back on D and who was covering what man. We changed our scheme and it showed with them only scoring twice more after the first period.
They were playing a tight man-on-man style of D, and it showed with our two leading scorers Zirn and Sparticuss being held off of the score sheet.
They also had Artus Irbe playing goal for them and he made some spectacular saves, but in most cases was out-shone by Shoup who had nearly 50 shots come his way, turning aside all but 5.
Chad Scuderi made an appearance and his presence on the dek was felt by the opposing team almost immediately with them getting stopped short time and again.
They seem to have it in with these refs as well considering the constant and blatant obstruction by Ben Ba-Donk-a-Dunk and his teammates.
We can speed by any player on their team, and to stop us is to cheat, and that is exactly what they did.
We should have an easy win next week considering the previous results of our next opponent, but we should not take anything for granted considering the following outcome....
Random Lengths (TWP)
Absolute travesty of a game. We were 10 minutes away from getting an easy forfeit win, and we played as if the forfeit had already happened.
The play on both ends of the dek was atrocious. Our defenders were following the ball and not the man. Our offenders could not get a shot through if the opposition was sleeping. We played, looked, and smelled like crap.
Were we tired from playing a game only 3 ours before? If so we're more out of shape than we think because they played the entire game with only one sub. The way we played they could have doubled the score if they had more subs.
Fennell and Trav ended up playing as forwards because of lack of offenders, and the one high point of the day was that Fennell was able to at least put us on the board with what I think was an unassisted goal.
That's really all that I have to say about it. Final score 1-6.
Stats and results updated for both teams on the links to your right.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Specific Random Lengths II 7/18 and 7/25 Recap
We'll combine the two game recaps to save time, internet space, my lack of a memory, and my lack of attendance at the 7/25 game.
7/18
We had a few more subs than we had the first game, so things were immediately looking positive at the start.
The team we were competing against had won 8-0 the week before, and we had lost 1-7, so this figured to be a tough game for the Lengths.
It looked like it was going to be a long day when within the first 5 minutes they score and take the lead 1-0.
No fear, we gathered ourselves and began a tear of 9 unanswered goals.
Sparticuss Clover continued to show his dominance over lesser dek hockey combatants and he put away 4 goals.
The addition of Aaron Zirn was evident in his mastery of puck-handling and perfect passing.
By the end of the second period the game was completely in in our hands and we continued our dominance of the dek.
Shoup held his ground after a shaky first and only goal.
Final score 9-1 Lengths.
7/25
Did not attend this game but once again we got some key scoring from Sparticuss and Zirn, and some stellar goal tending from Shoup.
We won 2-1 in a tight battle of will.
Apparently Zirn made one dude eat his shit late in the third putting on more moves than May West (or Michael Jackson if you're concerned with copyright infringement).
Next game is August 1st at 12:00 PM.
Stats are updated on the link to the right.
7/18
We had a few more subs than we had the first game, so things were immediately looking positive at the start.
The team we were competing against had won 8-0 the week before, and we had lost 1-7, so this figured to be a tough game for the Lengths.
It looked like it was going to be a long day when within the first 5 minutes they score and take the lead 1-0.
No fear, we gathered ourselves and began a tear of 9 unanswered goals.
Sparticuss Clover continued to show his dominance over lesser dek hockey combatants and he put away 4 goals.
The addition of Aaron Zirn was evident in his mastery of puck-handling and perfect passing.
By the end of the second period the game was completely in in our hands and we continued our dominance of the dek.
Shoup held his ground after a shaky first and only goal.
Final score 9-1 Lengths.
7/25
Did not attend this game but once again we got some key scoring from Sparticuss and Zirn, and some stellar goal tending from Shoup.
We won 2-1 in a tight battle of will.
Apparently Zirn made one dude eat his shit late in the third putting on more moves than May West (or Michael Jackson if you're concerned with copyright infringement).
Next game is August 1st at 12:00 PM.
Stats are updated on the link to the right.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Random Specific Lengths Game 1 Recap
Whether by fate or by divine intervention from the god of skinny punks, we once again began a session of Random Length's hockey playing babies and their dads.
We knew it was going to be a difficult ordeal. Our eyes were widened and our lungs hurt well before the drop of the ball because of the large contrast in size from the dek we are used to playing on to this one.
Only having 3 men on the bench did not help either.
We were all aggression in the first period, and the sights of our hands on our knees further emphasized how much different of a game it is indoors on the larger surface.
Although tired and in much worse physical shape than the non-pubes, we hung with them for much longer than we had expected, and we had some solid chances in the first period.
They snuck a few in and got some nice bounces, and Shoup made some really nice saves.
They scored a few more in the second and you could see our energy escaping faster than Trav leaving a gay bar.
If I could paint a picture of how we felt it would be of Curt standing in the face off circle after a goal against. His skin was pale, his shoulders sagging, his mouth hung wide open, and he had dark circles forming under his eyes. It looked like he had not slept a wink this decade and had just recovered from a romantic night in bed with satan himself.
Think about that one time that you were so tired that your vision was blurry, your lungs felt like you were breathing oxygen laced with glass, your penis had tucked itself away out of shear horror, and your legs felt like slinkys. How you felt was only half as bad as Curt looked at that moment.
We did score 1 goal in the second period. Nord and I attempted a nice give-and-go but the defender read me like his favorite Dr. Seuss book. Luckily Nord made a nice offensive-defensive play and the ball snuck out to Curt in the slot and he fired a snap shot past the goalie.
They scored a few more in the third and we didn't. We did however start playing a little better as the game wore on. It's a different game indoors and we took some time to adjust.
The overall consensus was that we really liked the larger dek and will definitely consider prolonging our time there.
6 (or 7) - 1, RLs lose.
Game Highlights:
*Shoup makes a save diving across the crease in the first.
*Shoup saves a definite goal by reaching behind him with his stick and poking it through his own legs so that he can cover it.
*Tim misses 3 breakaways (this is actually a lowlight and sadly a reoccurring issue).
*Tim did pull a sick half-moon on one of the dads leading to his second breakaway.
*Jefferson and Mark were awesome additions to the roster.
*Nord really looks like he belongs out there on that dek. I foresee amazing things.
*Fennell has good vision out of the back.
*Trav and Tim give-and-go in the first comes oh so close.
*Jefferson's slap shot.
*Curt smoked a bunch of dudes late in the second and was pulling his trademark "whoop"s. He then proceeded to stare down a pit-stained boy who was at least two feet shorter than him.
*Goldie being Goldie.
We knew it was going to be a difficult ordeal. Our eyes were widened and our lungs hurt well before the drop of the ball because of the large contrast in size from the dek we are used to playing on to this one.
Only having 3 men on the bench did not help either.
We were all aggression in the first period, and the sights of our hands on our knees further emphasized how much different of a game it is indoors on the larger surface.
Although tired and in much worse physical shape than the non-pubes, we hung with them for much longer than we had expected, and we had some solid chances in the first period.
They snuck a few in and got some nice bounces, and Shoup made some really nice saves.
They scored a few more in the second and you could see our energy escaping faster than Trav leaving a gay bar.
If I could paint a picture of how we felt it would be of Curt standing in the face off circle after a goal against. His skin was pale, his shoulders sagging, his mouth hung wide open, and he had dark circles forming under his eyes. It looked like he had not slept a wink this decade and had just recovered from a romantic night in bed with satan himself.
Think about that one time that you were so tired that your vision was blurry, your lungs felt like you were breathing oxygen laced with glass, your penis had tucked itself away out of shear horror, and your legs felt like slinkys. How you felt was only half as bad as Curt looked at that moment.
We did score 1 goal in the second period. Nord and I attempted a nice give-and-go but the defender read me like his favorite Dr. Seuss book. Luckily Nord made a nice offensive-defensive play and the ball snuck out to Curt in the slot and he fired a snap shot past the goalie.
They scored a few more in the third and we didn't. We did however start playing a little better as the game wore on. It's a different game indoors and we took some time to adjust.
The overall consensus was that we really liked the larger dek and will definitely consider prolonging our time there.
6 (or 7) - 1, RLs lose.
Game Highlights:
*Shoup makes a save diving across the crease in the first.
*Shoup saves a definite goal by reaching behind him with his stick and poking it through his own legs so that he can cover it.
*Tim misses 3 breakaways (this is actually a lowlight and sadly a reoccurring issue).
*Tim did pull a sick half-moon on one of the dads leading to his second breakaway.
*Jefferson and Mark were awesome additions to the roster.
*Nord really looks like he belongs out there on that dek. I foresee amazing things.
*Fennell has good vision out of the back.
*Trav and Tim give-and-go in the first comes oh so close.
*Jefferson's slap shot.
*Curt smoked a bunch of dudes late in the second and was pulling his trademark "whoop"s. He then proceeded to stare down a pit-stained boy who was at least two feet shorter than him.
*Goldie being Goldie.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Randomly Specific Lengths
Captain Fennell received the call and the Random Lengths II Session begins at Family Sports Center (Heasley's Indoor Soccer place) this coming Saturday, 7/11/2009 at 11:00am.
If you plan on taking part in the entire session please bring $20 for Fennell.
If you are not going to be able to make most of the games but you would still like to play please bring $5 each game.
We are still looking for some extra players so if you know anyone who is interested, please let us know.
We'll keep you updated on the schedule for Random Length's I at the Butler Dek.
See you dudes Saturday, 5 v 5.
If you plan on taking part in the entire session please bring $20 for Fennell.
If you are not going to be able to make most of the games but you would still like to play please bring $5 each game.
We are still looking for some extra players so if you know anyone who is interested, please let us know.
We'll keep you updated on the schedule for Random Length's I at the Butler Dek.
See you dudes Saturday, 5 v 5.
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