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.