Final Stretch

It has taken four games for Precision Auto Works to suffer their first loss of the season. CB Teez showed up motivated to stay in the mix for first place and took home the W in convincing fashion with a 7-4 win.

In the other game, once favoured to dominate this season FitzRays was defeated by AB Transport 9-8. AB Transport finally puts up their first win of the season in what many players called the best game of the season. It looks like AB Transport is turning things around after their poor start while Fitzrays has yet to win a game on the ice at the Western Fair.

 The upcoming games are going to prove vital as the teams fall into their places before the playoffs begin. Precision Auto Works takes on FitzRays who sit only two points behind them for first place. While CB Teez will battle it out with AB Transport. Things are getting really close and depending on the outcome of this week's games they could get even tighter.

A friend reminder to everyone: As the games get a little closer and heated. Lets make sure we respect each other out there. We need to keep calm and make sure our goalies are safe in their nets. Everyone has to work the next day and no ones out there trying to hurt anyone.

 Stats Round up:

Brad Amberley is currently tops in the GAA department with a 3.00 Average.

Marc Corbeil and Chris Alpaugh are tied with 14 pts each, which is what we all expected from the # 1 and 2 picks.

Jason Garnett is the number one top dish guy with 8 apples as his linemate Andrew Graham leads the league with 9 goals.

Marc Corbeil also has 8 apples while linemate Adam Klimowicz has 7 goals. Chris Alpaugh is only one Goals back from Graham sitting at 8 Genos.

Something's gotta give

Another week come and gone in the Hockey Life season, let's check and see what happened on the ice.

The game that everyone was talking about took place on Tuesday, when winless AB Transport took on the undefeated Precision Auto Works. As stated by one of the players before the game "Something's gotta give".

The game started out fast and tightly played with both teams testing the tenders early. Both Jordie and Jamie seemed like neither one was willing to give in. When a quarter of the way into the game Andrew Graham put the biscuit in the basket to put PAW up by one. Shortly after power player Luigi "Fuck Mario" Colella went end to end and flipped the puck over the outstretched bad of Jamie Slade. Things stayed pretty even, until half way through the game when PAW went to work dismantling AB Transport's defense and jumping out to a wide lead.

Tensions mounted as even former roommates, and rumored best friends, Ernie "The Big Man" Borek and Shawn "That wasn't a Trip" Herman exchanged words of anger during the game. Josh and Jason Allen were also victims of the hostility during the game. When asked for comment after the game, Captain Borek said "When you're losing three games you get frustrated and shit happens".

On the other side of town things were also a little heated at rookie goalie Mark "Petit Denon" Denomme made his debut in the show. Early on he struggled to find his stride as he let a quick offence push by the Fitz Rays team pass him three times. Once able to regain his composure he stepped up and did what needed to be done, shutting down a penalty shot.

Not willing to lay back and take it, CB Teez fought back to only come up a little short with a final of 4-3. Tempers grew as Chris "The Crossbar" Cervoni was up to his usual tactics of getting all up in the goalie's face. Matt "Spider Legs" Spence took exception to this and words were exchange, but cooler heads did prevail and both shook hands at the end of the game. A ritual that all know is very dear to Cervoni's heart!!!

After three weeks of great hockey, Chris Alpaugh and Andrew Graham are the points leaders with 10 each, while number one overall Marc Corbeil struggles to find the star power that he had in the summer. No doubt still a lingering effect of the end of season collision between himself and AB Captain Ernie Borek. Between the pipes the lowest GAA thus far lands on the shoulders of Jamie Slade with an impressive 3.66 in 3 games.

Three games in and a whole season to go, let's keep it clean and when things get chppy just remember the words of Cervoni "SHAKE MY FUCKIN HAND!" then have a beer and get over it.

See you next time and remember... Don't be a PLUG!

Shawn Herman

Fast and Furious

With the weather getting colder it means it's time for long underwear... AND Winter Hockey here at Hockey Life.

The season has started fast and furious, with all the teams looking good and games being played tighter than usual in the Hockey Life seasons past. It seems that people take it a little more serious when you're playing for real team pride.

Coming off of a Summer season as the best goalie in the League Jordie Margison and his team AB Transport, are having a hard time finding their stride. While allowing 14 goals in two games, blame cannot land solely on the keepers back, as AB Transport has only been able to muster 3 goals. As any season beer league vet will tell you, it's hard to win a game with one goal.

Stepping up his game and making saves with everything he's got Brad Amberly has allowed only 5 goals in two games netting him the best GAA thus far. That being said his team has only been able to muster one win with him keeping them in the game. Surely things will turn around for CB Teez as they find their offensive stride together.

Number one overall draft pick Marc Corbeil has only been able to muster 6 points in the two games, leaving him in a tie with line mate Adam Klimowicz. Overall points leader and second overall draft pick Chris Alpaugh  could not be reached for comment, so one was made up for him.

"Whose number 1 now Adam?"

In a shortened season before the mid winter re-draft, Precision Auto Works looks to be in playoff form. Keeping their heads in the game, pouring the pressure on and holding the sole undefeated title lead by the GM/Coaching expertise of Tommy "The Dream" Dydynski.

Two games in and a whole season to go. All the teams are looking good and keeping the pace of hockey more fast and furious than a Supra with a spoiler, spinners and glowing under lights.

Good luck to everyone and remember, to keep your stick on the ice and your head up in the corners.


Shawn Herman

Winter Season

 

The Winter season has started off just as expected. There have been some close games and a few high scoring affairs. After 2 weeks Precision Auto sits at the top of the table winning both of their games. FitzRays and CB Teez sit tied for second with 1 win and 1 loss each. AB Transport has had a tough start to the season dropping both of their games and only scoring 3 goals in the process.

Week 3 will pit Precision Auto Works against AB Transport. Precision Auto will attempt to go undefeated owning all 3 opponents while AB Transport is going to have to pull out all the stops in order to get their first win in what is set to be their toughest game yet.

In the other game we have two teams who have split their first two games going 1-1. Fitzrays is coming off of a 10-6 loss at the hands of Precision Auto Works and will be looking to bounce back against a CB Teez team that looks to remain in the win column after beating AB Transport 8-1 last week.

A big shout out goes to everyone who has paid up their balance already, we have a huge order going out for Free Hockey-Life Hoodies.

Keep an eye out for us this week on Local Rogers Cable channel 13, Thursday October 18th we will be on the air at 9:30 PM!

Just a couple things to keep in mind. October 25th we have ice time at the Western Fair District, starting at 9:45pm. This will run throughout the Winter Season in the original Hockey-life.ca pick up style. Spots are already running low so make sure to contact us to sign up.

We are also keeping an eye open for an additional hour of ice time starting in January, we hope to add another two teams to the Tuesday night league! So if you know anyone who may be interested please sign up on the site or send us an email for more info.

Thanks for being a part of Hockey-Life.ca, as an added bonus we have worked out a player appreciation deal with London's Source for Sports location. As a member you should have received an email or FB notification of all the great stuff you are now eligible for. If you have any questions or need more information please feel free to contact anyone of your Hockey-Life.ca reps or Team Captains. We could not do any of this without you!

Cheers from the Hockey-Life.ca Crew.

Thursdays Round Up

Our Summer seasons have officially come to a close. The Winter league is just about ready to start off and promises to be one heck of a season.

Thursday was a pretty high scoring night. Leading the way was the #1 overall pick in the Winter entry draft Marc Corbeil.

Marc amassed and incredible 90 pts in 18 games!! He lead the league in goals (49) and had an amazing 5 pts per game. This is probably why he went First overall even though he was nursing a lower body injury coming into the season.

Joining Marc in the leaders category was his Winter season teammate for Team FitzRays Nathan Moniz who took home the Assists crown with 50 apples. Watch out for these two this Winter, they are sure to be the cause of some headaches for opposing D men.

Shawn Herman won the most games finishing the season with an 85% win ratio. Herman was on the winning team 17 out of 20 times.

Tuesday October 2nd marks the first ever night for regular League play at Hockey-life.ca

We start at Glen Cairn Arena where AB Transport takes on FitzRays at 10 pm followed by Precision Auto Works meeting CB Teez at 10:15 at the Western Fair.

Lets make this a season to remember!

Summer Tuesday Nights Wrap up!

A huge Thank you goes out to everyone who helped make Hockey-Life.ca what it is today, you're all a buncha beauties. A special thanks goes out to the hard work Radek always does for us. Making all those mugs look good isn't that easy. Shawn Herman and Nathan Moniz have also stepped up to take on extra work as we grow so make sure to show all these guys your appreciation.

The Summer flew by and we are now on the cusp of starting our First 4 team league season next Week, October 02 2012.

PLAYERS: Please remember to contact your assigned Captains if you cannot make your games.

Jordie Margison took home yet another W, capping his Tuesday nights off with 13 Wins in 23 Games played. He also led all tenders in Goals Against Average registering a 5.61 GAA. Matt Lunnen came a close second with 5.90. Most importantly we did not have a single game this season where no goalies showed up, Congratulations and keep up the great play!

Our Goal scoring race ended in a tie!. Two familiar names tied at 40 goals apiece. Ryan Wigle potted 40 goals in just 20 games, while Chris "#2 overall draft pick" Alpaugh sniped 40 goals in 23 games.

Rob DeVries tied for the Assists lead this past Winter and has now stepped up to claim the playmaking throne for Tuesday with a league leading 45 Assists in 23 games. Chris Alpaugh came in second with a final count of 37 Apples.

Alpaugh, proving that he is more than worthy of his 2nd overall pick for this year's Winter season has his name all over the stats sheets. He took home the Scoring title with most overall points - 77 points in 23 games to be exact. Goals (40), Wins (16), Points Per Game (3.35) and Win % (69.6).... This guy is a machine!

Another little note to pass along. We have officially changed the name of the Phil Kessel award. Historically this would be handed out to the last player to officially bulge the onion bag. This year we actually have two players that did not register a single goal all summer long on Tuesday night. It's hard to imagine that Ryan Brown and Adrian Kwasek did not get a single "G" marked down beside their name on the board.

... sooooo the two of them will actually share the award this season but from this day forward it will be referred to as the Kwasek award. Now go out next week and be the first one to score Adrian, you're a real Gem!

Guys... we have made some real noise in London this season. We are slowly making a name for Hockey-Life.ca and this could not be done without all of you. Keep spreading the good word and always welcome the new players to our Family. Things will change a little bit this Winter with the set teams, so we all need to make sure that we keep the foundation of this league strong. Good sportsmanship, Quick Shifts and glorious Cele's.

We'll see some of you on Thursday night.. and the rest next Tuesday for Game 1! ... if you didn't sign up in time to be a part of the Winter season please register as a spare, we always need them. Also keep your eyes and ears open as we are always getting more ice.

Cheers from the Hockey-life.ca Crew

Fall 2012 Season Draft

On Sunday September 16, 2012 around 3:00pm, we held our first hockey-life.ca draft day with Adam Klimowicz getting first pick. Marc Corbeil went frist overall followed by Chris Alpaugh, Zyad Osman and Jordie Margison.

The teams are set and ready to go:

Fitz Rays [Adam Klimowicz]
Mike Brown
Brian Clark
Marc Corbeil
Rob Devries
Brandon Earhart
Steve Farquhar
Matt Lunnen
Nathan Moniz
Matt Spence
Dan Tigert

CBTeez.com [Marek Klimowicz]
Chris Alpaugh
Brad Amberley
Cris Cervoni
Neil Crukley
Scott Humbey
Cody Inglis
Adam Korsan
Doug Mcgregor
Andy Sparks
Jesse Wilson

Precision Auto Works [Tommy Dydynsiki]
Jason Allen
Jason Garnett
Marcin Gluchowski
Andrew Graham
Shawn Herman
Joe Hollyman
Jeff Kelly
Zyad Osman
Jamie Slade
Peter Zaczek

AB Transport [Arkadiusz Borek]
Ryan Brown
Vince Carducci
Pawel Cieslak
Luigi Colella
Kevin Dejean
Steve Jacot
Adrian Kwasek
Lukas Makos
Jordie Margison
Josh Wright

First game is October 2, 2012 - Please see complete schedule in the near future for times and rinks.

Please contact your captains if you cannot make a game. They will also be responsible for collecting the season payments.