today we went out and had some fun. and it paid off greatly.
first thing's first, we got kells back on the team and hes a great addition to our defence and whole team. brawleys still on the sidelines with his messed up hamstring but he'll be back soon, and having cainer up forward now on a line with me is starting to look like a nice little combination.
today we put on a clinic and it was just fun to watch. hackett had a hat trick, johnson had a hat trick, and ross had one of the prettiest goals i've seen all year and ill probably still be saying that at the end of the year.
we started out good, got a goal on our first shift and managed to keep the other team in check for a lot of the first period. by the end it was 2-0 for us and we were feeling pretty good. that changed quick in the second period. the other team got 2 quick goals and tied the game up and had us on our heels for a while in the period. we didnt panic though and managed to make the score 6-2 by the beginning of the 3rd period.
i guess that sparked something for the other team because they came out and had a stellar shift, controlled the ball in our end and ended up getting a goal on a missed defensive assignment by one of our guys.
after that goal they stormed back down and got another one 9 seconds later (something like 9 seconds) and made it 6-4. after that we calmed down a bit and controlled the ball for the rest of the third period. we ended up winning the game 7-4 which is nice but id have rather won 7-2 or 7-1. we let baskie down a few times.
i also let the team down 2 by getting called on some pretty obvious penalties. oh well, we all have bad moments.
anyways, all is good in the minivans camp. we're 2-2, .500 record. not amazing but good enough for now. i dont want to lose again this year.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
game #3
we know what we need to work on after yesterday's game. and shooting the ball more is on the top of that list.
we played decent yesterday, not amazingly, and we got beat by one of the better teams in the league. these guys will be either 1st or second this year, im saying it now.
we started off the game down 2-0 within the first 5 minutes and things werent looking too good. thats when we buckled down a bit and started to play the hockey that we know we can play.
we ended up getting a nice goal by hackett and we were only down by one goal and made it a pretty close game. couple penalty calls for us didnt faze the team. a non-call on a high stick by the other team really hurt us and we let the other team get 2 quick goals in the last 3 minutes that really screwed our chances of coming back.
on a side note, brawley was out the entire game with a hamstring injury and stabs sat out a while too because his shoulder was messed up. it would have been a different game is we had both those guys in all game. ross played well with his new shoes and had a nice breakaway in the game. johnston was hung over to shit and still managed to play pretty solid. we had cainer out for a game and hes part of our team now. hes on defence currently but hes good at forward too so he might float between both positions.
team practice sometime this week. get some nets, play some road hockey in a church parking lot or something and practice shooting, deflecting shots, and screening the goalie.
we need to shoot more, instead of doing the dump and chase method (which evidently doesnt work for us), we should be shooting at the goalie every time we get an opportunity and then the other guy gets in there and wait for a rebound.
we played decent yesterday, not amazingly, and we got beat by one of the better teams in the league. these guys will be either 1st or second this year, im saying it now.
we started off the game down 2-0 within the first 5 minutes and things werent looking too good. thats when we buckled down a bit and started to play the hockey that we know we can play.
we ended up getting a nice goal by hackett and we were only down by one goal and made it a pretty close game. couple penalty calls for us didnt faze the team. a non-call on a high stick by the other team really hurt us and we let the other team get 2 quick goals in the last 3 minutes that really screwed our chances of coming back.
on a side note, brawley was out the entire game with a hamstring injury and stabs sat out a while too because his shoulder was messed up. it would have been a different game is we had both those guys in all game. ross played well with his new shoes and had a nice breakaway in the game. johnston was hung over to shit and still managed to play pretty solid. we had cainer out for a game and hes part of our team now. hes on defence currently but hes good at forward too so he might float between both positions.
team practice sometime this week. get some nets, play some road hockey in a church parking lot or something and practice shooting, deflecting shots, and screening the goalie.
we need to shoot more, instead of doing the dump and chase method (which evidently doesnt work for us), we should be shooting at the goalie every time we get an opportunity and then the other guy gets in there and wait for a rebound.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
run times
so im running now to get in shape for hockey.
from my house to vernoys. not sure the distance but i'll just post my times here for my own reference.
january 18th - 25 min (approx)
january 19th - 25 min with kotchie
january 20th - 23 min (weak shit)
january 21st - 20 min with smiley and kells
January 22nd - 20 min with smiley
january 25th - flop AKA taco hell feast AKA fat tiem
january 26th -
from my house to vernoys. not sure the distance but i'll just post my times here for my own reference.
january 18th - 25 min (approx)
january 19th - 25 min with kotchie
january 20th - 23 min (weak shit)
january 21st - 20 min with smiley and kells
January 22nd - 20 min with smiley
january 25th - flop AKA taco hell feast AKA fat tiem
january 26th -
Monday, January 18, 2010
more players
another side note.
i dont understand how anyone could ever think we could be a contender in this league with 11 players.
3 centers, 4 wingers and 4 defence DO NOT win a championship.
i know im not the only one that realizes this. yet... people think 2 full lines for a team and one extra player is the way to win. im pretty sure ive never seen an undermanned NFL, NHL, NBA, soccer, or any other professional team win anything while they are missing 3 or 4 players
i dont understand how anyone could ever think we could be a contender in this league with 11 players.
3 centers, 4 wingers and 4 defence DO NOT win a championship.
i know im not the only one that realizes this. yet... people think 2 full lines for a team and one extra player is the way to win. im pretty sure ive never seen an undermanned NFL, NHL, NBA, soccer, or any other professional team win anything while they are missing 3 or 4 players
game #2
not a good game last nite. we got outplayed, its as simple as that. some may argue that we infact outplayed the stallions but i strongly disagree. they had the ball in our end for a lot of the game, got more shots, and they wanted it more. some players on our team were walking half the time while going for the ball, and that will not do.
we started out the game good, we were in the opposing team's end and had them on their heels for all of about the first 5 minutes then we played like shit the rest of the game. they got ugly goals, but no one ever remembers whether a goal was ugly or not, they just remember that it was a goal. some of the centers on our team werent doing their jobs, some of the wingers werent doing shit either so we're all to blame.
we were down 1-0 at the end of the first and 3-0 by the start of the third and by then it was damage control mode. try to get one goal and then build from there. Stabs got our only goal on a shot that would have never gone into the net if the opposing goalie hadnt knocked their net off the line and the refs didnt see it.
on a side note, the refs really screwed us this week. we got a couple biased penalty calls in a very rough game for both teams. some of them were warranted but some of the calls would never be called in any hockey game by any well trained referee. At one point, we had a powerplay and the refs called a penalty on us, so that would have meant it was even strength and the opposing team proceeded to ice the puck after the face off from behind their own blue line all the way to our end without anyone else touching the puck. im no genius or anything but im pretty sure that is an icing call, yet the refs for some reason thought that we still had a powerplay, even though they had just given us a penalty to make it 4 on 4. on another occasion, we had the ball in their end and Stabs took a slapshot that was delfected by one of their players and flew directly up and hit the ceiling, yet the refs called the faceoff to be outside of the zone and when we asked for an explanation the ref said that he shot it. when asked how it was even remotely possible that he shot it directly up into the air and at the ceiling the ref told johnson "i dont know, ask him".
ANYWAYS... it was a rough game and we got beat. its not the defences fault that we lost and its not the goalie's fault that we lost. all of the blame lies directly on the shoulders of every single offensive player, myself included.
the end of the game got pretty heated as well, some guy started pushing stabs and one of his gloves got knocked off so stabs punched the guy in the head above the eye and it looked like a UFC fight where you see a vicious elbow get thrown, instant blood all over the guys face. after he realized he was gushing blood he took his hand and wiped his blood on Stabs face, and that just a greasy classless move right there.
all in all, we got beat by a "better" team.
good thing it was only game #2. this wont happen again.
we started out the game good, we were in the opposing team's end and had them on their heels for all of about the first 5 minutes then we played like shit the rest of the game. they got ugly goals, but no one ever remembers whether a goal was ugly or not, they just remember that it was a goal. some of the centers on our team werent doing their jobs, some of the wingers werent doing shit either so we're all to blame.
we were down 1-0 at the end of the first and 3-0 by the start of the third and by then it was damage control mode. try to get one goal and then build from there. Stabs got our only goal on a shot that would have never gone into the net if the opposing goalie hadnt knocked their net off the line and the refs didnt see it.
on a side note, the refs really screwed us this week. we got a couple biased penalty calls in a very rough game for both teams. some of them were warranted but some of the calls would never be called in any hockey game by any well trained referee. At one point, we had a powerplay and the refs called a penalty on us, so that would have meant it was even strength and the opposing team proceeded to ice the puck after the face off from behind their own blue line all the way to our end without anyone else touching the puck. im no genius or anything but im pretty sure that is an icing call, yet the refs for some reason thought that we still had a powerplay, even though they had just given us a penalty to make it 4 on 4. on another occasion, we had the ball in their end and Stabs took a slapshot that was delfected by one of their players and flew directly up and hit the ceiling, yet the refs called the faceoff to be outside of the zone and when we asked for an explanation the ref said that he shot it. when asked how it was even remotely possible that he shot it directly up into the air and at the ceiling the ref told johnson "i dont know, ask him".
ANYWAYS... it was a rough game and we got beat. its not the defences fault that we lost and its not the goalie's fault that we lost. all of the blame lies directly on the shoulders of every single offensive player, myself included.
the end of the game got pretty heated as well, some guy started pushing stabs and one of his gloves got knocked off so stabs punched the guy in the head above the eye and it looked like a UFC fight where you see a vicious elbow get thrown, instant blood all over the guys face. after he realized he was gushing blood he took his hand and wiped his blood on Stabs face, and that just a greasy classless move right there.
all in all, we got beat by a "better" team.
good thing it was only game #2. this wont happen again.
Friday, January 15, 2010
line combinations
2 different winger lines
- hackett, ross
- johnson, brawley
- gummer
- stabs
- jason
roster report.
ok, so...
here goes.
me: jsut call me the workhorse, i just work my ass off all game, running around, shooting, passing, whatever needs to be done for my team to get a good scoring chance. right now im center, need to learn how to take faceoffs better to improve the overall effectiveness of my line when we are on. my shot is decent, i find that i panic sometimes and should take the time to slow down and think about moves before i make them, its not like im crosby or anything. (note to self: DONT MAKE BLIND PASSES!!)
ross: smiley AKA the gazelle. hes a winger that runs like the wind, im not even exaggerating that, he could probably beat the wind in a race. needs better shoes, if he had basketball kicks his style of play would improve immensely just for the simple fact that they would allow him to stop and pivot so much easier than he does now. good awareness, its his second year and considering he would have won the Calder Trophy last year hes keeping up with his great play. the only flaw i see is his shot, its not terrible but if he worked more on it he would score on every breakaway he gets, and he gets quite a few.
hackett: playmaker extraordinare. winger, as fast as ross, has amazing ball control and awareness on the play surface. hes got more moves than a U-Haul (thats my joke, dont steal it). he can set up plays beautifully, i have a sneaking suspicion that he can pass, i've just yet to see it. then again, when you have a laser for a shot why bother passing, the other forwards should go straight to the net and fight for the rebound.
kotchie: key defensive player. hes really good at defense, one of the reasons we can stay in the games is because of the defence and he's a core component. hes also got a pretty hard and accurate shot, just needs to shot MORE!!
dutchie: vernelly is also a defenceman. hes got a pretty sweet shot too and also a core component of the defence. hes got great awareness and knows when to pinch and when to get back on the play. really smart on the field.
cowin: defenceman, hes a new edition to our team this year, but definately not new to playing floor hockey. hes a big body on defence and has a presence when hes on the field and thats what we need. seems kind of unsure of himself at times but that will pass with more games. i think he has a boomer for a shot, just waiting to see if my belief is correct.
bevan: key defenceman also, needs to get rid of those sweatpants and wear shorts and hed be so much faster, not to mention probably more energetic and less tired during the game. doesnt shoot much, needs to start because even if the shot is weak or off target, the closer to the net the ball is the better.
brawley: winger. another great playmaker on the team, sometimes it seems as though he has eyes in the back of his head. hes got some nifty moves too, like hackett and he can definately set up plays and make scoring chances on his own. hes got a great shot too and is also a good passer.
stabs: centerman. converted from defence in our 3rd last game last year and im glad we did. hes great at defence dont get me wrong, but hes awesome at offense too. fast runner, good shot and a digger when hes in front of the net. hes also a big body presense on the offense and we need that.
johnson: hard worker, could be either center or winger, depending on what he feels like. johnson has a really nice shot. hes also good good awareness and can set up plays well. hes got great defensive awareness as well, must be from years of playing hockey.
jason: another new addition to our team this year, centerman on the team and a hard worker. ive seen him paly ice hockey and hes good at that so im assuming that he'll have a stellar year this year in floor hockey. hes not tall but has a big presence in the opposing end. needs to throw his body around (without taking a penalty of course).
here goes.
me: jsut call me the workhorse, i just work my ass off all game, running around, shooting, passing, whatever needs to be done for my team to get a good scoring chance. right now im center, need to learn how to take faceoffs better to improve the overall effectiveness of my line when we are on. my shot is decent, i find that i panic sometimes and should take the time to slow down and think about moves before i make them, its not like im crosby or anything. (note to self: DONT MAKE BLIND PASSES!!)
ross: smiley AKA the gazelle. hes a winger that runs like the wind, im not even exaggerating that, he could probably beat the wind in a race. needs better shoes, if he had basketball kicks his style of play would improve immensely just for the simple fact that they would allow him to stop and pivot so much easier than he does now. good awareness, its his second year and considering he would have won the Calder Trophy last year hes keeping up with his great play. the only flaw i see is his shot, its not terrible but if he worked more on it he would score on every breakaway he gets, and he gets quite a few.
hackett: playmaker extraordinare. winger, as fast as ross, has amazing ball control and awareness on the play surface. hes got more moves than a U-Haul (thats my joke, dont steal it). he can set up plays beautifully, i have a sneaking suspicion that he can pass, i've just yet to see it. then again, when you have a laser for a shot why bother passing, the other forwards should go straight to the net and fight for the rebound.
kotchie: key defensive player. hes really good at defense, one of the reasons we can stay in the games is because of the defence and he's a core component. hes also got a pretty hard and accurate shot, just needs to shot MORE!!
dutchie: vernelly is also a defenceman. hes got a pretty sweet shot too and also a core component of the defence. hes got great awareness and knows when to pinch and when to get back on the play. really smart on the field.
cowin: defenceman, hes a new edition to our team this year, but definately not new to playing floor hockey. hes a big body on defence and has a presence when hes on the field and thats what we need. seems kind of unsure of himself at times but that will pass with more games. i think he has a boomer for a shot, just waiting to see if my belief is correct.
bevan: key defenceman also, needs to get rid of those sweatpants and wear shorts and hed be so much faster, not to mention probably more energetic and less tired during the game. doesnt shoot much, needs to start because even if the shot is weak or off target, the closer to the net the ball is the better.
brawley: winger. another great playmaker on the team, sometimes it seems as though he has eyes in the back of his head. hes got some nifty moves too, like hackett and he can definately set up plays and make scoring chances on his own. hes got a great shot too and is also a good passer.
stabs: centerman. converted from defence in our 3rd last game last year and im glad we did. hes great at defence dont get me wrong, but hes awesome at offense too. fast runner, good shot and a digger when hes in front of the net. hes also a big body presense on the offense and we need that.
johnson: hard worker, could be either center or winger, depending on what he feels like. johnson has a really nice shot. hes also good good awareness and can set up plays well. hes got great defensive awareness as well, must be from years of playing hockey.
jason: another new addition to our team this year, centerman on the team and a hard worker. ive seen him paly ice hockey and hes good at that so im assuming that he'll have a stellar year this year in floor hockey. hes not tall but has a big presence in the opposing end. needs to throw his body around (without taking a penalty of course).
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
roster
Keith
Ross
Kevin
Kotchie
Stabs
Jason
Cowin
Baskie (best player on the team)
Brawley
Dutch
Bevan
Hackett
Who am i missing?
ill have player profiles soon
Ross
Kevin
Kotchie
Stabs
Jason
Cowin
Baskie (best player on the team)
Brawley
Dutch
Bevan
Hackett
Who am i missing?
ill have player profiles soon
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
first game of the year!
well well well... it sure feels good to be back at this.
had our first game of the year on sunday morning at... WHAT!! 9am!!!
yea, you read that correctly, 9 in the morning, after a night of crappy Karma Lounge in Oshawa and bottle service. needless to say, some of the players on the team were feeling a little crappy.
we're playing this season (spring season) at a stellar facility in scarborough, about 20 min drive from ajax. its a really nice arena though and the playing surface is great. its a special surface with these tiny holes all over it, kind of like a rubbery texture and its not bad for running, stopping and pivoting if you got some nice basketball shoes on.
this season, since its a different facility we have different hours. whereas last summer it was any time between 5pm and 10pm games, this season its anytime between 9am and 4pm games. so the exact opposite. hopefully we dont have too many early games. if we do i've made the decision to take it easy on saturdays and watch while everyone else gets sloppy as hell on a saturday and ill be the sober one. my train of thought is that we need atleast one person who doesnt feel like shit at every game.
ok so, now onto the game. first off, i wake up at 8am, look around and everyone else is still passed out, so i wait a bit longer and finally have enough willpower to get up. i rise and luckily i had all my hockey gear at the house the night before so i dont need to go grab it at home. hackett comes downstairs and starts yelling hockey at people at like 8:25 (35 minutes till game starts), and people start to get up. it takes some more convincing for some but we finally get everyone ready and some people take off to go to the arena and im still waiting with johnson and brawls for vernoy. we leave at 8:45... not a good sign, we show up 7 minutes late and get dressed in 3 so the game is only 10 minutes late to start. the refs are dicks though and give us a delay of game penalty to start the game.
we started something new this year, me, smiley, stabs and brawls are centers. everyone else is a winger or defence. i still need to get used to running the most out of anyone on the floor when im on.
the other team looks decent, but how quickly first impressions can be wrong. turns out they're not very good at all. our entire team feels like crap and we dominate the first period. no goals though, but its in their end the whole time.
second period is a bit better, we get on the board on a nice move by johnson and its 1-0. a couple shifts later its me, brawls and johnson in their end and i feed one of them a beauty pass and we go up 2-0.
third period we're still domnating but we let them get back into the game by getting a goal and making it 2-1 and it looks like they're starting to feel confident. we shoot that confidence out fo the sky with a heat seeking missile the very next shift when stabs gets a nice goal and pretty much puts the game away. we end the game keeping the pressure on and dont give them any chances.
final score, 3-1 for the Minivans. first win of the season, many more to come.
on a side note, we got a bunch of penalties on sunday, some of them unwarranted. and we only got one powerplay. that shows that we can play well on the penalty kill because we got some nice scoring chances when we had some penalties.
crappy play-by-play this week, the game isnt fresh in my mind. next sunday will be better.
new scouting report to come soon also.
Cheers
GO MINIVANS!!!
had our first game of the year on sunday morning at... WHAT!! 9am!!!
yea, you read that correctly, 9 in the morning, after a night of crappy Karma Lounge in Oshawa and bottle service. needless to say, some of the players on the team were feeling a little crappy.
we're playing this season (spring season) at a stellar facility in scarborough, about 20 min drive from ajax. its a really nice arena though and the playing surface is great. its a special surface with these tiny holes all over it, kind of like a rubbery texture and its not bad for running, stopping and pivoting if you got some nice basketball shoes on.
this season, since its a different facility we have different hours. whereas last summer it was any time between 5pm and 10pm games, this season its anytime between 9am and 4pm games. so the exact opposite. hopefully we dont have too many early games. if we do i've made the decision to take it easy on saturdays and watch while everyone else gets sloppy as hell on a saturday and ill be the sober one. my train of thought is that we need atleast one person who doesnt feel like shit at every game.
ok so, now onto the game. first off, i wake up at 8am, look around and everyone else is still passed out, so i wait a bit longer and finally have enough willpower to get up. i rise and luckily i had all my hockey gear at the house the night before so i dont need to go grab it at home. hackett comes downstairs and starts yelling hockey at people at like 8:25 (35 minutes till game starts), and people start to get up. it takes some more convincing for some but we finally get everyone ready and some people take off to go to the arena and im still waiting with johnson and brawls for vernoy. we leave at 8:45... not a good sign, we show up 7 minutes late and get dressed in 3 so the game is only 10 minutes late to start. the refs are dicks though and give us a delay of game penalty to start the game.
we started something new this year, me, smiley, stabs and brawls are centers. everyone else is a winger or defence. i still need to get used to running the most out of anyone on the floor when im on.
the other team looks decent, but how quickly first impressions can be wrong. turns out they're not very good at all. our entire team feels like crap and we dominate the first period. no goals though, but its in their end the whole time.
second period is a bit better, we get on the board on a nice move by johnson and its 1-0. a couple shifts later its me, brawls and johnson in their end and i feed one of them a beauty pass and we go up 2-0.
third period we're still domnating but we let them get back into the game by getting a goal and making it 2-1 and it looks like they're starting to feel confident. we shoot that confidence out fo the sky with a heat seeking missile the very next shift when stabs gets a nice goal and pretty much puts the game away. we end the game keeping the pressure on and dont give them any chances.
final score, 3-1 for the Minivans. first win of the season, many more to come.
on a side note, we got a bunch of penalties on sunday, some of them unwarranted. and we only got one powerplay. that shows that we can play well on the penalty kill because we got some nice scoring chances when we had some penalties.
crappy play-by-play this week, the game isnt fresh in my mind. next sunday will be better.
new scouting report to come soon also.
Cheers
GO MINIVANS!!!
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