this was a big series for us. two games against the Bullets. we had already beaten them twice or three times in the regular season so we assumed we would be able to outplay them again.
unfortunately things didnt go the way the minivans had planned it and we lost the first game 2-0 on a weak game played by us.
we came back the next game with a sense of urgency but we just couldnt come through with a win in the must-win situation.
after the second loss we were all under the impression that the season was over but i guess not. we scored a total of goals in our series and because the Whalers didnt score any goals in either game they played against the Pylons. because of this we got the wildcard spot and we play the Mighty Drunks this upcoming sunday in a one-game series. this is our shot at redemption, time to make up for the 2 embarrassing losses we had handed to us by them in the regular season. They're the top seed and we know we can beat them, we can beat any team in the division. That's why we're the defending champions.
season aint over just yet...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
game 12
3rd matchup of the year vs the Whalers, and this time they really wanted to beat us. I could tell because they had 4 extra players who I have never seen play for them that they must have called up especially for this game. The Minivans were also short 3 or 4 players and it's always bad to play an early game on really hot days because the Village Arena gets pretty damn toasty, even with all the doors open and a breeeze rolling through.
I seem to have misplaced the scoresheet, or I just didnt grab it today because I ended up playing another game right after with the Bullets because they were short a handful of players so I dont know the exact order of the goals. I'm pretty sure the Whalers scored on us first and we responded a few minutes later, only to have them repsond right back. we ended up tying the game and it went to OT and Stoutey was able to snipe a pretty dirty goal through the goalie's legs right off the faceoff to give us the win.
On a sidenote, the refs were pretty bad today. some wishy washy calls that could have gone either way seemed to be only going against us. The same thing happened in the game I played with the Bullets.
Brawley got ejected for talking shit to the ref
Ross got ejected for talking shit to the ref also but he was pretty vicious. tough guy for sure.
We also managed to kill off 6 straight minutes of penalties and another 8 minutes of penalties that we had racked up in the game. I'm pretty sure the Whalers got 3 total penalties all game.
shoutouts
- whole team shoutout, good game
I seem to have misplaced the scoresheet, or I just didnt grab it today because I ended up playing another game right after with the Bullets because they were short a handful of players so I dont know the exact order of the goals. I'm pretty sure the Whalers scored on us first and we responded a few minutes later, only to have them repsond right back. we ended up tying the game and it went to OT and Stoutey was able to snipe a pretty dirty goal through the goalie's legs right off the faceoff to give us the win.
On a sidenote, the refs were pretty bad today. some wishy washy calls that could have gone either way seemed to be only going against us. The same thing happened in the game I played with the Bullets.
Brawley got ejected for talking shit to the ref
Ross got ejected for talking shit to the ref also but he was pretty vicious. tough guy for sure.
We also managed to kill off 6 straight minutes of penalties and another 8 minutes of penalties that we had racked up in the game. I'm pretty sure the Whalers got 3 total penalties all game.
shoutouts
- whole team shoutout, good game
Monday, July 25, 2011
game 10/11
yea this is two games, not just one because i didnt really feel like blogging last week. we won game 10, which is always good, but we barely beat a team that we should have ran the score up on. they werent as good as we made them look with a narrrow 3-2 victory.
overall decent grade
on to game 11
this time im really bitter
rematch vs. the mighty drunks this week and again we lost a heartbreaker after blowing a lead with 1:30 left in the game and then losing in overtime. we were leading again 1-0 throughout the whole game and we were outplaying a younger and faster team and we were able to control the pace of the game. with that said, we couldnt seem to beat their goalie when it mattered and we let our guard down near the end of the game and it cost us.
there was no phantom icing calls this week or goals that actually went off the crossbar so no excuses. we should have beaten this team, we could have beaten this team, we couldnt come through in the clutch.
baskie got us our only goal, he had a good game.
shoutouts
muj played stellar and we didnt help him enough
the whole team played well
overall decent grade
on to game 11
this time im really bitter
rematch vs. the mighty drunks this week and again we lost a heartbreaker after blowing a lead with 1:30 left in the game and then losing in overtime. we were leading again 1-0 throughout the whole game and we were outplaying a younger and faster team and we were able to control the pace of the game. with that said, we couldnt seem to beat their goalie when it mattered and we let our guard down near the end of the game and it cost us.
there was no phantom icing calls this week or goals that actually went off the crossbar so no excuses. we should have beaten this team, we could have beaten this team, we couldnt come through in the clutch.
baskie got us our only goal, he had a good game.
shoutouts
muj played stellar and we didnt help him enough
the whole team played well
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Game 9
I've been busy... little time to blog. not making an excuse, just saying thats why stuff is late.
ok, game 9 was against the bullets if i can remember correctly. high scoring game, pretty sure the final score was 6-6. we had lots of shots but just couldnt find the back of the net. i vivdly remember a 4 on 3 powerplay in overtime where we just couldnt hit the net. overall it wasnt a terrible game for the Minivans considering it was such a high scoring contest. cant blame the goalie, we should have been better as a team and not given them the chances we did. that shits just turrible.
shoutouts
- just one shoutout to the whole team
ok, game 9 was against the bullets if i can remember correctly. high scoring game, pretty sure the final score was 6-6. we had lots of shots but just couldnt find the back of the net. i vivdly remember a 4 on 3 powerplay in overtime where we just couldnt hit the net. overall it wasnt a terrible game for the Minivans considering it was such a high scoring contest. cant blame the goalie, we should have been better as a team and not given them the chances we did. that shits just turrible.
shoutouts
- just one shoutout to the whole team
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
game 8
im bitter. the minvans finally lost and had the refs been watching the game we would have won.
final score was 2-1 in overtime off of a goal that actually only hit the crossbar and didnt go into the net at all.
the refs also called icing on us with 1 minute left in the game when one of their players clearly touched the ball after we fired it out of our zone and that icing call resulted in the tying goal.
like i said... pretty bitter
The Mighty Drunks are a good young team but we can beat them.
final score was 2-1 in overtime off of a goal that actually only hit the crossbar and didnt go into the net at all.
the refs also called icing on us with 1 minute left in the game when one of their players clearly touched the ball after we fired it out of our zone and that icing call resulted in the tying goal.
like i said... pretty bitter
The Mighty Drunks are a good young team but we can beat them.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Game 7
We had been trying for 2 weeks to reschedule today's game for a later time so that we might be have kotch, bev, cow, and jason back from europe to play for us but no dice. 6pm game time, earliest we've ever played and it didnt really make a difference to us how many players we were missing. we had a total of 9 players on our bench today, 2 full forward lines and 3 defencemen. 1 less player than we had last week and the result was the same. another game, another victory for the Minivans. we're 7-0-0 now and if we can beat a team with only 9 players then i cant wait till we have a full team again.
Our opponent this week was the Pylons, we've played them quite a few times over the past 3 years and the games have always been exciting. We had Baskie in net today because Muj cant play earlier games and Iain also came out to play again for us because we needed him. overall a solid game by the whole team. The Hackett, Stoutey, and Kev Jonhston line connected for 3 goals on their very first shift, in the span of 56 seconds and that pretty much set the pace for the rest of the game.
even with us down 6/7 players we were still able to control the tempo of the game and effectively shut down a team with atleast 3 more players than us. the ability of our forwards to cycle the ball properly in their zone tired the Pylons down pretty well and gave us the upper hand because by the third period they were barely running anymore and we still had plenty of gas left in the tank.
ok so, as far as boxscore goes, kevin had 2 goals, so did stoute, and then in the third hackett sniped a beauty wrister past the keeper to make it 5-1 and we knew by that time we had the W.
Whenever Baskie plays net for us we know that we wont need many goals to get a win because he can single handedly win a game for us.
our team has now allowed 10 goals in the first 7 games of the season. not too shabby.
we have also scored the most goals out of any team and we're still undefeated. thats the only stat that matters. 7-0-0.
shoutouts.
- shoutout to Baskie, thanks for comin through and playing net when we needed you. solid game, as expected
- shoutout to Iain. another solid game by you as well as a call-up. maybe you should play on sunday more often. good hustle
- shoutout to vernoy, kells and iain because they were the only defence we had all game and managed to stop any real threat the Pylons would muster
- shoutout to the whole team. good win Minivans.
Our opponent this week was the Pylons, we've played them quite a few times over the past 3 years and the games have always been exciting. We had Baskie in net today because Muj cant play earlier games and Iain also came out to play again for us because we needed him. overall a solid game by the whole team. The Hackett, Stoutey, and Kev Jonhston line connected for 3 goals on their very first shift, in the span of 56 seconds and that pretty much set the pace for the rest of the game.
even with us down 6/7 players we were still able to control the tempo of the game and effectively shut down a team with atleast 3 more players than us. the ability of our forwards to cycle the ball properly in their zone tired the Pylons down pretty well and gave us the upper hand because by the third period they were barely running anymore and we still had plenty of gas left in the tank.
ok so, as far as boxscore goes, kevin had 2 goals, so did stoute, and then in the third hackett sniped a beauty wrister past the keeper to make it 5-1 and we knew by that time we had the W.
Whenever Baskie plays net for us we know that we wont need many goals to get a win because he can single handedly win a game for us.
our team has now allowed 10 goals in the first 7 games of the season. not too shabby.
we have also scored the most goals out of any team and we're still undefeated. thats the only stat that matters. 7-0-0.
shoutouts.
- shoutout to Baskie, thanks for comin through and playing net when we needed you. solid game, as expected
- shoutout to Iain. another solid game by you as well as a call-up. maybe you should play on sunday more often. good hustle
- shoutout to vernoy, kells and iain because they were the only defence we had all game and managed to stop any real threat the Pylons would muster
- shoutout to the whole team. good win Minivans.
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