The early game saw the Cattle Barons beat the Ice Dogs 3-1.
The Cattle barons scored the lone goal in the first period. They scored again halfway through the second period to stretch their lead to 2-0, but the Ice Dogs scored later in the period to bring it to 2-1.
Early in the third, the Cattle Barons scored again, and held off the Ice Dogs for the rest of the game.
We'll give the Player of the Game to Steve Minten, who played great in net for the Cattle Barons.

The middle game between the Flyers & Stars was sort of a wild one. The game ended in an 8-8 tie.
The Flyers seemed to be in complete control of the game for the most part. They held a 4-1 lead after the first period, and a 5-2 lead after the second period. The third period is where it really got wild.
In the first minute and a half of the third period, both teams had scored another goal, making it 6-3 in favour of the Flyers. By the half-way point of the third period, the Flyers stretched their lead to 8-3, and the game appeared to be over.
With six minutes to go in the period, the Stars scored a goal and seemed to get fired up. Within the next two minutes, the Stars had stormed back with three more goals, and the Flyers saw their lead dwindle to 8-7.
The Stars pulled their goalie in the last minute of the third, and were able to complete the comeback. Overtime solved nothing, so the teams settled for the tie.
Darryl Poort had three points for the Flyers. Brandon Wilpstra, Chris Helps, & Corey Moesker all had three points for the Stars. Tyler Poort, of the Stars, had four points in the game and is the Player of the Game.

In the late game, the Hawks beat the Omegas 7-4.
The Hawks held a 3-2 lead after the first period, but the teams were all tied up at 3-3 going into the third period. The Hawks dominated most of the third and sealed the deal with an empty netter.
Jordan Nydam had three points for the Hawks. Scott Barneveld had five points, but we'll give the Player of the Game to Devon Deboer. He scored a hat-trick for the Hawks, and added two assists.

Two more players have reached the 30 minute plateau in penalties for the season.
Andrew Noorloos of the Cattle Barons & Sid VanReenen of the Omegas will both need to sit out the next game (Jan.9) for doing so. Both of these players are okay to return to play on January 23rd.

The Flyers have been hot as of late, and they continued on this role by beating the Ice Dogs 8-4 in the early game.
The first period was wide open and the Flyers held a 4-2 lead going into the second. Each team scored one goal in the second period, but the Flyers sealed the deal by scoring three more goals in the third.
Joe DeBoer had two goals and an assist for the Ice Dogs, and everyone on the ice got a chance to see how well Matt DeBoer's deodorant works when he matched brother Joe's game stats. Matt VanMarum & Steve Capelle each had three points for the Flyers, but we'll give the Player of the Game to Kev Karelsen. Kev led the way for the Flyers by getting three goals & three assists.

The middle game between the Hawks & Cattle Barons was definitely the best game of the night. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.
The Cattle Barons got on the scoreboard first and held a 1-0 lead going into the second period. The Hawks tied it up early in the second, but the Cattle Barons regained the lead by the end of the period.
Early in the third period, Scott Barneveld scored twice in one shift for the Hawks. This gave the Hawks a 3-2 lead.
With less than eight minutes to go in the third, the Cattle Barons tied it up again at 3-3. Although there was lots of chances for both teams for the rest of the period and in overtime, the teams settled for the tie.
We'll let Scott Barneveld of the Hawks, and Kris Tenhage of the Cattle Barons share the Player of the Game in this one. As mentioned before, Scott scored twice for the Hawks, while Kris played a strong game on the blue line for the Cattle Barons. He scored a goal and assisted on the game tying goal.

The late game saw the Stars beat the Omegas 9-2.
The Stars held a 3-1 lead after the first period, and a 6-2 lead after two. Thanks to some outstanding saves by Duncan Vanderwal (who filled in as a substitute goalie for the Stars in this game), the Stars never looked back.
The scoring was pretty spread out through the Stars lineup. Jason Hotke had three points. Chris Helps had another strong game -tallying six more points, but the Player of the Game is Chris "Risser" Wierenga. He had two goals and three assists while on the blue line for the Stars.

I want to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!
The games were all very tame this weekend, And I want to thank all the players for keeping it this way. I hope that everyone enjoys this Christmas with loved ones and celebrates the birth of our Lord & Saviour.

As a reminder, there will be no games this Friday (December 26), due to the fact that it is Boxing Day. We will be back playing the following Friday, January 2nd.
In the mean time, take a second and look at how even all six teams are in the current points standings. All six teams are separated by four points with eight games to go in the regular season. Only one point separates 2nd to 6th.

See you all in the new year!

This past Saturday (December 20th) was the make-up game between the Hawks & Flyers. The Flyers won this game 5-3.
It was an even game all the way through. Both teams scored one goal in the first period.
In the second period, the Flyers scored three times and held a 4-2 lead going into the third. The Hawks scored half-way through the third to bring it to back within one goal. The Flyers ruined the comeback for the Hawks by scoring into the empty net.
Kyle Huizinga had three points for the Hawks. Kev Karelsen & Steve Capelle each had three points for the Flyers. We'll give the Player of the Game to Matt VanMarum. Matt had four points for the Flyers, including a natural hat-trick in the second period.