This is the summary for the games that were played on December 12th. (that's right - I'm actually caught up!)

The early game between the the Flyers & Omegas was another great game. The Omegas came away with a 5-4 overtime victory in this one.
The teams went scoreless through the first period. The Omegas went into the third period up 3-2. They spread their lead to 4-2 early in the third, and it looked like they were going to cruise to victory.
A late penalty proved costly for the Omegas, as the Flyers scored to make it 4-3 with just over a minute to go in the third. This sparked the Flyers, and they scored another goal with eleven seconds to go to tie it up at 4-4.
In overtime, Joe VanReenen scored to give the Omegas the win.
Jeff VanderSlagt is the Player of the Game in this one. He scored a hat-trick for the Omegas.

In the middle game, the Ice Dogs beat the Hawks 5-1.
This game also went scoreless in the first, but the Ice Dogs took control in the second period. They went up 3-0 going into the third. The Hawks got their only goal half-way through the third, but the Ice Dogs sealed the deal with two more goals late in the third.
Duncan Vanderwal was outstanding in net for the Ice Dogs, and is the Player of the Game. Al Vanderveen scored twice for the Ice Dogs, and Bubs (Wesley Boelens) had another good game, getting three assists.

The late game between the Stars & Cattle Barons was a match-up of the two top teams in the standings. This time, the Stars came away with a 4-1 win.
The Cattle Barons got on the scoreboard first with the only goal of the first period. They held that 1-0 lead until the Stars finally answered back in the last few minutes of the second period.
The Stars scored three more goals in the third period to seal the deal.
Dave Noorloos played another solid game in net for the Stars, but we'll give the Player of the Game to Brandon Wilpstra. "Chooch" had two goals and an assist for the Stars.

In the early game, Andrew Melville, of the Ice Dogs, passed the 30 minute mark in penalties for this season. In doing so, Andrew has been suspended for one game. He will be okay to return to play on December 19th.

In the late game, Kyle Huizinga, of the Hawks was handed a "10 minute" misconduct. This was the first "10 minute" misconduct of the season for Kyle, so he was okay to play in his next game.

Lance Ross, of the Omegas, also was handed a "10 minute" misconduct in the late game. This was the second "10 minute" misconduct for Lance this season, so he was suspended for one game for doing so. Lance also passed the 30 minute mark in penalties in this game, so he has been suspended one more game for this. He will be okay to return to play on January 2nd.

This is the summary of the games that were played on December 5th.

The top seeded Cattle Barons suffered just their third loss of the season in the early game. This time the Ice Dogs won it 7-1.
The Ice Dogs had control throughout this one. They led it 2-0 after the first period, and 5-0 after two.
Although Josh Tamminga put in a good effort in net for the Ice Dogs, we'll give the Player of the Game hounours to Wesley Boelens. Ole' Bubs scored twice for the Ice Dogs.

The Stars continued on their hot streak by beating the Flyers 7-2 in the middle game.
The Stars got off to another quick start. This time finding themselves up 2-0 in the first two minutes of the game. It was 3-1 after the first period, and 6-2 after two.
We'll let Chris Helps & Jason Hotke share the Player of the Game in this one. Each of them scored a hat-trick for the Stars. Chris Simard deserves honourable mention with his three assists.

The late game between the Hawks & Omegas ended in a 4-4 draw.
This was a very good game that went back and forth the whole way through. The Omegas led 2-1 after the first period, and the teams went scoreless in the second. The Hawks tied it up 2-2 early in the third, but the Omegas regained the lead one minute later. In the next five minutes, the Hawks had scored two more to take a 4-3 lead. With just under two minutes to go in the third, the Omegas scored to tie it up again. The teams solved nothing in overtime, but this game deserved to be a tie anyways.
Brad Pelleboer of the Hawks played in his first game in our league and scored his first goal.
The Player of the Game is Mark Zylstra of the Omegas. Mark scored twice, including the game-tying goal.

This is the summary of the games that were played on November 28th.

The Stars beat the Omegas 8-5 in the early game.
The Stars got off to a quick start, and found themselves up 4-0 after the first period. Things somewhat evened out for the rest of the game, but the damage was done.
Mark Zylstra had four points in the Omegas' loss. Chris Helps had five points for the Stars, but we'll give the Player of the Game to Jason Hotke. Jason scored a hat-trick in the Stars' win.

The middle game saw the Flyers beat the Ice Dogs 7-2.
Thanks in large part to the outstanding goaltending performance by Steve Minten, the Flyers cruised to victory. Steve, playing in his first game in our league, certainly made a good first impression, and earns the Player of the Game. How many goalies can say that the first goal scored against them was on a penalty shot?

The Cattle Barons kept control of the top spot in the standings by beating the Hawks 6-4 in the late game.
It was an even game the whole way through. The Cattle Barons held a 2-1 lead after the first period, and the teams went into the third period tied at 3-3.
Billy Sipkens & Jon Vanderlinde, of the Cattle Barons, and Rob Nutma, of the Hawks, will share the Player of the Game in this one. Each of these players scored two goals for their respective teams.