On November 7th, Aaron Boelens of the Hawks received three minor penalties & was ejected from the game for doing so. This was the first time that this has occurred for Aaron this season, so he was okay to play in the game on November 14th.

On November 14th, Jason Hotke of the Stars & Dan Feenstra of the Hawks both received three minor penalties & both players were ejected from the game for doing so. This is the first time that this has occurred for both players, so they are both okay to play again this week (November 21).

Here are the new players that have been approved to begin playing Friday, November 7.

The Hawks have added:
Jamie Feenstra - attends Peoples Church. Jamie has played for the Hawks in the past.
Shawn Lubbers - attends Wallaceburg CRC

The Omegas have added:
Dawson Metcalfe - attends Missionary Church (son of Steve Metcalfe).
Nate Vozza - attends Missionary Church
Jason McKichan - attends Missionary Church

The Stars have added:
Ryan Benjamins - attends Covenant Church. Ryan has played in our league in the past.

Andrew Noorloos of the Cattle Barons & Andrew Melville of the IceDogs were each given a "10 minute" misconduct in the middle game. This is the first "10 minute" misconduct for either of these players this season, so they are both okay to play in their next games.

John Hotke of the Stars received three minor penalties in the game against the Flyers and was ejected for doing so. This is the first time that this has occurred for John this season, so he is okay to play in the next game.

Scotty Maidmen of the Stars was given a game misconduct for receiving a" knee-ing major" penalty. He is suspended for one game. He will not be allowed to play again until November 14, 2014.

Can you believe that we're already done one round of the regular season?

The early game was a match up of the two most recent league champions. The Hawks prevailed in this one; squeaking out a 5-3 win over the Omegas.
The Omegas got the lone goal in the first. They looked good going into the third period up 3-1.
The Hawks turned it on in the third scoring three goals, before adding an empty net goal that just beat the final buzzer.
In his first game in our league, Zack Vanderwal sure made a good first impression. He scored two goals and an assist for the Hawks, and is the Player of the Game.

In the middle game, the IceDogs beat the Cattle Barons 7-3.
The IceDogs got off to a quick start, and found themselves up 4-1 after the first period. The rest of the game was pretty even, but the damage was done.
Joe Deboer led the way for the IceDogs with three points and is the Player of the Game.

The Flyers scored a huge comeback win in the late game over the Stars; taking it 7-6.
The Stars looked to be in control of it most of the way through. They were up 4-2 after the first period, and 6-4 after two periods.
After scoring a goal with seven minutes to go in the third, the Flyers found themselves back in it. They took advantage of a late game major penalty by the Stars and tied it up with 36 seconds to go in the period. Since it was a major penalty, they continued with the powerplay, and stunned the Stars by scoring the game winner with only 9 seconds to go.
Chris Helps had another strong game for the Stars, scoring four goals. Mark Groendyk had a four point night for the Flyers, but we'll give the Player of the Game to Joel VanVeller, who scored four goals for the Flyers, including both the tying & game winning goals in the last minute of the game.

I keep saying it, but parity is definitely the theme this season. All six teams are within two points of each other in the standings. What more can you say?

Sid VanReenen of the Omegas & Corey Moesker of the Stars each received three minor penalties in the middle game. Both players were ejected for recieving the three minors. This is the first time that this has occurred for both players this season, so they are both okay to play in their next game.