Parity, parity, parity!

The Cattle Barons earned their first win of the season, beating the Hawks 7-6 in the early game.
It was a close, back & forth, game the whole way through. The Hawks led 3-2 after the first period, but the Cattle Barons scored four goals in the second period. They took a 6-5 lead into the third period. After each team scored one more goal in the third, the Cattle Barons held on for the win.
Calvin Pelleboer had a three point game for the Hawks. Jeff VanderDeen did likewise for the Cattle Barons, but we'll give the Player of the Game to Andrew Noorloos. The defenseman scored twice to lead the Cattle Barons to victory.

In the middle game, the Omegas handed the Stars their first regulation loss since November 29th of last season. The Omegas took a 2-0 lead after the first period and never looked back. The game ended in a 4-1 Omegas victory.
Steve Metcalfe put in a solid effort in only his second game in net for the Omegas. We'll let Tim Allen & Fred VanReenen Jr. share the Player of the Game honours. Each of them had a three point game for the Omegas.

The late game saw the Flyers earn their first victory of the season by beating the IceDogs 7-3.
The first period was fairly even. The Flyers held a 3-2 lead going into the second. After that, it was all Flyers. They held a 6-3 lead after two, and cruised to victory.
Ryan Cross & Kev Karelsen each had six points and they will share the Player of the Game in this one.

Lance Ross, of the Omegas, was handed a "10 minute" misconduct in the late game against the Cattle Barons. This is the first "10 minute" misconduct that Lance has received this season, so he is okay to play again in the next game.

The Stars remain the only undefeated team, with a 6-2 win over the IceDogs in the early game.
The Stars got off to a good start, and held a 3-1 lead after the first period. They continued on that roll in the second period and cruised on to victory. Once again, Dave Noorloos was stellar in net for the Stars. He will share the Player of the Game honours with Chris Helps, who had a four point game for the Stars.

The Hawks got back to their winning ways by beating the Flyers 7-5 in the middle game.
Once again, the Hawks got off to a good start - scoring four goals in the first six minutes of the game. The Flyers mounted a comeback in the second period, and the teams went into the third tied 4-4.
It remained close the whole way through the third, until Dave Vanoostveen scored his third goal of the game to give the Hawks a two goal lead with 1:23 to go in the period. Dave is the Player of the Game. He had a four point game. Kyle Huizinga assisted on three of the Hawks' goals. Kev Karelsen also had a three point game for the Flyers.

For the second week in a row, the Cattle Barons had to settle for a tie. This time, it was a 4-4 tie with the Omegas.
The Omegas went into the second period holding a 2-0 lead. The Cattle Barons scored two of their own in the second to tie it up 2-2 going into the third. The teams traded goals in the third, but could not solve anything in overtime.
Chris Losier, of the Cattle Barons, scored his first goal in our league.
Zach VanReenen had three assists for the Omegas, but we'll have to give Steve Pastoor the Player of the Game in this one. He came up with some big saves late in the game when the Omegas were pouring it on. In his first game in our league, Steve Metcalfe, also played a good game in for the Omegas.

Matt Kreeft of the Flyers received three minor penalties and was ejected from his game against the Cattle Barons. This is the first time that this has occurred for Matt this season, so he is okay to play again this Friday.

We're only two weeks into the season, but its already starting to look like "parity" will be the word used a lot throughout this season. All six teams already have at least one point.

The early game saw the Flyers & Cattle Barons play to a 5-5 tie.
The Flyers got off to an early lead and held a 2-1 lead after the first period. The Cattle Barons came storming back in the second period, thanks to a hat-trick by Darren DeGroot. After two periods, the Cattle Barons held a 4-3 lead.
The Cattle Barons struck first in the third period, and extended their lead to 5-3. Two minutes later, the Flyers had scored twice to tie it up at 5-5.
Both teams traded chances in the remaining minutes of the third and through overtime, but both goalies stood their ground.
As mentioned earlier, Darren DeGroot scored three goals for the Cattle Barons, and is the Player of the Game. O.J. Deelstra also had three points for the Cattle Barons. Ryan Cross did likewise for the Flyers.

The IceDogs earned their first win of the season by handing the Omegas their first regular season loss since Valentine's Day.
The IceDogs went up 2-0 in the first period and it proved to be the difference. Both teams traded goals in the second and third periods, but the IceDogs won it 5-3.
Al Vanderveen & Joe Deboer each had three points in the IceDogs' win and they will share the Player of the Game honours.

The late game saw the Stars become the only team to start the season 2 an 0. They beat the Hawks 7-5.
The first period was a wild one. The teams traded goals & penalties throughout the period and when the dust settled the Hawks held a 5-3 lead.
The second period had as many penalties, but the Stars scored the only goal of the period, bringing the score to 5-4 in favour of the Hawks.
In the third period, the Stars completed the comeback by scoring three more goals.
Dave Vanoostveen had a three point game for the Hawks. Jeff Sit had three points for the Stars. Greg Wierenga also had three points for the Stars in his first game back in our league after taking the last few seasons off. Chris Helps is the Player of the Game. He had a four point game to lead the way for the Stars.