Well, the new season is off and running!

The early game was a re-match of last season's finalists. The Hawks continued where they left off last year by beating the Cattle Barons 8-3.
The first period was pretty quiet, with the Hawks holding a 1-0 lead going into the second. The second period is where the Hawks took control of the game by scoring five times. The Cattle Barons came back a bit in the latter half of the game, but it was too-little-too-late at that point.
Rob Nutma had three assists in the Hawks' win, but we'll give the Player of the Game honours to the duo of Ryan Nutma & Doug Boelens, both of the Hawks. They each scored four points. Doug had a goal & three assists, while Ryan scored a hat-trick & added an assist on Doug's goal.

The middle game between the Omegas & IceDogs was a much closer game and, fittingly, ended in a 4-4 tie.
It was somewhat of a back & forth type of game with the IceDogs getting off to a 2-0 lead in the first period. The Omegas owned the second period by scoring four straight goals & making it 4-2 by the end of the period. The third period switched back to the IceDogs' favour with Joe DeBoer scoring his third & fourth goals of the game to even it up at 4-4. The three minute overtime solved nothing, so each team came away with a point.
It wasn't hard picking the Player of the Game for this one. Since Joe DeBoer scored all four goals for the IceDogs, the choice is obvious.
Jared Millberry, of the Omegas scored his first goal in his first game in our League. And, unless I am mistaken, Steve Zylstra of the Omegas, also scored his first goal in his first game in our League.

The late game between the Flyers & Stars was not fun to be participating in if you were a goaltender. Both teams had plenty of fire-power and the score ended up 13-8 in favour of the Flyers.
The Flyers got off to a great start and held a 7-3 lead by the end of the first period. The Stars, who scored more goals in this game then they had scored in any game last season, kept up with the Flyers for the rest of the game, but the damage had already been done.
Terry Moesker, Jason Hotke, & Chris Helps each scored three points in the Stars' loss. Sid Karelsen & Ryan Cross both had three points for the Flyers. Darryl Poort & Joel VanVeller each scored a hat-trick and will share the Player of the Game honours with Matt VanMarum, who had a five point game. Dustin Bouma, of the Flyers, also deserves recognition for scoring his first goal in his first game in our League.

The League has approved another new player. His name is Steve Szmiett & attends Forest Baptist Church. He has been added to the Stars roster. He is permitted to start playing at the beginning of the season (tonight).

I (Terry) have a variety of hockey socks available to purchase. All of them are brand new - never been used. I will bring some of them out for the first few weeks of the season.
I'm selling each pair of socks for $5.00. They are about $12.00 - $15.00 in the stores.
I also have two sets of men's sized jerseys for sale. I have a set of greens & a set of baby blues. I will sell these two sets of jerseys for $30.00 / set. Another great deal!
Let me know if you're interested.

Last week Thursday (Sept.26) all the team reps had a meeting to prepare for the 2013-14 season. Here are some notes taken from the meeting:

Schedule
The prepared schedule was approved and can now be found on this website.
A printable copy of the schedule can be found under the "Forms & Files" tab on the left hand side of this page.
League Costs
Cost for the season will be $3600.00 per team.
It is preferred to get four post-dated cheques for $900.00 each.
They should be post dated for: Oct.1, Nov.1, Dec.1, & Jan.1.
Rosters
All the team rosters were approved to start the new season.
Here is the list of new players added this year:
Hawks - Brad Pelleboer
Omegas - Zach Kapteyn, Adam Kapteyn, Steve Zylstra, & Jared Millberry
Stars - Scotty Maidmen & Charlie Heimstra
Flyers - Dustin Bouma
IceDogs - Matt Bork
Cattle Barons - Brad Clark, Brian Haan, & Paul Rutlage
Here is the list of players that moved to a new team this season:
David Noorloos, Darren DeGroot, Jason Hotke, & Chris Helps have all been approved to play for the Stars this season. They were all on the Cattle Barons' roster last season.
Chris Simard has been added to the IceDogs roster, but he was also left on the Stars roster. Whichever of these two teams he decides to play for first is the team that he will need to stay on for the rest of this season. He will be taken off the other team's roster at that point.
The Hawks will need to find out more information on Cody Oliver before he will be approved to play. For now he has not been approved.
The Stars needed to find out more about Charlie Heimstra before he was able to be approved. After investigating, he has been found to be legit & has been approved to play for the Stars.
Rule Changes
The "accumulative penalty" rule has been tweeked for the upcoming season. It was found that the idea behind the rule was a good one, but it needed a little tweeking. Here is how it will go this season:
Any player reaching 30 minutes in penalties will be suspended for one game (same as last year).
Any player reaching 60 minutes in penalties will be suspended for three games.
A player reaching 70 minutes will be suspended for two games.
A player reaching 80 minutes will be suspended for two games, etc.
There will be no suspension for players reaching 40 or 50 minutes this season.
Carried Over Suspensions
It was ruled that even though the "accumulative penalties" rule has been changed for this season, the suspensions carried over from last season will still need to be served. Here is the list of suspensions that have been carried over from last season:
Chris Simard was suspended for a total of five games nearing the end of last season. He has already served two games, but will need to sit out the first three games of this season to complete his suspension. The first game that Chris will be eligible to play is on October 25.
Brandon Wilpstra, Brett DeBoer,, & Duncan Vanderwal all were suspended for two games during the final regular season game of last season. They will need to sit out the first two games of this season. Each of these three players will be eligible to play again on October 18.

Hello everyone. Summer is now officially over, and its time to start thinking about the upcoming hockey season.
The team reps will be sitting down this Thursday (Sept.26) to sort out the team rosters, approve the schedule, and go over any rule changes, among other things.
Once the schedule has been approved it will be posted on this website. For now, I can tell you that the first games of the 2013-14 season will be played on Friday, October 4.
Once again, we will be playing all of our regular season games at the Point Edward Arena. Also, as it was last season, we have the ice on Friday nights from 7:00pm until 11:00pm.

Here is the schedule for the first night:

7:00pm Hawks vs. Cattle Barons
8:20pm Ice Dogs vs. Omegas
9:40pm Flyers vs. Stars