Jason Cowell of the Cougars & Dan Feenstra of the Hawks each received a "10 minute" misconduct in separate incidents in the early game. This is the first "10 minute" misconduct for both of these players this season, so they are both okay to play in their next games. If either one of these two players receives another "10 minute" misconduct this season, then he will be suspended for one game.

The Hawks clinched a playoff spot by beating the Cougars 10-4 in the early game. O.J. Deelstra & Jeff Vanderdeen each scored twice in the Cougars' loss. Ryan "Nootma-Hopkins", Jordan Nydam, & Dave VanOostveen each had three points for the Hawks. Dave's three points came in the way of a hat-trick. Pat Dam & Kyle Huizinga each had four points in the game. This week's Player of the Week is Devon DeBoer who totalled up six points in the win.

In the middle game, the Omegas clinched the first seed of the playoffs by beating the Stars 11-2. Greg Wierenga scored both goals for the Stars. Sid & Ian VanReenen led the Omegas in their win by tallying four points each. Lance Ross, Matt Zylstra, Mark Zylstra, Zach VanReenen, & Jeff VanderSlagt also had a good game with three points each.

Probably the best game of the night was the late game between the IceDogs & Flyers. The IceDogs came out on top with a 7-4 victory in what could very well be a preview to a first round series between these two teams. The IceDogs held a 5-1 lead going into the third period. The Flyers came back to make it a close game, but an empty net goal by the IceDogs sealed the win. Greg Bork & Adrian Roelands led the way for the IceDogs with each of them getting three points. Brett DeBoer also had a strong game by scoring two goals.

In this week's early game, the Cougars beat the Stars 8-4. It was another game that the Stars kept close until their short bench caught up with them. The Stars were up 4-3 half-way through the third period until the Cougars stormed back with five third period goals. Curt Moesker gave a good effort in goal for the Stars. Risser Wierenga switched roles with Curt for the game and got three assists in the Stars' loss. Dale Moesker scored twice and Greg Wierenga also got three points. Chris Sipkens led the Cougars in their win by scoring a hat-trick. He is the winner of the Player of the Game. This week we had a number of strong individual efforts, so it was pretty tough to decide between them for the Player of the Week.

In the middle game, the Flyers showed that they have every intention of repeating as League Champs by beating the Omegas 6-4. Derek Bouma had a three point game for the Flyers, while his teammates, Kev Karelsen & Matt VanMarum each had four points. Kev & Matt are the co-winners of Player of the Game. With this victory, the Flyers have now clinched a playoff spot.

The late game saw the Hawks defeat the IceDogs by the score of 8-3. The IceDogs got off to a good start with a 2-0 lead, but the Hawks came storming back with six straight goals in the first period. Cam DeBoer scored twice in the IceDogs' loss. Matt Tamminga also had a good game offensively with three points. Kyle Huizinga got three assists in the Hawks' win, but the two co-winners of the Player of the Game are Devon DeBoer & Dave VanOostveen. Devon got two goals and two assists. Dave got five points in the game, including a hat-trick by the end of the first period.
A tip of the cap goes to all the guys on these two teams that still showed up for the game even after a hard week with the loss of Bill DeBoer. I counted 11 players between the two teams that were related to Bill in some way.

On behalf of our League, I would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the whole DeBoer family, as Bill DeBoer has gone to be with the Lord. Bill was a father, grandfather, and uncle to many of our League's players. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.

Just a reminder that there is no games tonight due to the SilverStick Tournament going on this weekend. We'll be back in action again next Friday, January 27.