On Thursday, March 11 the team reps met for the pre-playoff meeting. Here's a few tidbits from that meeting:

Nick Vanderwal of the Crusaders and Matt VanMarum of the Flyers were both approved to play in the playoffs despite not having the minimum eight games. The reason for both of these players was because they had injuries that did not allow them to play for most of the season.

Darryl Poort of the Flyers was approved to return to play now that he has served a suspension of five games.

The Crusaders and Hawks will play the later game (8:30pm) on Saturday, March 20 because some of the Crusaders' players will be in a tournament earlier.

Sorry, last week was real busy, so here's the scoop on the games played on March 5.

The early game saw the Crusaders clinch second place in the standings by beating the Flyers 5-3. Steve and Cam DeBoer each scored twice for the Crusaders. Steve also got an assist on one of Cam's goals.

In the middle game, the Hawks came back to beat the Cougars 8-6. Jeff Vanderdeen and Chris Sipkens each scored twice for the Cougars, while Jeff added an assist. The Hawks' Kyle Huizinga and Dave VanOostveen have really been clicking lately. Kyle scored two goals and got two assists. Dave got his second hat-trick in four games. These guys make up two out of the three co-winners of week 19's edition of Player of the Week.

The late game was not pretty for the Stars. The Omegas came away with an 8-0 victory. Lance Ross scored four goals including a beauty on a penalty shot. He is the third co-winner of the player of the week.

The games scheduled on Saturday, March 20 and Saturday, March 27 will now be played at the Point Edward Arena instead of the RBC Centre. The game times will remain the same. Check out the "Schedule" section of the menu for more details.

This week's early game was a back-and-forth battle between the Hawks and Crusaders which ended up in a 5-5 tie. The DeBoer family was front and centre in this game. Devon DeBoer of the Hawks scored his first goal in our league in the first period. His second goal in the third period was the game tieing goal. His brother Jordan scored once for the Crusaders and added two assists. Matt DeBoer scored twice and got one assist, while uncle Steve got two assists.

In the middle game, the Cougars beat the Stars 7-4. O.J. Deelstra scored twice and added two assists for the Cougars. He is one of the co-winners of Player of the Week. Mike Wierenga of the Stars is the other co-winner. Mike got a hat-tick in the Stars' loss. He also got an assist.

The late game was a forfeit by the Flyers because they were not able to get enough players to start the game. The Omegas have now clinched first place in the standings with this win.

This week's early game saw the Hawks beat the Stars 7-2. For the second week in a row, the Hawks' line of Dave VanOostveen and the Huizinga boys had a great game. Kyle Huizinga got a goal and three assists. Jack Huizinga got two goals and an assist. For the second consecutive game, Dave VanOostveen scored a hat-trick. He also got two assists.

In the middle game, the Omegas got back to their winning ways by beating the Crusaders 7-3. Jeff VanderSlagt of the Omegas scored his first two goals of the season, including the game winner. Herb Zylstra Jr. got three assists; two of which were scored by his brother Matt.

If you're ever watching a Flyers' game, don't leave until it's over! For the second consecutive week, the Flyers broke the hearts of their opponents by scoring a big goal late in the game. The Cougars looked like they were in control of the game by getting out to an early lead. They were up 3-1 at the end of the first period and 6-3 early on in the third period. The Flyers poured it on in the third period and completed the come-back with a 8-7 victory.
This was a game with a bunch of stand-out performances from both teams. O.J. Deelstra of the Cougars scored twice and added two assists. Dave Vangorkum scored a great end-to-ender for the Cougars, and Derek Bouma did the same for the Flyers. This was one of the two goals that Derek scored along with his four assists. Kev Karelsen scored twice and added four assists, but the Player of the Week honours goes to his dad, Sid Karelsen, who scored a hat-trick, including the game winner with about a minute to go in third. He also got an assist on one of Kev's goals.