I have booked ice-times and we are all set for the playoff dates and times. You may want to check this out under the "Schedule" section.

I have made adjustments to all of the teams' rosters. Any player that has not played any games up to this point is no longer eligible to play any of the remaining games this season.

Here are the rulings that came from the January 22 game between the Flyers and Crusaders:

Derek Bouma of the Flyers was given a "10 minute" misconduct. He was okay to play in the game January 29 because this was his first "10 minute" misconduct this season.

Darryl Poort of the Flyers was given a "Match Penalty" with "Intent to Injure". For this, Darryl will be suspended for at least five games upon League review. We will discuss his pending return to play at the League meeting before the playoffs.

Jordan DeBoer of the Crusaders is suspended for two games due to the "Fighting Major" penalty that he received. He will be eligible to play again on February 19.

This past Friday (January 29), Jamie Feenstra of the Hawks received three minor penalties. This is the second time that this has occured this season for Jamie. He is okay to play the next game on February 12, but if this happens once more this season, he will be suspended for two games.

Well, we are now at the end of the third round of the regular season. It's already looking pretty clear which four teams will be in the playoffs, but it hasn't stopped the games from being very close. All three games this past Friday were all low-scoring games that all were within a goal going in to the last minute of each game. Nothing wrong with that!

In the early game, the Flyers clinched themselves a playoff spot by beating the Hawks 2-1. The game was one of those "Goaltender-Duos" between Mike Ward of the Hawks and Risser Wierenga playing in a substitute goaltender role for the Flyers. Both goalies were perfect until the Flyers scored early in the third period.

The Omegas extended their winning streak to seven games by beating the Cougars in the middle game by the score of 4-2. Like the first game, both goalies deserve mention. Seth Hellinga of the Omegas played another steller game in his first full season in our league. The Cougars' Shane Korvemaker held the powerful Omegas to under five goals for only the second time since the start of December.

The late game saw more of the same great goaltending as the two earlier games. Steve DeBoer scored his second goal of the game with a little more than five minutes to go in the third. This was the game winner in a 2-1 victory over the Stars. Josh Tamminga got the win for the Crusaders, while Risser Wierenga kept the Stars in the game. This win also clinches a playoff spot for the Crusaders.

I was not feeling well this past Friday and I did not see most of the games first hand. For this reason I could only go by the scoresheets to make the decision on Player of the Week. As you've probably already noticed, I made all of the goaltenders the co-winners.

This week's early game saw the Omegas clinch a playoff spot by beating the Stars 11-5. After the Omegas had an early lead, the Stars came back and led the game twice at 4-3 and 5-4. The Omegas came back and led 6-5 going in to the third period. The Omegas then turned on the after-burners by scoring five unanswered goals in the third. Between the two teams, there had to be at least five "highlight reel" type of goals. Jonny Wagenaar scored twice for the Stars and added an assist. Mark Zylstra did the same for the Omegas. I'm trying to spread out the Player of the Week honours, but it's hard to go against a hat-trick and an assist, so once again Lance Ross is this week's recipient.

In the middle game the Crusaders came out on top of the Flyers with a 5-4 overtime win. Sid Karelsen scored twice for the Flyers and added an assist. Jordan DeBoer did the same for the Crusaders. Matt Tamminga scored the overtime goal. He also got two assists. Matt DeBoer scored one goal and got three assists, while uncle Steve got one goal and two assists.
The stats for this game have not been posted yet because of pending suspensions. I will post them once this is figured out.

In the late game, the Hawks beat the Cougars 5-0. This is the second shut-out this season for Mike Ward. The Cougars were unable to cash in on a few mad scrambles in front of the net. This game also saw a rare penalty shot, but Doug Boelens' "hot stick" let him down on this one.