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.

The early game from January 8 got a little rough near the end. Here's what came about in that:

Jamie Feenstra of the Hawks received three minors. He is okay to play the next game.

Doug Boelens of the Hawks and Matt DeBoer of the Crusaders each received "10 minute" misconducts. They are both okay to play the next game as this is the first "10 minute" misconduct this season for each of these players.

Sorry about being so late with this update. I trust that everyone knew that we had no games last night due to the SilverStick Tournament. The following is the update for the games that were played last week (January 8).

The early game saw the Crusaders beat the Hawks 6-3. The Crusaders were up 5-0 before Ryan Nutma of the Hawks scored his first of two goals in the third period. Ryan Benjamins scored twice for the Crusaders including the game winner.

In the middle game, the Stars were able to end their nine game losing streak by beating the Cougars 5-1. This win puts the Stars one point ahead of the Cougars in the standings.

The late game had the Omegas beat the Flyers by the score of 7-2. This game saw four of our league's rookies stand out as the co-winners of this week's Player of the Week honours. First of all Joel VanVeller scored both goals for the Flyers. Kalen Hellinga scored twice for the Omegas and added an assist. Zack VanReenen and Ian VanReenen each scored a goal for the Omegas. Ian got one assist, while Zack got two.

Guys, please hand your completed roster sheets to the score-keeper before each game.

I've mentioned the importance of the accuracy of these before, but I'm finding out that they are still being filled out with players that are not actually playing in the game, or that they are not being handed in at all.

In the early game Dave VanOostveen of the Hawks was ejected for receiving three minor penalties. Dave is okay to play this Friday.

Corey Moesker of the Stars also was ejected for receiving three minors. This is the second time this has occured for Corey. If this happens once more this season, he will be suspended for two games.
Corey also was given a "game misconduct". Because this was his second "game misconduct" of this season, he is suspended for the next five games. He will not be eligible to play again until February 26, 2010.