Well, here we are at the half-way point of the season already. With the results of this week's games in the books, the standings are as tight as ever. The top four teams only have two points separating them.

The Omegas once again hold sole posession of first place by beating the Cougars in the early game by the score of 7-3. This was a week with a lot of defensemen scoring points. Darren Degroot scored twice for the Cougars, while Sid VanReenen scored twice for the Omegas. This week's Player of the Week is Lance Ross of the Omegas who scored once and added three assists.

In the middle game, the Hawks came out flying (parden the pun) by beating the Flyers 8-2. Another defensemen, Jamie Feenstra, led the scoring for the Hawks with two goals and an assist.

The short-staffed Crusaders were able to beat the Stars in the late game 6-2. The game was very close until the Crusaders let loose in the third period by scoring three unanswered goals. Cam DeBoer scored twice in the Crusaders' win, while yet another defenseman, Chris Pool, got three assists.

I have now given all the teams more roster sheets. These need to be filled out before each game and given to the score keeper. I've been hearing that only a few of the teams are already doing this every week. This is necessary so that we can accurately record which players are playing in each game.
Remember, you are only supposed to enter the players' numbers that are actually playing in that particular game.

Matt Kreeft of the Flyers and Duncan Vanderwal of the Crusaders are each suspended for the next two games due to their "fight" in the early game last Friday.

This week's early game saw the Flyers' winning streak come to an end. The Crusaders won the game by the score of 3-1. Steve DeBoer once again led the way for the Crusaders with two goals and an assist. A shout-out also goes to Andrew Melville who scored the game winning goal and became a father of twins earlier in the week.

In the middle game, the Omegas were able to successfully kill off a bunch of penalties early on in the game and beat the Stars 8-2. Lance Ross, Freddie VanReenen, and Joe VanReenen each scored twice for the Omegas. Freddie and Joe also got three assists each and are this week's Co-Winners of the Player of the Week honours.

In the late game, the Hawks were able to score three consecutive goals in the third period to complete the comeback and beat the Cougars 3-2. Dave VanOostveen scored twice for the Hawks and Kurt Nutma added the game winner. Jeff Vanderdeen scored both goals for the Cougars.

We will be playing games on Saturday, January 2, 2010!
As I mentioned in an earlier posting, we will not be playing games on Friday, January 1, 2010 because the Point Edward Arena will be closed that day for the holiday.
I have booked ice-time on Saturday, January 2, 2010. The games will be at the Sarnia Arena on Brock St.
If you do not know where the Sarnia Arena is, you can check in the "Rink Locations" section of this website.
We have the ice from 6:30pm until 10:30pm. Here is the schedule for these games:
6:30pm - Hawks vs. Stars
7:50pm - Crusaders vs. Omegas
9:10pm - Flyers vs. Cougars