Well, we made it through the fog. Hopefully that was only because it got a lot warmer outside from what it was earlier in the day. I'm no scientist, but that's my optimistic theory. I spoke to the arena worker about possibly turning the fans on, but he said that when they tried that earlier in the week, the fans were melting the ice directly underneath them. Hopefully they come up with a solution.
The arena worker also informed me that the arena will be closed on January 1, which we had planned on playing through. I will see if we are able to get ice somewhere else for January 1, or maybe Saturday, January 2. I'll keep everyone informed as soon as I have a solution.

The Omegas beat the Flyers 3-1 in the early game. Matt Zylstra led the way for Omegas by scoring 2 goals.

In the middle game, the Hawks beat the Crusaders 6-3. The Hawks' new player, Jordan Nydam scored his first goal in the league and added an assist. In his first game against his former team, Jordan DeBoer scored 2 goals and added an assist for the Crusaders. He gets this week's nod as Player of the Week.

In the late game, the Stars got a 6-2 win over the Cougars. Brandon Wilpstra and Devon Poort each scored 2 goals for the Stars.

A couple teams got into some penalty trouble on Friday night.

The Stars' Corey Moesker was given a "game misconduct" and is suspended for the next (Oct.23) game. Brandon Wilpstra was ejected for "3 minors" in the game. He will be able to play in the next game.

The Crusaders' Matt DeBoer and Jordan DeBoer both were ejected for "3 minors" each in the game. Both these players are also okay to play this Friday (Oct.23).

I know it's early in the season, but it's great to see the parody in our league. Nobody can go into any game and expect to know what the outcome will be. All teams are now tied in the standings with 1 win and 1 loss each.

In the early game, the Cougars made up for last week by scoring 8 goals in an 8-5 victory over the Flyers. Jeff Vanderdeen and O.J. Deelstra each scored a hat-trick in the Cougars' victory. Ian Korvemaker helped out with 4 assists. Each of these 3 players deserves honourable mention for player of the week.

In the middle game, the Stars were able to kill off a ton of penalties to squeak out a 2-0 win over the Hawks. Risser Wierenga absolutely stole the game for the Stars, who essentially won the game 1-0, but added an empty netter with 8 seconds to go in the third. They always say that the goalie is your best penalty killer, and that was exactly the case in this situation. The Stars were successful in penalty killing for 18 consective minutes with a short bench. For his steller goaltending, Risser has been named the Player of the Week.

The late game also saw a ton of penalties being called, but all of them were called against the Crusaders. The Omegas were able to score twice on the powerplay with 10 chances to do so. Sid VanReenen scored 2 goals in the Omegas' 3-1 win over the Crusaders.

It was great to see everyone out last night! We had what seemed to be quite a large crowd out to catch the opening night's games.

Everyone I spoke with was really impressed with the changes to the Point Edward Arena. The lighting is probably the most noticable improvement. The ice surface and boards are much better as well. One thing we did notice as players was that the players benches were pretty low and it was tough to jump the boards. (especially for us shorter dudes)

The early game was a great battle between last season's finalists. The Hawks came out on top with the score of 1-0 mostly due to an awesome goaltending performance from Mike Ward. For his efforts Mike earns himself the Player of the Week honours.

The middle game saw the Crusaders taking it to the Cougars 8-1. If it wasn't for Mike Ward's performance in the early game, it would've been a tough decision choosing the player of the week between the Crusaders' DeBoer boys. Steve DeBoer scored 2 goals and added 4 assists. Matt DeBoer got a goal and 4 assists. Jordan DeBoer scored a natural hat-trick and got 1 assist in his debut with the Crusaders. These 3 players all deserve honourable mention for player of the week.

In the late game the Flyers took advantage of an odd "use of an illegal stick" penalty by the Stars and scored the game winning goal. The score ended up 4-3 in a "back and fourth" game. A shout-out goes to the Stars' Ralph Huizinga who scored his first goal in the league since the late 80's.

Is everyone ready? I can't wait! See you tonight.