This week's early game saw the Omegas showing the Stars why they are the defending champs by beating them 7-2. Matt Zylstra and Lance Ross led the way for the Omegas with each of them scoring 2 goals. Congrats go to Case Zylstra for winning the game in his first start in about 2 years.

Oh brother, what can I say about the middle game? In a penalty filled affair, the Flyers beat the Crusaders 2-0. This week's Player of the Week honours go to Rick Jones of the Flyers for getting the shutout. Nothing against his performance, but I'm sure that Rick will tell you that most of the game was played in the Crusader's end as they were playing short-handed for most of the game. Watch for another posting where I'll clarify what suspensions are taking place.

The late game was quite a relief to my writing hand. In a "back and forth" game the Hawks got a late goal scored by Rob Nutma and managed to beat the Cougars 3-2.

For the second time this season, Matt DeBoer of the Crusaders was ejected for "3 minors" in the game. He is still able to play next week.

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.