I failed to mention that in the game between the Ice Dogs & Stars on October 5th, Aaron Boelens was ejected for receiving three minor penalties. Obviously this was the first time that this has occurred for Aaron this season, so he was okay to play again this past Friday (October 12th).

Welcome to the 2018-19 Season. This is our League's 50th season!!

Once again -we will be going with seven teams this season. The only major change that we have going into this season is that we have shortened our regular season games by five minutes in order to save money on referee costs. This means that we will no longer have overtime in regular season games. Games that are tied after regulation will stay as a tie. We will also need to shorten up our warmups, so please do your best to be ready on time and co-operate with the referees when they ask to get the game started.
Our regular season game times at the Point Edward Arena will now be at: 7:00, 8:15, & 9:30.

In Game 2 of the finals, Kevin Kraayenbrink of the Omegas was handed a "10 minute" misconduct. This was the only time that this occurred with Kevin this season, so he will not be suspended for it going into next season.

In case you haven't already heard - the Omegas are the 2017-18 League Champions!

Game 2 was never really close. The Omegas held a 2-0 lead by the end of the first period. The Albinos got their one and only goal early in the second period, but that was as close as they would get.
The Omegas scored four more goals by the end of the second period and cruised through the third period to a 7-1 victory.
Lance Ross scored a hat-trick in the game and Luke VanReenen scored all four of the remaining Omegas' goals in the game. On top of that - Luke assisted on one Lance's goals. We'll let these two guys share the Player of the Game honours in this one.

This concludes another great season. As the Convenor of our League, I can safely say that this was one of the most enjoyable seasons that I can remember. We had very few "incidents" this season. That's always a good thing and I appreciate it!

I'll come back with an update on some fun facts when I can find a little time.

Have a great summer! And we'll see you all in the fall.

The Finals series got going on Saturday night with a couple of teams that have had history of playoff rivalries in the past, but were a bit of a surprising match-up for this year's finals.

The Omegas took Game 1 of the series with a tight 2-1 victory over the Albinos.
The Omegas got both of their goals in the first period - both courtesy of Ryan Alderman. The Albinos got their one and only goal half-way through the second period when Risser Wierenga snuck in from the point and scored on Mike Ward (who was filling in as the Omegas goaltender for this game). Both teams traded chances, but both goalies were able to shut down the scoring for the rest of the game.

Since he scored both goals for the Omegas, Ryan Alderman is the Player of the Game for this one.