NAHL Puck Control

Bobby Orr demonstrates the TC Puck control move

NAHL fans witnessed a very deliberately controlled game between Blue and Green in Week 14 action. Both teams demonstrated strong puck control as many plays were executed with five or six crisp, tape to tape passes. Shots on goal were at a season low and both goalies, Blue’s  Ken "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradley and Green’s Ken "Rebel without a Rebound" Dean made several key saves to keep the scores down. Green prevailed by edging Blue 5-4. Green was led by Clint "Eastwood" Cassavaugh with the hat trick and Blue’s Tom "TC" Carroll  scored a pair of roofers.

In other NAHL action a pair of ties determined the NAHL Playoff matchups. Magenta and Mauve played to a 2-2 tie and Copper and Clear ended a shootout at 6-6.

The Playoffs begin next week with the following matchups.

East

Blue vs Green (Best of Seven)

West

Copper vs Clear (Best of Three)   

Magenta vs Mauve (Best of Three)

NAHL Final Regular Season Standings

Blue 6-5-2            14

Copper 6-6-1       13

Magenta 6-6-1    13

Mauve 6-6-1       13

Clear 6-6-           13

Green 5-6-2       12

NAHL Full House

Dunc "Coach" Walsh gears up for Black Ice 2015

The Doug was SRO Thursday night as fans anticipated a big game between Blue and Green as the NAHL will be on break next week for the fifth annual 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championships. Green fans were delighted as Green jumped to a commanding lead in the first period.  Blue fought hard and chipped away at the lead bringing the score to 8-5 early in the third, but Green answered on the next shift.  Dunc "Coach" Walsh scored his first goal of the season for Blue as he returned from severe off season knee surgery, to bring the score to 9-6. Dave "The Younger Tilly" Tillotson scored for Green to stop the Blue comeback. The game was action packed as both teams skated up and down the ice making spectacular passing plays. Blue goalie Ken "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradley and Green goalie  Ken "Rebel without a Rebound" Dean both made many key saves throughout the game. Todd "Philby" Philbrick led all scorers with 3 and Andy "BTO" Bachman scored 2 for Blue. Mike "Little Cum" Commerford and Phil "Commish" Stuart each scored 2 for Green.

In other NASL action Mauve doubled up Copper 6-3 and Clear edged Magenta 5-3 on a late open net goal.

Standings as of 1/16/15       Points Blue 6-4-2                                14 Copper 6-6-0                           12 Magenta 6-6-0                          12      Mauve 6-6-0                             12 Clear 6-6-0                               12 Green 4-6-2                              10

Best of luck at Black Ice.

See you all on the Pond

Cheers Making Noise, BWW Trounces the 'Mill

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The Big Chill

The Alberta Clipper hit the Doug hard Thursday night, but it didn’t stop the NAHL faithful from attending the Blue/Green game as the screaming crowd witnessed a very fast paced competitive battle between the cross town rivals! Green took an early lead in the first period and held on through the second period as both teams traded goals. Blue got it together in the third period and mounted a strong comeback led by Chris “Brownie” Brown who scored two breakaway goals to tie the game and notched the game winner for the hat trick as Blue defeated Breen 7-6 . Blue goalie Ken "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradley and Green goalie Ken "Rebel without a Rebound" Dean were both solid between the pipes throughout the contest.

In west coast NAHL action.  Magenta defeated Copper 4-2 and Clear slips by Mauve 4-3.

Standings as of 1/08/15       Points

Blue 6-3-2                             14

Copper 6-5-0                        12

Magenta 6-5-0                       12

Mauve 5-6-0                          10

Clear 5-6-0                            10

Green 3-6-2                            8

The Pucking Files Returns From Holiday Break

Mendoza's All Star Game MVP Truck

The CCHL has returned from the All Star/Holiday Break and is back in full swing. Following this week's slate of games we now have a three-way tie atop of the scoring leaders with Tim "Timinator" Walsh, Corey "Corey" Laroche and Mike "Tricky Dick" Richard all at 30 goals through twelve weeks. Before we get to this week's results here's a quick recap of the CCHL All Star game brought to you by Toyota. Jack "The Ripper" Mullen's Blue squad fell to Joel "Mendoza" Arsenault's Red score by a score of 18-15 in a fast paced game which showcased all the high end talent in the CCHL. Mendoza led all scorers with 12 goals and was named MVP and awarded with a brand new Toyota truck. What may be even more impressive is that Mendoza's red squad accomplished this without their first round selection Gavin "You Betcha" Faretra who missed puck drop and is rumored to have been spotted at the HockeyTown gift shop during the game. Doug "The Mug" Troy led all Blue scorers with 8 goals before leaving the game with a torn meniscus. When asked when he thought the injury occurred he responded "Twenty years ago..." and walked off. No word yet on how much time Troy is expected to miss on the BWW blue line.

In this week's games it was Cimo's handling BWW 10-6 in a game where BWW sorely missed their leader on the blue line Doug Troy. Cimo's capitalized on the somber BWW squad by jumping out to a 4-0 lead and never looking back. Ryan "Flyin" Williamson led the way with a season high six goals on the depleted BWW defense core while Pat "Patty Boi" Lacasse chipped in two. For BWW it was Corey "Corey" Laroche leading the way with a four goal night to become the first to hit the 30 goal plateau this season.

In Tuesday's game Cheers and Windmill skated to a 4-4 tie as Cheers Captain Tim Walsh scored all four goals for his squad to tie Laroche atop the leaderboard. For the 'Mill "Tricky Dick" potted a pair of goals to also hit the 30 goal mark for a share of the lead. Windmill Captain and CCHL All-Star game no show, "You Betcha" Faretra was also absent in this matchup as he awaits an arbitration meeting with league officials on a few issues... More to come on this matter...

Standings

                 W      L      T        PTS

BWW       9       3       0         18

Windmill    6       5       1         13 

Cimo's      6        6       0         12

Cheers      2        9       1          5

Scoring Leaders

T1 Laroche              30

T1 Richard               30

T1 Walsh                 30

4 Williamson            26 

5 Faretra                  18

6 Cotnoir                 14

7 Arsenault              13

T8 Heath                 11

T8 Pat Lacasse        11   

10 Jack Mullen        10