Halifax Floor Hockey LeagueM "Baby Face" Degrace. If anyone knows who owns these could they please contact the league promptly.
This is Billy Concarney here. I know it's the end of the week and not much time, but where are the important things to remember from this past week.
Chill beat the Slayers 7-4
Mike Degrace stopped 62 of 66 shots to give the Chill the win. An injured Keven Pittman picked up a couple...but probably the biggest surprise of the night was a couple of goals by Kevin "I'm Stinky" Shute. of course they stunk but you know what they say...they don't ask you how, they ask you how many!
Fire beat the Sabres 9-7
Ok, so this time Mike Degrace might have wished he hadn't played that first game. I know his team did. He only stopped 26 of 35 shots...proving that a horse shoe is only good for three periods! Ha! Seriously, this was a high scoring affair. The man with the golden gun in this game was Jonathan "The Reverend" McLeod. He scored 4 goals and had an assist. Way to go Jon!
Hackers Beat the Titans 7-5
Dave "Super" Cooper led his team to victory once again as picked up a hat trick and two helpers in the win. Goaltending sensation and the master of the copy machine Chris "Mr Xerox" MacKinnon looked to be coming back into form after his nagging injury that kept him sidelined for the preseason. Great to see the Hackers back on track...NOT! Oh yea, and at around 9:42 PM this past Monday, the base MP's came to the gym to investigating a rather loud and awful noise. Turned out it was a false alarm as the discovered it was Stephen Thorne yelling after he scored a rare goal!
Lynx Beat The Bulldogs 7-4
So Matt Clarke is alive and kicking. He picked up 3 goals and an assist as his team dominated the Bulldogs. The bright spot for the Dogs was a flashlight that Adam keeps in his glove compartment for emergencies. Better bring it to your next game! Ha!
We asked Secord his thoughts.
Adam - "Yea, if we could play the Slayers every week we would be in first place. THEY SUCK. Really, it's not them but we own Kane."
Billy Concarney - "But what about your team's efforts tonight?"
Adam - "Did I tell you we own the Slayers?"
So a couple of things to note. A big congrats to Kevin Haddad who now owns the league top honours in the assist department. Kevin passed former champ, Gian Scalet and has amassed 281assists over a span of 235 games. When we asked what people thought, the overwhelming reply was "good riddance"Not sure what that means (wink wink)
Peter Rankin has played more regular season games than any other player in the league history. Ok, well at least he showed up. Total is 246. Pretty impressive for a teenager! Hey Richie...guess you should not have skipped those couple of seasons eh?
This week we are starting the "Rhino" Countdown. What is this you ask? It's a lame title to an earth shattering event that is looming here at the HFHL.
For years Tony "The Pony" Joyce, which is what he received from the league upon his retirement, has been atop the leader board for all-time goals and points. Well, this year Rob "The Rhino" Tyrrell has a chance to take that spot. He is just 10 points away from matching Tony. So in honour of this historic feat, we will be doing a countdown until Rob reaches and passes Tony on the all-time list. Once that happens we will find some other thing to go on about, like maybe why Mike Degrace's shorts have "Baby Face" written on the inside of the band in black marker...
Last thing I want to share is not a cool thought. Last week one of our officials who happened to be a score keeper took some heat for making a few calls. Ones that the refs missed. First of all, that is 100% expected. He is an official and can make calls just like a ref. He took some abuse as a result. So, going forward, if you argue a call, well that is semi-acceptible depending how it is done. If you abuse and official expect to be handed an unsportsmanlike otherwise known as "I was just a jerk and deserve this" penalty. These guys are all volunteers there to make things fun for everyone and keep control of high levels of testosterone and "Axe" body spray. Give them a break guys.
So that's it from here folks. I am Billy Concarney saying so long and remember, if you can't think of anything good to say, then make fun of someone.
Be well folks!