Steamers Hockey

The Steamers started the Summer 2009 season last night by skating to a comeback tie against the Sled Dogs (who used to be the Rampage, but evidently decided to rename themselves.) Stats are up, so check them out.

Tags: Rampage, Sled Dogs, Statistics, Tie

We guaranteed ourselves at least a .500 record for the regular season by beating the Mounties 4-2 last Monday night, which was our second 4-2 victory in a row. This also put us in to third place in the division heading into the final two games against the top seeded teams.

Tags: Mounties, Regular Season, Win

The Steamers managed to lock up at least fourth place in their division, along with a playoff spot, by beating the Rampage 4-2 last Monday. And for once, I didn’t give up any goals in the third period. Really, what else could you ask for? Since the answer to that question is obvious, I posted another picture of Hayden Panettiere hugging the Stanley Cup. I heard she will hug me too if we win a few playoff games.

Tags: girls, Hayden Panettiere, Rampage, Regular Season, sexy, sillies, Stanley Cup, Win

On Monday, the Steamers suffered a 0-3 loss to the Boston Brewers and let their season record sink down to 9-9-2. The team is still in the playoff hunt with only four games left to play. At least we didn’t give up four goals in the third period. That’s a nice change…

Tags: Brewers, Loss, Regular Season

For the second week in a row now, this author has given up four goals in the third period. At least this week we managed to have a seven goal lead coming out of the second, so we did eventually pull off a win. It was an 8-4 win against the Badenovs, the first place team in the division, so I guess I shouldn’t be too bitter. I am however, tired of the collapsing late in the game.

Some might argue that the breakaways in the third might have been a little more common than usual. I might be one of those people. Some might also argue that it could have been worse, had I not, at least for this last game, started coming out to tackle some guys before getting schooled. Ken called it “aggressive.” That’s a good word for it. I call it “having a headache driving home.”

Maybe next week we’ll decide to play for more than 30 minutes…

In other news, while writing this article, I googled the terms “hockey collapse” to try and find some appropriate graphics to stuff in the post and found this image of smokin’ hot Dutch field hockey player Ellen Hoog. So I figured I’d stuff her in the post too. Enjoy.

Tags: Badenovs, Botches, Ellen Hoog, girls, goalie, hot foreign chicks, Regular Season, sexy, sillies, Win

In our first comeback win of the season, the Steamers beat the second place Brewers on Monday night. Even after yours truly gave up a goal from outside the blue line. Sort of reminded me of Ron Hextall. In contrast, on the “played well” side of the ice, the captain had five points.

In other news, a few more games have been added to the schedule, so get your tickets now.

Tags: Botches, Brewers, goalie, Regular Season, Win

In a game whose highlights included two different kinds of beer and Eric deliberately shooting pucks at referees, disaster was averted as the Steamers beat the Beachbums 4-2.

Emergency management officials were alerted after Russ scored his second goal of the night in the second period. Scientists have demonstrated over the past few years that if Russ pulls off a hat trick, the Earth would plunge into the Sun.

Tags: apocalypse, Beachbums, beer, Regular Season, Win

The Steamers continued to improve their record, and remain undefeated against the Mounties of the Great White North this season, after posting a 3-2 win last night.

Tags: Regular Season, Win

I posted a quick update to the stats to reflect knocking off the Rampage on Monday night 3-1 in our first playoff game of the summer season. For once, we actually had a full bench, and we skated very well. We are now in the Frozen Four, and play the Milford Fire on Monday night.

Tags: Milford Fire, Playoffs, Rampage, Win

What a crappy way to end the regular season. We had a very short bench. I played like crap. The rest of the guys played like crap. We looked crappy.

The only good thing was that it was a meaningless game against a team that we’d already knocked out of playoff contention. I just don’t get it. Like so many other teams in this league, the Rampage seem to skate a bunch of guys who have Napoleon complexes swinging their sticks around like they are ice skating in Braveheart. But hey – guess which team is NOT playing next week…

Tags: Loss, Rampage, woeful