Today's BUSH session featured scorching temperatures and the 47th player in the league this year in Nathan Wiebe. The statsman was sorely missed. Troy also suited up the pads for his first full goalie session ever.

Series 1:
Lee - Shem - Kyle - Mitch - Lyle vs. Ben - Nathan - Oliver - Troy
The first game was an endurance match with Team Ben winning 5-1. Both goalies faced 27 shots. The second game was a quicker route, with Team Ben winning 5-1.

Series 2:
Lee - Ben - Mitch - Troy vs. Kyle - Shem - Ollie - Lyle - Nathan
Team Ben wins easily 5-2 and 5-2.

Series 3:
Lee - Ollie - Mitch - Troy vs. Lyle - Kyle - Ben - Nathan - Shem
Teams are made for the final series and prove more even. Team Ben wins (again) 5-4 but loses game 2 5-2, then wins the final game 5-2.

Thanks, Lee. Another demoralising demolition of the BUSH crew by Ben today, as he went 13-and-13 to lead the day with 26 points. Lee was the only other player to reach 3.00 PPG at 12-and-9, with Mitch notching third star at 10-and-6. In goal, Troy Waldron is making a case for goaltender of the year in a season filled with outstanding netminding, stopping 108 shots and posting a save percentage of .837. To quote Lee: ‘Troy made the best save anyone’s had on me yet this year, classic down and out reach back, I had that (fornicator) labeled and somehow, somehow he got the glove out. I didn't even believe it at first, it was a great deke, I had the whole net and didn't spare the horses. Troy had an assist. A beauty too, one bouncer off the fence to spring me for the breakaway. Froze Lyle and went 5-hole. Niiiice.’ Lyle was steady at .796, stopping 117 shots.

Here are the game scores:
Ben Nathan Oliver Troy def. Lee Shem Kyle Mitch Lyle 5-1 5-1
Lee Ben Mitch Troy def. Kyle Shem Oliver Lyle Nathan 5-2 5-2
Lyle Kyle Ben Nathan Shem def. Lee Oliver Mitch Troy 5-4 2-5 5-2

Season Stats: Lee leads with and even 145 goals and 145 assists for 290 points, looking to become the first player ever with multiple 300-point seasons. Kyle and Stefan are tied for second at 236, and Mitch has passed 200 points and is just three behind Oliver for fourth. Ben is four points behind K.J. for sixth. Shem is one point behind Bernie for 13th. The race for the lead in goals is tight between Le, Kyle and Mitch, and Ben has leap past Oliver and Pat into sixth, needing ten for 100. Kyle reaches 100 assists with Ben eleven behind in fifth. Lee needs two shots for 700 and Mitch passes Stefan for second. Troy has the season lead in save percentage. Lyle passes Shem and Lorne to move to third in saves, 42 behind Joern. Lee ties Stefan for second in games played at 96; Shem passes Bernie for fifth and Kyle passes Lorne for seventh. Lyle ties Shem for third in games goaltended. Kyle falls below 2.00 GPG. Ben moves to third in APG; Kyle falls from the top five. Kyle falls behind Pat to third in shots-per-game. Troy and Kyle move up to fourth and fifth in saves-per-game and knock Shem and Bron from the top five.

On the all-time front: Oliver needs 27 points to become the first player to score 1,500. Lee is just five points behind Lorne for second all-time. Ben is six points behind Ryan Disterheft for 18th all-time. Lee becomes the second player to score 700 goals. Kyle passes Joe Chwachka for tenth in goals and Mitch ties Joe for eleventh. Ben needs ten goals for 100. Oliver needs six assist for 900; to put that in perspective, the next closest player is Lee at 560. Ben needs 11 assists for 100. Oliver needs 45 shots for 3,000. Mitch passes Graeme for tenth in shots. We have a new leader in the all-time save percentage category, and that is Troy at .844. Lyle is 26 saves behind Justin for sixth all-time. Oliver becomes the first player to play 800 games. Lee is two games behind Laird for fifth all-time. Lyle is one game in net behind Justin for sixth in games goaltended. Ben passes Lorne and Kyle for fifth in all-time PPG and is now the all-time leader in APG. Kyle falls behind Lorne to sixth in shots-per-game. Ben has three consecutive ten-goal sessions, as does Lee. Kyle’s record streak of ten-assisters ends at five while Oliver’s streak goes to four. Ben has back-to-back ten-assisters. Lee is just one 15-pointer behind Lorne for first all-time (49-48). Kyle’s streak of 15-pointers ends at eight. Ben’s streak is now seven (i.e. every session he’s ever played), and Lee and Oliver are at four. Lee is also one behind Lorne for the lead in all-time 20-pointers (24-23). Ben has four straight, and Lee has back-to-back 20-pointers. Ben has back-to-back 25-pointers. Troy hits 100 saves in his first full session in goal. Lyle is tied for fifth in 100-save sessions with six. Oliver passes Lee for third on the all-time consecutive sessions list with 26; Bernie’s 2003-04 streak of 31 is next on the horizon. Mitch has played eleven straight, Lee ten, Shem seven, and Ben six. K.J’s streak ends at five. Lee’s 290 points this year is the fourth-highest mark in a season ever, as are his 145 goals and 698 shots. His 145 assists rank third-highest in a season.

SDF/GDF: Pat’s on top of the SDF for an eighth consecutive ranking. Tony jumps up from seventh to third with Ben on his tail while Kyle falls from second to sixth. Andrew Smart leaps from 19th to seventh as his plays more. Ben will leap up even further once his earliest sessions start falling off next week. Dom stays first on the GDF but Troy leaps into second place with two stellar goaltending sessions. Bron climbs from ninth back to fourth.

Don’t forget check out those Records and Honours on the Links page before you leave. BUSH will be trying to get some weekday action going again on Thursday. VRH is off for two weeks.