Once again we had enough people for a large rink so this session was held at Queen-E Park again. Recruiting a stray player (Jason) allowed us to get a game going before our reinforcements arrived. However, soon after, a troop of foot hockey players arrived and kept hassling us for the rink, even though the larger rink was totally empty. After a couple of games and persistent hassling we decided to oblige them and switched rinks. Luckily another straggler (Ken) joined boosting our numbers making it a little more feasible to play on the larger (full hockey size) rink. The game changed dramatically here with an abundance of room, resulting in many more odd-man rushes and shear speed became more of a factor. We attempted 5 on 5 for one game but that seemed a little too crowded and scrambled, so we went back to 4 on 4. Employing one more straggler (Marcus) allowed us to play one final game even after Eric and Jordan left. We had a number of different teams and series throughout, with most games being fairly close minus a couple of exceptions. It should also be noted that the goaltending today was very solid, despite the possibility of relatively poor stats due to the wide open play and full-size NHL regulation nets.

Thanks, Bern. With skaters floating in and out of the session all day, the disjointed feel produced disjointed stats. Lorne absolutely ran away with the entire afternoon, regaining his dominant form of previous years with 15G and 8A in the seven games. You have to go all the way down to 13 points to find second-place Ryno with 7G-6A. The only other player in double digits today was Stefan at 6G-5A. Marcus certainly seemed to leave an impression in his only game. One would have to blame the rink conditions for the goaltending results. Bron takes the day .755-.739 over Dom.

Here are the game scores:
Stefan Lorne Oliver Jason Dom def. Bernie Ryan Eric Jordan Bron 5-4
Stefan Oliver Rob Lorne Ryan Jordan Bron def. Eric Ben Jason Tony Bernie Dom 3-5 5-2 5-1
Lorne Rob Ken Eric Jordan Bron vs. Bernie Ryan Stefan Ben Tony Oliver Dom 5-2 2-5
Ben Rob Oliver Marcus Bron def. Lorne Stefan Ryan Tony Bron Dom 5-4

Season Stats: Ben stumbles in his chase for 400 points on the year; he still needs seven. Stefan passes K.J. for sixth in points and needs four to tie Mitch for fifth at 274. Lorne needs two points to become the tenth player this year with 200. Tony passes Bernie for 13th. Ben is nine goals behind Kyle for second. Lorne passes Troy for ninth in goals and becomes the tenth player to score 100 this year. Lorne needs ten assists for 100. Ryan passes Terryn for 13th. Barlow would be dominating shooting percentage, but he takes so few shots that it may be two or three sessions before he reaches eligibility! Lorne passes Tony for second in shooting percentage. Lorne passes Shem for fifth in games played. Stefan passes Kyle for eighth; Bron passes K.J. for tenth. Ryno becomes the 13th player to play 100 games this year. Stefan passes Pat for fourth in three-star points. Lorne passes Bron and K.J. for fourth in total star points. Ben falls out of the top five in GPG, bringing Scott Edison and Troy Waldron in. He also falls behind Pat to fifth in shots-per-game.

On the All-Time Front: Oliver’s all-time scoring lead over Lee goes back up to 104. Stefan needs 17 points for 1,100. Ben needs seven points for 400. Ryan passes Simon for 18th all-time, and is four points behind Troy. Lorne’s all-time goal lead over Lee goes back up to 20 (828-808). Stefan needs five goals for 600. Lorne is 18 assists behind Bernie for third all-time. Stefan needs twelve assists for 500. Ryan becomes the 19th player with 100 assists and passes Joe Chwachka for 18th. Stefan needs two shots on goal to become the fourth player with 3,000. Bron passes Joern for fourth in all-time saves; Dome enters the top 15. Lorne needs twelve games for 600. Stefan is five games behind Laird for seventh all-time. Bron needs three games to become the fifteenth player with 200 games played; Ryan enters the top twenty. Lorne becomes the second player with 700 three-star points; Ryan enters the top 20. Ben falls from third to fifth in all-time shots-per-game. Lorne records his 43rd ten-goal session, three more than second-place Lee. This is his 23rd 15-goal session; you have to go down all the way to eight to find second (a tie between K.J. and Robert Rogers). Dom’s streak of 80-savers goes to four; Bron’s ends at five. Dom’s streak of 90-savers ends at three; Bron’s at five. Oliver plays consecutive session number 37. Ben’s streak is at 20 (tenth-longest ever), Bernie’s to 17, Lorne’s to eight, Jordan’s and Tony’s to five. Ben becomes the fourth player to score 200 goals in a season; he needs 14 to become the third player to score 200 assists in a single season. Bron needs seven saves this year to become the first goalie to make 1,500 in a season.

SDF/GDF: These are provisional pending a BUSH session result this week. Pat holds for a fifth straight session on top of the SDF. Kyle passes K.J. for second, and Lorne moves up two spots with his win today to fifth. With 38 players now on the ranking, this is the largest SDF ranking in history. Golden Joe holds the GDF for a second week.

Until next time, don’t forget to check out the Records and Honours page in the Links section for the plethora of statistical goodies inside.