Today was the session that almost never happened. We were lucky to get enough people at all with only 8 confirming, but with the beautiful weather hockey had to be attempted. ‘Attempted’ would be a very fitting word actually. By the noon start time only Eric and Sam had shown up, and slowly but somewhat unsurely people started filing in! Eventually we had enough for some 2-2 action! Game 1 saw Marcus, Jordo and Sam take on Tony Eric and Dom. Great saves were made at both ends but in the end breakaways ended the game quite quickly.

Game 2 brought the newest VRH rookie into the fold! Rishad “Evans” Daroo would join Team Marcus and despite having the sub and “fresh” legs Team Tony won Game 2. We decided to make trades throughout the day but no real fair teams could be made, although with Marcus’s skill and with Dom doing his best brick wall impersonation that wasn’t really very surprising. But just as our energy was failing us, a white knight dressed in orange showed up to Ambleside. The one and only Andy Smarty Pants had finally made it to hockey after a stressful night and morning. This finally gave us enough 3-3 but Dom refused to let in any goals while Sam seemed to move out of the way of most shots.

On a side note today also marked the first session ever that had no players originating from the Arrow Lakes area. Oh, how Burton Hockey has grown…

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Thanks, Sam! It’s not every day VRH gets to play a largely 2-on-2 session, letting the top players put up some big numbers in the process; three of VRH’s best players hit the 3.25 PPG mark today and each set career highs in the process. Tony pointed out half the games and had eight assists in the last series to finish with 16G-17A; the first ever 30-pointer by a Hajdu. Marcus had three point-outs of his own to finish at an even-handed 14G-14A, and Eric was not far behind Marcus with 15G-11A. In goal, it was a one man show as Dominik picked up another shutout and finished at .857 on 102 saves; were it not for going 4-for-8 in Game 6, he’d have been in the .880s. Sam’s run of triple-digit save sessions ended here with .708 on 97 saves.

Here are the game scores:
Tony Eric Dom Rishad* (*Game 2 only) def. Marcus Jordan Sam 5-1 5-3
Tony Marcus Dom def. Eric Jordan Rishad Sam 5-1 5-2
Marcus Eric Dom def. Tony Jordan Rishad Sam 5-0
Tony Eric Jordan Dom def. Marcus Rishad Sam 5-4
Marcus Eric Tony Dom def. Andrew Rishad Jordan Sam 5-3

Shootout results Shootout vs Dom
Tony 0 for 2
Andy 1 for 2
Rishad 0 for 2
Marcus 1 for 2

Shootout vs Sam
Tony 1 for 2
Andy 2 for 2
Rishad 1 for 2
Marcus 0 for 2

Season Stats: Despite Andy only playing the final two games today and no Oliver or Rob, his massive scoring lead actually increases. Andrew becomes the first player to cross the 300-point mark this year (he’s on pace for 725)… Marcus closes right tight on rob for third, 187-186… Tony is right behind that battle at 177… Eric jumps from twelfth to eighth at 132… Marcus passes Oliver and becomes the second player with 100 goals; Tony needs two… Eric moves from twelfth to ninth in goals… Tony and Eric drop the injured Stefan to ninth in assists… Tony passes Rob for second in shots on goal, 510-494; Marcus now sits fourth at 455… Marcus passes Mitch for fourth in shooting percentage… Sam drops below Joe Leonard to sixth in save percentage… Sam needs 53 saves for 1,000 on the season… Dom trails the Koth-Kappi for first in games played by a single game, 122-122-121; Andrew and Sam are fourth and fifth at 103 and 100, respectively… Dom ties Alex for the season lead in shutouts with three… Marcus trails Rob for second in three-star points 80-75, and moves into fifth in three-star points with 75… Marcus passes lee for third in PPG at 2.78… Tony passes Andrew for fifth in GPG with 1.40… … Tony’s 33 points today are the second-highest total recorded by anyone in 2011 to date… Tony’s 16 goals tie for fourth-most in a session this year… Tony’s 17 assists are third-most this year.

SDF/GDF: The first BUSH sessions of 2011 begin falling off with this ranking… Kyle holds onto first place on the SDF over Andrew… Brad and Lee swap fifth and sixth, with Tony moving up three spots to seventh and Marcus up four to tenth… Alex doesn’t even to play anymore to rise on the GDF, as his rating moves over .8900 for the first time; it’s his 20th time on top of the chart… Lyle moves past Dom for seventh thanks to a bad session falling off from two months ago.

All-Time Records, Awards and Honours
All-Time Session Scoring Milestones & Streaks
All-Time Session Goaltending Milestones & Streaks

On the All-Time Front: Tony passes Ryno and Nathan to move into 16th on the all-time scoring list; Andrew is five behind Laird for 20th and needs eight points for 500… Marcus becomes the 23rd player with 400 points; Eric is eight away… Tony becomes the 15th player with 300 points and passes Sam for 14th… Marcus jumps from 26th to 22nd in goals; Eric enters the top 25… Tony passes Ryno for 18th in assists… Marcus needs six assists for 200; Eric eleven… Tony becomes the 16th player with 1,500 shots on goal; Marcus becomes the 22nd player with 1,000 shots on goal… Dom needs 36 saves to become the first goalie to make 6,000… Sam becomes the 15th goalie with 1,000 saves…Dom is eight games played behind Grenier for 13th; Sam and Tony remain tied at 15th… Sam passes K.J. for 14th in games goaltended… Dom passes Justin to move into fifth on the all-time shutout list with 13… Tony now has five straight ten-goal sessions; Marcus has three… Eric notches his second 15-goal session; Tony grabs his first… Eric and Marcus both have back-to—back 20-pointers; Marcus has back-to-back 25-pointers… Eric posts his first 25-pointer… Tony reaches 30 points for the first time… Dom passes Alex for third in .800 sessions with 27 and ties Justin for third in .810s with 23… Dom passes Laird for third in .820s with 19 and Nathan for fourth in .830s with 15… Dom ties Alex and Justin for the lead in .840s with 15 and ties Laird for seventh in .850s with seven… Dom takes back the lead in 80-savers from Alex with 33… Dom ties Alex for the lead in 100-savers with 100… Sam loses his streak of seven straight 100-savers (the second-longest streak ever) but still has eight 80- and 90-savers in a row (the fourth longest 90-saver streak ever)… The epic consecutive session streak of Oliver Koth-Kappus ends eight short of the record at 39… Brother Bernie’s consecutive session streak (18) also ends, meaning that the only consecutive session streak of note in either league of Burton Hockey is Sam’s streak of eight.