Hockey was played on this day and it was good.

A bunch of late cancellations meant we started with some good ol' 2-on-2 action. The brothers Hajdu and the elusive Blueberry took on the brothers Voser with Smart. Very long and tight game that went to sudden death before Team Voser ended it. Ryno and VRH newcomer Ron Richards showed up so we could play a more classical 3-on-3 game. Sticks in the middle ended up with Ryno and the Hajdus with Dom in net against Team Blueberry with Darrel, Andrew and rookie Ron Richards. So much alliteration. A very good series ensued. Team Blueberry dominated the first game of this series led by the enthusiasm and hard work of Ron and won the first game 5-2. Ryno was displeased by this immensely as I'm sure he did not want his buddy showing him up in his inaugural session. Ryno led his team with a 5-point effort and Dom stood tall in nets for a shutout in the second game of this series. This, of course, meant rubber match. Sticks were flying, bodies were dropping and an inordinate amount of slapshots were taken. It was all quite bizarre. It was close the entire game before a seeing-eye wrister from Smart found the back of the net and sealed the game and series for the Blueberries.

A good day of hockey indeed and I like chinchillas.

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Thanks, Andrew! Were it not for the shutout, Andrew would have been very close to pointing out; instead he has to ‘settle’ for a mere 3.50 PPG with 7G-7A to lead the day by two points from Rob, who led the session in assists with nine. Tony came in third star with 7G-4A. In net, it was a closely-fought battle that came down to just .004 as Dom edged archrival Alex .839-.835 in save percentage despite Alex making eight more saves (81-73). Dom racked up an all-important shutout as well.

Game Scores:
Andrew Darrel Dom def. Rob Tony Alex 5-4
Andrew Darrel Ron Alex def. Rob Tony Ryan Dom 5-2 0-5 5-4

Elo Ratings

Andrew Smart 2224 (+11)
Rob Hajdu 2045 (+12)
Tony Hajdu 2001 (-1)
Darrel Voser 1808 (-1)
Ryan Disterheft 1800 (0)
Ron Richards 1777* (n/a)
*provisional

And now for some summarising of the weekend’s statistical transpiring in both VRH and BUSH:

Season Stats: Despite two sessions and eleven games this weekend between both leagues, little changes in the scoring race other than Ryno entering the top ten, displacing Kyle... James becomes the 15th player this season to score 100 points... Lee passes Rob for fifth in goals, 124-122, while Ryno ties Bernie for 11th at 76... Tony passes Bernie for fourth in assists, 113-109... Ryno passes Eric for seventh in shots on goal... Lee falls behind Marcus to sixth in shooting percentage... Andy Kieran rockets to the top of the goaltending charts at .885, ahead of Alex’s .856... Alex needs 66 saves for 2,000 on the year... Dom opens up a small lead in games played over the Koth-Kappi, 173-165, while Lee becomes the first BUSH player all season to enter the top ten at 91... Alex needs eight games in net for 100... Dom leads the way in shutouts with six; Andy is the seventh goalie to post one this year... Lee passes Oliver for fifth in three-star points, 85-80... Dom reaches 200 goalie star points on the year... Lee falls behind K.J. to fourth in PPG but passes Terryn for second in GPG at 1.70... Seamus passes Andrew for the lead in APG, 1.78-1.73... Seamus also jumps into second in shots-per-game behind brother K.J. at 8.17... Andy debuts in the saves-per-game lead with 23.00... Graeme’s 18 goals yesterday tie for third-highest session total this year... Graeme’s 96 shots on goal are the highest total of the year... Andy’s .885 ranks fifth-highest on the year, and his 1046 PPS ranks fourth.

SDF/GDF: Andrew smart leads his 15th career ranking, but vaulting into second is Graeme; a career high for a man considered by most to be a defenceman... Lee drops three spots to fifth.. Seamus is till under the session minimum but sits all the way up in eighth... Alex leads his 14th consecutive ranking and becomes the second goalie after Seamus to lead 30 rankings in his career... Despite just one session under his belt, Andy Kieran debuts in sixth.

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

On the All-Time Front: Seamus is just 15 points behind Stefan for third in all-time scoring... Graeme is 24 points away from becoming the tenth player with 1,000... Rob is 31 points behind Joern for 12th... Andrew Smart is 22 points behind Barlow for 14th; Tony is eight points behind Andrew... Ryno is 22 points behind Nathan for 18th... James passes 100 points... Graeme needs 16 goals to become the 11th with 500... Tony is 13 goals behind Mitch Detta for 12th... Rob passes Joern for 14th... Smart becomes the 17th player with 300 goals; Ryno needs six... Graeme is 11 assists behind K.J. for ninth... Smart trails Nathan by five for 14th... Tony needs three assists for 300 and another to catch Pat Elischer for 16th... Rob needs 26 shots on goal for 2,000... Alex needs 24 saves to become the second goalie with 5,000... Seamus passes Stefan for fourth in games played at 744... Graeme needs four games for 500... Alex is five games goaltended behind Laird for second; Seamus is three behind Justin for ninth... Seamus falls incrementally behind Ryan Bateman and remains barely ahead of Alex for third in save percentage at .832... Dom’s 16th shutout ties his for second with Bron, two behind Alex; Andy Kieran posts his first... Dom becomes the seventh goalie with 60 points... Lee becomes the first player in history with 100 15-pointers... Smart’s 20-pointer streak ends at four and his 25-pointer streak ends at three... Graeme pots his tenth career ten-goal session; James his second; Lee has four in a row... Graeme becomes just the thirteenth player ever with a 15-goal session... Alex’s streak of consecutive .800s goes to 12 while Seamus’ ends at seven... Seamus passes Stefan for third in ten-assisters with 27... Andy Smart’s ten-assister streak ends at four... Andy Kieran posts an .880 in his first session while Noel passes .800 (and .820, for that matter) for the first time...Dom trails Seamus for the lead in .810s by 30-29 with Alex in third at 25 (he’s got 12 of those in a row, too)... Dom ties Seamus for the lead in .820s at 25 with Alex at 24 including 11 in a row... Alex has 11 straight .830s but his record .840 streak ends at six and his .850s streak ends at four... By two saves, Alex’s epic 80-saver streak stays intact at 25... Dom’s 80-and-90 saver streaks end at six; Seamus’ at three... Andy grabs a 160-saver his first time out... Alex’s 90-save streak ends at 12, tying his old record... Alex’s record 100-saver streak ends at 12... Seamus’ 130-saver streak ends at two... Sam’s consecutive session streak (the longest active in Burton) ends today at 16; Andrew Smart is the new leader at 13... James and Dom have played 10 in a row; the Koth-Kappi streaks end at nine; Lee’s streak goes to six... Andy Kieran’s .885 is the fourth-best rookie save percentage ever, and his 161 saves and 1046 PPS are easily new rookie records... Alex’s 1,934 saves this year are the fifth-highest single-season total ever, as are Dom’s 200 goalie star points.