The Arena crew needed twelve players tonight to keep the rental agreement on the rink going, but, alas, only ten players showed up. As such, this would be it for now in the Arena, but if the gang was going to out, they were going to do it in style. The freshly-cleaned rink and the wide-open 3-on-3-with-subs action in traditional Burton style made for one of the most fun sessions all year. Alongside the returning leader of the Arena League, Zac Wethal, would be the return of Carter Stenseth to net. As well, Kodi Bowman would make his debut tonight; despite being wary of his skating ability on concrete, he wound up contributing more than nicely on the scoresheet.

Blue Team:
1. Dugan McInnes (goal)
2. Nathyn McInnes
6. Luke Krbyla
8. Ben Gardner
10. Zac Wethal

White Team:
1. Carter Stenseth (goal)
8. Tyson Cann
10. Kellan Nishida
15. Kodi Bowman
17. Ryan Bateman

Zac’s goal for the last session of the year was to pass Kyle Grenier in the Arena scoring race, and it looked as though he'd make good on that promise early with a natural hat trick to start Game 1. The tide quickly turned, however, with four consecutive goals from White to completely change the game. For both teams in Game 1, the points were spread around fairly evenly, but the Kellan-Tyson-Ryan line would get the job done for a 5-4 win; Blue falling apart at the end leading to Zac making some playful jabs at Luke followed by an attempted trade for Kodi (White rejected it).

Game 2 saw Carter set up a stonewall, repeatedly turning away Blue’s advances (especially Nate). Dugan was also solid in the White crease, but Blue would double White’s shot total here. Backed by the four assists of Tyson, Kellan would also pick up four points here en route to a 5-0 shutout. Kodi would also score his first career goal in this game.

Taking matters into his own hands for Game 3, Zac successfully converted his frustration into scoring, pointing out in Game 3 with 3G-2A as Blue would grab their only win of the day. Ben and Luke would also score for Blue with Nathyn still snakebit. Dugan played his best hockey of the night here, making some incredible saves on Kellan and Ryan. The win for Blue would send the series to Game 4, where Nathyn finally sent one home past Carter on his 16th and final shot of the day. It would not be enough, however, as the Kellan-Ryan duo led White to a 5-2 victory, including a hilarious goal where Zac threw his glove at Ryan on a breakaway and nailed him in the back of the head as he scored. Kodi would notch two goals here as well.

It’s been a fantastic run for the Arena League in 2012. In just under three months, 46 different players took to the rink in some of the largest sessions in history, including an incredible 26-player session back on 10 June. A very big thanks go out to Zac Wethal for bringing roller hockey to the Arena and introducing a new generation of Nakuspians to roller hockey. After the last game, there was a decent amount of talk around the dressing room about a return to Burton for some rejuvenated BUSH action sooner rather than later. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

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It was an incredibly tight scoring race all day. For the second straight session, Kellan takes first star with an even handed 6G-6A, besting Ryan (7G-4A) by a point. Zac placed third with 7G-3A, just ahead of Tyson who had a career-best 1G-8A. Carter was as high as .862 after Game 2 and finished with .788 (much improved from his last outing), while Dugan was as high as .768 before finishing with .714. Ben not only had a career-best five points, but dominated the faceoff circle, winning 12 of 14.

Game Scores:
Blue def. White 5-4 5-0 3-5 5-2

Faceoff Stats (unofficial):
Ben Gardner 12/14 (85.71%)
Zac Wethal 6/8 (75.00%)
Luke Krbyla 2/3 (66.67%)
Tyson Cann 3/6 (50.00%)
Nathyn McInnes 2/4 (50.00%)
Ryan Bateman 1/2 (50.00%)
Cody Bowman 2/10 (20.00%)
Kellan Nishida 1/11 (9.09%)

Elo Ratings
Zac Wethal 2035 (-6)
Ryan Bateman 2002 (+16)
Kellan Nishida 1989 (+45)
Nathyn McInnes 1869 (-38)
Luke Krbyla 1703 (-5)
Tyson Cann 1648 (+37)
Ben Gardner 1595 (-16)

Provisional Elo Ratings
Cody Bowman 1797 (n/a)

Season Stats: The final session of the first season of Arena roller hockey featured a scramble for the second position in the Arena scoring race. K.J. was assured of first with 83 points, but second was wide-open. In the end, Ryan would take second with 67 points, followed by Zac and Kyle tied for third at 63 and Kellan at 61... Nathyn finishes seventh with 47... Bates also stole second in goals from Kyle with 32; Zac finishes fourth at 26 and Kellan ties Lee for fifth at 22... In the assist race, Kellan ends up tying K.J. for the lead at 39, besting Zac at 37, Bates at 35, and Kyle at 32... Four players had 100 shots on goals in the arena this year: K.J. (142), Kyle (137), Ryan (108), and Zac (105), with Nate fifth at 97 and Kellan sixth at 95... Kris James led the Arena in shooting percentage at 34.29%, followed by K.J. (32.17%), Bates (29.76%), Lee 29.76%), and Ryan Macdonald (27.08%)... Brodie was miles ahead of everyone in goal at .830... Brodie also led in saves at 361, with Carter second at 273... Kellan led the Arena in games played with 44 followed by Lee (42), Nathyn and Bates (41), and Dugan (39)... Carter lead Brodie in games goaltended, 26-20, followed by Kris (11) and Dugan (9)... Carter led Brodie in shutouts, 3-1... The top three stars were K.J. (95), Kyle (55), Kellan and Zac (45 each), and Bates (35)...

In the overall season statistics, Ryan enters the top ten with 67, as does Zac at 63... Kellan moves from 16th to 12th at 61... Ryan moves from 11th to ninth in goals with 32 ahead of Andy Smart and Rob Hajdu... Kellan ties Bernie and Tony for eighth in assists with 39... Dugan enters the top ten in saves with 81... Kellan sits tied for ninth with 44 games played... Carter passes Sam Lam for fourth in games goaltended, 26-22... Carter ties Stuart Hall for second in shutouts with three... Kellan and Zac are tied for fifth in three star points with 45 each...

SDF/GDF: These won’t be finalised until after Wednesday’s VRH session, but for now K.J. continues to lead... The absent Grenier moves up two spots to fourth as a bad second session in the Arena falls off; losing that session also bring Andrew Likness up from 19th to 13th and knocks Kris out of the top ten all the way to 43rd... Brodie and Stuart now sit tied atop the GDF at .8333, with brodie getting the nod for first right now due to having played more games... Their lead over Dom is a razor thin .0003... Dugan tentatively moves up five spots to seventh.

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

On the All-Time Front: Ryan becomes the 37th player with 150 points... Carter needs eight saves for 500 and enters the top 20 in all-time saves... Ryan is eight games away from 100... Carter records his third career shutout... Lee’s consecutive session streak officially ends at 18, leaving Dugan and Kellan with the longest streaks at ten apiece... Brett’s streak ends at eight; Colton’s ends at six; Ryan MacDonald’s ends at five.