Glorious sunshine scale: 5/10 (some filtered sun, but good to prevent overheating)
Temperature scale: 7/10 (slightly too warm)
Perfect number of players scale: 9/10 (one sub on each team for most of the session)
New players scale: 10/10 (Johanna Goodyear's debut. Also the first female player to grace the courts of Ambleside in many a year)
Return of long absent regulars scale: 10/10 (the return of long absent Ian Bock as well as short absent Stefan)
Evenness of teams/series scale: 7/10 (scores were not always super close but play was quite even in most games)
Session intensity scale: 6/10
Session openness / offensiveness scale: 6/10
Redemptions achieved scale: 5/10 (one major redemption for Team Sam, winning Game 5 after losing Game 4)
Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 8/10 (some spectacular goaltending from Bron, and a solid day for Sam especially in the second half)
Domination by one player scale: 5/10 (Andy was a force again today)
Length of session scale: 8/10 (only 5 games but close to 4 fours of grueling hockey)
Fun of session scale: 7/10
Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 5/10 (next weekend hopefully; might be a bit of drop-off with people out of town after that)

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Thanks, Bern! A stunning day in goal with Bron making 136 saves in just five games (including 46 in Game 5) for a finaly tally of .872. Sam was also excellent, pulling down a .844 on 114 saves. Scoring-wise, it was another session doinated by Andrew. He pointed out the first two games en route to 6G-13A on 57 shots. Ryno came second with 8G-6A on 55 shots, while Rob and the returning Stefan had diametrically opposite days (10G-3A versus 3G-10A) to tie for third.

Game Scores:
Andrew Ian Johanna Dom Bron def. Rob Bernie Stefan Ryan Sam 5-4 5-3
Stefan Bernie Dom Ryan Sam def. Andrew Rob Johanna Ian Bron 5-2
Andrew Stefan Ian Johanna Bron def. Rob Dom Bernie Ryan Sam 5-3
Rob Dom Bernie Ryan Griff Sam def. Andrew Stefan Ian Johanna Bron 5-4

Shootout Round 1
Andrew Smart 1/4
Ryan Disterheft 3/4
Rob Hajdu 2/4
Bernie Koth-Kappus 3/4
Griff Jones 1/4
Johanna Goodyear 0/4

Round 2
Ryan Disterheft 1/2
Bernie Koth-Kappus 0/2
Goalies
Bron Mach 10/14 (,714)
Sam Lam 7/14 (.500)

Elo Ratings
Andrew Smart 2161 (+18)
Rob Hajdu 2021 (-5)
Stefan Klopp 1941 (+9)
Ryan Disterheft 1931 (+37)
Dominik Voser 1772 (-4)
Griff Jones 1765 (-38)
Ian Bock 1724 (+22)
Bernie Koth-Kappus 1522 (+15)

Provisional Elo Ratings (less than three games skated):
Johanna Goodyear 1747 (n/a)

Season Stats: The big five have become the big three. With Jordan Barlow absent this weekend and Oliver Koth-Kappus off to Brouse for the summer (which used to mean he’d pass everyone in scoring; now it sadly means he probably won’t play until July or August), it’s the prime time for Andrew, Rob, and Ryno to pull away from the field. Andy takes the lead from Rob, 79-76, while Ryan sits at 60. Bernie moves into sixth at 26, while Stefan returns to the top ten in ninth at 21... Rob closes Andy’s goal lead to 35-34... Andrew takes the assist lead from Rob, 44-42... Ryan passes Oliver for third, while Stefan jumps up to sixth at 13... Rob leads Andrew in shots, 240-203, with Ryan close behind at 189... Bernie gives up the shooting percentage lead to Tony Hajdu, while Dom places himself in second in that category, putting two Vosers in the top three with Darrel in third... Bron debuts an easy first in save percentage with .872... Sam passes Dylan to move to third in save percentage with .831... Sam passes Stu to move to second in saves... Rob continues to lead in games played at 29, while Bernie sits second at 26 followed by Ryno and Dom at 25... Sam also passes Stu for second in games goaltended with 14... Still no shutouts this season, folks... Andrew lead in three-star points over Rob is commanding at 60-30... Ryan ties Jordan for third at 20... Sam closes Dom’s lead in goalie star points to 50-35... Andrew takes the lead in total star points from Dom, 60-50; Sam has also tied Dom now at 50... Rob ties Stu for fifth with 30... Andy bring his APG to 2.00... Bron and Sam move up to second and third in saves-per-game behind Justin Gordon, who needed a halfcourt game to get ahead of them... Andrew’s 19 points tonight rank third-best in 2013 sessions thus far... Rob’s 10 goals rank third-best this year... Andrew sets a new 2013 standard for session assists with 13; Stefan’s ten ranks fifth-best.., Andrew records 57 shots in a session for the second time this year (second overall) while Ryno’s 55 rank fourth... Bron’s .872 is the second-best mark of the year in goal; Sam’s .844 ranks fourth... Bron easily sets a new high for saves in 2013 sessions with 136; Sam’s 115 rank second... Bron also sets the best PPS mark of the past two seasons at 1008; Sam’s 958 ties for third-highest this year.

SDF/GDF: No big changes on the SDF as Sam lead for a sixth straight session and Andrew holds second by a mile... Ryan, however, does move up two spots to sixth... Dom spends his 23rd career ranking on top while Bron moves up two spots to fourth.

All-Time Session Milestones & Streaks

On the All-Time Front: Stefan needs seven points for 1,900... Stefan passes Oliver to become the all-time leading scorer in VRH once again... Rob needs three points to become the first VRH-bred player to score 1,000... Andy is seven points behind Graeme for 11th... Ryan passes Tony Hajdu to enter the top 15 in scoring... Andrew passes Tony for 13th in goals with Ryan only four goals behind Tony... Ryan also becomes the 15th player with 400 goals... Bron becomes the third goalie with 4,500 saves... Sam passes Lyle Detta for 11th in saves... Sam is two games behind Graeme for 14th and needs six games for 500... Bron needs one game for 300... Bron is six games behind Laird for second in games goaltended... Sam is three games behind Lyle for tenth in games goaltended... Stefan becomes the fourth player with 800 three-star points and six with 800 total star points... With every session that goes like this, Andy keeps climibing toward the top five in PPG and shots-per-game... Andy records his fifth-straight 15-pointer... Andrew and Stefan each notch their 28th career ten-assisters, moving them one ahead of Seamus into third by themselves... With his 28th .800 session, Bron is one behind Alex Elischer for fourth all-time; Sam ties Chris Jackins for ninth at 14... Bron records his eighth straight .800, the fifth-longest streak ever, while Sam has three in a row... Bron passes Alex for third in .810s with 26... Bron ties Stuart Hall for the second-longest .810 streak ever at eight... Bron passes Nathan Robson for fourth in .820s with 21 while Sam ties K.J. O’Connor for ninth with ten... Bron ties Nathan for fifth in .830s with 15; Sam passes Lyle Detta for tenth at seven... Bron records his 12th .840; Sam his third... Bron passes Seamus for solo third in .850s with 12... Bron ties Justin Gordon for fourth in .860s with eight... Bron ties Seamus and Dom for the all-time lead in .870s with seven... Sam ties Chris for seventh in 80-savers with 22... Bron gets his fourth-straight 80-saver in full sessions... Sam ties Laird and Justin for fifth in 90-savers with 18... Bron has three-straight 100-savers... Sam ties Laird for eighth in 100-savers with 11... Bron nets his tenth 120-saver... Rob plays his 14th consecutive session. If he makes it to the 10th of June, that’s one year without missing a VRH session... Bernie plays his sixth consecutive session while Dom plays his fifth (both their streaks began on 9 March but Bernie had the BUSH session from 24 March in addition).