Glorious sunshine scale: 5/10 (some clouds were a nice relief from the sun)
Temperature scale: 7/10 (a little warm but could have been far worse)
Perfect number of players scale: 3/10 (could have used a couple more skaters)
New players scale: 0/10
Return of long absent regulars scale: 0/10
Evenness of teams/series scale: 6/10 (three very close games, one blowout)
Session intensity scale: 5/10
Session openness / offensiveness scale: 8/10
Redemptions achieved scale: 0/10 (redemptions were attempted but not successful)
Exceptional goaltending performance scale: 8/10 (Both goalies were pretty stellar today, despite a lot of odd man rushes against)
Domination by one player scale: 3/10
Length of session scale: 3/10 (short and sweet)
Fun of session scale: 8/10 (despite the low numbers it was great getting back out there)
Chance of future sessions in coming weeks scale: 5/10 (anyone's guess really)

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Today was about as evenly-distributed a session as you could expect from a session, with all five skaters within four points of one another. The difference maker was the 5-0 Game 2, which allowed Ryan (7G-8A) and Darrel (9G-5A) to take the top two spots. The brothers Hajdu tied for third at 12P each, with Bernie just a point shy of his first three-star points in a couple of seasons. The goalies were their usual solid selves, with Stu finishing at .833 compared to Dom’s .816. Stu made ten fewer saves overall but managed to grab the all-important Game 2 shutout in a 15-save performance.

Game Scores:
Darrel Ryan Bernie Stu def. Tony Rob Dom 5-4 5-0
Tony Ryan Bernie Dom def. Rob Darrel Stu 5-4 5-4

Faceoff Stats (unofficial):
Graeme Orr 2/2 (100.00%)
Seamus O’Connor 3/4 (75.00%)
Mitch Hascarl 7/10 (70.00%)
Kellan Nishida 5/9 (55.56%)
Nathyn McInnes 4/8 (50.00%)
Lee Orr 2/4 (50.00%)
Terryn Stenseth 9/19 (47.37%)
Ryan Bateman 4/9 (44.44%)
Andrew Likness 1/5 (20.00%)

Elo Ratings
Tony Hajdu 1966 (-18)
Darrel Voser 1954 (+8)
Rob Hajdu 1924 (-14)
Ryan Disterheft 1919 (+28)
Bernie Koth-Kappus 1504 (-5)

Season Stats: VRH now has six games in hand on BUSH for the season, and today’s 2-on-2 action allowed the five skaters today to pile on the PPG. Most notably, Darrel extends his scoring lead over Rob, Oliver Koth-Kappus, and Seamus O’Connor to 66-51-51; Rob moving up three spots today. Ryan Disterheft ties Ryan Bateman for eighth at 32, and Tony re-enters the top ten at 30... Darrel now leads Rob in goals, 39-26, while Ryno climbs to sixth at 17... Darrel passes Oliver to move into third in assists at 27, while Rob ties Oliver at 25 and Bernie is now tied with Terryn Stenseth for sixth at 20... Rob leads Darrel in shots, 185-155, while Ryan now sits fourth at 124... Stu passes Seamus for fourth in saves, 152-139... With Sam and Oliver absent today, only Dom and Bernie have played in all 25 VRH games this year; Darrel sits at 22.... Stu becomes the first goalie with multiple shutouts this season... Darrel retakes the lead in three-star points with 40, while Rob moves into a tie with Seamus and Smart at 30... Dom becomes the first player this year to hit 50 goalie star and total star points... Darrel moves to third in total star points at 40, trailing Dom and Seamus... Darrel raises his PPG this season to an even 3.00, tying him for third with Bates... Rob moves to fifth in GPG at 1.39... Rob raises his shots-per-game to 9.74, while Tony moves to third at 8.08... Rob’s 48 shots on goal rank fourth-highest so far this season for individual sessions.

SDF/GDF: Seamus continues to extend his lead atop the SDF BUSH players begin to cross back over the session minimum. One player that actually hasn’t done so yet is Ryan Bateman in third (still a half-session short), and he’s big threat to take the top spot the next time he plays... Nate McInnes crosses the threshold and jumps 12 spots to seventh behind Darrel, while Ryno comes up two more spots thanks to his win today... Graeme plummets from fourth to 13th, and Barlow sinks 17 spots to 24th... With the standings now final for the week, we also know that K.J. O’Connor has deposed Dom atop the GDF to take the top spot for the 21st time in his career. Stu and Andrew Likness both cross the session minimum and rise to third and fifth, respectively, as a result. The absent Bron falls four spots to sixth.

All-Time Session Milestones & Streaks

On the All-Time Front: Ryan passes Jordan Barlow for 13th in all-time scoring, and needs 23 points for 900... Tony is 11 points away from catching Barlow... Rob ties Pat Elischer for tenth in goals at 531; Ryan is ten goals behind Andy Smart for 13th; Darrel passes Terryn Stenseth for 28th... Rob is nine assists behind Andrew for seventh... Tony becomes the 16th player with 400 assists... Darrel needs 45 shots on goal for 1,000... Bernie becomes the second player to play 1,500 games in Burton Hockey... Rob passes Kyle Grenier and Sam Lam to move to 12th in games played... Ryan reaches 450 games... Stu is two games behind Joe Leonard for 15th in games goaltended and records his sixth career shutout... Dom ties Grenier for fourth in total star points at 885, just five behind Oliver for third... Rob leads Bernie for third in VRH scoring, 1,127-1,114... Stu passes Dom for third in all-time VRH goaltending, .8092-.8086, and is right behind Bron (.810) for second... Ryan records his 19th 15-pointer... Dom increases his .810 streak to three, but his .830 streak ends at two... Stu reaches .810 for the tenth time and .830 for the fourth time... Dom barely keeps his 80-saver streak alive at five straight sessions... Another epic Koth-Kappus consecutive session streak bites the dust as Oliver’s most recent streak ends at 20; a streak that dated back to August 2012 and was split between BUSH and VRH... Another epic streak is one the rise, however, as Dom has now played the last 20 VRH sessions dating back to March 2013... Bernie has played in 12 straight sessions.