Displaying boxscores for Vancouver Roller Hockey in 2009.
December 05, 2009
It has been a trying month of November for VRH. Not only did it rain
on an almost daily basis, we also had to sit idly by and hear accounts
of session after session coming out of BUSH. So, when we finally saw a
forecast for loads of sunshine, we jumped on the ...
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Comments (9)October 24, 2009
With Sam being a no-show and all of the 4 'maybes' deciding not to come, we ended up with our first short-handed session in many a month. Whilst sweeping the gunk off the rink, the sun finally began to peek through the clouds; this trend would continue, providing us with ...
October 10, 2009
After all of the good-natured trash talk and four years of waiting, Lee Orr returned to Vancouver Roller Hockey today after a harrowing truck ride into Vancouver the previous night. It took 35 minutes of intensive stretching just to get him into the vehicle this morning to get to ...
September 26, 2009
Due to the initial appearance of a small session, we finally took the game back to Ambleside once again. However, we should have known, if recent sessions are any indication, that we'd end up with at least a few unexpected players (including 2 new players: Ondrej & Chung), which ...
September 20, 2009
Once again we had enough people for a large rink so this session was held at Queen-E Park again. Recruiting a stray player (Jason) allowed us to get a game going before our reinforcements arrived. However, soon after, a troop of foot hockey players arrived and kept hassling us ...
September 12, 2009
The session today was an interesting one for a number of reasons. Firstly, despite numerous regulars (Joern, Rob, Pat, Andrew, Bron, etc.) being unable to play, we still ended up with enough people to play on a large rink (Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver). The fact that VRH ...
August 29, 2009
With no server glitches to speak of and an ultra early (10am) session planned (his bus would only leave in the late in the afternoon), Kloppster was finally able to make his first VRH appearance in over 2 months. Due to an initial estimate of 9-10 players, we decided ...
August 22, 2009
While BUSH’s recent Mega Session certainly planted the seeds of inspiration, the recent increase in numbers made it possible for VRH to contemplate a Mega Session of their own. The fact that founding member and former primary VRH organiser, Stefan Klopp, was back in town after an almost 6-week ...
August 15, 2009
With the addition of Nakusp expatriate Jordan Barlow (from many a year ago) and the surprise showing of the Hajdu brothers, we probably surpassed (or equalled) the record for biggest turnout this year with 11 people. Instead of dying down throughout the summer as may have been predicted, ...
August 08, 2009
With the threat of rain looming early in the morning, it looked like this could be a short session. Instead the rain held off, creating ideal weather conditions (cool and cloudy) allowing for one of the longest (time wise at least: 5+ hours) VRH sessions in quite some time. ...
July 25, 2009
Today was definitely a bit of an odd session, with more than a few anomalies, including some of the fastest games (with lowest shot totals and worst save percentage) in Burton Hockey history, but also one game with some of the highest shot totals and one of the most ...
June 27, 2009
Your humble statistician made it down for his third visit to VRH at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. A partly cloudy day helped mitigate the warm temperature as ten VRH warriors fielded the rink. The elder Hajdu, Rob, would be a little late getting to the rink, so ...
June 20, 2009
Today’s session teetered on the edge of not happening but was finally
pulled together in the last moments by a can-do attitude shown by
Bernie. Early morning rain had most members doubting we would actually
play today, but by 11am it appeared that the rain had all but stopped
and the pavement was slowly ...
June 13, 2009
It speaks volumes about the state of VRH these days that, in spite of the fact that 3 of the original (and most reliable) members were unable to attend this weekend, we still managed to get a session going, and not just an ordinary session but a 9 game monster. ...
June 06, 2009
After a week-long heat wave, it was actually nice to see some clouds
roll in for today’s session. Despite being a bit muggy, the clouds
quelled the heat enough to let us have a really good session with a
solid turnout of 9 players.
We started our first series with the former Boozehounds (Pat, ...
May 30, 2009
So, Saturday was the Pat show. Pat pretty much made us all look like
pylons, and well, when we would finally keep him in check, he would
shoot a slap shot from his own end that would find its way to the top
shelf of the net. Anyway, it was still a fun ...
May 24, 2009
The wild sasquatch of the North Washington region enters rutting season for only a few select days every year. As Stefan felt he had to take advantage of these precious few days to attempt to mate with as many wild sasquatch as possible, he unfortunately was unable to ...
May 16, 2009
The VRH train keeps on rolling with its 7th straight week of hockey. We had a small session turnout wise compared to previous matches, which led to a bit of an imbalance in teams. It also didn't help that Jason's wheels were slowly turning to rim, and Ryan was feeling ...
May 09, 2009
For the sixth weekend in a row we have been able to organize a session
of Burton Hockey. It is truly telling of the level of interest in
Vancouver right now by the fact we were able to organize this session
without having 2 original members playing (Joern and Lorne). A year
or two ...
May 03, 2009
Hockey almost didn't happen this weekend. We initially had scheduled for a Saturday session which according to the Internet was the better of the two days (damn you, Internet!). It turned out we didn't have the numbers for a session on Saturday; however, by Saturday afternoon the forecast for Sunday ...
April 26, 2009
Today marked what was one of the most fun, balanced sessions I have
played in to date. Bernie and Oliver ventured one of the best sessions
ever. Everyone arrived at Ambleside to much hoopla with a fair being
in town, making parking somewhat difficult. Once that was figured out though, we played hockey ...
April 18, 2009
Big session today. 10 players out. We played for a good four and a half hours, for a good 10 sessions. Definitely a badass day today. We
added the 102nd player, but it wasn't Jesse, but rather another former
Jagrbomb, Rob Hajdu. We started the session with Bron vs Joern in goal,
however ...
April 10, 2009
While the forecast for the day was nothing short of great, the morning
sunshine put an end to any doubt that hockey would be played on this
Good Friday. The rink was bare, and we had a solid 8 people out for
the second session of the year, which was a hard fought ...
March 29, 2009
An abrupt end to the 2008 season meant Vancouver Roller Hockey faded away from the consciousness of the public very quickly. Fortunately, once the long winter ended, it reminded the Burton Hockey crew of the beautiful game. Bernie brought the call-to-arms and Stefan organised a full session on ...