Displaying boxscores for All Leagues in 2009.
December 14, 2009
It snowed another inch again. In fact, there were still a few odd flurries. And it was still minus-10. But that wasn’t going to stop BUSH. After the sour taste of the previous session, the gang was looking for one last winter epic. Every session ...
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Comments (24)December 09, 2009
Chilly, chilly history was made again today. BUSH put on the coldest session ever as it sunk down to minus-10 Celsius, breaking the longstanding record held by the infamous Calgary attempt of January 2003. Your humble statistician wasn’t able to get down to Burton today for this ...
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 ...
December 01, 2009
The Arrow Lakes sky stood out stark blue in the cold air today. It was quite surreal to have no snow on the ground and a bright sky and yet still have a temperature of -2°C. Yes, BUSH went sub-zero for the first time today. Despite the ...
November 27, 2009
A healthy amount of sun was had today despite the crisp, cool 3°C temperature, another record low temperature for Burton Hockey. This was the third session in five days based around a core of Lee, Nathan, Seamus, Graeme and Justin. With Shem back from Sun Peaks, the stage was ...
November 24, 2009
As soon as we returned home from yesterday’s session, a check of the weather forecast indicated a break in the rain that would last long enough to get yet another session of Burton Hockey in. Sure enough, we awoke to a break in the clouds that let the sun ...
November 23, 2009
Leave it to Nathan to push BUSH farther into November outdoors than any other season. As soon as Lee got back from Hawaii, Nathan sent out the call and in just a matter of minutes a session was organised. The revolving door of goaltenders continued; this time Justin ...
November 09, 2009
After the anti-climax of Sunday, Nathan Robson refused to go out quietly for 2009. He organised yet another last-minute session for Monday; the fourth in eight days for BUSH. One last shot at epicness. It was a stripped-down session featuring four of Burton’s best skaters and two ...
November 08, 2009
Lee returned to organising duty, but once again it was Nathan Robson who saved the day for BUSH and kept the season pushing into November. When Graeme and Frankie found themselves ‘unable to play’ after the previous night’s activity (despite Troy being able to play having participated in the ...
November 05, 2009
Despite a forecast of rain, Nathan Robson was determined to get in another session of hockey. The rain held off through Thursday afternoon, and a 3-on-3 session was played in cloudy 5°C weather. Troy and Seamus returned to the circuit, and Shem was back to continue his strong ...
November 02, 2009
As autumn in the West Kootenay tends not to last very long, and the end of Daylight Savings Time eats another hour of daylight, chances are few and far between to get another BUSH session in this season before the snow falls. With the sky crisp but nothing falling ...
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 20, 2009
Series 1: Lee – Joe – Nathan – Lyle vs. Seamus – Troy – Graeme – Shem
Game 1: 5-2 Seamus
Game 2: 5-4 Seamus
Team Seamus takes both, although the second game was much closer after Joe made the switch to new blades, the first pair of which he had on ...
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 ...
October 04, 2009
Terryn stepped up and organized a session. The first day in months the temperature has been perfect for hockey. Making the trip to Burton with only seven people I dropped in on Lyle, (whose dial up internet makes him constantly inaccessible by phone) who agreed to come play.
First ...
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 15, 2009
Much to the joy of the entire valley populace, Seamus O’Connor is back for the rest of the season. Hockey, thus, was a no-brainer today, as the BUSH crew headed down to a store-less Burton, BC for a muggy afternoon session. Not only was it sunny, there was ...
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 ...
September 11, 2009
After a week-and-a-half of frustration, BUSH returned Friday with 2-on-2 action at ALHS@McCormack. Ben de Wit now on loan to VRH until April put a damper on the numbers, but Justin Gordon’s triumphant return from the coast got the crew back together again for a rare weekday afternoon session. ...
August 30, 2009
Today began on an ominous note with the news that BUSH mainstay K.J. O’Connor was in a serious car accident in the early hours of the morning which will probably sideline him for over a year. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this time.
Killer mid-30s heat ...
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 23, 2009
After a well-deserved week off for the BUSH crew following the longest session in history last week. One can imagine the excitement when it was released to the public that a long-lost friend of Burton Hockey would be making his return after six years-in goal of all places. ...
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 16, 2009
About three weeks ago, while thinking up plans and dreams for the much-bandied-about ‘DecaSession’ in 2010 to celebrate Burton Hockey’s tenth anniversary, the suggestion of a BUSH SuperSession for this season was brought up. Lee Orr went to work conceptualising and organising, and the weekend of 15-16 August was ...
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 10, 2009
One of the more unique sessions in a long time started ignominiously enough with a rotating door of goaltenders doing battle against the all-time goaltending champion, but by the end of the evening, unexpected goaltending history was made for the all the right reasons.
BUSH has no shortage of players, but ...
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. ...
August 06, 2009
Even when nothing seems to be on the horizon this year, hockey somehow manages to happen. Lee may be taking a break from organising for the moment, but Ben stepped up to the plate and put together a youthful session featuring two highly-touted rookies (Taylor Reitmeier and Luke ...
July 29, 2009
When Lee Orr moved Thursday’s session up to Wednesday, Terryn Stenseth had a surprise of his own, as he touted the arrival of a rookie defensive powerhouse to rival anyone Burton’s seen to date. Sure enough, Brad Gibson lived up to the hype, as he and nine of BUSH’s ...
July 26, 2009
Despite two days of sudden and massive storms in the Arrow Lakes valley, the skies were kind to Burton tonight. Not a drop was felt on Archives Arena, merely tears of frustration at Seamus being forty-five minute late for the second time in his last three sessions. He ...
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 ...
July 21, 2009
Today’s session began with temperatures in the upper thirties and the players soaked in sweat before the first game even began. Jesse Martin made himself player number 116 with his debut today. It would prove to be interesting today as the four all-time leading goaltenders (K.J., Terryn, Seamus ...
July 14, 2009
On the heels of the premiere of Burton Hockey Tonight, another revolution occurred in BUSH tonight. Lee Orr and Nathan Robson got together yesterday, scrounged together assorted bits of plywood, signage and pressboard from the dump, sawed them into suitable sizes, and laid the foundation for the long-dreamed appearance ...
July 12, 2009
A goaltending battle for the ages ensued tonight at John McCormack Memorial Park with rookie sensation Shem ‘ShemWow!’ Hanna taking on battle-hardened veteran Justin Gordon (a.k.a. David Government, a.k.a. Gordongo). A cloudy, muggy atmosphere enveloped the rink in darkness and sweat all session, but it didn’t slow the goalies ...
July 09, 2009
After last Thursday’s three-game session, the BUSH gang intended to get a larger number of games in today. They were somewhat successful, but killer goaltending from two of Burton’s best dashed those hopes for the most part. After a sluggish start in net this season, K.J. was out ...
July 02, 2009
The return of Seamus and Graeme for a few short days was cause enough to organise a Thursday session. Throw in Nathan Wiebe, Oliver, Ben and Lee, and you have the most positionally-sound line-up of skaters ever fielded in a single session. Shem declared his groin healed enough ...
June 28, 2009
Today's BUSH session featured scorching temperatures and the 47th player in the league this year in Nathan Wiebe. The statsman was sorely missed. Troy also suited up the pads for his first full goalie session ever.
Series 1:
Lee - Shem - Kyle - Mitch - Lyle vs. ...
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 21, 2009
For the second straight session, it threatened to rain on BUSH’s parade. The sky was dark grey all day (an expected visit from VRH’s Steve Weatherhead didn’t materialise when he became convinced it would pour), but ultimately not one drop came down on John McCormack Park. The cool ...
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 17, 2009
Mother Nature wreaked havoc on BUSH Wednesday. Lee had a session line-up ready to roll when a fair-sized storm rolled into the valley mid-afternoon. Rushing to judgement after a phone call from an unnamed chain-smoking goaltender, the session was called off at 4:30, only to be reactivated 20 ...
June 14, 2009
It was well-known coming into Sunday’s session that a bloated number of players was likely. How to deal with it was the issue. Ultimately the year-2000 stand-by of tournaments was discarded in favour of four-on-four, and the gamble paid off. Still, arrivals were staggered so as to ...
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 11, 2009
Another amazing session at John McCormack tonight with eight of Burton’s brightest lights all on full display. No stinkers here, just a relentless two-hour, five-game epic that left the entire Burton crew exhausted and happy in what, despite its length, was probably the defining session of the season so ...
June 09, 2009
Today marked the annual return trek of Stefan Klopp and Oliver Koth-Kappus to BUSH. The goal: to play as much hockey as possible. It was a relatively stacked line-up, and the teams we had (for the first six games, anyway) were some of the most even teams we ...
June 07, 2009
It was an admittedly odd lineup of players today in Burton, with BUSH’s oldest (Lyle and Shem) playing some of Burton’s youngest (Dane, Mitch Detta and the debuting Mitch Zorn). Yes, Old School fans, it was BUSH’s own version of Mitchapalooza today. Throw in a battle for the ...
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 31, 2009
At least fourteen players’ names were bandied about for this session. Now, you know as well as I do that not all of those players would show, which made it all the more interesting to see who would be sitting in the chairs when the music stopped. When ...
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 28, 2009
A late night session organized (to use the word in the most perverted sense) at the last minute resulted in a two on two slugfest between Justin, Lee, Mitch, and Ben with KJ and Laird in net. KJ has officially sworn off playing goal in two on two ...
May 25, 2009
Lee Orr wanted to show himself that a rib injury would not hold him back. Kyle Grenier wanted to put himself in the middle of the battle for the scoring championship. Both of those feats were accomplished today in Burton.
Much haggling and phoning from Lee produced a very ...
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 18, 2009
Kyle (Grenier) took the bull by the horns and organized hockey. I offered to drive the gear down, take pictures and keep stats. This session saw yet another rookie, Ryan, Kyle's brother. Ryan's son also helped keep stats and should receive honourable mention. Another future Burton ...
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
Seamus O’Connor was only in the Arrow Lakes for three days before he had to return to work. He knew he only had one shot to play Burton Hockey this spring. In an epic move, Seamus organised a sort of BUSH reunion session; only one player (Andrew) had ...
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 21, 2009
More rookies joined the BUSH class of 2009 today at McCormack park as Kyle Grenier continued his reign of terror over the Burton nets. Debuting in net was the ever-enthusiastic Joe Leonard; debuting on Justin Gordon’s wreck of a pair of old skates was New Denver’s Nick Reitmeier. ...
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 18, 2009
After two delays in two days, BUSH played its third session of 2009 today in Burton. Terryn Stenseth became the second player to debut in Burton Hockey today; he may be Burton’s youngest player in quite some time, but his skills in net were already well-known to the McCormack ...
April 14, 2009
One of the most intense sessions in recent BUSH history was played today in Burton, featuring three grinding, exhausting 3-on-3 games followed by a freewheeling, fast-paced pair of 2-on-2 games, all featuring amazing passing and, above all, two outstanding goaltenders pulling saves out of their nether regions, sometime literally.
A newly ...
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 ...
April 05, 2009
Lee Orr’s main mission for 2009 was to reorganise Burton United Socialist Hockey and make its tenth season the best one yet. A year’s worth of rust was shaken off today, and if today’s action was any indication, BUSH will be firing on all cylinders in 2009. A ...
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 ...