Displaying boxscores for Burton United Socialist Hockey in 2010.
December 24, 2010
Today Burton Hockey welcomed back a grand old tradition of the early years of the game: the vaunted Christmas session. There would be no Burton Hall today; we would take to the asphalt of the Nakusp Secondary School parking lot. It was a nice mesh of old and ...
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Comments (0)September 29, 2010
One ball, rookie goalie, bunch of broken wheels and depleted numbers led to
this mid week session. Brothers O'Connor, brothers Orr and brothers from
another mother Olsens would compete today as Burton attempts to tune up for
the Thanksgiving bloodfest scheduled next week.
The first series would feature Graeme and ...
September 17, 2010
For the first time in nearly two months, John McCormack Park was graced with something it rarely sees these days: actual 3-on-3 hockey. It was an evenly-balanced line-up on paper, and that’s exactly what it turned out being this Friday afternoon.The only real unfortunate part of the days was ...
September 11, 2010
Another BUSH session organised, cancelled, and reclaimed at the last minute. With K.J. and Nathan back in town this weekend, and a last-minute confirmation from Golden Joe, another short-but-sweet two-on-two session was to be had this afternoon. It was a race to see how much hockey could ...
August 29, 2010
Lee Orr: Riskiest session ever? We drove down through the pouring rain with only 4 guys, gambling that we could get Lyle, Shem would still be in Burton, and it wasn't pouring rain at McCormack like everywhere else. At the viewpoint it was raining so hard Seamus advised pulling ...
July 27, 2010
It was another humid, suffocating day today in the Arrow Lakes. Fortunately, with thundershowers on the way, there would only be about a game’s worth of killer heat (which even had your humble statistician dripping with sweat). It was Chris’ final session before heading back to his current ...
July 25, 2010
After a ten-day break for Nakusp Music Fest and the subsequent recovery from Nakusp Music Fest, it was once again time to pack up the lunch pails and head back to work at McCormack Park. As we departed Nakusp, the weather station reported 32 degrees Celsius in the air ...
July 15, 2010
It was another in the recent series of short-but-sweet sessions in the sweltering July heat today in Burton, as Thursday's session was a last shot for play before the chaos and obliteration sure to occur this weekend at Nakusp Music Fest. Over a dozen names were bandied about for ...
July 12, 2010
”Third time’s a charm” would apply to today's session as Chris Jackins would
finally suit back up and take the net he long owned in Burton. He does have a
major complaint, however, as the Shelbyville moniker of New Denver has graced his
honoured court. He would strap on the ...
July 09, 2010
"So Chris Jackins and Sheena Rutko are getting married."
"Where at?"
"Her parents, Paul and Linda's."
"That's across from the rink, can we play hockey?"
Last minute wedding preparations were put on hold Friday night for the game we love. Burton Hockey would not be in the cards for the groom tonight as ...
June 27, 2010
With Fridays session being way too hot, Sundays was planned to start at 7. A last minute addition resulted in the long awaited return of Logan Marchischuk or "the Cheese" to the nets of Burton Hockey. Arriving first, Logan donned the pads and was in the net faster ...
June 25, 2010
Burton Hockey comes and goes in waves, it seems. A dry month of June exploded last week as both leagues roared back into action with high-scoring sessions. A perfect storm would culminate Friday as one of the most concentrated all-killer-no-filler line-ups in Burton history, let alone BUSH history, ...
June 18, 2010
Nathan didn't have school and set about organizing hockey. With 6 regulars, we arrived to some light drizzle, at which point KJ assured us it was "the edge of storm" and not to worry. As sticks were tossed and the first game commenced the rain increased and the ...
May 24, 2010
Basking in the glow of a warm early-summer day to finish off the May long weekend, BUSH almost didn’t get off the ground today. The session was cancelled at noon, only for Nathan to track down Brad and Shem twenty minutes later and get the session reactivated. They ...
May 16, 2010
After being killed by heat the past couple of days, an attempt was made today on a cloudy, muggy Arrow Lakes spring day. All the moisture of the West Kootenay and all the heat of the Okanagan. Thank goodness for those clouds. It would periodically sprinkle rain ...
May 08, 2010
With numbers increasingly hard to come by we managed to scratch together another 2 on 2 session with the last minute appearance of Shem, over for the weekend from Kelowna. The combination of the warmest day for hockey yet and six old vets resulted in a grueling 5 hour ...
May 01, 2010
An odd mix of sun and cloud greeted the crew today. With these small line-ups as of late, it produces some interesting hockey, and it gives players the opportunity to play around and experiment. Thus, we were in for quite a ride today as Lee announced he would ...
April 24, 2010
Three weeks in the grand scheme is nothing. Three weeks in the modern era of BUSH is a lifetime. Chalk it up to fatigue, DecaSession hangover, real life getting in the way, mismatched schedules, whatever – it all resulted in the longest break since Christmas for the eastern ...
March 31, 2010
BUSH snuck one in through the grey wetness today. Looking for one last skating session before Friday’s big to-do, the crew was raring to go Wednesday. BUSH sweaters would finally be arriving later that day; just a bit late for today’s session. There was a bit of ...
March 27, 2010
With just six days to go before the biggest weekend in Burton Hockey history, it was time for the final preparations. The BUSH sweaters arrive Monday to go with the already-arrived VRH jerseys, but that’s not the only fashion news. The ALHS Archives Arena got a makeover this ...
March 19, 2010
With the daylight savings time change this past weekend, BUSH is now back in the window of opportunity for evening sessions. This will also help get the 9-to-5ers and school-age players back onto the court. Friday would be the first such session this year (3:30 pm departure time), ...
March 13, 2010
The rain didn’t stick around very long. It was right back to bright sun in Burton Saturday. It was sunny in our hearts as well, because we had our beloved enigmatic legendary goaltender Lyle Detta back in the fold. He was originally scheduled to do battle against ...
March 12, 2010
It was right back to work for BUSH as sessions keep flying out of the woodwork. Today, however, would not see sunshine. Despite the gang holding out for the usual Burton sunshine break once they rounded the corner at Arrow Park, it was a downpour all day. ...
March 10, 2010
Sun in the skies, but sadness in our hearts. And, no, it has nothing to do with Corey Haim. It is confirmed: Troy Waldron has packed up and left for Alberta (fingers crossed for a DecaSession return). Don’t worry; you can always cheer yourself up by watching ...
March 05, 2010
Back-to-back action from BUSH. Another bright, shining spring day for the crew to revel in. Troy Waldron would be making his return to goal for 2010 against fellow rival for the all-time goaltending title Seamus O’Connor. Nick Sundstrom would be back for his sophomore stint along with ...
March 04, 2010
You know you’ve been spoiled when just four days with no hockey feels like an eternity. Coming off of a February that was the second-busiest month in league history and a finish of four sessions in seven days, BUSH was back at it again Thursday for a 12:30 departure ...
February 27, 2010
An odd but intriguing session tonight. Lee was resting his arm and catching up on work, while Seamus would miss his first games of 2010 out-of-town for the day. This left organising up to Justin, who put together a 2-on-2 lineup that would help showcase two of the ...
February 25, 2010
Starting an hour earlier on another sunny day in Burton had everyone in a good mood off the bat. Of course, with the DecaSession looming just five weeks away, much conversation was had about that with epithets such as ‘League of Klass’ and ‘Vancouver Roller Polo’ being directed at ...
February 23, 2010
It was a dark day to be a goaltender in BUSH Tuesday, for the league recruited two players who, if you created a list of the talent available in the Arrow Lakes that hadn’t joined in on Burton Hockey to this point, would be right at the top of the ...
February 21, 2010
Today brought us a session where we had absolutely no idea what would happen, or even who would make it happen, let alone whether or not it would work once it did. Shem Hanna, goaltending ace of note, was about to bow out of BUSH for now as he ...
February 13, 2010
Sun! We couldn’t believe our eyes. It was already gearing up to be a good session, and the golden disc in the sky made it that much better. The best surprise of all would already be waiting for us at the rink, however, as BUSH realised a ...
February 11, 2010
It was a decidedly impromptu session today, with some of the same old faces but in a most irregular arrangement. To be sandwiched in between Tuesday’s 4-on-4 histrionics and this weekend’s planned 10-man session would be a hastily-arranged 2-on-2 set with the big news that Kyle Grenier was returning ...
February 09, 2010
Shem Hanna came back to Burton Tuesday coming off of one of his worst career performances and looking to get back in the swing of things. The task would be made more interesting by the fact that it would be the first 4-on-4 session of the season for BUSH. ...
February 06, 2010
There was a real sense of anticipation surrounding today’s session. The impeding war between BUSH and VRH has the blood of the players flowing, and today’s session was planned days in advance (a rarity in a league where games are often organised minutes in advance). However, everyone was ...
February 02, 2010
In this most meteorologically-pitiful winter of 2009-10 in British Columbia, our one solace through the wet, unseasonably warm and constantly overcast season has been the ability to play roller hockey almost at will. Even after the toll taken on the players yesterday, they were all chomping at the bit, ...
February 01, 2010
Another foggy early year day in Nakusp was escaped today as the crew returned to beautiful Burton to kick off this second month of the new year. The usual OchoOcho, Lee, Nathan, Seamus, Shem and Alan were joined by the returning Graeme and Troy Waldron's first session of the year. ...
January 28, 2010
From the rust-brown hulk of a ’78 Thunderbird stepped two returning young stars to the pavement of Burton, insurgent firebrands ready to reclaim hard-earned spots as Burton regulars. At a combined age of 34, Mitch Detta and Terryn Stenseth made their season debuts in BUSH today as the gang ...
January 27, 2010
It was a cold and overcast day. Watsy and Alan made their 2010 debut, and the hockey gear was in true BUSH league form. The only stick Seamus could find in Nakusp was this diminutive junior that left him with about 3 feet of reach. Alan also ...
January 21, 2010
Back again with the quickness, Burton fires off back -to-back sessions to counter VRH! Fired up and ready to roll, reigning MVP and recently named captain of BUSH Lee Orr returned to the rink today just one day late from his off season and what a return. Seamus ...
January 20, 2010
It was a cold Tuesday morning in mid January when Nathan Robson called my house. The temperature was a balmy 2 degrees and I had just woke up. Nathan wanted to go down to Burton and clear off the rink figuring there would not be much to do, I ...