Who's Fault?

Johnny, watch this video beofre you go and say that Darrin is welcome on the team

Word's of Wisdom

Boston Alliance EQUALS Washington Capitals

Say it ain't so, but unfortunately is was, 1st round (we had a bye) loss knocks the mighty Alliance out of contention. The heavy favorites with a +20 goals differential was taken out by the number 8 or 9 seed.

That was a disappointing loss yes... but a devastating loss, not at all. That team was good and they beat us 5-4.

There is alot to say, but bottom line, in my opinion, they out hustled us, they out shot us, they won.

Sure, we had some horrible bad calls. A sure goal, that was called off the crossbar, from a Brett rocket shot. Brett why did you shoot that so hard?

The last minute tying goal, that was called a no goal AFTER IT WAS SCORED, because of a hand pass. The ref missed that the ball actually was deflected off Brett's stick FIRST, before Ron took the ball, turned, squared up and shot for the score. Then the ref runs in and says no goal, hand pass. That was a bummer of a call.

There was the no call high sticks that should of been penalty shots for us, that went uncalled.

I probably missed some stuff that others will recall.

Finally, I believe the game was not lost because of their go ahead goal. Sure Johnny, then Nick and finally Darin EACH might have been able to make a different play on that speed rush, but it happened fast and, and in my opinion, is not the reason we lost. We had plenty of other chances to go ahead, but it just didn't happen for us.

It was a fun and should of ended with us hoisting up the cases of power aids. We had the team to do it, but not on this day. This day we were the Washington Capitals that were beat by a Montreal team in the first round of the playoffs.

Live Updates

Yes, sir. You read correctly. Live Updates. Just another great feature that the boys at this blog offer. If only that other blog was as good...

Over the next 2 Days we will give updates to our "quest for number one"

Recaps and a more in depth look to come next week I'm sure. How entertaining this will be will depend upon the results of course. Hopefully Brett will be singing praises.

Game 1: Sometimes Nerves Can Take Down the Best

It's funny how things work out sometimes. You can plan, make decisive moves, pick the perfect players with the perfect strategies and still have it go in a way that was never expected. It was tournament that we went in believing that our strength was goaltending and defense. We thought we could win as long as we scored enough. Oh, we scored enough. But, it wasnt a hard fought 2-1 or 3-2 game, it was a "slugfest", a battle of offenses. It seemed as though the team that had the last shot would win. We had the last shot. Everyone seemed to have their moments, good and bad, but the Alliance prevailed to a 7-6 victory.
Goals

1. Ron 2. Ron 3. Brett 4. Ron 5. Brett 6. Jack 7. John

Game 2: Blowout #1: 13-3 Final. Alliance goes into Game 3 with a chance at the number 1 seed. Mike and Nick both got their first (few) goals of the tourny.
Game 3: Yep that's right...another blowout. 10-0 Final. Mike W with a hat trick. His fans inspired him in the stands.

Johnny and Brett Roll but Goalies Rocked

My adoring fans have called and so I will answer and provide some analysis of the final official weekend of street hockey for the season.

Johnny and Brett’s team rolled down victory lane in each game. Their team was solid with the likes of Griff, Dale, Chris, Brendon and others who all had a share in the action.

Opposite them was group of wannabes who played ok, but lacked in the forcheck and, to some extent, the backcheck game. The team was anchored by, the surprise guess who showed up, Ron… along with Billy, Reggie, Mike D, Brad, Jack Bellan, Mike P and the up and coming Chris Jr.

The night opened up with Brendan’s gizmo gun behind the net. Everybody seemed to enjoy the shooting gallery and spend about 15 minutes trying to best their highest speed. There was some controversy on what Jacks fasted shot was. Some said he joined the 90’s club, while other said no sir ree bob. Ron was the other who was able to break into the 90’s club.

When the games got started, it didn’t take long for Johnny and Brett (with either Griff or Brendon) to show that they are ready for prime time. They had good anticipation of the plays, and moved the ball with ease into the offensive zone. There was one play, however, that overshadowed outstanding performance. It was that 3 on none play… the only pass on that breakaway went behind a guy… and rolled to the side boards.

The dark team showed some flashes, but faded considerably as the night wore on. Ron and Billy made some moves and had some shots and goals, but were by and large kept in check by the white teams D, namely Dale and Chris. Jack Bellan made some mistakes and some good plays on the night. The notable good plays were the crisp passes to Billy up the seem, to send him off for a scoring bid. Jack also scored a nice goal from a feed from Ron behind the net.

However, the night belonged to the men between the pipes… there was outstanding goaltending play, on both sides. The white team had Tony between the pipes and he was spectacular on a bunch of scoring opportunities. Despite Ron not playing street hockey in months, he had a number of chances and Tony bested him on nearly every shot. There was at least 3 beautiful glove saves where Ron got all of it, but Tony’s reflexes were spot on. Even on a breakaway, Tony stopped Ron with a great diving move to block the goal.

On the other side, Darin was also not going to be out dueled. He was in great position all night long and saw the balls coming. He too made some great glove and blocker saves. What sticks out with Darin was the relentless pressure by the white team with 2nd, 3rd and 4th shot opportunities. Darin was awesome, knowing when to go down, and when to stay up. Hats off to Darin, he is also ready for prime time. There was one guy that Darin had trouble dealing with. Little brother Brett, seemed to score with ease, beating Darin on at least 2, maybe 3 shots coming in from the side.

Overall it was a good night, no major injuries, no major roughing calls and no major phantom off side calls.

So there you have it. I’ll be here all week :) and am looking forward to seeing you all in the fall

Season Wrap-up

Hey guys,

Great games last night. Excellent goaltending, and some hard-fought games last night. Hope everyone had fun this year, and we'll be starting again in the fall.

On the site: Stats should be done tomorrow, and hopefully posted by Nick tomorrow night. Later in the week I'll post the season awards. The end of May we'll have the Montreal recap, and sometime in July I'll update the player attributes. Finally, in August I'll do some projections for next season. So there will still be reason for checking into the site.

Other sports: Next Sunday we are going to play some 3 on 3 in Lawrence or Haverhill. No stats or anything, just prep for MTL. Even if you aren't going to MTL you are welcome to come play (no stats or anything, just for fun). Starting in June we'll hopefully be organizing some baseball / basketball games, and once it gets warm some football / volleyball at Salisbury beach. Whoever is interested let me know and I'll make sure you get an invite. I'll also be posting it on the site.