Hockey on Sunday at 6 Inside Rink

No Johnny this week which means we are on our own!!!

I assume we are playing...who's in?

Ill work on goalies.

In: Nick, JB, Ron, Jared, MVW, Igands, Andrew, Elliot, Joe, Brendon, Steve F (G), Tony (G)

Maybe: Billy, Griff(?)

Out: Johnny, Mike D, Reggie

Ref: Brett

"Okay.."

Haverhill Cup W.P.R.

3-29-14

The Haverhill Cup

20 Nathan - I blame it on the short notice that he was being called up to the big leagues. Those bus rides can take their toll on you, but I don’t think Nick was expecting too much from him. Nathan’s biggest contribution was off the ice capturing footage.

19 Brendon - A promising start to the day quickly turned downhill. He was playing hard and forechecking and being a pest, but just wasn’t able to generate anything offensively which this team needed big time. And that line change…..oh that line change!

18 Jack - For 2 years in a row, Jack played good in the season and a lot less good in the playoffs. But what really hurt Jack was the fact he had no defense what so ever. And we all know what wins games in the Haverhill Cup playoffs.

17 Reggie - Frequently lost his man in coverage during the day, but I don’t think any of us will forget that incredibly skilled goal he scored in the first game of the day that gave Borges false hope.

16 Elliot - Didn’t have a set roll on his team of exclusively offensive players. He was made to play in a position he was unaccustomed to and it showed.

15 Andrew – Will have bragging rights this year as to who the better Prater was. Barely.

14 Autotrader.com - I assume that’s how he wants his name to appear on the cup? Ignats (or Ignads?) shootout winner was a highlight of the tournament and he buckled down his defense in the playoffs while simplifying his game and reducing the mistakes he made.

13 Tony – Wasn’t overly impressive in any game and during the season he was nearly a disaster. But in the finals he made 2 or 3 needed saves verse a very tired opponent as his teammates in front of him did most of the work.

12 Billy T – Played the roll of Mike Ward this year in that I don’t remember anything he did, which is good in the sense that he didn’t do anything egregious, but he didn’t do anything outstanding either.

11 Bobby – Bobby makes himself look big in the net and while not overly quick he makes sure he’s in the right position.

10 Ron – The shot just wasn’t there this year. Not as much as he would've liked it to be. When you’re main attribute is shooting and you’re trying to shoot through puddles, your effectiveness can drop severely.

9 Johnny – Johnny if you want more kids tell Jamie, don’t just draft as many as you can for Haverhill Cup. Even after Johnny realized his team had 0 defense, he still refused to get back and help out and play that defensive center roll like he did in Florida year 1.

8 Griff – Seemed to be in “Griff Mode” the whole round 1 with his most impressive play coming in the tying goal late in game 3, keeping the ball alive in the crease for Reggie to bury. But he just couldn’t put the ball in the correct ocean in the Finals. That’s 3 Final’s appearances and 0 wins. That’s gotta be getting in his head.

7 Eric – While his best stuff was not on display in the playoffs, Eric was still scoring at a good pace and was the only one on his team who didn’t stop running so they could net hang. Maybe he just ran out of Amp energy drinks.

6 Demaio – What Demaio did was impressive on a team that had no right doing what it did. I’m guessing Mike scored 80% of his team’s goals. This seems like a ridiculously high percentage until you see that his team only scored 5 goals.

5 Darrin – Did all he could to help his team reach the finals but fell just short. A lot of Darrin’s saves will go unheralded due to the fact that they couldn’t make it out of round 1 and as a team looked doomed during the season. But you can hold your head high knowing that your team did 68% of the work to give Jared’s team the Cup.

4 Borges – His team suffered from him missing the net way more than he hit it. And not subbing all day really cost him in the finals. Your no Nick Borges. The good thing is that the Haverhill Cup off-season is 364 days so get that knee fixed and ready for next year.

3 Jared – What a scummy thing to do to Bobby! “I got it”. There will be a petition for a sportsmanship rule next year for sure. It’ll be called the J-Rod rule. At the very least, it cost you a ranking. Otherwise you stepped up your game big time and stopped turning it over Jack Belan style like you were during the season.

2 Nick – Otherworldly play from Nick once the playoffs started. Now he can add, “what a goal” to his list of memorable plays along with, “what a pass”. Certainly proved he was worth the #1 pick in the first draft. Maybe Johnny was on to something after all. No other player risked his body more for a chance at the Cup.

1 Mike W – No other player risked his life more than Mike. Mike was relentless every second he was out there and proved Jared to be the mastermind that he is to acquire him. Ward can join the ranks of Billy Thomas and Scott Finlayson as Haverhill Cup MVP. Him and Jared have become like Gretzky and Messier. Dynasty anyone? Congratulations to Mike, Jared, Ron, Ignats and Tony.

BREAKING NEWS!

From the offices of Big Board comes the first major trade of the 2014 Haverhill cup.  The two highest ranked teams heading into the weekend Jon Borges and Jared Meadows looked to improve their teams even more.

Jared has traded away Joe Italiano and Bobby to Borges in exchange for Mike Ward and Jack as well as 12 small Gatorades in a cooler. 

Sources close to the deal say the 12 Gatorades was almost a deal breaker, but both sides were eager to make something happen.

Big Board was first to report

Reunited And It Feels So Good

With Brett heroically trying everything he could to play Saturday, his mild ankle discomfort was just too much to bear.  So third time is a charm and we drafted again! Ignads was the most even replacement we could find for Brett.

Woooohoooo!

With the precedent set, a whole new draft was required.  Nick got the promotion to captain his own team.  The new draft order was selected and it went Johnny, Jared, Nick, and of course JB went last.  Brendon's mind has to be blown at this point.

Here are your new teams everyone.

Johnny
Eric
Andrew
Ignads
Tony

Jared
Ron (welcome back Ron)
Joe
Reggie
Bobby

JB
MVW
Griff
Elliot
Jack

And the funniest team award goes to Nick

Nick
Billy
Demaio
Brendon
Darrin

See you all Saturday!

Haverhill Cup Rules And Regulations

Schedule
 
1:00 Borges vs Jared

1:20 Nick vs Johnny

1:40 Johnny vs Jared

2:00 Nick vs Borges

2:20 Johnny vs Borges

2:40 Nick vs Jared

Round 1

3:00 Seed 1 vs Seed 4

3:20 Seed 2 vs Seed 3

3:40 Seed 1 vs Seed 4

4:00 Seed 2 vs Seed 3

4:20 Seed 1 vs Seed 4*

4:40 Seed 2 vs Seed 3*

Haverhill Cup Final

15 minutes after final round 1 game. One 14 minute game for all the marbles.

Rules:

- There will be two seven minute halves to each game with a 2 minute intermission.

- Overtime will be a shootout for every game except the finals. N.H.L. rules for the shootout. Next goal wins for the finals.

- Every penalty will result in a penalty shot.

- If a player commits 2 penalties in one game he will be ejected. Any double minor will also result in an ejection.

- If a player is ejected, his team is still allowed to play 3 players, they will not be forced to play a man down the rest of the game.

- Arguing may be penalized but will not count toward a players total penalties for ejections.

- Slap shots ARE allowed.

- If the 2 teams who don't make the finals want to play a consolation game they can. If they don't, a 15 minute break will serve as the rest before the finals.

If I forgot anything let me know.

The Scoreboard Doesn't Lie

With the Haverhill Cup only a week away it was time to showcase the talent. Lets see how each team's players faired.  Here's the numbers. You decide.


TEAM DRISCOLL
Brett - 2G, 0A, 2pts
Eric  - DNP
Joe   - DNP
Mike D- 0G, 1A, 1pts
Jack  - DNP
Total:  2G, 1A, 3pts (06% of the total points scored)
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TEAM MEADOWS
Jared - 3G, 4A, 7pts
Nick  - 0G, 1A, 1pts
MVW   - 1G, 1A, 2pts
Reggie- 1G, 0A, 1pts
Bobby - DNP
Total:  5G, 6A, 11pts (23% of the total points scored)
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TEAM RILEY
Johnny - 5G, 2A, 7pts
Ron    - 1G, 0A, 1pts
Billy  - 1G, 1A, 2pts
Andrew - 1G, 2A, 3pts
Tony   - DNP
Total:  8G, 5A, 13pts (27% of the total points scored)
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TEAM BORGES
JB     - 3G, 1A, 4pts
Griff  - 0G, 5A, 5pts
Brendon- 3G, 2A, 5pts
Elliot - 5G, 1A, 6pts
Darrin - 13GA, 4.33GAA
Total:  11G, 9A, 20pts (43% of the total points scored)

Hockey Outside Rink, 6:00 Sunday

In: Should be everyone, goalies are Darrin and Rick


Out: John P

Inevitable and Against All Odds

Alas, a re-draft happened. No one is to blame for this, things happen that are out of our control, but the captains were quick to rectify the situation even if it meant staying up way too late.

With Ashley already asleep (not before giving her blessing for Borges to pick the lottery order) and all 4 captains on xbox, Borges pulled out the names 1 by 1. Brett. Jared. Johnny. Borges. Yes that's right, Borges got last pick for the 3rd time in a row. Again the draft order goes 1234, 4321, 1234, 4321

And the picks went something like this.....

Eric
Nick
Ron
Griff

Darrin
Billy T
Mike W
Joe

Demaio
Bobby
Andrew
Frendon

Elliot
Tony
Reggie
Jack

And so at midnight what was completely unnecessary was complete.

WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS

3-16-14

Well Deserved

10 Brendon – Add Analrapist to the things Brendon has in common with Tobias Funke. And if you don’t get the joke then you should start watching arrested development. Brendon finally gave Brett a taste of his own medicine after all these years of hugging other grown men while playing defense. Maybe now Brett will stop violating and humiliating the people he plays against. I think he’s learned a valuable lesson. And there’s no one better to have taught it than Brendon.

9 Jack – Standing straight up takes up more of the net than you’d think.

8 Tony – Poke.

7 Nick – We both know why you’re this low Nick. It can be our little secret. Otherwise your play was fantastic.

6 Reggie – Who needs to run when you can make gorgeous backhanded aerial passes on such a regular basis?

5 Ron – Gotta get the shot off quicker.

4 Mike W – Did MVW make Nick look good or was it the other way around?

3 Griff – The garbage man was in the neighborhood yesterday cleaning up the trash left in front of Jack. I wonder if he’s on the trade block? Might be able to sell high Borges….

2 Johnny – Stringing together a couple really good weeks this month. We won’t hold the lack of stats against him this week. But the 6 month grace period is running out.

1 Jared – The lack of faith in his team was despicable.

Honorable Mention: Elijah – I haven’t seen a talent like that since Bradley Dearden.

Hockey is at 6:00, Outside rink on Sunday

I will update the roster later on...

Weekly Power Rankings

3-9-14

A Step In The Right Direction

10 Brendon – A staple here at the 10th spot. I can’t even imagine what kind of week it would take just to move him up to 9th, but I’m positive the shell that’s left of this one time significantly below average player will never produce it. And we all know he’s never going to be left off due to the fun nature of writing about him.

9 Rick – There’s a lot of rumors floating around that Steve ended the night with a second straight shutout but I’m not buying it. Rick won the first 3 games(which we know are the only real games) and did so while making some pretty impressive saves. He’s made the rankings and not just because I felt like being nice.

8 Joe – I keep hearing that Jared’s gonna abuse him, but I’ve yet to see it with my eyes. Be assured though that Billy Driscoll the ref will call you for a dive in the Haverhill Cup if you try to pull that hammy crap again.

7 Griff – He’s never afraid to call out his teammates when they routinely are caught looking at the play going the other way. Just ignore the fact that he turned it over in the first place.

6 Borges – Here’s to hoping the last game of the night was much better than the first 4. It certainly was trending that way from what little I paid attention to in the 4th game.

5 Ron – What a gentleman of the game. Although scoring the game winner, it never even crossed his mind to scream it in Brendon’s face when he triumphantly walked past him.

4 Johnny – That one rush where he went through everyone so deliberately and un-flashy was entertaining, yet I almost felt embarrassed for the White team as it unfolded. This is multiple weeks where he’s been sliding around in the slot and losing the defender. Is Johnny back just in time for the Cup? He could be, if somehow Andrew/Elliot morph into some form of Ron or Brett and constantly feed him the rock.

3 Jared – Along the same lines as Borges’ critique, the more games played the better for Jared. He did seem to control the play in the offensive zone much better than in recent weeks, but did hold onto it a little too long on some shifts. I don’t know why he couldn’t just throw it to the other wing for Cindy to corral.

2 Nick – Stepped up big time to shut down Jared and whoever else tried to come down his side of the ice. That’s not to diminish what Ignads accomplished on the opposite side, but Nick played close to flawless defense…..except when he didn’t step up on Borges…..

1 Brett – If you actually looked at the film and studied Brett’s passing percentage it’d probably only be around 32-35 percent, but because he’s constantly flying around and tracking the ball down, he just get’s it back and tries again. But the only one who would possibly study footage of Brett….. is Brett himself, and he would never admit to such a low passing percentage.

Honorable Mention: You were better than usual getting there on time this week, keep it up.

Hockey This Sunday, 6:00 Outside Rink

I booked 6:00 outside, but 7-9 inside was available.  Let me know who is in and whether you would prefer inside at 7 or just keeping the 6 time outside.


In: John, Nick, Cindy, JB, Griff, Jared, MVW, Ignads, Austin, Elliot, Andrew, Mike D, Billy, Steve (G), Rick (G), Brett


Out: Jack, John P, Nathan, Mike M


Haven't heard from: Brendon, Joe