In: John, Jack (G), Steve (G), Nick, Brett, Jared, Ward, Mike D, Billy, Ron, Brendon, Joe
Out: John F
Monday, November 30, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Sorry to bump the other thread, but who can play this Sunday @ 8:00 in Saugus?
In: John, Steve (G), Brendon, John F, Brett, Jared, Mike Ward, Nick, Ron, Billy, Mike D
Out: Praters, Griff
FYI: I will try to get the first few weeks of stats posted next week. Yep, it's been a while. On a related note, if anyone knows C# and wants to come work in Groveland it will free me up more to get the stats done.
Out: Praters, Griff
FYI: I will try to get the first few weeks of stats posted next week. Yep, it's been a while. On a related note, if anyone knows C# and wants to come work in Groveland it will free me up more to get the stats done.
Monday, November 16, 2015
WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS
1 Jared - Always seems to beg for a WPR after he has a good tournament. What a loser. That being said, he had a great day. He finished on every breakaway he had due to his ability to suppress his spin-o-Rama urge, and his chemistry with Borges was evident. Jared led the way with 5 goals and even a few assists.
2 Nick - Impressive. It's like when you see a guy run full speed, put it through the defense, deke the goalie and then shelf it you say WOW. Seeing Nick win battle after battle and even multiple 2 on 1 battles along the boards and then being able to send Ron in on a breakaway with a sweet pass, you say WOW! These sweet passes are becoming alarmingly regular. Its almost like Nick is getting better.
3 Brett - The 2 on 1 goal in game 1 was a pretty shot that ended up being the GW and had Jared looking like a genius with his line combos. But Brett quickly threw a wrench in the operation with an ankle injury that lead to line changes, exhaustion and Demaio expecting to be asked to fill in on the top line RW for the rest of the tournament (if you're gonna show up to a tourney and not play, at least video tape). But it worked out for the best as Brett was able to summon the strength and mental fortitude to overcome the excruciating pain in his every step as he worked really well with Jared and Borges.
4 Borges - One too many passes. That's all everyone's been talking about. But other than that offensively bad play, Borges played a great center. With him being the only one to have the skill to win a face off and his ability to octuple shift while scoring those difficult wide open tap in goals, he slightly redeemed himself from the hangover tourney.
5 Kenny - It's nice that we don't have to see the scapegoat every week and be nice to him even though he blew it for everyone. He was good. Maybe even really good. But we were expecting great. And when you give up a 100 foot goal, a 100 foot GAME LOSING goal, you weren't great. Kenny will probably never again give up another goal like that.....unless he's playing for the alliance.
6 Ward - Finally he was just more than flashes of what could be. Ward put together his hustle, speed, tenacity and actually even his hockey sense as a center, but he just wasn't able to get the bounces when he got his chances. But you can be proud of this performance and put it right up there with the ladies revenge game.
7 Griff - The chirping gets me every time. It also makes the refs hate him every time. It's the same reason everyone hates Sydney Crosby. I don't remember him getting many chances offensively, but the adjustments he made after game 1 was awesome. After getting caught and beat standing still, Griff seemed to make sure it never happened the rest of the day. He made sure he was constantly moving or on a guys stick and had himself a solid day on defense.
8 Billy T - Saugus doesn't do him any favors. You'd think that if Cindy can burn Billy around the outside in Saugus, that a good player in a rink twice the size would be able to run backwards with his stick upside down and still get as many breakaways as he wanted. Billy held his own, simplified his game and actually instilled confidence in his teammates by the way he played.
9 Jeremy - I don't blame him for how he played or of what he didn't do offensively. He just wasn't anything special. And when you get the humbling opportunity to play on Wards wing, you need to make sure you are special. But The New Hampshire The Alliance become whole heartedly thankful for his presence once they start thinking about what the alternatives were. In the end he finished as the teams 4th leading scorer and signed a contract for 1 game a year for the alliance.
10 Ronald - He just didn't have it. And I don't think it was an age/endurance thing because he didn't have it in any game, first or last. It was depressing to have that usual feeling, as Ron is winding up for a bomb, that "this is going in" fade to "I hope he hits the net" to "I hope he gets it through" to "maybe next year". Don't get me wrong, I'm not Payton Manning him here, I'm just saying he didn't have a good day. Hey, at least he's not the scape goat right? Right.
2 Nick - Impressive. It's like when you see a guy run full speed, put it through the defense, deke the goalie and then shelf it you say WOW. Seeing Nick win battle after battle and even multiple 2 on 1 battles along the boards and then being able to send Ron in on a breakaway with a sweet pass, you say WOW! These sweet passes are becoming alarmingly regular. Its almost like Nick is getting better.
3 Brett - The 2 on 1 goal in game 1 was a pretty shot that ended up being the GW and had Jared looking like a genius with his line combos. But Brett quickly threw a wrench in the operation with an ankle injury that lead to line changes, exhaustion and Demaio expecting to be asked to fill in on the top line RW for the rest of the tournament (if you're gonna show up to a tourney and not play, at least video tape). But it worked out for the best as Brett was able to summon the strength and mental fortitude to overcome the excruciating pain in his every step as he worked really well with Jared and Borges.
4 Borges - One too many passes. That's all everyone's been talking about. But other than that offensively bad play, Borges played a great center. With him being the only one to have the skill to win a face off and his ability to octuple shift while scoring those difficult wide open tap in goals, he slightly redeemed himself from the hangover tourney.
5 Kenny - It's nice that we don't have to see the scapegoat every week and be nice to him even though he blew it for everyone. He was good. Maybe even really good. But we were expecting great. And when you give up a 100 foot goal, a 100 foot GAME LOSING goal, you weren't great. Kenny will probably never again give up another goal like that.....unless he's playing for the alliance.
6 Ward - Finally he was just more than flashes of what could be. Ward put together his hustle, speed, tenacity and actually even his hockey sense as a center, but he just wasn't able to get the bounces when he got his chances. But you can be proud of this performance and put it right up there with the ladies revenge game.
7 Griff - The chirping gets me every time. It also makes the refs hate him every time. It's the same reason everyone hates Sydney Crosby. I don't remember him getting many chances offensively, but the adjustments he made after game 1 was awesome. After getting caught and beat standing still, Griff seemed to make sure it never happened the rest of the day. He made sure he was constantly moving or on a guys stick and had himself a solid day on defense.
8 Billy T - Saugus doesn't do him any favors. You'd think that if Cindy can burn Billy around the outside in Saugus, that a good player in a rink twice the size would be able to run backwards with his stick upside down and still get as many breakaways as he wanted. Billy held his own, simplified his game and actually instilled confidence in his teammates by the way he played.
9 Jeremy - I don't blame him for how he played or of what he didn't do offensively. He just wasn't anything special. And when you get the humbling opportunity to play on Wards wing, you need to make sure you are special. But The New Hampshire The Alliance become whole heartedly thankful for his presence once they start thinking about what the alternatives were. In the end he finished as the teams 4th leading scorer and signed a contract for 1 game a year for the alliance.
10 Ronald - He just didn't have it. And I don't think it was an age/endurance thing because he didn't have it in any game, first or last. It was depressing to have that usual feeling, as Ron is winding up for a bomb, that "this is going in" fade to "I hope he hits the net" to "I hope he gets it through" to "maybe next year". Don't get me wrong, I'm not Payton Manning him here, I'm just saying he didn't have a good day. Hey, at least he's not the scape goat right? Right.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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