Participants -
Team 1 - Ezra, Patrick, Robbie - won 6 games
Team 2 - Peter, Neil, Simon, Maciej - won 4 games
Team 3 - Josh, Cole, Alex, Dylan - won 3 games
Goalies - Jordan D., Taylor
Played at - Gareena, home of the ever receding dirt pile.
Offensive Player of the Game - Ezra - rejuvenated and it shows.
Defensive Player of the Game - Peter - kept his crease clear.
Best Shotblock/Save - Jordan D., absolutely stoning Alex on a sweet stretch save. He loved it. Alex didn't. That's hockey for you.
Best Goal - Maciej, a fluke if there ever was one. After taking a slap shot, Maciej's shot took a wicked deflection off of Cole's stick, went about 30 feet in the air and dropped onto Taylor's' back and into the net. I'll take it.
Best Goalkeeper - Jordan D. over Taylor. The enormous Italian played a fantastic game in net, looking ever the confident one, even after letting in the odd garbage goal.
Best Deke - Dylan around Maciej. That just hurt, it did.
Best Pass - Peter, a flick pass to a pinching Simon. Unfortunately, the sure-fire goal flew by. But what a sweet over the stick pass from the man with no neck.
Biggest 'Robbie' - Simon, firing a shot off the crossbar from about 1 meter out. I don't even know you could lift the ball that high from that close.
Biggest 'Neil' - Peter, who made up for it by grabbing the ball before anyone could shake a fist in anger.
Best Fashion Sense - Jordan D. - good lookin' goalies are hard to find.
Worst Fashion Sense - Neil - who does his shopping? A mole wearing sunglasses?
The James Moment - Where the hell did Josh disappear to exactly?
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
Jordan - 9.5; Excellent goaltending. Doesn't let soft goals faze him for long.
Patrick - 7.5; First game out in a while, and he was decent enough.
Maciej - 6.5; Struggled on offence, but got his stick in the way on defence.
Taylor - 7.5; His highs were ridiculously high, but the lows were painful to watch.
Neil - 7.5; Consistent on the forecheck and backcheck.
Robbie - 7.5; Lethal in front of the net.
Alex Jarzy - 9; Starting to come into his own.
Peter - 8.5; Great leadership. Pinched in with a few timely goals.
Simon - 6.5; A lethal shot translated into a few goals. Decent debut.
Josh - 6; Here one minute, gone the next. When he was here, he did little.
Dylan - 8; Started to stickhandle his way out and into trouble. Good work nonetheless.
Cole - 8; Fast as hell. He may just rival Neil one day.
Ezra - 9; I've said it before; he's got a lot of talent. But how long will it last?