Finally a game at a reasonable hour saw only 9 Statesmen take to the ice against the MK Jesters on Sunday. Strangely enough the Jesters only had the same amount as well. With the game being an unknown quantity as we haven't played them for so long saw the Statesmen come out 13-3 winners. A relaxed and enjoyable game and a bit like the Slough game saw the Statesmen go into the 2nd period 4-1 up with a brace from James and Isaac and Dan Shreim get 1 each.
Second period wobbles saw the Jesters score a couple and get back into the game, but with a brace from Ty at the end of the period saw the Statesmen go into the 3rd 7-3 up. The Statesmen then took control of the game with 6 unanswered goals and only some outstanding keeping from the Jesters netminder kept the score being lower.
MOTM Paul Danis
Wednesday 16 April 2008
James hits 50
Congratulations to James who hit 50 points on Sunday in only a handful of games and Rob for his first Statesmen goal and penalty.
Monday 7 April 2008
A Devil of a Win
On Saturday night the Statesmen took the ice at Slough to face the Satans, with a much needed morale boosting victory after Holland, the 23.30 face off time was compounded by a few of the players getting stuck on the M4 and most importantly the goalie so we couldn't have faced off till after midnight which didn't seem like it was going to be the best omen. The game finally got underway and a good start as well with Michael scoring after just a minute, the Statesmen then steamed ahead to a 5-0 lead with a nice spread of goals by Nigel, Isaac, Mark and Ritchie before the Satans answered with a very well took goal, the period ended 6-1.
To the Satans credit they steamed out of the starting blocks in the second and within 5 mins were back into the game with a 5-1 goal difference, the game was then suddenly poised at 7-6 and the Satans had a 5 min powerplay to boot. The Statesmen survived this and with goals from Ty and Mark regained a 3 goal lead.
The 3rd period was a completely different affair with the Statesmen starting off as Slough had done the 2nd and the final score being 19-8. An enjoyable game all round. MOTM Mark
To the Satans credit they steamed out of the starting blocks in the second and within 5 mins were back into the game with a 5-1 goal difference, the game was then suddenly poised at 7-6 and the Satans had a 5 min powerplay to boot. The Statesmen survived this and with goals from Ty and Mark regained a 3 goal lead.
The 3rd period was a completely different affair with the Statesmen starting off as Slough had done the 2nd and the final score being 19-8. An enjoyable game all round. MOTM Mark
Holland 2008
A good weekend of Hockey and beer all round. As most of it can't be remembered then this will be short and sweet.
The tournament didn't start off too well from the beginning with a 5-1 loss to Canada 1. The game later that day was a bit better but still an unwarranted 8-4 loss to Canada 2, the Statesmen just couldn't seem to find any groove in the games, but with one exception of Mark who was on fire in that game (and since) and showing everyone how we should be playing.
The 8am game against San Diego (and group favourites) was a bit of a washout losing 8-2, but was an enjoyable, if not early game.
Then it was all left up to the last game, while the coach was in the garage, another early start and a late night saw the Statesmen stumble (literally) onto the ice, with the new shout of bumhole and the cold air from the rink sobering people up we took to the ice for the last hurrah. Down 3-0 in 2 mins it looked like the game was done and dusted but as people sobered up so did the score and the Statesmen become victorious against the nemesis that is the Norwegian team 6-5, a good end to the tourney.
Then it was time off to Amsterdam and a night of drunken debortury, space cakes and window shopping, a good night all round though i've never seen the Statesmen so unwilling to drink beer as I did on Monday, must of been a good weekend.
The tournament didn't start off too well from the beginning with a 5-1 loss to Canada 1. The game later that day was a bit better but still an unwarranted 8-4 loss to Canada 2, the Statesmen just couldn't seem to find any groove in the games, but with one exception of Mark who was on fire in that game (and since) and showing everyone how we should be playing.
The 8am game against San Diego (and group favourites) was a bit of a washout losing 8-2, but was an enjoyable, if not early game.
Then it was all left up to the last game, while the coach was in the garage, another early start and a late night saw the Statesmen stumble (literally) onto the ice, with the new shout of bumhole and the cold air from the rink sobering people up we took to the ice for the last hurrah. Down 3-0 in 2 mins it looked like the game was done and dusted but as people sobered up so did the score and the Statesmen become victorious against the nemesis that is the Norwegian team 6-5, a good end to the tourney.
Then it was time off to Amsterdam and a night of drunken debortury, space cakes and window shopping, a good night all round though i've never seen the Statesmen so unwilling to drink beer as I did on Monday, must of been a good weekend.
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