Early Game – Ireland vs Portugal The pundits, predictors and prognosticators were all chiming in on this one. After all, Ireland was a total WAGON in the first round, looking like the odds-on favorite to take home the Rukavina Cup next April. But they are on a 2-game skid and Portugal has been looking very […]

Early Game – Scotland vs Ireland Only 30 km of North Channel separates Ireland from Scotland, closer than Port Credit to Hamilton, but there are no friendly neighbours in this PCOHL rivalry. Ireland lost last week and Scotland hasn’t won in a month so this was an important game for both squads. Robin Flumerfelt opened […]

Early Game – Slovenia vs Portugal After last week it’s Ireland way out in first place with 8 points and everyone else tied for second with 4. Which means stiff competition every week, starting with this classic rivalry between Eastern and Western European hockey powerhouses…sort of. Lots of back and forth action in the first […]

Early Game – Scotland vs Italy Kicking off Round 2 of the regular season, we repeat the first games of the year, starting with Scotland vs Italy. The Romans were none too happy with the kilts after their September 18 bout, accusing them of running up the score and vowing revenge. These Italians talked the […]

Early Game – Scotland vs Portugal The final week of Round 1 started with 1-2 Portugal looking to even up their record with 2-1 Scotland. Portugal would have last year’s Hart Trophy winner Steve Davis in the lineup for only the second time this year and looked for a spark from the smooth-skating centre. Greg […]

Early Game – Scotland vs Slovenia It’s still early in the season, but Scotland and Slovenia both had a chance to move into first with a win on Friday night. Scotland short-benched with only 9 skaters faced Slovenia with the stingiest keeper in the league after three weeks (Cioffi with a 3.00 GAA). Historians of […]

Early Game – Italy vs Portugal Italy comes into this game 0-2 on the season and hungry for their first DUBYA. Portugal, on the other hand, is 1-0 after a narrow 2-1 win over Slovenia, the ageless Portuguese tendy, Frank “The Goalie” Rispoli, taming the solid Slovenian offence in Game 1. Frank told ESPN after […]

Early tilt between Italy and Ireland was not a goalies best friend as 13 goals were scored. All Irish in the opening frame as they out score the Italians 5-2. Chris Deware with 2, Atchison, Spence and Vincelli with the other goals. Dave Wodar and Fred Raidl for the Italians. More of the same in […]

Ok we are off and running lads. Our opening kick off match for our 39th season of super fast elite old-timers hockey between Slovenia and Ireland was a close one. Brad Stoll scores the opening and lone goal of the first period for the Irish. Both teams scored once in the 2nd frame as Panetta […]