Round 1 is in the books and all 5 teams have played each other once.

Last weeks game recaps as follows.

Early game saw the Polocks face off against the Canadians.  Poland out score the Canucks 2 to 1 after the 1st period.  Deja vu for the 2nd frame as Poland takes a 4 to 2 lead.  And once again the exact same production in the final period for a Poland victory of 6 to 3.  Canada goes 0 for 2 on the PP.  Poland gets a hat trick from Robin Flumerfeltski, 2 goals from Alan Robbski and a single from Pat McCormickski.  Canada gets 2 goals from Ronald Chantaj and a single from Billy Dawe.  Players of the Game went to Polands Flumerfelt and to Canada’s Ron Chantaj.

Late game between Sweden and USA was a tight one and a barn burner.  USA scored the only goal in the 1st period dieing seconds.  Sweden tied up the game at 10:51 of the 2nd but the Americans took back the lead late in the period.  The final period saw Sweden get 2 goals 20 seconds apart on one shift and thats how this puppy finished.  Sweden 3 USA 2.  Good hockey game.  USA went 1-1 on the PP.  Jim Maguire and Tim Randa scored for the US and Sweden got singles from Rukavina, Sharp and Peacock.  Players of the Game went to USA fill in goalie Mike Jende and to the Swedes #7 Joe Peacock.

Joe gets to take home the Swedes Player of the Game hat and you could see the excitement in his eyes as he called his loved one and told her to stay up after the game.

After one round Sweden and Finland tops in the league with 3 and 1 records followed closely by the Polocks and Americans with 2 and 2 records.  Team Canada, Sandbaggers, sit at 0 and 4 after the opening round.  Gordie Ide leads the league with a stellar 2.25 GA average.  Alan Robb and Danny Barrett tops in scoring with 9 points.  Fletcher and Peacock lead the league with 2 game winning goals each and Tony Thomas sits on top of the penalty minutes John Sparrow crown with 6.  Finland and Poland have scored the most goals for with 21 in 4 games and Canada sits at the bottom with only 8.

Round 2 begins this Friday, October 28, our Spooky Special, with the early game puck drop of 9:15 as Canada does battle with their rivals USA.  The late game at 10:30 will show case our top 2 teams Sweden and Finland.  Poland get the Halloween weekend off to spend time making their own costumes, mmmmm.

See you all on the ice!