A lot of good teams in the OTHC….injuries, age, distractions……they can all play a part during the playoffs!

Games Kick Off THIS SUNDAY!!!

This Tuesday & Sunday, you are my guest to come play some Open Hockey with us (Old Time Hockey Club), at our Draft for the Winter season. There is no committment. Ask our guys what it’s like…ask me more questions too and we will fill you in.

Check out our web site… UPDATED regularly:

http://www.oldtimehockeyclub.com/

2011 Season/ Draft

All new players must show at Draft(min of one). Captains will meet during drafts sessions.

Tuesday Jan 4th @ 9:30pm

Sunday Jan 9th @ 7:00pm

Winter Season begins on Jan 16th.

All games on Sunday nights.

We can get you Registered ahead of the rush at one of the Drafts if you wish.

Ask for me in the Pro Shop.

Thanks,

Chris Becker

Home Office : 570-226-8692

Cell Phone: 570-436-4162 (does not work during Day)

Pittston Store: 570-602-4231

Store Hours: http://hattrickhockey.net/storehours.html

HatTrickHockey

570-602-4231 www.HatTrickHockey.net

12 Old Boston Rd, suite2   Pittston,PA 18640

#1 Vipers sweep the whole Kielbasa,  while #2 Hatters feast on Spam in this Season’s OTHC Playoff run.

After much hype, anticipation, and smack-talkin’[1], the Fall 2010 OTHC Kielbasa Cup final game arrived between the Vipers and Da Brewins, and the two (2) fans in attendance were not disappointed with what turned out to be a tight, fast-paced affair from the beginning…  Even with the motivation of Rick “Mods” Malcolm on the bench (and his wife in the stands) for the Brewins[2], it wasn’t enough as the Vipers walked away with a 2-1 victory…

There were long stretches in the initial stanza where there was no whistle, and both teams making hard charges to the net, only to be denied by both keepers…  Then, with 2:15 remaining in the first period, Keith Danielowski juked by three Brewins, and was able to beat Brewins goalie Dan Hudson through the crook of his arm to give the Vipers a 1-0 lead at the end of one…

The second period started out much like the first, with many chances at both ends of the ice…  One Brewin chance saw the winger cut from the boards toward the goal, and, using the defenseman as a screen, fired a low hard shot that was heading to the bottom right hand corner of the net, only to have Viper keeper Doug Lazecki throw his glove down, which the puck barely touched, and have it ring off the post – and then they followed that up with a shot from the right boards right on goal, only to have Lazecki snag it and hold on to it for the faceoff…  Hudson also made many brilliant saves in the period, leaving the score 1-0 at the end of two…

In the third, the Brewins didn’t let their foot off the gas and kept coming at the Vipers…  With a little more than 12 minutes to go in the game, Brian Bachman came down the right wing and, with two Viper defensemen covering him, he cut towards the goal…  Lazecki tried to cover the short side of the net, and as Bachman tried pulling it back out front, the pick kind of slid off his stick, right by Lazecki, off the post, and in to the net to tie the score 1-1[3]…  With about eight minutes to go, there was a scramble in front of the Brewin goal, a shot came off Joe Murphy’s collarbone, the puck dropped to his feet[4], and Murphy slammed it in to the net for a 2-1 Viper lead…  The Brewins called a time-out with about two minutes to play, and pulled Hudson with about a minute and half to go…  They really did give it a valiant effort, but were not able to get any shots through the Viper defense…  There was a bit of frantic play in front of the Viper goal near the end of the game, and with about five seconds to play, the puck flipped up in the air and was coming down to Steve Hyjurick (who was sitting on his kiester), and he tried to swat it away – only he swatted it right at the Viper goal, which caught Lazecki off-guard, but he was able to squeeze it between his arm and his ribs…  The Vipers iced it, leaving 0.1 second on the clock, which the Vipers were able to kill on the ensuing faceoff…

[2] Who, quite honestly, was a pawn in the head games played by the Viper brass…

[3] I don’t know if you’d call that a “shot”, but they don’t ask “how”, they ask “how many”, right?

[4] Hudson told me later that he had no idea where the puck was…

Upcoming Season Registration: The new link is up for register for the winter/spring season at http://skatenepa.com/hockey.php Need to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the OTHC button.  Please let everyone know.   Please let me know your Intentions if you are Not continuing; or are a Returning/New Member. Otherwise, you will be Rostered; or Not Rostered in error. Injury Report Chris  Out for 6 more week due to  a hernia surgery.  Will sign up with the loons for the upcoming winter session but will miss the first couple games.  Thank You
Todd Kurash
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Thank You,
OTHC Commissioner
Chris Becker

You are Invited out each day this week…we’ll start at 3:30pm or so…I do have Lights.  You can check  for Directions& Conditions at:

http://www.hattrickhockey.net/pondhockeyreport.html

Next Week-  Monday Morning Skate that Dan Hudson put together, per below message…lots of Old Time Hockey guys coming then.

New Years Day Pond Tournament-  Go to above link and fill out form so we can plan a nice Round robin event. It should be world Class…an NHL game will be viewable form ‘the Shed’.

The Vipers and the Brewins staged a defensive battle in the championship game.  Both goalies were solid in between the pipes…but when the horn sounded, the Vipers came out on top 2-1.

In the Spam Cup…the battle for 3rd place, the Hatters managed to overcome a full period without a goalie, and a 2 goal deficit to win 5-4 in overtime. (Special thanks to STOOCH for putting the pads back on and standing on his head!!!

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