Call for scratches for Bears, 2/2, 6:30pm

Please reply here on the team blog if you won't make it. Known scratches at this time: Babs. Fred was questionable, iirc.

Ice Demons fail to beat rejuvenated Pugs, 6-3

Good news for the Pugs: the 2 young guys, especially the PSU Berks player, will help them not to suck and finish last.

Bad news for the Ice Demons: they are a frustrated bunch who seem to have lost that magic they had at the start of the season. We gave up 2 SHGs and played crappy yet again. Bip finally got his first penalty of the season.

Scratches were O'Neill, Dancona, Snyder.

Reminder -- season balance payment (ice/refs/scorekeepers) due!!!

Please remember to bring your CHECK made payable to NLS in the amount of $220. Fred Sanford -- deduct whatever cash you gave the scorekeepers at that early season game and let me know what it was specifically so I can make sure they get paid $300 as we promised them (no more, no less).

Please pass the message to those who don't seem to be online.

Thanks...see you at the rink, men!
--Babs

Ice Demons winless streak continues

The Black and Red fell behind early, even 4-0 at one point this past weekend against the Pythons. Despite 3 full lines of offense and 4 defensemen, the Ice Demons couldn't seem to skate with the same intensity as the Pythons. The Pythons showed that they wanted the game moreso, and Greg Carder not being in the Demons lineup probably showed. Fred Sanford scored between a pair of goals by Sean "Jack" Daniels, to give the Ice Demons 3 by the time the game was over. Unfortunately, the Pythons had 6. There was a new addition to the Pythons roster and he did very well for them. He wasn't the same as Petr Halecky but he was still very good and was the extra man they needed to get the win.

Unless the Ice Demons can find that enthusiasm and hard work/skating mentality they had when the season started, this team will have a very difficult time with the remainder of the season. Bip can only stand on his head so many times before even he falters. C'mon men....now is the time to step up and start playing like you're ready to win. Bip's already playing winning playoff-caliber hockey...the rest of us need to do that...NOW.

Jack was the star of the game for his 2 goals combined with good defensive play.

Andy Conrad sustained some injury late in the 2nd period and after a trip to the hospital to get checked out, is listed "day to day."


Scratches were Greg Carder, Jesse Snyder, Mike Dancona, Mike Pincus, Roger Johnson, Dave Blankenhorn, and "Murph."

Ice Demons can't hold lead, Phantoms end up with tie

Well, I was late getting onto the ice, and when I did midway through the 1st period, it was already 4-1 Ice Demons. My first shift, I take a minor penalty because the smaller Stoltzfus was going to have an easy goal in our slot on a rebound. Thankfully, they didn't score on the power play, because if they had, the Ice Demons might not have been so lucky as to tie!

Fred Sanford played like a demon possessed, picking up the hat-trick and really epitomizing hard skating on the ice tonight. Bip played stellar again in net, even stopping a remarkable Chris Barry partial-breakaway (after he burned me at the blue line on a sweet move) in the last few minutes of 3rd period play not to mention a super slapshot earlier that period, and an awesome deflection in the 2nd period (which I learned was really Zimmy's deflection). Many highlight saves once again for one of the league's best goalies. At the other end, Matt Light started out off his game, but in the final 0:51 seconds of play in the 3rd, he stopped both Greg Carder and the host of other demons (Sanford, Carder, Zimmy) around the net to earn his pay for the night, keeping the game a 6-6 tie.

They skated harder, and some on the bench said it looked like we were standing around...and many would probably agree with that one. We went back on our heels, and they kept coming, eventually beating our defenses. I had yet another poor game back on the blue line. I think this is the worst slump I've been in for quite some time. This quote comes to mind:

Reg! Do you see this quarter?

It used to be a nickel.

Now, the golden years are behind you.

One season, you'll be hanging up the blades and retiring the axe.

Fuck it.

Then you'll remember it was Joe McGrath who trained you for the front office.

Perhaps I'm already Joe McGrath? No, I never dressed up in chicks clothes though, nor came onto any of our guys....and I'm certainly only interested in women. lol!

These are the kinds of tie-game results that you don't like...when you blow a 4 goal lead in the 3rd period. I felt like it was a 6-6 loss. They were very happy...we weren't.

Fred was tonight's top star of the game, and Bip was probably the 2nd star for his highlight-film-worthy saves yet again. It should be noted that Bip STILL (unless I missed it) has NO PENALTIES AT ALL this season yet. He's showed great restraint this season (and the new ref corps doesn't have a bias against him like the last corps either).

Scratches were Blankenhorn, Dierwechter, O'Neil, Snyder, Dancona, and Pincus.