Balancing Act

Gentlemen:

As you know, the intent of the Simons Hockey League is tot have 6 teams that are as equal as we can make them so they are all competitive with each other.

As usual, after 10 games (playing each team twice), the captains met last night and made a number of trades. No one player was traded for another specific player, but rather players were moved from team to team to balance the teams as much as possible, for the rest of the year. There will be no further trades this year, this is now your team !!

Tomorrow’s Game Times: November 23, 2012
5:15PM – Red Wings (H) vs Canadiens
5:45PM – Rangers vs Maple Leafs (H)
6:45PM – Bruins (H) vs Blackhawks

ACTION REQUIRED: If your name is on the list below, and you were previously with the RED WINGS or the CANADIANS, you need to have your sweater turned in before the 1st game tomorrow for the new players on your old team.

Here are the trades that were made:

Bruins Acquire
Greg Harrison

Maple Leafs Acquire
Garrett Archer
Chris Sturgess
Chris Annable
Patrick Thiermann

Blackhawks Acquire
James Annable

Canadiens Acquire
Mario Rey
Eric Parusel
Tom Hoyme
Paul Arsenault (Pending return)

Red Wings Acquire
Dete Mordhurst

Rangers Acquire
N/A

Looking forward to the balance of the season and good healthy competitive, clean games.

Remember, play hard, play clean !!

Beer Outside The Dressing Room

Hey Guyz,

We had a bit of a scene last Friday when an 8 Rinks Manager approached the group of guys watching the 3rd game. Many of them were drinking beers (as we usually do). 8 Rinks has advised us in the past that this type of behaviour (drinking beer outside of the dressing room) will not be tolerated. This year, they have been clamping down on this activity – this is the 2nd time a manager has appeared.

In our league contract with 8 RInks, it also states that we can have our ice time permanently taken away for these types of ‘infractions’ and I know we all do not want that to happen – and, by the way, 8 RInks will be more than happy to take back our Friday night ice times. I was advised by an 8 RInks employee, that 8 RInks wants to take our our ice times away for other leagues, so we don’t want to provoke them or give them any reason to do so.

Sooooooooooooooooo, I hate to say it, BUT……………

Guys, we can no longer drink outside of the dressing room – ZERO TOLERANCE GUYS – NO BEER CONSUMED WHILE WATCHING THE 3RD GAME. None of us wants to lose our ice times and we need all the guys to make sure it doesn’t happen.

So, if you see one of our guys drinking outside the dressing room, then it is up to you (Yes, you !!) to have them dump their beer. Its your ice time, protect it for all of us.

PLEASE DO NOT DRINK OUTSIDE THE DRESSING ROOMS ANYMORE.

SIMONS HOCKEY LEAGUE WILL ENSURE THIS BEHAVIOUR IS ENFORCED BY CONSIDERING POSSIBLE 3 GAME SUSPENSIONS FOR THOSE PLAYERS THAT DRINK OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM. THIS MATTER WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT CAPTAINS MEETING AND WE”LL INFORM YOU OF THE OUTCOME.

TC

Week 9 Update

Gentlemen,

This week in Simons Hockey we had the Blackhawks and Canadiens face-off in the early game. The Canadiens were able to get an all to precious W by defeating the Hawks 9-2. In the middle game the Bruins and Maple Leafs squared off. The Bruins fell for the second straight week 8-3, this puts the Leafs within two points of the league leader. In the late game The Red Wings defeated the Bruins 4-2.

We head into Week 10 our final week before a tournament break on November 16th. The standings are starting to tighten up. The Bruins once commanding lead has been cut to two points by the Leafs. While the Canadiens have all but caught up to the Rangers, Blackhawks and Red Wings. This last game before the break will set a great stage for the back half of 2012 portion of the season.

Cheers,

Halloween After Party

Hey Guys,

This Friday after your hockey games come down to Joe’s Apartment (not Joe Wong’s place) Its a bar directly across the street from the Roxy. Rob Quayles band will be headlining. THey’ll be on about 9:30-10:00pm.

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Wanna check the music out first? go to……
http://anythingbut.bandcamp.com/music

TC

P.S – maybe Mr. Ron Logan will be up on stage playing the Mandolin with us?

Week 8 Update

Gentlemen,

Last week was another great week for Simons. We saw the Bruins suffer their first defeat at the hands of the Rangers 4-2 in the early game. The Red Wings and Blackhawks faced each other in the middle game. The Hawks edged out the Wings 5-3. Finally in the late game the Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens by a score of 12-2.

This week we’ll see all the teams in action again. Here is the schedule.

5:15PM – Blackhawks (H) vs Canadiens
5:45PM – Bruins (H) vs Maple Leafs
6:45PM – Rangers vs Red Wings (H)

Cheers,

Injury Insurance

Guys,

With the recent injury to Paul Gruber a couple of weeks ago, I’ve had a couple of emails about whether or not the Simons Hockey League carries insurance to cover you in the event that you get injured and have to miss work or whatever.

Just to clarify, we required that you sign a waiver at the beginning of the year taking full responsibility for your participation in the league. If you have not yet signed a waiver, please inform your captain and we will provide one immediately or you can print out the attached, fill it in, sign it and return it to me at this email.

Simons Hockey League DOES NOT carry any kind of insurance against injuries sustained before / during / after games and cannot be held liable for same. Please see the 2012 2013 Players Release Form for all the information.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

Keep up the good work boyz, play hard and play clean !!

See you on the ice,
TC

Week 6 Results

Gentlemen,

Another great week in Simons. We saw the Bruins stretch their hold on the standings by defeating the Blackhawks 5-2. A great close game between the Maple Leafs and the Rangers 7-6. The winner was scored with 20 seconds left to go. The late game had the Canadiens and the Red Wings tie.

The standings are shaping up nice you can see them here. Second place is up for grabs as we’re almost half way to Christmas Break.

On another positive note Paul Gruber is out of the hospital after a successful stay. Thank you to all who signed cards and contacted him.

Cheers,

Injury Incident Last Night

Guys,

To anyone who hasn’t seen or heard about last night. Paul Gruber sustained injuries to his ribs and back last night. He caught an edge while round the net last night and collided with the boards. He is OK and is being treated in hospital. Paul has been an up standing player and teammate through out his year’s in Simons. The entire league’s thoughts are with him. We wish him a quick recovery. We all want to see him back on the ice in due time.

Cheers,

Week 3 Results

Gentlemen,

This week in the action we saw the Maple Leafs play the Canadiens to a 6-6 tie in the early game. In the middle game we had the Blackhawks grab their first win of the season over the Red Wings 9-2. Finally in the late game the Bruins took sole possession of first place with a win over the Rangers 6-4.

The schedule for Week 4, September 28 is as follows:

5:15PM Rangers (H) vs Red Wings
5:45PM Blackhawks vs Canadiens (H)
6:45PM Bruins vs Maple Leafs (H)

Cheers,