Hockey Central

Welcome to Hockey Central. While I write about hockey on the main blog, this page aggregates the most recent hockey posts in one place, plus brings in hockey news and links that I want to share.

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Hockey Blog Updates
The latest news from my own playing, along with other hockey news I blog about.

Dreadful Hockey Night - Sun, 17 Aug 2008
Yikes. What an bad night of hockey. The Ordinals lost to the Hornets 10-4 (at least I believe that was the final, I’ll have to check the official posting later). We just could not get traction tonight. Then the Wizards went on to lose 13-1 (again, I need to get the official score) to the [...]

Body Beating Hockey Weekend - Sun, 10 Aug 2008
There was more hockey than usual this weekend with the Ordinals having games on both Friday and Saturday nights, plus the usual Ronnie’s Ice and Wizards game on Saturday. It all took quite a toll on my body as I gave and received a couple of good hits, plus ended up playing with short benches. [...]

Personal Injury Mounts Up In Best Ordinals/Canucks Game Ever - Sun, 27 Jul 2008
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me on the ice. First there was my shattered stick two weeks ago. Last week I took a slap shot to my left forearm. Last night, while grappling for the puck with the opponent, I managed to ram my stick into my stomach. That caused a nasty [...]

A Night of Losses - Sun, 20 Jul 2008
Last night’s hockey was decently fun even though both games were losers, particularly the Wizards game which was a 14-0 defeat at the hands of the Wolfpack. (I think it was 14-0, they stop putting the score on the board after there’s a 10 point disparity and they haven’t posted the official score yet). Meanwhile, [...]

Shattered Stick - Sun, 13 Jul 2008
I only had a Wizards game last night because the Ordinals ended up with a bye week. The Wizards, though we lost 0-4 to the Hitmen, put up one of the best, hard skating games I’ve seen us play in a while. If we play with this intensity we’ll start posting in the win column [...]

Playing with the Big Boys - Sat, 05 Jul 2008
With the holiday there’s not much hockey this weekend. I skated the Thursday night NYCGHA clinic session, which was a blast because we did a small ice game (one of my favorite drills to do) I just got back from this morning’s Ronnie’s Ice session and that well exceeded my expectations for holiday ice. So what [...]

Ordinals Loose But Put Up Great Fight, Wizards Sink - Sun, 29 Jun 2008
The Ordinals have two arch nemesises (yes, I know, that’s not exactly a real word) in our division: the Canucks and the Hornets. They are friendly rivalries, but we try our absolute best every time we play these two teams to get our first wins against them. We’ve come close in our recent meetings with [...]

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Links

Detroit Red Wings News from Yahoo! Sports

GM: Red Wings will not sign C Sundin (PA SportsTicker) - Wed, 27 Aug 2008
Mats Sundin may be touring various NHL cities, but Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland told the Detroit News that he is not interested in signing the veteran center.

Capitals hike ticket prices for Crosby/Ovechkin showdowns (Yahoo! Sports) - Tue, 26 Aug 2008
Sean from Sean's Ramblings, an entertaining pop culture blog, dropped us a note about attempting to see his...

Pavel Datsyuk, the KHL and the future departure of Russian stars (Yahoo! Sports) - Tue, 26 Aug 2008
Now that we have KHL hockey showing up on YouTube, clearly the Russian league has already surpassed the...

5 ways you'd change the NHL: Fixing the All-Star Game, eliminating diving and the dreaded realignment discussion (Yahoo! Sports) - Tue, 26 Aug 2008
OK, now this is just getting ridiculous: Even more of our favorite bloggers have chimed in with their own...

Puck Headlines: Hockey has-beens or comeback kids? (Yahoo! Sports) - Mon, 25 Aug 2008
Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere...

Pittsburgh Penguins News from Yahoo! Sports

James Mirtle, Globe & Mail: 5 ways I'd change the NHL (Yahoo! Sports) - Mon, 25 Aug 2008
Every weekday in August, Puck Daddy presents "5 Ways I'd Change the NHL," in which a cross-section of...

What's so insane about expecting Pittsburgh to take a huge fall? (Yahoo! Sports) - Mon, 25 Aug 2008
Mike Toth, a "quirky" and "irreverent" personality for Sportsnet up in Canada, is getting...

ESPN's fantasies about goalies will be your waking nightmare (Yahoo! Sports) - Fri, 22 Aug 2008
Hockey fantasy league victims participants each have his or her own draft strategy. In the Yahoo!

Playing History
I started playing in Spring 2002. Here’s a rundown of my playing history and how my teams have done in that time. This also includes tournaments I’ve attended. (C) indicates a team I have captained while (A) indicates I was alternate captain.

Spring 2008:
- Wizards
- Ordinals (C)
- Chelsea Challenge (C), June 2008, Developmental Division Silver Medal
Fall 2007:
- Wizards 7-6-0-3. Fourth Place Regular Season Finish. Fourth Place Playoff Finish.
- Tigers 6-10-0-1. Third Place Regular Season Finish. Second Place Playoff Finish
- Ordinals (C) 7-10-0-0
Spring 2007:
- Pink Panthers (sub) 0-17-0-0
- Ordinals (C) 7-10-0-1
- Chelsea Challenge (C), June 2007, Developmental Division Gold Medal
Fall 2006:
- Tigers 4-13-0-0
- Ordinals (C) 8-10-0-0
Spring 2006:
- Storm (C) 1-16-0-0
- Ordinals (C) 5-10-0-2
- 1st World Outgames, July/August 2006, played with Wizards.
- Chelsea Challenge (C), June 2006
Fall 2005:
- Tigers 3-13-1-0
- Ordinals (C) 5-11-0-0
Spring 2005:
- Tigers (C) 1-15-1-0
- Ordinals (C) 9-8-1-0 . Third Place Regular Season Finish. Fourth Place Playoff Finish.
- Chelsea Challenge, June 2005, Developmental Division Silver Medal
Fall 2004:
- Tigers (C) 5-10-2-0. Third Place Regular Season Finish. Third Place Playoff Finish.
- Ordinals (C) 5-10-0-1
Spring 2004:
- Tigers (A) 8-5-4-0. Second Place Regular Season Finish.
- Hurricanes (sub)
- Chelsea Challenge (C) , June 2004, Developmental Division Gold Medal
Fall 2003:
- Tigers (A) 9-7-1-0. Second Place Regular Season Finish. Division Championship
Spring 2003:
- Tigers 3-12-2-0. Third Place Regular Season Finish. Second Place Playoff Finish
- Chelsea Challenge, June 2003, Developmental Division Bronze Medal
Fall 2002:
- Tigers 2-9-1-0. First goal scored, January 25, 2003.
Spring 2002:
- Tigers 6-6-0-0
- Chelsea Challenge, June 2002