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WEEK #12 RESULTS

1st game didn’t start out well for Justin and Team Joe – Matt Vlemmix was picking the corners at will and Team Blair was quickly up by 3. Missing their wily veterans, off at the world’s in Denver, Team Joe fought back and a few goals were exchanged to end the first frame with Team Blair up by only 1, 5-4. A quick goal past Gord early in the 2nd to tie it up and both teams settled down to a defensive struggle – no goals until very late in the period when Team Joe’s Owen Sound connection of Matt Austin and Jon Low popped 3 quick goals behind Gord to push their lead to 8-5. This must have woken up Team Blair as it seemed like all Ian Gordon in the 3rd with Team Blair catching up and pulling away for a decisive 12-8  victory. 2 losses in a 2 weeks for Justin – London Masters brain trust must be reconsidering the long term 20 year, $1 no trade contract they signed him to. Final result Team Blair 12  – Team Joe 8.

2nd game looked to be interesting – Team Juniors had almost 100% turnout with 15 runners packing the bench while Team Russ looked ….decimated…only 7 runners! But…looks can be deceiving, Team Russ was able to put a couple of quick goals past Justin early in the period and with the late arrival of JKow they seemed to be able to stay with the relentless scoring of Team Juniors. The score seesawed back and forth with no one able to pull too far ahead. Team Juniors were finally able to get ahead by 3 late in the 3rd but a couple of very quick goals pulled Team Russ to within 1 going in to the last minute of play. Team Juniors were able to control the ball and ran out the clock to eke out at 1 goal victory – final result Team Juniors 13  – Team Russ 12. Another highlight of the 2014 season – close, fun game! Four weeks left in the regular season and standings are still pretty close 2 points separate the top 3 teams and Team Joe is only 3 points back of 3rd place. Don’t forget to place your ProLine bets for the final standings – remember, anything can happen.

Next is Week #13 – July 23, 2014

Team Blair  vs.  Team Juniors     8:00pm

Team Joe  vs.  Team Russ     9:15pm

See you all next week.

G2

 

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WEEK #11 RESULTS

Lacrosse – definitely a game of momentum and streaks! First game started off very badly for Team Joe – 3 quick goals against in the early minutes  – another blowout…maybe? or not! As usual, having scored 3 quick goals, Team Juniors let off the gas a bit and Team Joe started picking away at their deficit. By the end of the 1st period they had tied it up at 3 and then pulled ahead by 2 for a 5-3 lead – 5 straight goals! That seemed to wake the Juniors up a bit so they went on a goal scoring streak themselves – 4 goals were forced by Justin to make it 7-5. Defensive tactics now came to the fore and goals were exchanged but time ran out before Team Joe could get one last goal to tie it up. Final result Team Juniors 8 – Team Joe 7. One of the best, most enjoyable games so far this year – except for Justin who suffered his first loss of the season – though he had the chance to do it all and get the tieing goal himself …. pretty sure none of the defenders were going to stand up to a lumbering goalie charging full(!?) speed into the slot to take a hard shot on net (well, over the net actually, but it did make a loud noise on the back glass!). Sitting at 13-1-2 – he will be hard pressed to get a multi year contract extension with numbers like that.

Second game saw the return of the prodigal goalie – Gord Carr returns from an extended retirement/contract dispute. Unfortunately Gord’s return was not triumphant – Team Russ (with Russ in particular) showed their ingrained dislike of goaltenders in general by putting one goal after another behind Gord. Team Blair, even with a high strength lineup wasn’t able to keep pace against a persistent defense and a pissed off goaltender determined not to extend his losing streak to the second game. Final score Team Russ 12 – Team Blair 7.

Next is week #12 – July 16, 2014

Team Blair  vs.  Team Joe     8:00pm

Team Juniors  vs.  Team Russ     9:15pm

G2

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WEEK #10 RESULTS

First game started fast with Team Joe getting a quick goal on Justin in the first minute. Game was close for the first period but Team Russ (without Russ) kept the pressure on and pulled away for a decisive victory Team Russ 13 – Team Joe 6.

In the second game Team Juniors got to Justin early as well scoring an unheard of 5 goals in the first period. Team Blair fought back to pull ahead in the second by a couple of goals but couldn’t hold on against a relentless Team Junior. Even with Justin standing on his head (again!) to make saves, 3rd period goals by Ashmore and Fairweather got it close and then tied it up very late in the game. Time ran out with the final result – Team Blair 10 – Team Juniors 10.

Both games were fast and clean – have to tell the scouts to stay away until the playoffs!

Speaking of the playoffs – only 6 games to go until the semis! The goalies have been thinking (always a bad sign) and discussing the best way to balance the playoffs. As is, any team that has Justin playing for them appears to have a 4-5 goal advantage so the thought is (for playoffs only) to have the goalies change at the mid game mark.The team with the highest regular season points total will get to choose which goalie they want to start with (ooooo! more thinking involved) and then, midway in the 2nd period, at the closest whistle/stoppage in play after the 10:00 min mark, goalies will switch ends/teams for the rest of the game. This should make playing for the coveted LondonMastersHouseLeagueMemorialBraggingRightsUsedBallofTapeTrophy(tm)  more dependent on the players’ scoring and defensive abilities (what COULD go wrong). Comments or suggested modifications are always welcome.

Next is Week #11 – July 9, 2014

Team Juniors  vs.  Team Joe     8:00pm

Team Blair  vs.  Team Russ     9:15pm

See you next week.

G2