Good morning SSBHL, Players!

Just wanted to start off by saying, what an excellent start to the season! Great games all around that were tight and close! was good to see solid sportsmanship and positive attitudes! So, thank you all for that! With that, Let Us get into our high performers of the 1st week. 

Explosive Offense!

(1st) Nick Provenzano Had a ridiculous game! Racking up 5 goals and 2 assists and netting himself 7 points! What an insane start to the season! Not only that but Nick looked faster, more agile, and was playing all sides of the game hustling back and forth. New season, New Nick! Great game man! 

(2nd) in second we have a tie between Higgy and B-Mac. HIggy was an assist machine! gaining a total of 4 apples and put away 1 goal! Big reason to his team’s success! B-Mac came out of the gate flying! Scoring some insane goals on the back hand and was  a force to be feared out there! 4 goals and 1 assist! Both players had 5 points total! Well done gentlemen!

(3rd) Ryan Doherty Was in his usual top form and was really clicking with his new linemate Jeff! Ryan racked up 3 goals and 1 assist. The last goal was the game winning overtime goal to get his team the all-important extra point! Impressive Job man and great start!

Drowning Defense!

(1st) Josh Charmatz was all encompassing on the defensive end! Sprinting back to break up plays, blocking shots, and keeping play alive in the offensive zone. He was on a mission and made no one’s life easy on the opposite team. Magnificent work man! 

(2nd) Max Schraut Was a Nightmare of the Spiders all game, breaking up multiple scoring opportunities, blocking copious amounts of shots, and gaining the offensive zone on a few plays, made him a hard threat on the Defensive end. Keep it up!

(3rd) Patrick Schultz Had the Heart of a warrior after getting an early injury in the 1st, came back to play and led by example on the defensive end for his team. Excellent job by the new Capt and great show of effort!

Solid Goalies!

(1st) Dan Harding of the Spiders Played an overall solid performance. Facing 31 shots and stopping 28 and managed to maintain a .903% with a 3.0GAA. His Teams Great work on the defensive end kept shots mostly on the perimeter and gave him a solid view of the ball. Splendid work all around!

(2nd) Paul Mendoca AKA Panda had a great all-around game! facing 34 shots and stopping 30 of them! Maintained a .882% with a GAA of 4.0. His Team’s D was also ridiculously hard to get around but when the Spiders did, they were faced with Paul who was on point all game. Clever work man!

(3rd) Brad Wall of the Hawks did a good job for his team, taking 43 shots on net and stopping 37 of them, managed to get a .860% with a GAA of 6. Overall, not a bad start to the season and will look to build off it going forward. Respectable job Brad!

Additional Solid Performers

Michael Ashe Was a monster on the faceoff dot all game for the Hawks, winning the vast majority and swinging momentum in his team’s favor!

Kevin Sawyer Although the 1st period was an adjustment, Sawyer battled back and played a fantastic 2nd and 3rd period in net! limiting the opposition to only 1 goal in those periods! and was able to make some Key saves that kept his team in it, and eventually did force overtime! Great mental fortitude to battle back and make the adjustments needed. Love to see that!

Eddie Long Was great to see big Ed back in the game and was a great shot blocking wall all game with over 15 blocked shots! Great work Ed and welcome back!

STANDINGS SO FAR...

1st PitBulls: 1-0-0 / 2 Points / 9 GF / 6 GA / +3 GD

2nd Spiders: 1-0-0 / 2 Points / 4 GF / 3 GA / +1 GD

3rd Hawks: 1-0-0 / 2 Points / 7 GF / 6 GA / +1 GD

4th Stone Hands: 0-1-0 / 1 Point / 6 GF / 7 GA / -1 GD

5th Smokey Joes: 0-0-1 / 0 Points / 3 GF / 4 GA / -1 GD

6th Hooligans: 0-0-1 / 0 Points / 6 GF / 9 GA / -3 GD

Upcoming Games Week 2...

9/1/24 Hawks Vs Pitbulls 9:00am

9/1/24 Spiders Vs Hooligans 10:30am

9/1/24 Joes Vs Stone Hands 12:00pm