Slayers vs Ranch Battle to a 1-1 Tie

The Slayers gave the Ranch their first point of the season in what turned out to be a great battle. Both teams skated pretty hard, but the Ranch wanted it pretty bad. The Ranch had many great chances down low, but Dale stoned them on all but one of the opportunities. The refs did a good job in the game. (there was one Slayer goal that was called back as a no goal) Thanks Kyle and Jim, job well done.


image: TIM! Finally a shot of old, but new Slayer Tim.

Ref Jim Earl blows the whistle on RedBull

RedBull $2.10, hockey skates $385.00, New ref whistle $5.25, mimicking a song bird for 3 periods of hockey...priceless

Jim's new toy



Players from both teams pleaded with Jim to put his whistle in his pocket. At least for a minute or two...please!!!!!

The Slayers and Sweaty Nuts gave-er hell last Saturday night. The Nuts played hard to a 5-2 win over the Slayers. The ice tilted more than a carny ride at the county fair for both teams. The first period was won by the Nuts, the second was won by the Slayers and the third...well, let's just say the ref(s) wanted in on the action. I'm sure the refs viewed it one way, but the Slayers and Nuts did not feel the game was chippy or cheap. As the whistle continued to sing, players from both teams would come and go from the box like it was City Market at 5:10 on a Friday evening. To say the least, both teams were stunned. It has been reported that the hinges on both doors of the sin bins were replaced shortly after the game. Revolving doors would have made it a lot easier for Jaimee as she tried in vain to keep track of PIMs in the score keepers booth. So, to make a long story longer; there was good hockey (at times), there were over 20 penalties called in the game and there was a great BBQ after the game.

As for the BBQ, a big thanks is in order to all of you that brought beer, burgers, chips and snacks. And a big high-5 to Robin for the deep fried french fried potato's! As always they were so damn tasty. The quote of the night goes to buzz-saw Brit. After a big burger, a fist full of fries and 10 shotgunned beers later, it was decided it was time to head home. So Brit gathered up his kid, a toy General Lee (it made Dukes of Hazard sounds) and his vintage garb and headed for the mini van. As it turns out his incredibly patient wife was not ready...Brit stumbles back up to the crowd yelling "I can do one more shotgun because my wife is nursing the baby, who's in? Give me a beer? Drew? Robin? Come on, one more!"

Well, there it is, another Hockey Night in "D-Town"

Cheers.