A Blog Record

over 100 posts from one string, good job bloggers. Now lets see if we can channel our energy in a more positive way.

Lets talk about this upcoming NHL season. Who is going to take the Cup? Chicago? Detroit? Pitt? Wash?

Something tells me with Hossa in Chicago now, that team is loaded and ready for a long run. Stars probably need another year or two before they will be competitive again. Washington was pretty solid last year, and so was D town. What do you think.

Brahmas Making the Cut-Players to Watch

Next weekend the Brahmas will officially kick off the pre season with the third annual Making the Cut. This is an open tryout where at the end of the weekend two training camp roster spots will be awarded. Doesnt guarantee a spot on the team, but at least they will have the chance to make the team. Last season Ross Rouleau went through making the cut, was awarded a spot on the training camp roster, but then cut at the start of the season. Ross was called back up the second half of the season as the injury bug hit the Brahmas, and Ross went on to help the team win the cup. So who will be this year's Ross Rouleau?

Today we take a look at Seth Longbottom. Seth has ties to the bronze league as he is part of the Senators coaching staff. Seth has been helping Chad and Fred from the Sens defense over the past couple seasons as those guys transition to the Silver League. Seth also plays in the Gold League for the Whistlers with Brahmas captain Craig Minard, CHL All Star Justin Kinnunen, CHL MVP Jason Deitsch, and Senators coaches Steve Hall and Julian Waters.

Seth is a defenseman who most recently played in the Western States Hockey League for the Colorado Outlaws. He played Midget Major AA hockey for the Alliance Bulldogs a few years back, and is now throwing his hat in the ring for Making the Cut. If you come out to watch some of Making the Cut keep your eyes on Seth, he's a local boy with a good head on his shoulders and skills to boot.

CHL MVP Jason Deitsch Wants to Make You Better

Just got word that Jason Deitsch is looking to improve the talent level of the Bronze League. No he is not going to be subbing in on any team, but what he is going to do is start up a totally new adult hockey class at the Nytex Centre.

For those of you who dont know who Jason Deitsch is let me fill you in here. He played in the NAHL (Jr. A) for the Texas Tornado from 1999-2001. The Tornado back then played right here at the home of the Bronze League, the Nytex Sports Centre, which back then was called the Blue Line Ice Complex. Deitsch helped the Tornado capture an NAHL championship before going to the next stop in his career which was college. Four years at St. Norbert College where he picked up close to 200 points.

After college he played two seasons for the Kalamazoo Wings helping them to a championship. His second year at Kalamazoo he had 87 points in 72 games. After his stint with the wings he moved up to the ECHL where he played for the Cincinatti Cyclones. His talent was noticed in his first year with the Cyclones as he was called up to the AHL with the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins. After a short call up to the AHL he returned to the Cyclones where he helped them to a championship before an opportunity to play in Munich Germany came up. 31 points in 29 games with Munich, and then he returned to the states where he was signed by your Texas Brahmas.

He played one game with the Brahmas last season before getting called up again to the AHL, this time it was the Minnesota Wild's farm team the Houston Aeroes. The Aeroes used Deitsch for 28 games where he tallied 26 points. In 36 games with the Brahmas he logged 44 points, oh not to mention helping the Brahmas to their first Ray Miron Presidents Cup and winning the CHL's MVP award. Basically long story short, Deitsch is a career point a game guy who knows his stuff, and now he wants to help you the Nytex Bronze Leaguer to get better.

Jason Deitsch says that he enjoys working with adults becuase they listen, work hard, and want to get better. Now that Stick and Puck has ended, Deitsch wants to start up a new adult hockey class at Nytex. Right now there are no dates or times assigned. This will all be based on the intrest level from you the bronze league faithful. Deitsch did say that he can do a morning and an evening session. Cost would be $20 a person per session, and classes would be small, no kids, only those that want to get better and want to learn from the best Nytex has to offer.

If you are interested get with Chad at Nytex csiewert@brahmas.com. He will build a list, and work with Deitsch to get this thing up and running. And Goalies you can come to, not only will you get a great work out, but Bill Ivey will be available to work with you. For those that think Ivey doesnt know what he is talking about his Ice Kings have not been scored this season in three games. Just sayin.

Week Four Featured Match Up

The game of the week is the Indians and Senators. The Indians are the defending champs who have only one win this season. This will be the first time these two teams have met since the Semi Finals of last seasons Stanley Keg Playoffs. The Senators had the champs down by one goal with 40 seconds left on the clock when Kyle Kelly tapped in a lose puck in front of the Sens net forcing overtime in that game. The Tribe delivered the death blow to the Sens in the first few moments of overtime, and then advanced past the iron man Gators to win the Keg.

This season the Sens have a new look with new goalie Andrew Busboom, and players like Chuck King, Scott Miley, Tony Rice, and Andrew Palmer. The Sens also acquired Zach Gunter and Roger Bishop from the ashes of the Gators, however Bishop may not be in action much this season due to a hectic work schedule.
The Senators have also moved up Matt Davis and Mac Donovan to the Silver League along with netminder Rush “Mexico” Rector.

For this game the Indians will be relying on their solid goal tender Ryan Kelly to do his job while the rest of the crew follows suit. The key to the Indians success has been their defense. Father and son duo Les and Kyle Kelly make it very difficult for opposing teams to score. If the defense for the Indians plays as well as they can, and Kelly has a solid night in net it could be another frustrating loss for the Sens.

The Senators are going to have to follow the system coach Julian Waters has in place, and work together as a team to take down the reigning Keg holders. Busboom will need to be focused in net as the Indians can not only generate a lot of shots, but generate a lot of shots from different spots. If the Sens stay within themselves, and play disciplined hockey this should be a good game.

Killer’s take---Indians 4-Senators 2.

Week Three Winners

The recap will have to be brief this week. The Ice Kings pitched another shut out (their third straight). The Indians finally found the win column. The Stingers beat the Senators in a heated battle. The Jaguars took down the Bandits. Why dont you the readers of the blog fill us in on what all happened this weekend. Load up the comments with the side stories to the action that was week three.