Sunday Night Hockey Clinic with Jason Deitsch

THis SUnday night at 10:30 Nytex will host a Hockey Boot Camp with Jason Deitsch. THe cost will be $20, and the class will last one hour. THis will be similar to the sniper clinic except there will be more of a focus on skating. I highly recommend this class. Jason is a stellar teacher who honestly wants the quality of the adult leagues to improve. He will answer any questions you might have, and help break things down so you can understand but not feel like a child.

THis class will move to Monday nights starting later in October, but for this week it will be Sunday at 10:30. Contact our boy Chad at Nytex to put yourself on the list. csiewert@brahmas.com

Here is Jason with a sweet goal in Germany. Dont those German games look fun, we need more flags over here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FSQ-o-oWRY

New Refs for the Bronze League

This season we have had CHL players Matt Burto (Texas) and Aaron Davis (Tulsa) reffing most of the games at the Nytex Sports Centre. Well now with fall upon us, and training camps up and running those players will be more scarce when it comes to wearing the zebra suit. Davis left for camp last Sunday, so the next time you will see him is when he battles the Brahmas here on November 7th at 7 pm.

This weekend and hopefully most of the rest of this season and next we will have veteran ref Scott Plourde running our games. Plourde went to UMASS just like Matt Burto (they even use to drink in the same bar). He is a Massachusetts native, and long time referee. Scott works as the Director of Sales for the Texas Brahmas during the day, and resides in Grapevine. He is the most decorated of all the refs we have had in the Bronze League, and will finally bring some credibility to the Zebra Stripes. Scott will call games tight, and not let anything get out of hand. I dont want to predict the future, but alot of this goonish BS that has been going on the past couple seasons will slow to a halt with Scott holding the whistle.

He will be reffing all four games this Saturday, so make sure and say hello and welcome him to our fraternity.

Results from Brahmas Making the Cut

Our local boy Seth Longbottom did not make the cut this year. However, the fact that he lives locally, and keeps himself in shape will work in his advantage. Should the Brahmas run into injury troubles later this season, Seth could get a call. Last season Danny Force from Southlake was called up to play D for a few games while the Brahmas recovered from injuries and returned from AHL call ups.

The two that were chosen were Angelo Serse a 24 year old forward from Stoney Brook University in New York. Serse is a decorated forward with a strong work ethic and big time sniper abilities. He had over 50 points in his last season at Stoney Brook, and will no doubt be a great addition to the Brahmas roster should he make it through training camp.

The Second Guy taken was Kevin Huck a 25 year old forward who recently played for the University of Minnesota. Huck is a very similar player to Serse. These two guys showed the Brahmas coaching staff that they have what it takes to hang with the pros.

Neither of these guys is guaranteed a spot on the Brahmas team this season, but at least they now have their feet in the door.

Game of the Week

Keller Indians vs. the Ice Kings will be the featured game of the week. Kings coming off their first loss of the season will have their hands full against a Keller team who is riding a three game win streak.

If the Kings have their young guys back this will be a tough skate for the Keller crew. The Kelly boys that guard the blue line will be working hard no doubt. Keller will have to rely on their ability to move the puck around the zone. With the best goalie in the league in Ryan Kelly, and arguably the best defense in the league, the Tribe should be able to keep the score down low. There are a number of quality players on the reservation that can score goals, its just a question of who will step up.

The Kings are coming off of not only their first loss of the season, but also two streaight weeks of only being able to score three goals. The Kings will no doubt be looking to light the lamp, and light it often. Rick Gregory has been having a good season this year, and has found himself close to the top of the point leaders. A big game will be needed out of him to get this Kings team running. The Tribe can eat you up on a power play, so staying out of the box will be the theme of the night for the Kings.


Is this game going to be a finals preview?

Killer prediction Tribe 3, Kings 2

Week Five Winners-Mid Way Through the Season Report

This is the super short recap. I figure there will be 100-150 responses, so why bore you with all the tedious details from one guys point of view.

Basically the weekend went like this. The Silver Bullets shut out the Bandits 3-0. The Birdman was flying high, and Mcnamara's lessons with Matt Burto have been paying off. See people lessons can help!

The Stingers remain unbeaten through 5 contests. Big ups go out to Josh Briscoe. 4 goals and an assist. That is sick playing. Very impressive.

The Indians have turned their team around. After losing the first two games, they have won their last three, and now sit at 3-2.

And the Senators beat the Ice Kings. Yes that is right the sens beat the Ice Kings 6-3. Kings were suffering from a light bench.

So midway through the season Meeks and Widmann are your scoring leaders, the Stingers are 5-0, and the Bandits are 0-5. So the Killer has just a few questions to be answered in these final 5 games:

1) Will the Bees stay unbeaten?

2) Will Keller finish out the season 8-2, and take the #2 seed?

3) Will the Bandits win one game?

4) Will Keller defend their Keg?

5) Will Hvidston ever man up, observe the retirement of the #99, and switch to a new number?

Off Topic - Texas Tech Sucked Saturday

I got a string of text messages from Bronze Leaguers late Saturday while I was out at the ranch - they all simply said "Tech Sucks"

I agree with you all, Tech sucked Saturday and even though it wasn't the best message, glad to hear from all of you. Living in West Bumfock I miss hockey, and I miss my friends!

Not sure if this will be taken as a threat or a promise, but I'm going to try to play in at least 2 games before the end of the season...

And BTW, Carter, Briscoe and Martin... There's still hope for a Hully and Mo's trip, although even through my red-and-black colored glasses, it doesn't look good...