Team Picture

PUCK'N MONKEYS 07-08

Front Row ( Left - Right ): Scott Glowaski #10, Darryl Peterson ( Assistant Captain ) #13, Brienne Stewart #1, Troy Buduan ( Captain ) #12, Ian Thomas #96
Back Row ( Left - Right ): Adam McLeod ( Assistant Captain ), Brian Campbell #00, Aaron Davenport #67, Sharon Ballenger #69, Bill McCutchen #3, Kenny Salo ( Assistant Captain ) #6, Kim Dennis #29 Photo : Ted Basrak

All Star Weekend

OK so this was the weekend that the NHL All Stars got to show their stuff. I watched, I saw, then went out & tried to emulate. I will say that I was successful, but wasn't credited for it. I'll explain more later. First off, spent Saturday watching the skills competition with Darryl. That was fun. Got to see Peter Mueller play in the Young Guns game, had a goal, maybe a assist, didn't check the stats. Then Sunday, I watched some of the NHL All Star game. Lot of goals. East won with a goal late in the game. Then at 10:30 p.m. we hit the ice for our game. We played Gatchateam. They are 3 points behind us & with a win, we could be 5. It could also put us in sole posession of 2nd place. So this was a important game. Well we didn't start out like it was important, giving up 2 quick goals. One off of my skate!! UGH!! But eventually Adam got us off the snide, & Darryl tied it up with a shot from the point. ( assist to me!! ) We had to kill of some bad penalties in the 2nd, we were down to for a lot of that period, but the team stood strong & so did Bree. We ended up taking the lead midway through the 2nd. Got a puck in the neutral zone & managed to skate past a couple of D-men & did a little deke & went backhand as I got tripped by the goalie. It was a pretty goal & I got some ribbing for it. Good ribbing of course. Then we played hang on. Brian got slammed into the boards late in the game & Bill decided that he wanted to drop his gloves with someone. Luckily for him, he couldn't manage to get them off his hands. Scott added a insurance goal late to give us a 4-2 win & 2 points in the standings. Fun game!! Well now I need to head up to bed, morning comes quick. Its SNOWING!! GO MONKEYS!!

Random Thoughts

Ok so Wisconsin is slowly creeping up. There hasn't been much going with the team. Other than our game last Sunday, it's been a pretty slow week. I need to get my skates sharpened before I head off to Wisconsin. I've been pricing some cold weather gear & wondering what the hell to bring. Is it better to have too much & be able to take off?? Or have too little & freeze?? I think too much is a good choice. Thats just my thoughts for now. I figured I would just write because I haven't in a few days. Now I must go & run some errands. GO MONKEYS!!

Game vs. Ice-o-topes, Sunday, Jan. 20th

Update!! With 3 of us playing our 2nd game the day, I thought we'd start off a little sluggish, but that wasn't the case. We went through warm-ups half assed since we were shorthanded. The score keeper informed us that this was a Cup game. Novice Cup. It's something the league does throughout the season. The only difference is that if we end in a tie, we go to a shoot out. The games then count also under a different standing & at the end of the season I guess we play in a little playoff or something. I'll find out more later. As for our game tonight, it started off by us having the same ref as our last game. See 2nd post for more on that. Since Sharon had a theory that he only calls penalties on the dark team, we decided to go white jerseys for the game. It didn't start off well as Adam got called for our first penalty. On the penalty kill, I managed to get the puck deep in their zone, felt Darryl trailing & made a pass from behind the net. Darryl was there to clean it up & put it in for our first goal. Our second came late in the game. We should have had one to end the 2nd period but the officials claimed it went in after the buzzer. ( BULLSHIT ) Hopefully no one saw that last comment. But Kim put one in on a pass across the crease from Jared. I watched it from behind Kim, & it was a great play. Darryl finished off the scoring with a empty net goal as time expired. Bill was supposed to have a assist on that play, but as usual, the officials didn't see it that way. So it was a nice win for the monkeys, keeps us in the thick of things. I shall now go take a shower & head to bed since I have to be at work in 5 hours. GO MONKEYS!!

Weekend Hockey

Ok, its been a couple of days since my last post. Friday night we had the Tips beating Portland in a pretty entertaining game. Took OT. I think its funny that we can crush them in Portland, but struggle to pull one out in Everett. Saturday night we watched a pretty heated game, Spokane in Everett. Everett had beaten Spokane in Spokane last Wednesday & there was some after the game fireworks that made this game a fun one to watch. The Tips won 4-2. After the game, my wife & I headed to Mardinis in Snohomish to watch a friends band play. There was a bunch of friends from work there & it was a fun time. I had way too much fun & woke up this morning not feeling so hot. Problem was, I had to play a game @ 12:50 p.m. I met Darryl @ 10:45 a.m. still feeling like shit. We picked up Sharon & were off to Renton for this fun filled exhibition game. I tried the whole way down, not to puke. But once the game started I felt better. Darryl had a hat trick & I managed to put one in the net. It was a pretty good goal, lifted a players stick & swiped the puck, then made a couple of moves past a couple defenders & managed to deke & backhand one in. Took a lot of concentration for that one. My recommendation, don't play with a hang over!! SUCKS!! I still got a game to go. There is one tonight @ 10:30 p.m. in Everett. So I figured I would get some rest & write in the blog before heading out. I'll update you on tonights game tomorrow. Til then... GO MONKEYS!!

Time In Between Games

This has to be the most frustrating time for anyone that plays any type of sport. The time in between. I just finished looking at one of our websites, & so far we've only got 5 players commited to our next game on Sunday night. Again we are going to be playing without our top player & I haven't heard anything from anyone about the situation. I feel like I'm out of the loop, but I think its just me being paranoid. I wasn't going to write in the blog today, because there isn't really any monkey news to report. But I figured I better practice writing & fooling around on this thing so when I'm in Wisconsin, it should be easy. I was watching the Phoenix vs. Columbus game this evening & there was a commercial for the tournament. It was pretty neat to see everyone having a great time & knowing we'll be there doing the same thing in less than a month. Phoenix ended up losing that game tonight. Peter Mueller tied it up with a great powerplay goal ( miss that here in Everett!!! ) but Phoenix let a beautiful goal in with 20 seconds left. It was a amazing goal by Rick Nash, he went around a couple of Coyote defenders with some crazy stick handling & then put it into the back of the net for the game winner. Well I guess I wrote more than I expected. Good night!! GO MONKEYS!!

Monkey Business

Ok so I recieved a response back to the letter I wrote yesterday. I had my wife read it & add input, then I deleted it this morning & finished it off. Nothing against what she wrote, but I felt I needed to finish it my way. Shortly after sending it this morning, I got a response. I was pleased that it came quickly. It also explained his process behind the suspension. So, our top scorer will not be playing this Sunday at our next game. Which just means we have to step it up vs. the Ice-o-topes. I was also asked by the GSHL boss, if I would like to write a story or have a link to my blog on the GSHL website on the trip to Wisconsin for the pond hockey tournament. So I'm considering it, not quite sure just because I'm new to this. But thats the reason I created this thing so why not right?? GO MONKEYS!!

Letter to the league

Well we just found out last night that one of our players is suspended for our next game. Now we don't believe he deserves a one game suspension, so I have to write a letter to the league. I just finished it, but needed some input from our assistant captain before sending it off. It's kind of a hard letter to write, because you know that he doesn't deserve this type of penalty, but at the same time, things shouldn't have been said. I regret some of the things that came out of my mouth at the moment & I'm sure if given the chance, this player would not have made the comment he did. It wasn't a bad comment, no cursing, but it did tell the officials that we were not happy with the way they were calling the game. I do believe that the officials were pretty quick to kick our player out because they were just tired of hearing it & wanted to get the game done & if that was the case, then they were wrong for doing that. Hey, I just thought of a couple new things to put into that letter. I'm liking this blog more & more. Gives me a place to vent & gives me ideas. Well I'll keep whoever is reading this, updated on the situation. GO MONKEYS!!

First Blog

I've created this blog for a trip I'm taking in a month. 6 of us Puck'n Monkeys are flying to Wisconsin to partake in a annual 4 on 4 pond hockey tournament. So I figured I would start this so people could be updated on how the trip is going, how cold it is & how the team is doing in the tournament. So here is the first blog... The Puck'n Monkeys was created in our minds first, about 2 & a half years ago. With Kenny already playing hockey & a some of us ( Darryl, Jared & me ) learning, we thought it would be cool to have a team that we could all play on together. Kenny, Jared & I started on a team called the Drop-Outs, but I wasnt able to afford it & dropped out of the Drop-Outs. I was later on a team called the Black Katz with Jared. After two sessions ( Summer & a Winter ) the opportunity was there to create our own team. Darryl had taken a few learn to play hockey classes after us & used that to recruit a few players for this new team. Darryl & I came together to get this thing rolling & though there have been a few ups & downs, we are having fun playing on this ragtag team we call our own. The team is now in its second session & playing pretty good hockey. Currently ranked 3rd in our division & we have the top point scorer in the division, Scott Glowaski ( 1 of the 6 going to Wisconsin ). Well I think thats all for now, I would talk about our game last night, but I will probably vent about that later.