Thanksgiving break!!

The Monkeys don't have a game until the 30th of November. So enjoy Thanksgiving!! I do believe our game is Sunday, Nov. 30th, Kingsgate @ 10:00 p.m. vs. Red Raiders. You can check at the GSHL website - http://www.gshockey.com


GO MONKEYS!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Puck'N Monkey Loggers...

Actually we'll be the Eagle Water Loggers. While in Wisconsin this year we'll be wearing jerseys with the Eagle Waters logo. Its like a sponsorship. The jerseys will be Puck'N Monkey colors ( red & black ). We probably wont get to see it until we get there so everyone will have to wait til Feb. But here is a little history on how the name was picked by the Eagle Water Resort.

Eagle Waters Resort was the first trading post of Eagle River, before even the town of Eagle River was founded. This site was a logging camp, and then the first Bank and Post Office of Eagle River, which some of the first votes for Lincoln were also cast here on this property. Since there is a history of logging, the Loggers was a obvious choice. GO MONKEYS/LOGGERS!!

A Big WIN!!

A big win last night against the All Blacks. They are the team sitting at first place with a 5 & 1 record, make that 5 & 2. Darryl suited up for us & we played a great all around game. Brian scored our first goal, his first GSHL goal. Dan added our second goal to tie things up. I scored the go ahead & Aaron finished off the scoring. A nice 4-2 win to get things in the right direction. We currently have a 3 game unbeaten streak so the Monkeys are pretty happy about that. Just keep playing hard & the wins will come!! GO MONKEYS!!

Next game!!

The Monkeys next game is Sunday, November 16th @ 10:45 p.m. vs. All Blacks ( Darryls second team ) @ Olympic View. We'll keep you updating on who Darryl is going to suit up for. He played for the All Blacks the first time around & we almost pulled that one off. GO MONKEYS!!

Kissing your sister... a tie!!

I don't know why they say that a tie is like kissing your sister, but I know its not fun. Last nights game was a hard fought game & we found ourselves in a similar situation. Just like our last game we were holding on to a one goal lead when there was a penalty called on our team. With about 10 seconds left on the penalty & 30 in the game, we let the game tying goal in. Overtime didn't settle one thing, & we ended the game in a 5 - 5 tie. Usually we can complain about the officiating, but it was a penalty & it was our only one. The other team kept giving us chances, we just couldn't capitialize. Got to give kudos to the ref, since he was the only one there last night. Well got to get back to work!! GO MONKEYS!!

Next game!!

Next game is vs. the Squids. 10:30 p.m. @ Kingsgate, Tuesday, Nov. 11th. Another late game!! Our history against the Squids hasn't been the best, but we play them well. I expect a hard fought game & I think it'll come down to finishing off the 3rd. No stupid mistakes on my part, at least thats the goal this next game. GO MONKEYS!!

Game #5... WIN!!

In a thrilling OT game, the Puck'N Monkeys got their first win of the winter season. Steve & Christine each scored twice, & Scott got the game winner in OT to win the game 5-4. We would have won it in regulation, but I made a bonehead play with a minute left. We had two in the penalty box & the other team pulled their goalie. So the other team had a six on three & I puck chased into their zone which caused a odd man rush, a really bad one at that, 5 on 2. That led to the game tying goal. Luckily for me Scott scored early into OT, with a fake wrap around & shot. GO MONKEYS!!

Next Game... Tonight!!

Ok so we got put into a division. We are in 7A. Now the problem with that is... Darryls second team is also in our division. We also have a losing record against the teams in our division. So we are in the process of having the GSHL review their choice, whether or not thats going to change things, we don't know. I think we can be competitive in this division, but can we win?? Anyways, our next game is tonight @ 10:45 p.m. in Everett vs. the Blu Bombers. GO MONKEYS!!