Monday, January 25, 2010
Schedule Out!!
We were emailed the game schedule for the pond hockey tournament the other day. The highlight is that in the second game of the tourney, we are playing the Icelagers. It took 3 years to finally get that match up in Wisconsin, but it is happening. That means bragging rights!! I do believe the Monkeys hold the overall record in Wisconsin, but there has been no head to head. So even though we are named the " Eagle Waters Resort " team, we are still the Puck'N Monkeys & I know the Icelagers don't want to lose to the Monkeys. I was told there will be no drinking til after that game. haha!! Well I just had to share that little tidbit of information. We've only got a few more weeks to go so I need to start updating this site more before we leave. GO MONKEYS!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Slacker!!
Ok, so I haven't posted in a while. I know no one really reads this & that I just post because I have nothing else to do. There was my problem. I had things going on that I didn't expect. No need to bore anyone with details so lets just leave it at that.
Now that we are less than a month away from pond hockey, I figured I would start up again. The Katz are doing... o.k.?? We've played several games without a goalie, well at least without one for the first period, & we've found out that we probably play better without one. Each time we've been missing our goalie, we've kicked butt. But once he goes into net, we play loose & end up blowing it.
As for pond hockey, there has been some sad news. Captain Purple will not be joining us this year. I'm a little sad at that. He was our entertainment & will be missed. I guess he'll just have to read the blog. On that note... I shall head off back to work. Even though we are no longer a team that exists in the GSHL... GO MONKEYS!!
Now that we are less than a month away from pond hockey, I figured I would start up again. The Katz are doing... o.k.?? We've played several games without a goalie, well at least without one for the first period, & we've found out that we probably play better without one. Each time we've been missing our goalie, we've kicked butt. But once he goes into net, we play loose & end up blowing it.
As for pond hockey, there has been some sad news. Captain Purple will not be joining us this year. I'm a little sad at that. He was our entertainment & will be missed. I guess he'll just have to read the blog. On that note... I shall head off back to work. Even though we are no longer a team that exists in the GSHL... GO MONKEYS!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Katz Lose 3-1
We had our first game Wednesday night. It was nice to see familiar faces in the locker room. Players I have played with, & people I have played against together on one team. I sported a new number, #51, dedicated to the birth of my son on May ( 5 ) 1st. Also the number of popular sports icons of Seattle - Ichiro & Lofa Tatupu.
We hit the ice & kept the score close for most of the game. The Crazy Horses scored first, but we came right back when thier "D"man sent a errant pass up the middle & I picked it off. I threw the puck on net & John Comes tied it up with the rebound. A assist in my first game back, I was happy. The score stayed the same until late 3rd period. Our goalie stopped a shot from the top of the circle & everyone ( including the goalie ) thought he had possession of the puck. I didn't see it sitting on the ice waiting to be put in the net, but one of thier players did. Before anyone else could react, that player was diving on the ice to tap it pass our goalie. Oh & it was on a powerplay. The next one came from a wierd angle & ended the game for us.
Overall I thought we played well. We were missing a couple of players that would have helped, but it was fun. I enjoyed my time on the ice. We kept it in thier zone a lot & this team is supposed to be in a higher division so we'll see what happens. Until next game... GO MONKEYS!!
We hit the ice & kept the score close for most of the game. The Crazy Horses scored first, but we came right back when thier "D"man sent a errant pass up the middle & I picked it off. I threw the puck on net & John Comes tied it up with the rebound. A assist in my first game back, I was happy. The score stayed the same until late 3rd period. Our goalie stopped a shot from the top of the circle & everyone ( including the goalie ) thought he had possession of the puck. I didn't see it sitting on the ice waiting to be put in the net, but one of thier players did. Before anyone else could react, that player was diving on the ice to tap it pass our goalie. Oh & it was on a powerplay. The next one came from a wierd angle & ended the game for us.
Overall I thought we played well. We were missing a couple of players that would have helped, but it was fun. I enjoyed my time on the ice. We kept it in thier zone a lot & this team is supposed to be in a higher division so we'll see what happens. Until next game... GO MONKEYS!!
Monday, October 5, 2009
First Game of the 2009 - 10 Winter Session
The Black Katz will be playing our first game of the 09-10 Winter Session on Wednesday, Oct. 7th @ 9 p.m. @ the Comcast Ice Arena in Everett. The public rink since the Tips are going to be playing Portland on the main rink. I haven't checked who we are playing, its a placement game so it could be a really good team or a really bad team. Will post the results here!!
GO MONKEYS!! ( Its for all the Monkeys out there playing on other teams!! )
GO MONKEYS!! ( Its for all the Monkeys out there playing on other teams!! )
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wisconsin... Here We Come... AGAIN!!!
It is official... The Monkeys will be representing in Wisconsin again, for the 3rd year in a row. I know, I know... I might have said last year was going to be the last for me. ( I think the guys were also thinking the same ) But in the end, we couldn't deny the fun we had last year & I think we wanted to give it another chance. So when G-Low called & asked if I was in... I didn't hesitate. We've already got our flight booked, lodging & deposits sent in... Ready to go!! So this blog was created for the trip & it'll keep running because of it. Even though I'll be posting on Facebook also... More to come soon... GO MONKEYS!!
It's Been A Long Time... Since I Left You....
Hockey is starting it's winter season & I'm working my way back on the ice as well as this blog. The Tips opened with a loss & two straight wins over Vancouver, including a great home opener last Saturday. I've yet to hit the ice for the winter, but it is coming up in a few weeks. So much to catch up on.
First off I'll start off with the bad news... The Monkeys is still in hiatus. Attempts to put them back together again was as successful as attempts on Humpty Dumpty. Actually I think the true statement would be that we didn't really try to put the Monkeys together again. We hit a rough spot where several players needed to move up & the rest of us needed to stay where we were or step down. Do we get better or do we just bring on more friends & stay where we are?? So we folded. There are a number of Monkeys that moved up ( including me... ) & a new team forming... The Seattle Donkey Show.
The Seattle Donkey Show... Where do I start?? Donkey Show?? What is it?? I would post a link, but I don't want anyone to see what might pop up. Lets just say it's usually something you see in Tijuana at a bar with a donkey & a woman. GROSS!! What does that have to do with hockey?? I don't know. They have a nice little logo of a beat up donkey that looks like a former monkey player ( I've joked to him about it ). I'm biased with my logo, just like Dan is biased with his. I think in that case, I drew my logo, even though someone else provided the blueprint. I do believe the donkey was a existing logo. But we do have a number of monkeys now getting used to saying donkeys. I did suit up for the donkeys in a tournament at the end of August & it was fun for 3 of the 5 games. I also had a pretty good tournament, a few goals & a few assists. The cool thing about it was that I got contacted by several teams asking me if I would be interested in playing for them. Wow... how nice was that?? I felt like a free agent. I had 2 teams I was really interested in joining & 1 that was my fall back. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to do... Then my phone rang. It was like someone was watching my struggle & decided to lend me a hand. Glow was on the other end & said... "The Black Katz need another player & I want you to play with us. You'd be skating with Brie, D.P. & me... " Do I need to think about it??? NO!!... YES!! I'll play with the Katz. I don't know if I ever posted my history with the Katz here, but the Katz was the first team to give me my opportunity to play hockey. I left the Katz to form the Monkeys. If I had the money I would played with both, but I didn't so I had to leave the Katz. I enjoyed my time there & left some good friends/players. Didn't have to think twice about joining them. I can't wait...
So now I've got my team for the winter & we have a lot of former Monkeys joining other teams. It'll be nice to play in the league against people you skated with, not against... I think it'll be great friendly battles, & who knows... The Monkeys might form up again in a couple of seasons when everyone reaches the same level. I'll post shortly on the other good news, because it deserves its own post... GO MONKEYS!!
First off I'll start off with the bad news... The Monkeys is still in hiatus. Attempts to put them back together again was as successful as attempts on Humpty Dumpty. Actually I think the true statement would be that we didn't really try to put the Monkeys together again. We hit a rough spot where several players needed to move up & the rest of us needed to stay where we were or step down. Do we get better or do we just bring on more friends & stay where we are?? So we folded. There are a number of Monkeys that moved up ( including me... ) & a new team forming... The Seattle Donkey Show.
The Seattle Donkey Show... Where do I start?? Donkey Show?? What is it?? I would post a link, but I don't want anyone to see what might pop up. Lets just say it's usually something you see in Tijuana at a bar with a donkey & a woman. GROSS!! What does that have to do with hockey?? I don't know. They have a nice little logo of a beat up donkey that looks like a former monkey player ( I've joked to him about it ). I'm biased with my logo, just like Dan is biased with his. I think in that case, I drew my logo, even though someone else provided the blueprint. I do believe the donkey was a existing logo. But we do have a number of monkeys now getting used to saying donkeys. I did suit up for the donkeys in a tournament at the end of August & it was fun for 3 of the 5 games. I also had a pretty good tournament, a few goals & a few assists. The cool thing about it was that I got contacted by several teams asking me if I would be interested in playing for them. Wow... how nice was that?? I felt like a free agent. I had 2 teams I was really interested in joining & 1 that was my fall back. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to do... Then my phone rang. It was like someone was watching my struggle & decided to lend me a hand. Glow was on the other end & said... "The Black Katz need another player & I want you to play with us. You'd be skating with Brie, D.P. & me... " Do I need to think about it??? NO!!... YES!! I'll play with the Katz. I don't know if I ever posted my history with the Katz here, but the Katz was the first team to give me my opportunity to play hockey. I left the Katz to form the Monkeys. If I had the money I would played with both, but I didn't so I had to leave the Katz. I enjoyed my time there & left some good friends/players. Didn't have to think twice about joining them. I can't wait...
So now I've got my team for the winter & we have a lot of former Monkeys joining other teams. It'll be nice to play in the league against people you skated with, not against... I think it'll be great friendly battles, & who knows... The Monkeys might form up again in a couple of seasons when everyone reaches the same level. I'll post shortly on the other good news, because it deserves its own post... GO MONKEYS!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Last Hurrah!!
I'm taking a break for the summer, but I forgot to post about a upcoming ( already passed ) tournament that was my last hurrah. So it already happened, but its Puck'N Monkey related & I feel bad that I didn't post any schedule or info. on here, even though no one reads it.
The tournament I took part in was the 3rd Annual Stacked Deck Tournament. No website yet!! But it was a blast. There are only 4 teams in the tournament. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts & Spades. In order to make the teams a deck of cards are placed on a table & cards drawn by players, whatever card you get is the team you are on. I drew the 10 of Diamonds. Diamonds was not my first choice schedule wise. We had the first game of the tourney, the last that night & the first the next day. Brutal. We also had Bill & Dan playing on the Clubs, with Captain Club Darryl. G-Low playing on the Spades & Christine sharing the Diamonds with me, so the Monkeys were well represented in this tourney.
For our first game, the Diamonds played last years Champions - Hearts. I had the first penalty of the game. Then I scored a goal to give us a temporary lead. It was a beautiful pass from Karl ( Fighting Cohos ) cross the crease from the right corner & I blew it passed a sliding goalie. Then heading into the final minutes we were down 1. Captain Karl ( Real Bacon & All Blacks ) had me as the extra attacker when we pulled our goalie. With 13 seconds left I had the puck on the right corner & was looking to make a pass center, when the goalie noticed & moved, leaving the net empty on his right & I took advantage scoring the game tying goal. But we lost in OT. So close to the upset.
Second game of the night for us took place at midnight. We were in the game late in the 3rd when we lost it & gave up 4 goals & lost. Didn't do well in that game.
Third game was against Darryl & the Clubs, Saturday 1 p.m. That game had us winning 5-3, Christine scoring two. One on a pass from me left corner to Christine posted in front of the goalie. Then her second was a empty net. Monkeys representing well.
The 3rd place game found us facing the Clubs again. I got another penalty, but I also scored again to give us a brief lead. Unfortunately again we found ourselves down late in the 3rd & having to pull our goalie. Again I was called upon to be the extra attacker. I had the puck behind the net & was trying a wrap around when I saw Bill commit to me & I passed it between his legs to Capt. Karl who backhanded it over the goalie & into the net tying the game & sending it into OT. This time we pulled it out & won. But that first lost took away that chance at the Championship game. The Hearts pulled it out for the 3rd year in a row, but this time in a shoot out against G-Low & his Spades. G could not put one in during the shoot out & if he brags about beating us, we are going to bring that up.
Well that tournament was a blast & I'm looking forward on doing it again next year. Time to work on a few things for the summer & I'll keep you all posted on any hockey or Monkey news!! GO MONKEYS!!
The tournament I took part in was the 3rd Annual Stacked Deck Tournament. No website yet!! But it was a blast. There are only 4 teams in the tournament. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts & Spades. In order to make the teams a deck of cards are placed on a table & cards drawn by players, whatever card you get is the team you are on. I drew the 10 of Diamonds. Diamonds was not my first choice schedule wise. We had the first game of the tourney, the last that night & the first the next day. Brutal. We also had Bill & Dan playing on the Clubs, with Captain Club Darryl. G-Low playing on the Spades & Christine sharing the Diamonds with me, so the Monkeys were well represented in this tourney.
For our first game, the Diamonds played last years Champions - Hearts. I had the first penalty of the game. Then I scored a goal to give us a temporary lead. It was a beautiful pass from Karl ( Fighting Cohos ) cross the crease from the right corner & I blew it passed a sliding goalie. Then heading into the final minutes we were down 1. Captain Karl ( Real Bacon & All Blacks ) had me as the extra attacker when we pulled our goalie. With 13 seconds left I had the puck on the right corner & was looking to make a pass center, when the goalie noticed & moved, leaving the net empty on his right & I took advantage scoring the game tying goal. But we lost in OT. So close to the upset.
Second game of the night for us took place at midnight. We were in the game late in the 3rd when we lost it & gave up 4 goals & lost. Didn't do well in that game.
Third game was against Darryl & the Clubs, Saturday 1 p.m. That game had us winning 5-3, Christine scoring two. One on a pass from me left corner to Christine posted in front of the goalie. Then her second was a empty net. Monkeys representing well.
The 3rd place game found us facing the Clubs again. I got another penalty, but I also scored again to give us a brief lead. Unfortunately again we found ourselves down late in the 3rd & having to pull our goalie. Again I was called upon to be the extra attacker. I had the puck behind the net & was trying a wrap around when I saw Bill commit to me & I passed it between his legs to Capt. Karl who backhanded it over the goalie & into the net tying the game & sending it into OT. This time we pulled it out & won. But that first lost took away that chance at the Championship game. The Hearts pulled it out for the 3rd year in a row, but this time in a shoot out against G-Low & his Spades. G could not put one in during the shoot out & if he brags about beating us, we are going to bring that up.
Well that tournament was a blast & I'm looking forward on doing it again next year. Time to work on a few things for the summer & I'll keep you all posted on any hockey or Monkey news!! GO MONKEYS!!
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