Well folks, the festive holiday is in full swing. This edition of the blog will shake the foundation of the Mohawk 4 Pad Arena, guaranteed.  The standings in all three divisions are tighter than a hotel bedsheet. Let’s peel back the onion on the weekend that was but please put your hands down, I will answer all questions afterwards.

 United Division:

Redwings 9 Bruins 3: This game was shown on Disney+ commercial-free, a first for SCOHA. Kyle Allen led this unprovoked attack on the Bruins, scoring 2 goals and adding 2 assists for the winners. His passing is over the top for a player his age. He can thread the needle better than Nona sewing a sock hole. John “start the” Carvalho chipped in with a pair as the Redwings continued their impressive season. For the Bruins, Dave “have” Mercer scored a pair and rookie Nick “you’re a mean one, Mr.” Grivich added a pair of helpers in a losing cause.

 Blackhawks 3 Flyers 1: Scott “all for one and one for” Alford scored the game winning goal as the Blackhawks kept pace atop the standings with a 3-1 win over their arch-rivals, the Flyers 3-1. This game had more back and forths than a tennis match, a true tell on how the playoffs will shake down. Flyers captain, GM and treasurer Mike Haslam scored the lone goal for the guys in orange. What a defensive battle. Final shots on goal were 8-7 for the Hawks, Goalies didn’t even need to shower afterwards but did anyway, much to the delight of the fans up at the bar.

 Masters Division:

Senators 4 Devils 1: Quicker than you could say the Senators are up 3-0, the Senators were up 3-0 on the Devils. When the dust settled, it was a 4-1 much-needed victory for the Senators who approach the Christmas break looking to be in the fold as far as the standing are concerned. Terry Lee scored a goal and added an apple for the winners while Danny Digiacinto scored a beauty for the Devils lone goal. Darren O’Brien of the O’Brien, O’Brien and O’Brien Law Firm turned away 23 shots for the win in relief of injured Tymen Edelkoort, who is missed on and off the ice.

 Penguins 6 Blackhawks 1:  This game was more exciting than unwrapping a punchbowl set if you are a Scoha Penguin fan. When the final buzzer sounded, it was Bob “happy” Ballantyne who was the star of the game. Bob scored 4 goals and now trails Steve Horner by 1,463. I have a feeling Bob, although a great guy in the locker room, won’t catch Mr. Horner no matter how many Jolt Cola’s he digests before each game. Stick tap to Jeff Davis who continued his offensive prowess, scoring the long goal for the Hawks in a losing cause. Mike Archer was sharp on this night, recording a goal and adding 2 helpers for the winning side. Let’s pause for a sec and thank spare goalie Peter “what’s old is" DeNew again for playing 2 games in relief. Greatly appreciated, Pete!

Sharks 3 Bruins 1: The previously mentioned Peter DeNew stood on his head for the most part. He turned aside 34 shots as the Sharks outlasted the Bruins 3-1 in what could quite possibly be a playoff preview. Who else but Dave “Le Legende” Langille scored the game winning goal, the 83rd of his illustrious career. You will be excused from the room if you don’t think Dave still has plenty of goals left in his Titan hockey stick. Bruins were missing Ed Walton again who is nursing some bumps and bruises. Hope he returns to action soon, we miss him skating around like a deer out there. Oh ya, Wayne scored again.

 Grand Masters Division:

Sharks 4 Flyers 2: Ok, according to the gamesheet, Flyers goalkeeper J.J. MacNeil (no relation to Rita) tallied an assist. If all is true, congrats to J.J. who is having quite the turnaround season for the Orangemen. In the end, however, the Sharks took a bite out of the Flyers 4-2 thanks in part to 2 goals from Ernie Dunston who is garnering heaps of attention for his very productive season. Paul “jersey” Shorer, who is going to be a Grandpa soon (congrats), scored a typical Paul Shorer goal for the Sharks.

 Stars 9 Redwings 7: No truer words have ever been spoken when I say this game was nuttier than a Christmas cake. Wings Michael “wizard of” Hawes sat this one out and the whole arena went down the skimmer. Stars scored 7 goals in the back half of this game and celebrated a wild and wooly 9-7 victory. This game resembled an old Oilers vs Jets game from the mid 80’s when that Gretzky kid scored on every rush up the ice, kind of like Nick Polimeni who racked up 3 goals for the Stars. Wings Dave Jarvis also scored a hatty and added a hamburger helper. We need to sell some vhs copies of this game for the SCOHA 100th Anniversary capsule we plan to shoot up to the damn moon. Thanks to Richard Paquet who didn’t panic when pressure arrived. He took over for Joe LoCiccero who got hurt during this game. No update as of yet on his condition but we hope to hear something before we record the podcast tomorrow.

Well that’s all from this end of the ice. One more weekend of games before the Xmas break. My knees feel like I piggy-backed LuLu from Hee-Haw up the Kenilworth stairs so I know I am looking forward to the rest.

THE PREMIUM PLUS TOOL REPAIR & PACKAGING WORKHORSES OF THE WEEK:

UNITED: Kyle Allen    MASTERS: Bob Ballentyne    ​​​​​​​GRAND MASTERS: Nick Polimeni 

 Chris Marttila

SCOHA Blog Guy

Hey folks, I feel old when I am excited for a Christmas baking party on a Sunday afternoon. Talk about a crazy week, was the windiest day since 1983 this past Thursday, my garbage can made it all the way to Dunnville for crying out loud. Anyways, here’s what went down last weekend in Scohavile…

Hey folks, welcome back to another trip around the little town we like to call Scohaville. Last week was nuts, not gonna sugar-coat it. Here’s hoping those players/goalies recover quickly from their injuries. Now before I miss my deadline and lose my job here, I better recap the weekend that was.

Hey folks, last weeks games were crazy, we will get to that in a sec. But first of all, or firstly, special congrats to Vito from Woodbridge who won last week’s draw on the podcast for a SCOHA toque autographed by Terry Gudgeon. Too bad he signed the black toque with a black sharpie but the thought was there.

Well folks, this week’s blog only pertains to 2 United Division games, but they are worth dissecting before the deadline hits. Good news is that Masters Guy Shaver didn’t put the chip dip on his head at the work Christmas party again for the 3rdyear in a row so that’s good start to the festive season…

Well week two is wrapped up and the weekend is just a million days away so let's recap the goings-on from Scohaville this past weekend.

Well gang, week one is under the bridge and things went as planned for some teams but a bit of a slow start for others. This guy is glad his blog contract got renewed for another year so let’s recap the goings-on from this past weekend.

Before we do that, let’s give a SCOHA stick-tap to one of the great guys in our family, John Elter, who is on our minds as the season starts. John, we miss you out on the ice badly and hope you can come see the guys soon! Cheers, buddy!