The 2010/11 season is almost upon us. Action kicks off Saturday, September 11th at our new starting time of 5:30. To get everybody primed
I am releasing the first half of our NWBHL season preview (the "B" division), with the "A" write-up to follow in the next few days. As always, these previews
are my own personal opinion and not to be taken as gospel. Additionally, this is the earliest I've released a season preview so this only takes into account the team's
preliminary rosters which are subject to change. With that disclaimer out of the way, please feel free to enjoy the NWBHL "B" div preview!
I have posted a new gallery with pics from the Spring Finals featuring the Barons, Executioners, The Game and Snipers.
It's a special championship edition of NWBHL 1 on 1, with Daniel Lafortune of the Snipers who joins Jeff
to talk about his team's successful "B" div playoff run.
Executioners @ Barons "A" Final, Game 3 06/27/2010
The New West Barons captured their second straight spring championship and sixth title overall with a pair of impressive 5-1 wins over
the Executioners.
For info on ordering DVD versions of these games, read the instructions to the bottom of the video archive page.
Game Of The Week
We are now down to one slate of games remaining before we hit the playoffs in the N-dub. All the playoff teams are set but the
final positioning and playoff match-ups are still very much up in the air. A big "B" division tilt between the Ghostriders and The Game goes this Friday in what
could easily be a first round preview. The Game won the earlier contest between these teams by a 4-2 score and the Riders would love to even things up and have an
opportunity to push past the Sharks for third place.
The Ghostriders punched their playoff ticket this past Sunday by virtue of a 3-2 victory against the Vikings in a winner-take-all game
that definitely had playoff intensity. A controversial goal call may have been the difference in this game, but regardless, it is the Riders that will move on into
the postseason, and they will have an opportunity to do so on a hot streak if they can beat The Game this Friday. Goaltender Riz Abbas continues to build on his career
season and sits third in the division with a 3.19 GAA behind the two goalies for The Game, Anthony Ellia and Raj Basran. Ziad Badr continues to lead the team in
scoring with 16 points but Meemo Dik would likely be the high point man if not for his spotty attendance record. He has been great when in the lineup though as his
numbers of 6-4-9-13 will attest. The ageless Jim Davis continues to get the job done and sits third on the Ghostriders scoring chart with 12 points. Just behind him
with 11 points is the underrated Blake Creamer. Creamer has a great shot and plays the game hard at both ends. The acquisition of Trent Plul stirred up plenty of
controversy at the time, and there is little doubt he has improved the team, though it seems the Riders' tough recent schedule has limited his overall offensive
output. Nick McNicol, another unsung hero of this team, has been a pleasant surprise on the back end, even outscoring the offensive minded Andrew Jamison.
After cruising through much of the season almost without being tested, The Game were forced to face some adversity in the form of a
heavily depleted lineup last week against the Spartans. Many of their premier scorers were absent due to an incredibly gruelling schedule at the Play On tournament,
causing the team to play with just a single sub, and eventually fall 5-4 to an energized Spartans team that was looking to play spoiler. The loss puts some pressure
back on the team to pick up a victory in their final game against the Ghostriders in order to claim top spot. There is also a large likelihood that this game is a
preview of a first round "B" division playoff match-up. A victory by The Game would make that a certainty, while a Ghostriders win would bring into consideration
the Sharks' final contest. Look for the big guns to be back this week, including James Mowat who sits tied with Floyd Jewell atop the league scoring race with 22
points. The young gunners Matt Lisson and Brad Crawford have both dazzled in their rookie campaigns this season. Crawford has 18 points in just 6 games while Lisson
sits just behind him with 15 points also through 6 contests. The two scoring threats that were in the lineup last week, Alvin Bajwa and Lucky Bahia, both faired well
in a losing effort, with Bajwa picking up 2nd star honours with a three point night. Jim Vellios has been a nice source of production from the back end for The Game as
well as he has chipped in with numbers of 11-7-7-14 to be the division's top scoring defensemen if you discount Daniel Lafortune who has split the season between
forward and defense.
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Hello out there all of you NWBHL fans. It looks like we had another incredible weekend of ball hockey action in the Ndub this week. This week’s
HPOTW winner had a great weekend, compiling four goals and three assists for a total of seven points. This week’s HPOTW winner is none other than Bronson Cooper of
the A division’s Surrey Hitmen. Bronson had a great weekend which began on Friday night when his Hitmen squad faced off against the Delta Mickey’s. Bronson got the
ball rolling for the Hitmen when he set up team mate Steve Mulholland with just under three minutes off the clock to put the Hitmen up by a score of one to nothing.
Bronson than continued his night just over two minutes later when he scored his first goal of the night to put the Hitmen up two to nothing with only two minutes
and twenty seconds gone in the game. Bronson than finished off his Friday night when he set up team mate Phav Johal shorthanded to put the Hitmen up by a score of
five to zero. Bronson and the Hitmen then played again on Sunday against the Mainland Executioners, and Bronson picked up right where he left off on Friday, when
with just over three minutes off the clock Bronson scored his first goal of the night on the power play to tie the score at one a piece. Just under four minutes
later Bronson then set up team mate Justin Matai to put the Hitmen up by a score of two to one. Bronson then scored his second power play goal of the night when he
put the biscuit in the basket on a sweet set up from team mate Kris Small. Bronson then finished off his weekend when with just twelve seconds left in the first
half, when he scored his third goal of the night to complete the hat trick and help his Surrey Hitmen defeat the Mainland Executioners by a score of six to five.
And that is why Bronson Cooper of the Surrey Hitmen is this week’s HPOTW winner. Congratulations go out to Bronson for receiving this week’s honor.
