With no hockey down at Wells Fargo, Lacrosse may be the next best option. If you haven't seen this played, its about as close to hockey as you can find. Great speed, team play, checking & some cool plays. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Zytgixk6g
So here is an opportunity for you and your teammates to get together and do something as group. Contact Jason Evans @ jevans@iowaeventscenter.com to get a group deal. There's no reason we can't get a big group of hockey players to attend this great event.
For more info on Lacrosse in Des Moines or how to get involved, check out this site. http://centraliowalacrosse.sports.officelive.com/default.aspx
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Lacrosse In Des Moines
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Pa Pa Paparazzi......
Red Alert Vs. Irwins
did not play his best game. "I miss the captain Johnson" sobbed Schneiders "Is cheering for his beloved Yankees more important that playing your hockey game?!" Green & Huyck should have a strong game and look for points for both of them.Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Give Me Grief
Busy week and I waited until the last minute to make predictions.
So they will be short since its 5:30, and I still have to get the stat sheets printed.
Even though these are short, they are still accurate. Believe dat!
Alien vs. Red Alert
No brainer. We beat them once and we'll do it again. Alien by 2.
Tattoo Voodoo vs. Irwins
Irwins coming off a disappointing weak knocks the Voodoo down to reality. Irwins by 1
Cup O Kryptonite vs. Puck Hawgs
Kryptonite has lost 2 in a row. The slide continues. Hawgs by 3 (even without Tres)
Sorry for lack of details, quotes, humor, etc. I have come up with a resolution to my dilemma of getting this done. We have approx 97 players in league. If each player pitches in $516, I can afford to not work my regular job and dedicate myself to running a full time adult league. Just think, $516 breaks down to $1.41 per day. That's equal to that cup of coffee you get each morning, or that donut that you really could do without. Ask yourself, what's more important, a liquid wake up drink each morning, or loads of hockey value and entertainment for a year!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Where's Superman?


ated Bartak. "It takes some time for it to grow in just right." On the other side, you have a team that made the perfect YDD team get their first loss. This win had great rewards. Tony Hansen & the Battista Bros took a week long tour of Europe promoting their team's new book "1001 Great Hockey Plays", while the team's top cherry picker, Justin West graces the cover. I think Red Alert continues their streak and takes this in a close one. Alert by 1.Sunday, October 18, 2009
How to Create Hockey Nicknames
You will most likely never hear an NHL player yell to their teammate "Hey Ovechkin, I'm open, pass me the puck!" or "Nice Save Khabibulin". Saying a player's entire last name is just too much of a mouthful. Instead, players in hockey all have nicknames. I'm not talking about a nickname that looks good on paper like The Dominator, The Great One or Super Mario. I'm talking about those that you can quickly and easily spurt out of your mouth when on the ice to get that players attention.
Kaner, Buff, Chelly, Mule, Ovi & Hemmer are more like it. There are a few simple rules of thumb & ideas you need to follow:
- Can not be more than 2 sylables
- Take first sylable of last name and add "ER" (Patrick Kane is Kaner)
- Add an "S" (Chris Pronger is Prongs)
- Simply take first sylable of last name (Dustin Byfuglien is Buff)
- Add a "Y" or "EY" to either first or last name (Patrick Sharp is Sharpy)
- Put a spin on name using rules above (Brian Campbell is Soupy - like Campbell's Soup)
- Some shortened version of first or last name (Sidney Crosby is Sid and Evgeni Makin is Geno)
This being said, ALMOST anyone can have a nickname. Here is what everyone will be called from now on in ABC League based on rules above.
Alien
- Jeremy Knipper - Knip
- Mike Dylo - Mikey
- Chris LeFleur - Leffy
- Brendan McCallum - Macky
- Scott Blomquist - Blommy
- Nate Brand - Brando
- Joe Bafia - Baf
- Mark Dylo - Marky
- Mike Fascian - Facer
- Adam Keller - AK
- Gene Kelley - Geno
- Aaron Clutts - Cluttsy
- Matt Haynes - Haynser
- Dan Bishop - Bish
- Adam Lowel - A-Lo
- Shane Bast - Shane-O
Irwins
- Dane Maxwell - Dane-O
- Pete Anthan - Petey
- Bill Goodman - Goody
- Dave Lasnek - Laser
- Rob Wheeler - Trucker (as in 18 Wheeler)
- Chad Beyer - CB
- Brent Hanke - Hanks
- Gary Holloway - Holler
- Michael Johnson - MJ
- Jeff Kennedy - Pres (as in JFK)
- Nick Place - Placer
- Kurt Potthoff - Harry (as in Harry Potter)
- Jon Rech - Wrecker
- Ryan Smiley - Smiles
- Jim Goeke - Gokes
- Todd Garrett - Todder
Kryptonite
- Brook Current - Brooksy
- Richard Huyck - Hitch (as in hitchhiker)
- Brendan Barker - Barks
- Christopher Hill - Hillsy
- Scott Kundel - Kundy
- Tim Close - Closer
- Adam Schnieders - Shneedz
- Adam Edgington - Edge
- Brad Dean - Dean-O
- Dave Green - Greeny
- Brian Gugat - Googs
- Matt Johnson - Matty
- Mike Pedersen - Petey
- Ben Paoli - Pazer
- Blaine Barker - Blaine-O
Hawgs
- Nick Sindelar - Sinder
- Mike Beede - Beeds
- Mike Bartak - FiveO (as in police)
- Howard Hewlett - Tres
- Sergi Kozak - Kozy
- Mike Kielty - Kilts
- Nataliya Dudechenko - Dude
- Pat Hoolihan - Hooly
- Austin Dagenais - Dags
- Dave Gannon - Gans
- Rick Kavan - Kaver
- Lisa Schumacher - Nike (as in shoe maker)
- Terry Sindelar - Block (as in cinder block)
- Matt Tessau - Tesser
- Ben Hudson - Bay (as in Hudson Bay)
Red Alert
- Mark Battista - Batty
- Justin West - Westy
- Josh Feathers - Dobbie
- Brian Battista - Batts
- Dusty Beenan - Beener
- Tod Dunn - Dunner
- Jim Kent - Clarky (as in Clark Kent)
- Casey Miller - Caser
- Dave Swift - Swifty
- Rod Bragg - Braggs
- Scott Brueck - Bricks
- Paul Curran - Pauly
- Joe Henson - Henny
- Brian Hobbs - Hobsy
- Mark Scholz - Scholzy
- Tony Hansen - Hanser
Voodoo
- Dan Toomey - Tooms
- Matt Whitaker - Whitty
- Nick Dawson - Creek (as in Dawson's Creek)
- Ben Griswell - Grisley
- Tim Lewis - Timmer
- Ross Posegate - Poser
- Mark Loverude - Rudy
- Jason Wolf - Wolfy
- Kristen Zorich - Zorro
- Ron Ambrose - Amby
- Nick Giunta - Gin
- Dan Koenig - Dan-O
- Caleb Harrelson - Woody (as in Woody Harrelson)
- Monty Brown - Brownie
- Natasha Kucherenki - Ashton (as in Ashton Kutcher)
- Kacy Reeves - Kaser
As of now, these names must be adhered to. Any misuse of these names will result in a 3 minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Changing your nickname is only permitted with the approval of the ABC League commissioner & the Canadien Mounted Police Chief.

