Family Day 2023 celebrated with pre-game Meal and Beverages for Team Cabinetsmith!.

For the 2022/23 Season, the playoff format is as follows:

1. The playoff is Round-Robin format starting March 2, 2023 and ending April 1, 2023. The final day, April 1, will be a combination of the 7th Round Robin playoff game and the 2 championship Finals.
2. Each team will play each other ONCE in the Round Robin Playoffs.
3. Games will be 50 minutes long and can end in a Win or Tie.
4. After the last Round Robin Playoff Game on April 1, 2023, the standings will be tallied and the teams will be seeded.
5. The Team’s record in the Round Robin Playoff will be used to determine the seeding. Tie breakers will be (in order of importance) – a) Head to Head b) Team with the Most wins c) Team with the Lowest GAA d) Team with the Least Penalty minutes e) Team with the best Plus Minus and f) Team with the most Goals scored.
6. The 1st and 2nd place seeded teams of the Round Robin playoff will face off in the A Championship
7. The 3rd and 4th place seeded teams of the Round Robin playoff will face off in the B Championship.
8. The “A” and “B” Finals will be 50 minutes in length. Stop time will be at the 1:00 mark of the 1st period and at the 5:00 mark of the 2nd period. ONLY in the “A” Final or “B” Final it will be allowed where each team will get one timeout and can only be called by their captain (or if absent, his designate). If at the end of the 50-minute game for the “A” Final or “B” Final, the game is tied, there will be a five (5) minute stop-time sudden-death overtime. If the game is still tied after the overtime, then a 3-player shootout will happen. Each captain is to give the timekeeper the 3 shooters before the game starts. If still tied, a sudden-death shootout format will start. No player can shoot more than once in a shootout.

Good luck to all teams.

The Commish

Effective immediately, there will be a new dress code policy in effect. All players will be expected to show before their scheduled game, in a Suit and Tie, as lead by example by B&I Truck. Looking sharp there gents.

The following players are celebrating their birthday in the month of February. Hope your special day is filled with tasty food, thirst-quenching beverages and great friends!

• Jan Olbrycht
• Dan Arki
• Harry Kane
• Michael Turpin
• Brent Neufeld
• Barry Letman
• Michael Robertson
• Freeman Sweazey

Cheers!

The Commish

Happy Birthday wishes to all these players celebrating birthdays in the month of January! Cheers!

• Robert Elrick
• John Hussey
• Randy Provencal
• Drew Perry
• Shayne Pierce
• Ryan Bird
• Shayne Young
• Mike Holmes
• Daren Mowry
• AJ Brassard
• Steve Cartwright
• Kevin McArdle
• Russell Pysklywec
• Gerry Sewell

If you have a clever, unique or funny nickname you want shown on the website, kindly submit it to me and I can add.

Cheers,

The Commish

The Games scheduled for Friday, December 23, 2022 that were cancelled due to inclement weather have been rescheduled to Family Day, February 20, 2023 from 5pm to 9pm at East Bayfield Community Centre. Please check your team’s schedule for your time slot on that day.

Cheers!

Here we are at the halfway mark of the 2022/23 Winter Season. It has been a great season so far.

Even after the attempt at the equalization draft to knock RBC down in talent, they are still the Odds-on favourite to win the Jim Pearson Cup. Are they the team to beat? Time will only tell. Lead by current leading scorer of the league, Doug Leach, RBC is balance of good scoring and good defence but the backbone of this team is its solid goaltending, lead by first-year goalie, Jim Szilvasi with a sparkling 2.13 GAA, 16 wins and 2 shutouts.

The race for second place to fourth place is between 6 teams, all within 6 points of each other. Whether it’s Team Cabinetsmith, lead by its potent offence trio of Brandon, Shayne and Ryan OR Team Dave’s Electric with the reigning MVP, Ryan Johnson OR Team Lockeroom, with it’s previous seasons’ scoring champion, Colin Underhill OR Team Cora’s, with the reigning  defenceman of the year, Terry Zywot OR Team B&I Truck with its ritual of having their POG awarded a brown trenchcoat after each game (not sure what that is about) OR Team Auto Ranch, who stiffle the opponent by using the trap and capitalizing on the opponents mistakes, it makes for close games and good hockey.

Last but definitely not least is Team Sybran. They have definitely suffered adversity for the first part of the year and has a tough go with key players missing. Hopefully they can turn it around and maybe a trade between RBC and Sybran will help. I am sure Doug will gladly trade an A player for and E player to help out Sam’s team. I think all captains can agree on that.

The season is progressing well with the march on to the playoffs, starting March 2023. In its 31-year history, the team that won the Regular Season title has rarely won the league championship, so the pressure is on RBC to break the streak. Can they do it? I am sure there are 7 other teams that will do their best to keep with tradition.

Best of luck to all teams and let’s have a great second-half to the season.

Cheers!