STEELERS STARVE THE FAT BOYS

Coming off last week's disappointing 5-2 loss against Alumina, the Steelers had something to prove and to shoot for against the Fat Boys. A win against the Fat Boys would vault the Steelers into 3rd place so the team was pumped to get 'er done. The Steelers were missing a couple of regulars on D (Kulbak and Jones) and Garner up front heading into this contest. Justin Warkentin moved back to play D and looked very comfortable out there. The Fat Boys started quickly pressuring the Steelers for the first few minutes of the game until the 3 minute mark of the first period when Kevin Neild began his end to end rush. K-Man's strides could be overheard in the Thristy Penguin bar and crowds began to gather as K-Man began his journey from one end to the other. At the 5 minute mark of the first K-Man reached the red line and then turned on the speed. By the 6 minute mark…and a few line changes later, K-Man had maneuvered his way into the opposing end. To his credit, K-Man kept the puck away from every Fat Boy that tried to take it off him. K-Man finally made it close to the opposing goal and very cleverly faked the shot and instead fed Ryan McGonigle who slammed home his third of the year. It stayed that way until the 7 minute mark of the 2nd period when Fat Boy David Fox beat a some-what screened Durigon top shelf just inside the post/cross-bar. The Steelers got that one back on the powerplay with only 8 seconds left in the second period when Gualter Carvahlo directed in a Justin Warkentin feed for his 7th of the year. Larry Romanuik also picked up a helper on that one. The Steelers then displayed their Steel Curtain defence in the 3rd with some stand up defence and great shot blocking from Romanuik, Ruben, Lam and Lee to help preserve the 2-1 win. Great effort by all.

Team Fines: None (awesome!)

Scratches: Jones, Kulbak and Garner

The Steelers Next Game: Tuesday, Jan 23 at 8:15 vs. The Bears (D2 Team who are 5-8-1)

Known Scratches: Neild, Ruben

Room Key Duties: Romanuik

Please let Craig and I know if you can't make it.

Cheers

STEELers Not As Strong As ALUMINA

The Steelers headed into Game #14 with a 2 game winning streak and 3 game unbeaten streak and were full of confidence not having lost in 2007. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end as the Steelers, at times, were their own worst enemy during this contest. The start of the game was delayed several minutes as both teams waited for the Steelers back up goalie (Marc-Andre) to suit up. You see, Marc-Andre, a relative newcomer to the great city of Toronto, was given some pretty detailed directions to the rink from Coach Craig Lindsay in an attempt to get the backstopper to the rink and avoid a congested Gardner Expressway. I believe the directions were something like, take Lakeshore West, make a right on Parkside, past Bloor, make a left and turn up Jane, up Jane make a right at the 3rd Tim Hortons, and then a sharp left at the Asian strip club, etc… It was no surprise Marc-Andre was lost and hence late to the game. The Steelers were penalized for the delay and charged with a delay of game penalty to start the game, but with strong fore checking jumped on a Alumina giveaway and took the early lead on a shorthanded goal by Gualter Carvahlo (his 6th of the season) on a nice feed from Kevin Neild (I think he meant to shoot). It wasn't pretty from there on in. Alumina got on the board with a shot that was tipped by, guess who (his 5th of the season), and past a helpless Marc Andre. Actually, the puck didn't actually cross the goal line as Mark Lee cleared it away safely, but the official (well situated between the red line and blue line) adamantly pointed towards the net awarding the goal. A scramble around Marc Andre led to the 2nd Alumina goal before Mike Didulka tied it on his 13th of the season from Mark Lee. Alumina scored their go ahead goal on the power play on another tip in (actually very nicely tipped in by an Alumina player this time). Just seconds later Alumina took commanding 4-2 lead on a giveaway that left an Alumina player with an empty net to bury the insurance goal (unlike Patrick Stefan). Alumina added another late in the game that appeared to go off defenceman Chayim Ruben and skated off with a 5-2 victory.

Game Scratches: Lam (work thing)

Team Fines: Tip in Rule (Lee, Ruben)
Penalty Leading to Game Winning Goal (Ruben - ouch - that's a double for Ruben!)
Goalie Allowing 3+ Goals in a Period (Marc Andre)

Special Note: (Team Fines will not be enforced but voluntary contributions from offenders will go towards a team season ending festivities in the pub) - also, more creative rules targeting the forwards are welcome.

The Steelers next game is on Tuesday, January 16th at 10:30 vs. The Fat Boys

Known Scratches: Jones

Room Key Duties: Ruben

Let Craig and I know if you can't make it.

Thanks

Hey everyone, on a serious note, while watching CBC's Hockey Day in Canada earlier today, there was a really interesting piece on how guys in beer league hockey are suffering heart attacks on the ice. Most often these attacks are fatal and are caused by lack of attention to the victim quickly.

They advised teams to plan ahead and appoint certain individuals to due certain tasks so action can take place as quickly as possible to help revive the victim.

They advised that teams appoint people to call 911, to get the defibrillator (there is one at Ice Sports), to administer CPR, to contact Rink Personnel.

I suggest we organize ourselves accordingly so that we are prepared as we can be. Not that I am anticipating something like this to happen, but as a few of us are getting older and approach the 230+ club, this becomes more relevant.

If anyone knows CPR, let me know and you'll be appointed to the CPR team.

9-1-1 Team Durigon, Neild, Romaniuk, Jones, Kulbak

Get the Defibulator Team Carvahlo, Lindsay, Lam, Ruben, Garner

Contact Rink Personnel Team Lee, Warkentin, Didulka, McGonigle

CPR Team TBD

Thoughts??? We can talk about it on Tuesday.

CPR IN THREE SIMPLE STEPS (Please try to attend a CPR training course) CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
1. CALL Check the victim for unresponsiveness. If there is no response, Call 911 and return to the victim. In most locations the emergency dispatcher can assist you with CPR instructions.
2. BLOW Tilt the head back and listen for breathing. If not breathing normally, pinch nose and cover the mouth with yours and blow until you see the chest rise. Give 2 breaths. Each breath should take 1 second.
3. PUMP If the victim is still not breathing normally, coughing or moving, begin chest compressions. Push down on the chest 11/2 to 2 inches 30 times right between the nipples. Pump at the rate of 100/minute, faster than once per second.
CONTINUE WITH 2 BREATHS AND 30 PUMPS UNTIL HELP ARRIVES NOTE: This ratio is the same for one-person & two-person CPR. In two-person CPR the person pumping the chest stops while the other gives mouth-to-mouth breathing.

STEELERS TURN THE TABLES IN COMEBACK VICTORY

The start of the 2007 portion of the winter season proved to be a strange one for the Steelers. Even before the Steelers hit the ice against Team Grey, strange things were happening - Larry Romaniuk unveiled his brand new shiny red one piece composite stick all wrapped in matching red tape (light red tape as some players pointed out); Ryan McGonigle was set to dawn the shin pads when he noticed one was missing and all of a sudden became a late scratch; and Durigon, somewhat distracted by McGonigle's missing shin pad, forgot to put his suspenders on (not quite sure how the pants stayed up).

The scoring started quickly when Larry Romaniuk who was playing D niftily jumped deep into the offensive zone and zipped one home to put the Steelers up quickly 1-0. After that Team Grey started shooting and missing Durigon completely, unfortunately the hit the net - in fact, scoring 5 times in 5 minutes of the first period to put the Steelers in a deep hole. However, with 2 periods to go, the Steelers knew there was a lot of time left and really started to take the play to Team Grey. First, while killing a Marco Jones penalty, Mike Didulka intercepted and Team Grey pass and broke in all alone and slammed in his first of 3 on the night. Less than three minutes later Craig Lindsay finished off a fine three way play with his 2nd of the season to bring the Steelers within 2. Didulka scored his 2nd of the night just over a minute later on another breakaway to bring the Steelers to within one. The Steelers didn't stop the momentum when they switched ends and headed into the third. Gualter Carvahlo was sent in on yet another breakaway on a beautiful pass from Mark Lee and Carvahlo finished it off like a pro going top shelf sending the water bottle right off the net - quite likely the best goal of the year so far. Team Grey then took back the lead on an unimpressive 2 on 1 play that resulted in another shot eluding Durigon. However, the Steelers showed a lot of resilience and did not let that goal faze them, in fact Durigon drew upon his pee wee coach's advice "Mario, no matter how bad it looks after you've let in 6, never let in the 7th since it most often is the most important goal of the game" and Durigon shut the door from there on in. With just under 4 minutes remaining Team Grey goon Mark Matusiak picked up a double minor for hooking and tripping and a 5 minute match penalty for harassing the official. Early into the power play Kevin Neild tied things up with his 6th of the season. The Steelers completed the comeback in overtime as Mike Didulka scored his third of the game going top corner off a lovely feed from Justin Warkentin.

The win put the Steelers within 1 point of 2nd place and continued the team's unbeaten streak to 3 games.

Multiple point earners included:

• Mike Didulka 4 points (3 G 1 A)
• Larry Romaniuk 2 points (1 G 1 A)
• Justin Warkentin 2 points (1 G 1 A)

Team Scratches: McGonigle (the case of the disappearing shin pad); Ruben (gig)

Team Fines: Kulbak - $5 to the beer fund (Mark Lee rule - deflecting shot into own net)

The team also came up with some further creative fines:

• Team recommended rule was 'any goalie allowing in 5 goals within 1 period will contribute $5 to the beer fund. Durigon reduced the number to 3 goals, so the official rule will be 'Any goalie allowing 3 goals within 1 period will contribute $5 to the beer fund' (more commonly known as the Durigon 2 rule)
• Any player forgetting a critical piece of equipment will contribute $5 to the beer fund (more commonly known as the McGonigle rule)
• Any player using stick tape that matches the colour of their stick where the tape colour is not black or white will contribute $25 to the beer fund (unless they end up scoring during the game). (more commonly known as the Romanuik 2 rule)

Who is this Toronto Maple Leaf ( taping his stick in black tape ) ..Hint his name is on the other picture which is off of the 1944-45 Stanley Cup Winning Team.