Monday, November 29, 2004

 

Tansi!

 

This weekend was a great start for native hockey in the Treaty Six Hockey League.

 

On Friday the 26th I traveled to Onion Lake with my family where I got to watch the hometown Eagles take on the Little Pine Braves in a high scoring and very exciting hockey game.  The final score was 16-9 but if posts and crossbars counted then the score would have been much closer as the Little Pine players would beat the goalie but not the goalie’s best friends.  I have to say that the Onion Lake Arena is a top notch sporting facility.  It is an awesome building be sure to attend a game there this year.

 

Congratulations to Jordy Lewis from the Onion Lake Eagles on scoring the first ever goal at 15:59 of the first period of play in our new and exciting league.

 

On Sunday night I watched the Beardy’s Blackhawks play the Montreal Lake Blue Jackets at the Beardy’s Arena.  It was a close game until the third period when the floodgates opened up for Beardy’s and they went on to win 9-4.

 

Also on Sunday the Mistawasis Warriors visited the Sandy Lake Chiefs where they eked out an 8-7 victory.  The Sandy Lake Chiefs fought till the end when they had a power play with 20 seconds to go but could not get the puck passed the Mistawasis goalie.  Unfortunately I couldn’t be in two places at once so I missed the home opener in Sandy Lake.  I will be sure to try and make it to the next game there.

 

While at these games I watched the fans as much as I watched the game and it makes me feel good to see the looks on their faces as their team scores a goal or their goalie makes a big save.  I could see that first game jitters had a lot to do with the outcomes of these games but those jitters will disappear and the season progresses.

 

I would like to thank all the players for the good clean games that were played.  This makes it easier to talk people into attending games as fans enjoy watching good fast clean hockey games; I know I did.  Keep it up boys.

 

I will be traveling to Moosomin on Tuesday November 30th to watch the Warriors play the Beardy’s Blackhawks at 7:00pm so I hope to see you there.  Also be sure to check out the recap of the game on Wednesday, as I will try to have it posted by then.

 

If you haven’t yet, be sure to come out and watch a game. 

 

Yours in Hockey,

Chris Pechawis

TSHL President