The FHL Gazette

Le match était plutôt serré après la première période, mais on n'a pas réussi à contenir Chet, qui a fini par marquer 7 buts.

Leur gardien a fait de très beaux arrêts. On aurait probablement pu marquer environ 4 buts de plus.

Il est temps de sortir les boules de bingo et de trouver un moyen d'aider un peu notre gardien.

Merci à Harris d'être venu en renfort. Crisi, j'espère que ton bras va bien.

First period was a lot of escorts offense. Every chance was turned away by grashik allowing the mustangs to take a 2-0 lead.

Second period remains tight and included super sub crisi getting a stick to the dick, after skating through that he goes to the net and gets hit as shooting injurying his arm removing him from the game.

Third period the ice seemed to slant in the mustangs favor. Big game for new FHLer Wilk on the score sheet with a playmaker. A silly amount of points from chet as well.

Thanks to honorary mustang rochna for his win streak with us and sorry to crisi for calling you and getting you hurt.

STARDATE: 09NOV2026

At just six light-years away, Barnard’s Star is the second-closest star system to Earth.  Only the triple-star system Alpha Centauri is closer.  It is much smaller and lighter than the Sun, and at visible wavelengths, it is less than one-thousandth as bright as the Sun.  In 2024, four planets were discovered orbiting the star.  Conditions on all four planets are likely hostile to life. None of them is more than about four million miles out from Barnard's Star, which is about four percent the distance from Earth to the Sun. They appear to be locked so that one hemisphere always faces the star, just as one hemisphere of the Moon always faces Earth. And they orbit in such a way that the system has remained stable over the star’s 10-billion-year lifetime.  Each of the planets are less massive than Earth and Venus, but heavier than Mars.  Evidence suggests that they are dense and rocky.  They are also likely quite dry and have no atmosphere.  

After our week 8 drubbing, the Galaxies were looking for signs of life coming into the tilt with the #blackandyellow, so we shook up the lines a bit to see if that might help.  Per usual, we got on the board first.  This time it was Gates cleaning up a rebound less than 2 minutes into the game.  We went up 3-1 in the second, before the Diesels first knotted it up at 3 and then took the 4-3 lead with a couple minutes to go in the period.  Less than a minute later, Jack decided to take matters into his own hands and took it coast-to-coast and buried the tying goal from an impossible angle.  With score tied and Jack in the sin-bin late in the game, Bazzy threw the puck up to Gates in the neutral zone and Gates took care of business to put us up 5-4.  Gates then finished off his hat-trick with an ENG in the final seconds.

Huge bounce back win for us after we kind of gave up last week.  Glad to see we could put that nonsense behind us and show up to play as a team.  

The Model Ts are officially one of the hottest teams in the FHL right now. Best part? You’d never know in the locker room whether we had lost three straight or won three straight. Same vibes, same chirps, same great room to be a part of.

We were down Dennis and Brent due to injury, so Dan Contreraz stepped in and the Ts rolled with nine skaters: five forwards and four defensemen. Usually, the Model Ts are known for filling the net—but this week, we decided to remind everyone that defense wins championships too.

Rochna had put up five goals in his last game, so the scouting report was simple: make the young fella work for every inch. Force him wide, clog the slot, make him skate 200 feet, and keep three or four Model Ts between him and Killer whenever possible. The boys bought in, and it made life very difficult for the superstar.

The game stayed 0–0 until a nice defensive stand in our own end led to a clean breakout. Ruben got things moving, Chris went full SportsCenter Top 10 with a spin-o-rama around a defender, and somehow found daylight past Demars. Boom! 1–0 Model Ts.

Goal No. 2 followed the same beautiful formula: defend, break out, score. Ruben blocked a shot, Aco moved it to Mac, and Mac found rookie sensation Jordan alone with Demars. Jordan went top shelf, where grandma keeps the cookies. 2–0 Ts.

Then, with less than a minute left in the second, Soz won a draw and Hajec banked one perfectly off the boards to spring Aco into a footrace. Aco turned it into a breakaway and buried it. 3–0. That was the backbreaker.

The fourth goal? You guessed it: more team defense. A strong play in our own end led to a breakout and a 3-on-2 with Mac, Aco, and Soz. After a few drop passes, Soz found space in the slot and made it 4–0.

All four goals started in the defensive zone. Great team defense, clean breakouts, proper lane filling, and timely finishes. It felt like a playoff win with the way everyone played for each other.

Then, with about 3:40 left, I committed the ultimate hockey sin. I said: “We need to find a way to get Killer the shutout, whatever it takes.”

Three seconds later, Scary Terry scored.

My bad, Killer. That one’s on me.

Team defense was the story of the night. It sounds like Brent should be back next week, while we await the official injury report on Dennis.

Three straight wins is something to be proud of. The boys haven’t stopped working, haven’t stopped playing for one another, and keep getting better every week. 

Cobras come into this one riding high off last week's victory. Unfortunately this one didn't go our way.

Very defensive game, back and forth. Both teams did a good job keeping pucks to the outside.

We had a couple breakdowns and 1-0 turned to 4-0 quick. We were able to break the ice but didn't get far from there. Regroup, make changes, come back stronger next week!