The FHL Gazette

The FHL season officially got underway Monday night with the Windstars and Thunderbolts playing the first game of the 2026–27 season.

The Windstars struck first when Jordan Guske opened the scoring midway through the first, but the Thunderbolts answered before the period ended to make it 1–1. The teams traded blows again in the second, with Steve Harris finishing a setup from Guske and Nico Deluca, but the Thunderbolts took a 3–2 lead into the third.

With 7:48 remaining, Chris Jensen buried the tying goal off assists from Ryan Pearson and Patrick Coliton, setting up a frantic finish. The game looked destined to tie until Nicholas Patrick decided 46 seconds was plenty of time to ruin the Thunderbolts’ evening, scoring the go-ahead goal off a feed from Harris to give the Windstars a 4–3 lead.

Zach Cholette and the Windstars held the fort for the final 46 seconds, completing the comeback and giving the Windstars the first win recorded in the FHL this season.

Final: Windstars 4, Thunderbolts 3.

⚡Thunder rolled early.
✨The stars came out late.

Welcome

We're back! It was Championship Ring Ceremony night for the Marauders before the game. The scoreboard was on the fritz, but it hardly mattered since we couldn't score on Cannon. The Model Ts came out flying early and energy was high. We fell behind after goals from Jensen and Joey Z, and spent the rest of the game fighting an uphill battle. With three of our four drafted d-men out, we had to roll with a three-d. Legs feed the wolves, boys! Ryan Soz notched the first goal in Model Ts franchise history, and rookie Jordan Guske looked like a real building block for the future — great work by the front office scouting this offseason. Chris Deroche picked up a smooth five-hole goal on their red-hot Cannon in the third. In the end, we ran out of legs and time, but word is the full squad as drafted will be back next week. A few strange bounces went against us out there, but we're going to keep improving every week.

 

Thank you Colarusso & the freshly self demoted 2.5 Filar for subbing in this one. 

Glad to be back in the FHL! First game was a bit rough. Definitely need to get back in hockey shape. 

After a 0-0 first period, we couldn't figure out how to get any sustained offensive pressure. When we did get shots, Demars turned them all away.

Vanetta had a solid FHL debut. This game could have easily been 8-0 if not for his goaltending.  

Hopefully getting our first round pick back next week will get us back on track.  

Thanks Deroche for subbing. On to the Edsels in week 2.  

Welcome back!


Cobra squad has a new look and hits the ice in fashion. Lots of puck movement and tons chances. We broke the seal early in the 2nd as Petro buries a rebound from Scary!


It didn’t take too long for Terry to bury one from his office on top of the crease! We continue to have a hot 2nd period as Spence takes a feed from Dan V and barely beats the buzzer to go up by 3.


3rd period live barn footage shows a significant decrease in speed from both teams. We were able to bang 1 more home and keep the escorts off the board. Demars cobra debut can’t get much better, he was a brick wall back there for us!


Almost an as drafted squad for week 1! Dan then man steps in for Jon, thanks Dan! Onto week 2!

This team is out of shape. Adams gets the W. 

Excited to be back for another fhl season! Lots of new faces on the SuperChiefs this year. 

Game kicks off with a point shot from sub Filar that finds the back of the net. Edsels answer back with 2 goals to take the lead. Chiefs continue to pour on the offensive pressure but Edsels goalie stands tall throughout the rest of the game.

Thanks to Blake, Prez, and new guy Chance Bradley for subbing in. 

STARDATE 16SEPT2026

In the night sky, the moon was positioned near Antares.  Although the brightest star in the Scorpius constellation, Antares burns thousands of degrees cooler than our solar system's sun and thus emits most of its energy on the infrared wave spectrum.  Its name means "rival to mars," due to its bright red color, and its constellation sits opposite the constellation Orion due to the Greek myth that told of Gaia sending a scorpion to kill Orion.  

What did that mean for the Galaxies in their first FHL tilt of the 2026-2027 season (and the first game that actually had goal pegs in use)?  A loss to the Mustangs.  Jack and Bazzy combined for 4 of the Galaxies' 5 tallies, all on really nice plays.  One of Jack's goals was absolutely ridiculous, too.  Sub Colarusso potted our other goal. 

While the G-men need to clean up the d-zone play, lots of positives to build on.  Gonna be fun year!