The FHL Gazette

An unfortunate outcome this week as the Torino's put the first tally into the "L" column. A couple flukey goals led to alot of postgame conversation, but the Thunderbolts played it solid for 3 periods.  DiMarco made his season debut after touring too much of Asia for his liking and Gorski keeps the hot hand securing his back to back hat tricks. Thanks to OG Escort Petro, not Jones' Phoenix walmart version, for subbing in and getting on the score sheet. 

We return next week against Akins and the Galaxies hopeful for both a better outcome and some better on-ice decisions from El Presidente.

I don’t know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback. 

 

Week 6 of waiting for our new jerseys, we broke out the blue mariners jerseys for this one. It's throwback night.

This one started out with a fast pace and a lot of good defensive hockey on both sides. First round pick Ryan Zack had the zoomies in the first period controlling a lot of the play, but it was 0-0 after 1.

We'd stay scoreless halfway through the second period until

Le tir, et le buuuuut!

Rookie Stephane "Frenchie" Debusschere remoives the cheerio from next to his name and nets the first goal of his FHL career tapping in a rebound from FHL pres Tom "Dancing Bear" Filar. Thanks for subbing  Le President.

Model T's Jordan Guske would answer 2 minutes later on a freak play where the Escorts step on a loose puck that squirts out right to him for a clear break. Unfortunately for the T's, that would be their only goal. Rookie goalie John Vanetta turned away all the rest of their shots - keeping Aco entirely off of the score sheet.

1-1 after 2 before the flood gates opened in the 3rd.  Additional goals from Zack, Davis, sub Harris, and Rookie 3.5 Escorts scoring leader Peter Pollock icing the game with an empty netter.

C'est la victoire!

Thanks Filar and Harris for subbing. The team is heating up and will be looking for that official gazette "hot" streak next week. Upgrades are in store as the captain will be out of town for work again. 

 

Yuck! Brutal ice the whole game because the Zam Guy decided to turn it into the Lincoln Park swimming pool from back in the day!

New guy Callum scored in the 1st and Rocco added a breakaway beauty in the 2nd. Riley grabbed his playmaker (3A) with a nice give and go with Rocco for a PP goal that ended up being the GWG. Great games out of the whole squad but special shout out's to Gretzinger and Contreraz for exceptional performances to help secure the W. 

1-0 after 1

2-0 after 2

Party in the 3rd, Demars played great. He even helped our defense out by leaving the net to take matters into his own hands by getting pucks out!

A couple long shifts in the 2nd, got caught chasing but Demars bailed us out. Overall solid game from the squad. 

Key takaway from this one is we all got to witness Tommy Bordeau's magnificent clapper in the 6 o'clock game. Beating one of the top tier tenders! I don't know if it went post in or bar down, it came in way too hot to tell. But he blew the roof off the barn, nice shot Tom!

Thanks to Ruben for filling in.

 

The Edsels are playing better hockey than the past two games suggest. We’re getting scoring chances, but not burying them enough. It’s coming, no worries.

We’ve had trouble playing all three periods, too. That’s going to change. We have a great room full of veteran leadership.

Looking forward to the next game.

STARDATE: 14OCT2026

There is strong evidence that our solar system was quite the volatile place during its early formation.  NWA 12774 is a one-pound meteorite that was found in northwestern Africa in 2019. It belongs to a rare class known as angrites. They account for less than one-tenth of one percent of all known meteorites. They’re also among the oldest meteorites, having formed more than four and a half billion years ago, when Earth and the other planets were still taking shape.  Researchers have concluded that NWA 12774 came from near the surface of a large body, maybe up to the size of Mars, that was likely obliterated in a collision with an even larger body.  Similarly, the Moon is believed to have formed after Earth collided with a different Mars-like planet and the resulting debris came together over time and through the elements to create the body we see today.  Another meterorite, Northwest Africa 12593, which is comprised partially of crystals that only form under extreme heat, came from a series of impacts that melted large portions of the Moon's surface approximately 3.5 billion years ago.  Fortunately for us, we appear to be living through a period of relative stasis for our solar system, or perhaps our sample size is just really, really small.

The FHL's Galaxies likewise got off to a rather bumpy start.  We opened the season with three straight losses.  Shipping me off overseas seemed turn things around, at least for one week.  I was back this week, though, and I was really hoping for a win to take some heat off of me.  As we have all season, we scored first.  Jack’s first of the night, off a nice feed from Bazzy off a pass from Jack, all of which was set up by Giuseppe.  Instead of giving up the lead, though, our sub-who-shall-not-be-named scored to give us a 2-0 lead in the 1st.  Not long after, the Edsels cut it to 2-1, and then eventually tied it up.  Early in the 3rd, Jack and the aforementioned sub connected for a couple quick ones, including the eventual GWG.  The Edsels did come extremely close to tying up the game, with a lot of late pressure, especially in the final seconds.  With 4.3 seconds on the clock, they won a faceoff in our zone.  The puck somehow made its way to Gret's backhand and he flung it at, and past, Contreraz, who was filling in for Chef.  Luckily for the Galaxies, it went in just after (i.e. immediately after) the buzzer.  Livebarn review confirmed the ref's call.  So, we managed to escape with a close victory.  That makes two in a row, after the 3-game losing streak to start the year.  Although it is a tiny sample size, hopefully it is indicative of further success to come.        

   

Aweful game from the Raud squad this week.

Calling the MIB to erase our memories on move on from this game. On to the next one. 

Big turn around from last week. Team bounced back well. Bryans facilitated half of our goals this week with FOUR assists on the night. Good assists too not vic quattrin assists where it bounces of his head to someone. Chet earns his hat trick patch tonight as well. And sub Coliton achieved play maker patch with three assists of his own. Without a doubt the biggest achievement though is Jim Tasis netting the game winning goal and having one assist on the night.