Honeybaked Exhibition Notes

Last nights 1 to 1 tie game against Honeybaked was a very entertaining and surprising well played game by both teams considering that its only August.

Goalie Brach Tiller gave us a sneak preview of the great things we expect from him this season and why our goaltending duo of Tiller-Laslo figures to be as good as any in the MWEHL.

The combination of Frere-Hastings continues to be red hot and combined with Cesarz for our only goal (Hastings) of the game. Both players are tied for the team lead in scoring after 3 games with 5 points each.

The line of Booth-Czarnik-Pawlaczyk was our most consistent in terms of generating scoring chances and applying pressure with cycling and puck possession in the Honeybaked zone.

Defensively, this game was a huge step up from our first two. Shatter and Lander playing their first season of elite AAA hockey had very good games and made huge strides from last weekends AAA debuts, while Hafner, Wiese, Lalonde, Barile, and Donnay were all solid and very physical.

Player and Coaches Check Your E-mail For Important Information Today

Just a heads up that all players and coaches need to be sure and check their e-mail today to get the information on what they need to do and bring with them to practice this Wednesday for our team rostering and registration, and about team issued equipment and helmets.

Weekend Notes: Sun County Panthers

Training Camp Scrimmages ended Sunday with two weekend games against the Sun County Panthers Minor Midget. Belle Tire won the first game 5-2 and lost the second game 6-4.

The Belle Tire attack was led by the combination of Center Alex Frere (3g /1a) and Left Wing DJ Hastings (1g / 3a) who combined for 4 goals and 4 assists on the weekend.

Coaches selected Cody Donnay and Chris Barile as the best defensively amongst defensemen. While Rodney Lalonde tallied 3 assists on the weekend.

The 2007-2008 Sun County Panthers Minor Midgets will be a force this season in Hockey Alliance and figure to be a top 10 team in the province of Ontario. Veteran Sun County Minor Midget Head Coach Tony Ciampa has made major additions to last seasons group of Sun County 92's and not only considers this year's Minor Midget team to be his best in the last 5 years but potentially the best Minor Midget team that he has had at Sun County.

Sun county is led by forward Dylan Impens who is projected to be a top two round OHL draft selection along with standout defensemen Mitch Dunning and one of Ontario's top 93 birthdates in forward Matt Puempel.

Those who play this team down the road this season can expect to face a fast and physical team which plays with a swagger and confidence. Hockey Alliance should be a very close two horse race this season between Sun County and Elgin-Middlesex for the league title.

Team To Be Featured On New York Yankees Television Broadcast

Next Friday August 24, when the New York Yankees are in town our team will be participating in a special event run by the New York Yankees Broadcast Network.

Five Yankees fans are travelling here from New York to watch the Yankees play the Tigers, and as part of their trip those five fans will be participating in the Network's "Yankees Fan Challenge".

The Yankee Fans Challenge that will be held by the Network in Detroit will involve these five fans skating through Coach Jabar's drills with our team on Friday Afternnon August 24 from Noon until 3:00 PM at the Taylor Sportsplex.

All members of our team are welcome to participate and the practice will be filmed by the New York Yankees Broadcasting channel to be aired during the Tigers-Yankees telecast later that evening.

Joe Maire Tournament Schedule Announced

The Joe Maire Tournament begins for our team with Friday games against two of Canada's top Midget Minor teams in Elgin-Middlesex and the Toronto Young Nats.

Elgin-Middlesex is regarded as the top non GTHL team in Ontario and features two projected first round picks in next years OHL Draft in forwards Greg McKegg and Steven Shipley.

Toronto Young Nats, a top 5 team in the GTHL are led by standout forward Tyler Seguin a projected first round pick in next years OHL Draft.

Here is the complete schedule for the Preliminary Rounds on Friday and Saturday

Friday September 7
9:45 AM vs. Elgin Middlesex Chiefs
1:30 PM vs. Toronto Young Nats

Saturday September 8
9:45 AM vs. Quite Red Devils
4:45 PM vs. Richmond Hill Stars

White Wins Series

So much for bold predictions. The White Team silenced the Red Team with two more victories in games 8 and 9 to take a 7-2 advantage in the Superseries with only one game left to play.

Red Wins To Prevent Elimination, White Says "So What"

The Red Team beat the White team in a high scoring game 7 but did little to earn the respect of the White Team.

White Team players shrugged off the loss and said it wasnt a real win because it was just 4 on 4 hockey because of all the missing players including the White Team goalie.

The Red Team, miffed at the White Team's lack of respect for their second win, vowed to win the next three games and tie up the series at 5 games apiece - which would force a final shootout to determine the series winner.

When informed of the Red Team's bold prediction for three straight wins and a tied series, White Team goalie Kyle Laslo from Los Angeles, (a hold out for Game 7 while resolving a contract dispute with team management) called the Red Team "a bunch of delusional jokers who would be incapable of getting a girlfriend if they moved to California."

White Takes 5-1 Series Lead; As Red Makes Major Acquisitions

White defeated Red again on Monday to take a 5-1 lead in the 10 game Superseries. White now needs just one more victory to clinch the series title.

Red, resorting to desperate measures, has traded an undisclosed amount of cash for White defenseman Chris Barile, and then signed free agent forward Jordan Miller in the hopes that these new acquistions can somehow turn around their miserable 5 game losing streak.

Teams For International Silver Stick Finals Announced

Click Here to view the Minor Midget partcipants for the International Silver Stick Finals in Whitby.

Divisions For Joe Maire Tournament Announced

Click Here to view the divisions for the Joe Maire Tournament.

MWEHL Schedule For Michigan Teams Set

The Events Schedule on the lower right side of the screen has been updated to include all MWEHL Games that have just been scheduled with the 4 other Michigan-based teams.

Correction: White Team Wins Scoring Fest

The White Team defeated the Red Team 13-10 in a high scoring game five. Original game report had the score reversed. The Training Camp Superseries now stands at 4 wins for the White Team and 1 win for the Red Team at end of the first week of Training Camp.

White Team Takes 3-1 Series Lead

Rusty Hafner scored in the 11th round of the shootout to give the White Team a 4-3 Victory and a 3-1 series lead after four games played.

Hip Flexor Sends Czarnik To Injured Reserve

Austin Czarnik was placed on the Injured Reserve List today for a strained hip flexor. Czarnik suffered the injury two weeks ago but continued training which aggravated the condition forcing him out of action for a minimum of two weeks.

With training camp invitee Brandon Ahlgren accepting a roster spot with Compuware, and Garrett Ross and Austin Czarnik both on Injured Reserve our group of training camp forwards is shrinking from 18 to 15.

Saturday Ice Times Changed To 5:00 PM

Our Saturday ice times for this fall season have been changed to 5:00 PM - 6:50 PM.

As announced last week Sundays are at 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM and Mondays and Wednesdays are at 8:30 PM - 9:50 PM.

All skates are at the Taylor Sportsplex.

White Takes 2-1 Series Lead

the White Team defeated the Red Team 6-4 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead in the 10 Game Superseries.

White Team Evens Super Series At One Win Each

The White Team bounced back from Monday's 4-1 loss to the Red Team in the first game of the 10 Game Training Camp Superseries with a 2-1 win on Tuesday in Game two.

The Super Series is tied 1-1 headed into game three at the conclusion of on-ice training on Wednesday.

Training Camp Attendance Clarification

For the purposes of clarification - attendance every day at our two week August Training Camp is MANDATORY for all players.

If there is an important unavoidable conflict in scheduling on a certain day than a player may ask to be excused from that certain day's sesssion, otherwise attendance is manadatory.

Home Ice Schedule Announced

We have just been informed by the Belle Tire Organization that our home ice for the 2007-08 Fall Season will be the Taylor Sportsplex and the weekly schedule of home ice will be as follows:

Sundays 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Mondays 8:30 PM - 9:50 PM
Wednesdays 8:30 PM - 9:50 PM
Saturdays 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM