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Jan 12, 2009, 9:30 am

Jan 11, 2009, 12:16 pm
The North Stars defeated the Nickel City Sons this moring at the John Rhodes in the semi-final by a score of 4 - 2.  Tyler Lucente was in goal for the win.

Scoring for the North Stars were:
1. Nicholas Romano from Michael Schug at 3:54 of the second period.
2. Brad Pascall from Tyler Hawdon at 1:42 of the second period.
3. Brad Pascall from Kelly Barrett at 11:18 of the third period.
4. Brian Nanne from Patrick Watling at 1:47 of the third period.

With the win the North Stars advance to the Finals at 4:00pm at the John Rhodes Arena against the Sault Michigan Indians.

Jan 11, 2009, 12:09 pm
The North Stars defeated the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves by a score of 4 - 1, to go undefeated in round robin play at the Steel City Tournament.  Paul Orlando was in goal for the win.
Scoring for the North Stars were:
1. Patrick Watling from Michael Schug and Colin Miller at 8:26 of the first period.
2. Brian Nanne from Aidan Wright and Tyler Hawdon at 12:09 of the third period.
3. Brad Pascall from Brian Nanne and Nicholas Romano at 6:43 of the third period on the power play.
4. Nicholas Romano from Josh Cerasuolo and Brad Pascall at 2:55 of the third period on the power play.

Next action for the North Stars is at 9:30 Sunday morning in the semi-finals against the Nickel City Sons at the John Rhodes Arena.

Jan 5, 2009, 3:12 pm

Some of you may know that Coach Mike is a true blue Chicago Blackhawk fan for many years.  I received the following story and did a little research to be sure. 

This happened in November of 2008 right after the Blackhawk's played the Maple Leafs in Toronto.   It is a wonderful story, I hope you enjoy it.

 

What a Great Story!!!

      In the middle of a gruelling six game road trip where a very young hockey team is away from home, the third game of the trip ends late on a cold Canadian Saturday night. This is the only break on the trip and the three days between games allow them the only break to get back home in their own beds for a couple of days before going back on the road. A scheduled commercial flight waits for them at Toronto 's International Airport for the short flight home. They could be home by midnight. This plane departs on schedule, but without a single member of the hockey team on board.

      Earlier, back in the locker room, a vote was taken after the game and a unanimous decision is made by this young team to skip this flight and stay one more day. They make arrangements to check back in the hotel and on a frozen Sunday morning charter two buses that have no heat and begin a journey two hours straight north into a sparsely inhabited Canada , but where hockey is its passion.

      They arrive at their destination to the surprise of the team's general manager who is there attending his fathers wake. After a few emotional hours, this team boards the buses and head back for a two hour trip back to Toronto . On the way they ask the bus drivers to stop in a tiny Canadian town because they are hungry.

      To the shock of the patrons and workers at this small hockey town McDonald's, a professional team walks out of two rickety buses and into the restaurant, which just happens to have pictures of two members of this team on its wall. The patrons know every single one of these players by sight being fanatic fans of hockey in these parts. One can only imagine the amazement of the locals seeing an entire professional hockey team sit down and have a meal in their tiny little town in the middle of a hockey season. After a while they board the buses and catch their same flight, 24 hours later, giving one day of their time to their general manager.

      Have I made this up? Is this an excerpt from some fictional book?

      No, this a true story of the Chicago Blackhawks last Saturday night and they decided to attend Dale Tallon's fathers funeral. It's amazing that such a good story can be found nowhere on the Internet, and not even mentioned in the Chicago papers. Had one of the Blackhawks got into a fight and punched some drunken loser in a Toronto bar it would be plastered all over papers and the television.

      This being said, it's hard to imagine any professional football, basketball or baseball team doing this, but the members of the Blackhawks claim any "hockey" team would have done this. This is one reason I continue to be a big hockey fan, and another reason I am excited about this Chicago team. I thought I would share this story as it appears to have gone unnoticed.

      What a Great Hockey Story. Most of the players on the Team are Canadian kids. Born and raised with the values that we all sometimes forget.

      Remember that we are not all destined to play hockey in the NHL but, we are all destined to take pride in our Canadian way of life and the way we are looked at for being respectful, polite, hardworking and most of all HOCKEY FANS and HOCKEY PARENTS.

     

 

Jan 5, 2009, 10:36 am