FINALLY.......

Well... It finally happened! The Hot Rods Hockey Club broke an 8 game losing streak by beating the Bad Pandas 7-3 in Thursday nights game.

The Rods made some improvements in their positioning after some whiteboard work in the dressing room prior to the game. The breakout was working well and a swarm style defence in their own end helped to get the victory.

Tayler Delannoy earned the Amateur Stuntman of the Game Award for a great performance in goal, filling in for John Barlow. He was so excited after the game, he just had to "Dab".

ICE CHIPS.....
- the last time the Hot Rods won a game was November 15th, 2015.
- the win Thursday night had absolutely nothing to do with Chris Potter's absence, no matter what anybody says.

Hot Rods Still Looking for a Win.....

In an effort to turn around their current slump, the Hot Rods Hockey Club had the 90s music blaring in the dressing room before the game. But even Sir Mixalot, Vanilla Ice and Metallica could not help them on Thursday night as they dropped their 8th in a row, losing 2-0 to Nuclear Winter.

The Hot Rods had control of the game for the most part,  as well as many good quality scoring chances. Even though the score doesn't reflect it,  the Rods out shot the Winter by a large margin, but just couldn't seem to find the back of the net.

John Barlow was once again solid in net but couldn't get any offensive help for his performance.

ICE CHIPS......
- Tom Hautzinger's face turned red after tripping on the face off dot in his own end during the second period. To make things worse, it was the same spot where Tony Schellenberg had tripped during warm up, and Tom had subsequently pointed and laughed at him.
- Trevor Bueckert earned himself the Amateur Stuntman of the Game Award for running over a much smaller fellow while on the forecheck. It was a beautiful hit, but wasn't as appreciated by the victim.  This was evident by the hack Trevor received right after he put the guy on his back.

Hot Rods Continue Slump

The Hot Rods Hockey Club continued their losing skid on Thursday night at Scott Seaman, dropping their seventh in a row to the Duffmen by a score of 6-3. It was a frustrating loss for the Rods as 5 of the 6 Duffmen goals were redirected off someone or something. It seemed like they just couldn't catch a bounce.

John Barlow played a hell of a game but was plagued by those bad bounces. His performance still earned him the Amateur Stuntman of the Game Award despite the loss.

Goal scorers for the Hot Rods were Sean Vander Linden, Tom Hautzinger and Chris Potter, who got it past the Duffmen goalie with a blistering off-speed wrister from the point.

The Hot Rods next game is an AWAY game against Nuclear Winter on Thursday, January 21st at 10:30 pm at Scott Seaman. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.ca but are going fast. 

ICE CHIPS....
- Andrew McAllister finally showed up to a game

Thursday Night Loss Continues 6 Game Slide

The Hot Rods Hockey Club lost their sixth in a row on Thursday night by a score of 6 - 1 to the Rustlers.

The Rustlers came out flying scoring 4 goals in the first and 2 more in the second, despite a great effort in net by Tayler Delannoy.

The Rods were able to get on the board with just a few minutes left in the third to break the shut out.

We'll get em next time.

ICE CHIPS.......
- the Hot Rods have yet to win a game since donning their new jerseys.
- many thought the new helmet stickers would be the good luck charm to end the streak.

Sunday Game Report

The Hot Rods Hockey Club lost another game on Sunday night against the Drillers,  losing 4-1. Apparently the Sunday night after Christmas holidays before everyone goes back to work is a bad time to play hockey. It felt like I was skating in quicksand!

That's five in a row for the Hot Rods,  who are in a slump that has seen them go quite a while without a win.

ICE CHIP'S.... We learned that Nick can actually break his own stick with his skate.