Game #2 and Schedule Updates

The Hot Rods Hockey Club picked up their second win of the season Monday night in a hard fought battle with the Aces. The score on the league website says 7-4, but the actual result was a much closer 6-5.

You see, there would be no way that the Rods could have scored 7 goals, specifically that Tom Hautzinger could have scored 2. In the history of all hockey, no player has scored more than one goal in a game where their only move is to cut to the outside during a rush. Therefore, it can be deduced that Hautzinger could not have scored 2 goals, and therefore the Rods could not have 7 total goals.

You can see the full game recap, and completely blatant deception from Monday's game at Hot Rods Game #2

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The remainder of the 2017-18 Schedule was posted today and it looks as though we better like those Friday games. For the rest of the season, except for 1 Wednesday game and 2 Saturday games, all of our games are Friday nights at 9:00 pm at Scott Seaman Stadium.

Please be advised, the schedule will probably change slightly as divisional realignment occurs after the first 5-8 games. As well, I have only entered the games on Teamsnap up to Xmas in case there is significant changes to the schedule (probably wont be though).

You can see our schedule up to Christmas on the calendar on the side of  this Blog---------->

or check out the NCHL website at Hot Rods Schedule.

Hot Rods Season Opener

The Hot Rods Hockey Club kicked off the 2017-2018 winter season with a 5-1 victory over the Eh Team II on Friday, Sept. 15. Some credited the win to their lucky charms, the new Hot Rods HC hats.

John Barlow was stellar in net keeping the Hot Rods in it throughout the whole game, stopping multiple breakaways. 

After a scoreless first period, it didn't take long for the Rods to get their first goal, coming a couple minutes into the second period. Who else should open the scoring but the leading scorer from last season, Tony Schellenberg. The Hot Rods then proceeded to get goals from 4 more players, Nick Giannoulis, Keith Pelletier, Ian Silkstone and Cam Campbell.

Barlow had the shutout going through most of the third period, but after a broken play in the defensive end, it was not meant to be.

The refs chose Andrew McAllister as the player of the game due to the fact that despite his favorite ref calling the game, he didn't receive one penalty and he dint call anyone a c#*t!

Next game is Monday, Sept 18 at 9 pm at Scott Seaman against the Aces.

Game Updates

The Hot Rods Hockey Club has posted a 2-3-1 record in the past 6 games to sit in 5th place in NCHL Division 9 South.

The two wins were both shutouts in games where the Hot Rods had a lot of fun. It's always fun to win!

Two of the three losses were tough ones that could have gone either way.

Some of the highlights from the past 6 games include:

• Jan 13 - While waiting for a pass, Chris Potter went offside. Afterwards, the ref was quoted as saying, "Chris was just too fast". So it's confirmed.
• Dec 23 - Near the end of the game while on a rush, Tom Hautzinger breaks a nail and can't finish. Turns out someone got a stick in and he broke his thumbnail half way down and it was sticking straight up. This new agency cannot confirm if he actually cried, but I swore I saw a tear.
• Jan 13 - While leading 6-0 in the third period, the Hot Rods coaching staff moved Marc Delannoy to forward and Tony Schellenberg back to defense. In his first shift at forward, Marc showed off his ability to "turn on the jets" and won a footrace with the opposing defenseman and goalie. The result of this demonstration of speed was an open net goal for the veteran.
• Jan 13 - Tom Hautzinger is on the Scott Seaman naughty list after a Shea Webber-like clapper that broke the glass during warm up. (See pics below) During a post game interview, Hautzinger had little to say, only nodding his head with a smirk. It was like he knew he already had a hard shot