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February 04, 2010 – Game Recap

Rink Dawgs – 2   Team Sleazy – 2

Game# 2 of season, played out a little as expected.  Both teams came out a bit sluggish, their passes were not crisp, shots missed the net and not a lot of good scoring chances.  The first period ended with no scoring and the shots were only 8-5 in favor of the Rink Dawgs.

The second period was a much better frame than the first, with both goalies seeing more action.  Nick Turcaloro of the Rink Dawgs had to make the more difficult saves than his counterpart, having to deal with lots of traffic in front of his net and lots of shots in tight.  Without his stellar goaltending, Team Sleazy could have easily taken control of the game.

At the 11:00 minute mark of the second the Rink Dawgs were given a powerplay opportunity and they made good on it.  After getting ball control in their zone, Tony Rowe and Carm DiLuciano worked the right side boards perfectly. As result Ted Kolkas cashed in on a great feed from Tony to open the scoring at the 9:31 mark of the period.

The Dawgs continued to press and at 7:24 were rewarded again.  With some aggressive forechecking the line of Tom Kolkas, Bruce Tiam-Fook & Carm DiLuciano were able to pin Team Sleazy in their own zone. Tom passed it around behind the net to Bruce how in turn fed a beautiful soft pass to Carm for the Iafrate like one-timer.  Team Sleazy were able to get one before the end of the second to make it 2-1 going into the intermission.

In the final period, the teams continued to trade chances and increase their shot totals.  The Dawgs were not able to put one past the netminder, despite of the many scoring chances right from the slot area.  They were also not able to capitalize on a powerplay chance, were as Team Sleazy did.  With just over 4 minutes to play, Bill Stewart was called for a questionable tripping penalty.  The Dawgs found themselves scrambling around in their zone and not able to clear the ball with a number chances to do so, ultimately leading to the game tying powerplay goal.

All in all it was an entertaining game and probably ended was it should have, in a tie.  I am sure though if you asked each team, they would tell you they were deserving of the win.

Game Stats:

Shots: Rink Dawgs  31 – Team Sleazy 26
Powerplay: 1 for 2
Penaltykill: 1 for 2

Player(s) of the Game:

Nick Turcaloro  24 saves
Carm DiLuciano  1G 1 A
Ted Kolkas 1 PPG

Bruce Tiam-Fook, Tony Rowe and Tom Kolkas each with an assist.

January 26, 2010 – Game Recap

Rink Dawgs – 5   Dickson Sider – 1

The Dawgs played a great team game despite not playing together as a unit since ending their summer season early on July 22, 2009.  For many of the guys it was the first time on the floor since the summer and for one player in particular it had been almost 10 years!!

As an original member of the Rink Dawgs back in 1995, Navin Persaud has rejoined the team in 2010.  A solid blue liner back then, Navin helped the Dawgs in capturing the winter championship in their inaugural season.  15 years later and a few more greys, Navin shook off the rust and showed again his ability to contribute on the back end.

The 2010 Spring season version of the Rink Dawgs, looks slightly different then the team did in the Summer of 09′.  Along with the re-addition of Navin, Jamie Farrow has returned to the fold as well.  Seeing their first action as Rink Dawgs, Bill “Big Red” Stewart and “Steady” Eddie Mirzadeh who are on loan from the Flyin Elbows, performed admirably in the team’s 5-1 victory last night.

The game was much closer than the score indicates, after 2 periods of hockey it was only a 2-1 lead for the Rink Dawgs.  Largely due to the spectacular goaltending of Stan for the Dickson Sider team, who stopped 25 of 27 shots over those periods.  Midway through the 2nd period, #33 Tony Rowe scored a beautiful powerplay goal, deking the defenceman and wristing one low blocker side.  After the goal was scored, Rowe was heard saying “Who left their underwear on the floor now” in response to some earlier trash talking from the Sider’s bench.  It was the TSN turning point of the game along with being the game winning goal.

It was a well balanced effort, with the Dawgs taking the play to the Sider’s all night long.  With efforts like that it could be a very successful season for the Rink Dawgs.

Game Stats:

Shots: Rink Dawgs   41  – Dickson Sider 22
Powerplay: 2 for 3
Penaltykill: 4 for 4

Player(s) of the Game:

Tom Kolkas  2g
Tony Rowe 1g (gwg)
Bill Stewart  1g and some solid penalty killing
Eddie Mirzadeh  21 saves

A well balanced attack (41 shots), good goaltending and a solid defensive effort.

From all the Dawgs, we wish you a very happy birthday and all the best.  You still move very well for an old fellow

Congratulations to Antonio & Janet Geraci on the arrival of their new baby boy Julian Salvatore Geraci.  Mother and child are doing well, we wish all 3 of you the very best!!

Hey guys,

Management would like to wish all current and former members of the Rink Dawgs and their families all the best in 2010!!

Hard to believe at 40 you still have all your hair, lol. From all the Dawgs we wish you a happy birthday and thanks for all the hard work you have put in over the years.

July 22, 2009 – Game Recap

Rink Dawgs – 7   Toronto Phantoms – 3

I was glad to see that we atleast came out with a good effort despite our place in the standings.  In fairness to our opponents, they started the game with only 6 guys and no goalie.  We were able to pop in 3 before their goalie showed up and then another after they pulled the goalie in the second half.

We still managed to get outshot 19-15 for the game and many of those high quality chances.  Needless to say Stewart Tymchuk played another solid game in net, which he has done for most of the year.  It was a balanced scoring attack, with every player contributing atleast a point.

In the end it was a very disappointing season, with not much too show for it. We were pleased with the effort most nights and want to thank all the guys who continued to come out and battle every game, including you Stew.  There will be a season review done shortly, so continue to check the website for up to date information and news.

Game Stats:

Shots: Toronto Phantoms  19  -  Rink Dawgs  15
Powerplay: 1 for 1
Penaltykill: 0 for 1

Player(s) of the Game:

Bruce Tiam-Fook  1G  5A
Tommy Kolkas  2G  2A
Mike Zuccaro, David Silva & Anthony “Phil” Bruno each with 2 points.

July 20 – Game Recap

Gunners – 5   Rink Dawgs – 4

Our fate laid in the hands of the Dirt vs Chubby Chasers game, which was played right before ours.  It was looking good midway through the second with the score tied up at 5’s and the Dirt constantly getting odd-man opportunities.  But they failed to capitalize and the Chasers went on to win 8-5 and officially putting an end to our playoff chances.

As far as our game went, we gave the first place Gunners a run for their money.  It didn’t look that way a minute into the game, when once again we gave up the first goal of the game.  We managed to get good scoring chances and were rewarded midway through the half.  Emergency call up forward, Antonio Geraci made management staff look like geniuses when in a span of 1:09 he popped in 2 goals. It was one of the few opportunities Antonio got to play forward this season and he made the best of it.  He nearly got the hat-trick when he had the goalie down and out, but somehow the goalie made a brilliant save.

The Gunners came back to tie up the game 2-2, after a flurry of chances.  Stewart Tymchuk once again had to make difficult save after difficult save.  With just over a minute to go in the first Tommy Kolkas drew an interference penalty and on the ensuing face-off in their zone,  Andrew Lazaridis won the draw clean back to Hall of Famer Dan Smith who blasted a point shot through traffic.

It was a pretty even game by half-time, with the score 3-2 for us and the shots 11-9 for the Gunners.  It was a different story in the second, where it just seemed like we began to run out of gas.  The Gunners kept coming and coming and we continued to let them dart in on goal uncontested.  If it wasn’t for Stewart the game easily could have gotten out of reach early in the second.

By midway through the second the Gunners finally were able to break Stewart’s armor, with 2 goals in a 1:30 span.  We were pretty much down and out at that point, with not much energy left.  We did manage to score late, when Tommy put one in on some nice passing from Andrew Lazaridis & Mark Krupa.  We were not able to get control of the ball and ran around in our end for a good 30 seconds, leaving us little time to pull the goalie.  Needless to say, we ran out of time and saw another game decided by one goal.

Game Stats:

Shots: Gunners  20  -  Rink Dawgs 19
Powerplay: 1 for 1
Penaltykill: none

Player(s) of the Game:

Antonio Geraci   2G
Andrew Lazaridis  2A
Tommy Kolkas & Dan Smith each with a goal
Bruce Tiam-Fook, David Silva & Mark Krupa each chipping in an assist

July 15, 2009 – Game Recap

Winterhawks – 6  Rink Dawgs – 2

A totally disappointing effort, considering the importance of this game. To start the game, the Winterhawks had only 1 sub on the bench and we had 2 lines & 3 D.  Somehow that didn’t seem to slow them down, they got a couple lucky bounces and before we knew it, it was 3-0 after just 2 1/2 minutes.

We were able to get one back about a minute later when Andrew Lazaridis picked off a pass in their zone and ripped one over the glove of the goalie.  With the momentum swung back our way, we managed to put some pressure on them.  On a broken play we surrendered a breakaway to the leading scorer of the league, who conveniently slid one under Stewart for his 3rd goal of the game in just under 5 minutes.

That goal seem to take the wind out of our sails and just 25 seconds later on a shot from the point, Stewart had to make 3 saves after the rebound before one of their guys finally poked it in.  After that terrible display of defensive zone coverage, we had dug ourselves a a huge hole.  We were able to get one more that half, when Frank Zuccaro snapped one over the goalie’s shoulder making the score 5-2 at the half.

We were not able to muster up any more offense in the second half and I think we just mailed it in at that point.  They were able to get one more in the second ending the score 6-2.  It was a very poor effort and showed how we have not played a good defensive or transitional type game this season.

Game Stats:

Shots: Winterhawks  23  -  Rink Dawgs  17
Powerplay: 1 for 1
Penaltykill: 1 for 1

Player(s) of the Game:

Though the effort was there, the execution was not.