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Three Stars IceBeers List
September 19, 2008 DOW, TSX, Icebears Hitting the Tank… Fed’s, Flegel looking to Re-tool… (only thing going well… 2 for 1 Icebears game-report)
As the official Icebears season is now underway, and the bear tracker (in usual form) has shown total disregard for its readership / fan-base, and has instead focused on quality (not speed) for it’s reports… some notable summaries for the first 2 games are no doubt required to calm the nay-sayers…
Game 1, basically, this game was played really well by the bears for the first half of the game, with what this reporter considers domination but without the “happy ending” (ie. goals)… then Ben “the Hitman” Burke nearly killed a guy (some sort of lower body injury that required an ambulance and Steve “Thoms is not here so I’m the Doctor” Armitage to intervene with the heaping mass of a hockey player on the ice)… after carting the injured player off the ice to the nearest hospital, the game resumed (now nearly midnight) and the bears lost all the momentum and flow they had going in…
A bunch of bears penalties later, some bad breaks, and 2 crossbars, and the bears found themselves on the skinny end of the 3-2 outcome. The Phantoms walked out with a much un-deserved win and the bears (some hoping for Div 2) were again left shaking their heads after the game… some in disappointment, some looking back and forth for who had the beer. In the end, it’s just 1 game, and in bear-country, it’s pretty that’s fu%^-all to recover from!... bring on game 2!!!!...
3 Stars: 1. Glen “6 beer for 4 euro” Shoemaker 2. Ryan “The Dick” Rivest (even though I hate this guy) 3. Gary “Top Shelf” Oikawa
Game 2, well, what can I say about this damned game… first off, ya, I played terrible, shut-up Flegel, if shoe was here I’d blame shoe… now, I think I’ve mentally blacked out this game just because a series of (personal) and team mistakes and never getting on our game early prevented the bears from taking any sort of control over this game. Even though some excellent battles came from the bears in the 3rd period to close the gap, the bears still ended up falling short once again of battling back from a deficit. Sitting 0-2, and sinking like a stone in the prestigious ERHL Div.3, the bears look to regain their composure, and perhaps put one up in the “W” column this Saturday… Though early in the season, and no need for panic, the bears definitely would like to get their first 2 points under their belt before the snow flies… noticeably absent has been the Doctor of Enforcement Thomsie… perhaps adding some muscle and short fuse-nature to the line-up will spark the bear clan… Time will tell…
3 Stars: 1. JP “It’s not Over” Glaves 2. Ben Neidermeyer, I mean Ben Burke 3. Jason “New Stick” Wilson
-tbm
September 8, 2008 Training Camp (1.5 hrs of Intense Shinny) In the past, the bear tracker has rarely reports on major events, big player signings / acquisitions, regular season or playoff games, but for 2008/09, a new leaf has been turned and the bear tracker will report on the game last night… a practice shinny match with team black & red from Alberta Men’s. In a shocking turn of events, before the drop of the puck, Manager and new owner Mitch “I’ve got soft hands” Flegel, made a blockbuster move putting last year’s scoring leader Wilson (aka Goal Machine) and Gary (of Gary’s mom) on waivers… some say in a move to free up space for Flegel to make the move to the forward position, some say Wilson and Gary’s tardiness in arrival wouldn’t be stood for (circa 2007/08 Ray Emery)… yes, manager Flegel was sending a message to the troops early. Team black & red quickly picked up the two players for the evenings game only due to their low player turn-out status. In a back and forth affair, the bears and the other team shook off the off-season rust and attempted to show each other they still had some stuff in the tank for 08/09. With most all bears signed for 08/09 (except Fradette and Rivest, due to payment and lack of skill reasons), the bears weren’t fighting too hard for a roster spot but more to get through the game to their first Kokanee of the season. The try-out of 2 new spares proved fruitful for the bears as both newbies showed the required Icebears level of skill and effort, nice work gentlemen… With the bears first game of the regular season only 24 hrs around the corner at the KFC arena, word is that Flegel will be resigning Wilson and Oikawa to 1 year contracts after a serious off-ice discussion about their disruptive lateness… Flegel was heard saying, “Guys, you’re not Jefferson-Pickering Glaves, you can’t just show up late like this to games, it effects all the guys in there. We’re a team… hey, did I tell you I bought a new Sony LCD TV, it’s awesome, you guys should come over…” Although not the most stern of lectures on punctuality, it sounded like the message was sent. On defence, Burkey, Flegel, Manchur, Rivest, and Thoms all looked amazing, showing they haven’t lost a think out there from 07/08 (thanks to some strong goaltending that is…). Forward play was ok by comparison with shining moments from B-rad “top-shelf” Sinclair and company. With the bears sufficiently in mid-season form, and 2 hrs til game time as of this publication, all looks well for the bears to open up on a positive footing… 3 stars: 1. Manchur 2. Thoms (Manchur’s 1st D-Partner) 3. Rivest (Manchur’s other D-Partner) Honorable mentions: 1. Spare #1 2. Spare #2 -tbm
September 1, 2008 A New Hope With the 2008 / 09 IceBears season right around the corner, the Bear Tracker (once thought extinct) has decided to resurrect itself from the ashes for another year of cliché-filled, time-wasting, mediocre (if not terrible) journalism, for those of us who have run out of useless sh#% on the internet with which to consume our time. It is for you lazy IceBears (and friends of IceBears) that I write this useless piece, and yet in the back of my mind think it’s also the end of the 2008/09 postings that the even lazier ookie-awa will post to the inter-web. Gary, you’re terrible, start doing your job… (verbal abuse #1 of many…) The bears have gone through some massive changes for 08/09 with the loss of 90% of the teams body hair (ie. 1 player, ie. “the shoe”), leaving not only a huge hole in goal (not including the already massive five-hole that shoey came equipped with), but also it leaves a hole in our average beer consumption statistic. In fitting fashion, the shoe departs with 1 extra large stink filled jersey, many icebears memories, and a team that will seriously miss the leadership (ie. Humor) he brought to the dressing room and on ice. Good luck shoe, you’ve always got a spot on the IceBears… Gary, I suggest we retire shoey’s number out of respect for shoey (and also to screw shoey in case he decides to come back… “sorry shoe, that number is taken, you’re going to have to buy another jersey…”)… ah, friendship. The 08/09 campaign also sees the end of an era in Watchmen hockey as the team’s heart and soul, “I can play when my wife’s in labor, it’s ok cuz it’s our 3rd one, she’s fine” Tim Weis , has departed the oil-city along with other key watchmen figures. The Bear Tracker wishes all those guys well and invites them to read the rarely updated bear’s website for their fix of rec. hockey news… But back to the bears… I’m sure it’s been a beerific summer for most guys and it’s great to see the majority of the bears intact for this year, ready to go hard at the post-game events and the odd on-ice event as well. (and from a treasurer’s perspective, a relatively paid-in-full group of guys… though I had my doubts…) With only a little over a week til our first pre-season game and regular season game, the bears look competitive, experienced, and poised for another great winter of IceBears hockey… (by great I mean ok, possibly in div 4, 5, or 6… not sure yet…) However the bear tracker goes this year, I’m looking forward to the season and the ridiculous antics that will ensue… Gary’s a Jerk, Rivest is a Dick, Jason-Pierre Glaves is a machine on defense, and Gary’s mom’s tab needs to be paid… there, the 08-09 season is ready to begin… -tbm
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