WHAT A GREAT PICTURE OF STING TOURNAMENT PLAYER AND LOCAL HOCKEY LEGEND, ANDRE VAN ON HIS ACTUAL 70TH BIRTHDAY! THIS PICTURE OF ANDRE, MYSELF AND MY WIFE TSUCHIE, WAS TAKEN AT FREEDOM HILL TWO SATURDAYS AGO DURING THE STEVE MILLER BAND AND PETER FRAMPTON CONCERT. HAPPY 70TH ANDRE!! FLYERS   4   HAWKS   3 Flyers center Donnie Rivera…

FLYERS   3    HAWKS   3 Definitely a surprise here – as the bottom dweller Hawks surprise the top spot high flying Flyers!  Kudos to Hawks puck stopper “Sugar” John Marchin who was outstanding in nets!  Scoring machine Jimmy George with the deuce for the Hawks.  Rob “The Rifleman” Duncan scores 46 ticks into the game for the Hawks.…

REMINDER – NO GAMES NEXT WEEK – JULY 6, 2017 HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! BRUINS   6   FLYERS   2 Total domination as Baker’s Bruins destroy the Flyers.  “Angry” Joey Ventimiglio with the hat trick!  Singles for Rex Baker, Mike “King of the Road” Miller and John McNeilly.  “Party” Pete Kaczmarek and Steve “Mario” Lemieux both with breakaway goals…

REMINDER – NO GAMES NEXT WEEK – HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! FLYERS   2    BRUINS   2 Adam Godard buries his second goal of the game, with their goalie pulled and eight ticks left on the arena clock, for the well earned Bruins tie!  Puck stopper Bobby Rutkose was simply outstanding in the Bruins nets!  Stevie Lambert and Ronnie…

HAWKS   4   WINGS   3 1-1 entering the final stanza -then the Hawks score three times in the final period for the W.  Rockford call up Garrick with a two goal game for the Hawks.  Singles for Dr. Nate and Kurt “The Baron” Von Mach.  Stretch pass master Rob Rowling with the deuce for the Wings.  Grand Rapids…

WINGS  4    HAWKS   1 Two goals in each period for the victorious host Wings.  Mary Sell with a two goal game.  Singles for Pat Collins and B. Westenberg.  Goaler Mike Schlimgen with a ten save game.  Hawks veteran sub “Mike” Phipps with their lone goal. FLYERS   7     SHARKS   2 Deuces wild for Ben Haynes,…

FLYERS   5    HAWKS   4 Hawks up 3-1 entering the final period – only to see the Flyers roar back to steal the W!  Donnie Rivera with a two goal game for the Flyers.  Steve “Mario” Lemieux, Curt Lesnau and Mike Nalepa with singles.  Lesnau was stoned on the forehand by a great pad save by Hawks goalie…

FLYERS   7     HAWKS   4 Joe Plati and Jeff  “Dick” Tracy each with a hat trick in this contest.  Tracy also had had three helpers for a huge six point game!  Ben Haynes with the Flyers final tally.  Rob Duncan, Al Platt, Jimmy George and Dave “Buckeye” Wahl score for the Hawks in this penalty free game.…

FLYERS   2     WINGS   2 A well played entertaining contest as the score indicates.  Donnie Rivera and Curt Lesnau score for the Flyers.  Lesnau’s goal was a beautiful feed behind the net from a Wings defenseman, right on Lesnau’s tape and a simple slam dunk, as Wings goalie Kirk Larson was caught looking in the other direction.…

FLYERS   5    WINGS    3 The Wings score two goals in the games final minute to narrow the score to 4-3 in favor of the Flyers.  The juggernaut Flyers hold on for the W with an empty net goal at the buzzer.  Joe Plati with a two goal game for the Flyers.  Singles for Stevie Lambert, Gerry Krause…