From last to first. After occupying the cellar all season, Detroit Hot Rod continued it's meteoric late season rise by capping it off with a championship. Self-proclaimed "Coach of the Decade" Mark Perry led with relentless optimism, despite so many earlier defeats. The championship game was close for much of it, with Cliff Hutton playing an excellent game and sub Kris Smyth scoring 2 goals to lead DHR to the 5-1 win over Bottles N' Stuff. Congrats to the following players who'll be forever listed on the KHL Bucket of Champions and future Cup: Cliff Hutton G, Armando Valentin F, Ben Hendricks D, Bob Royston D, Dan Armstrong F, Darrel Graff F, Jeff Ozanich F, Jeff Shimizu F, Mark Perry D, Rick Chadwick F, Steve Lyons D.
Thanks to everybody for making our Holiday Party a great success. The prize winners were: Hypervolt Go Massage Gun: Lance Greane Hypervolt Go Massage Gun: Brian Carney JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth Speaker: Bob Royston Hickory Farms Gift: Grant Abbott Hickory Farms Gift: Mike Vasich 2-Night Stay in a cabin on Houghton Lake: Jeff Shufeldt (prize donated by Dave Garbarino) 2-Night Stay in a cabin on Houghton Lake: Matt Valerius (prize donated by Dave Garbarino) Jack Daniel Sampler: Chris Rader (prize donated by Ivan Harris) Bottle of Liquor: Adam Claar (prize donated by Ivan Harris)
December 5 and 12 will conclude the regular season. December 19 (holiday party), January 2 and January 9 will be the Round Robin of the Playoffs. The top 3 teams will play the bottom 3. The Round Robin standings will produce the Semifinal games on January 16 with the Championship being January 23. We will redraft and Session II begins January 30 with all new teams. Session II runs to June 12. No league games December 26, but we have a drop-in game at Eddie Edgar that night for the first 22 skaters and 2 goalies interested ($15, 90 minutes)..
The Holiday Party will take place the night of Monday, December 19. Once again, I'll provide fresh pizzas and snacks after each of the three games. We will have drawings for a few gifts again! Bring an appetite and plan to hang out after your game that night!
The VIDEO section within the LEAGUE PAGES area now contains full game video replays for viewing and/or downloading. These streaming game links are also available in the GAME SCORE for each game. If a game doesn't automatically stream you can download it as well. ENJOY!
Throughout the Fall and Winter KHL Draft Hockey will host drop-in hockey games at Eddie Edgar/Devonaire Thursday nights. The skates will start at 930/10 and last 90 minutes for $15. Many are already in the BenchApp group, but if you're not and interested in joining the skates, download the BenchApp application and join via the following link: https://www.benchapp.com/join/team/747416
For more information or to join our Sublist/Waitlist, email info@khldrafthockey.com