Week 2 – Who is this JBR? And how is he in 1st?

Times are changing in the OFHL as the top spot is now the domain of the peanut butter whisky swilling JBR.

FROM THE VAULT 

Here’s a deep dive for Canucks fans. Whose card is this?

Answer at bottom

Here’s a hint; it wasn’t his guy.

The old WHL Canucks were given ascots to wear as part of their uniform. This player did not like them as they made the team look like a “bunch of jerks!”

SHRAPNEL 

Before becoming the tag-team entry of GnR in the OFHL, GoJo & Dusty Rhodes were mortal enemies! (Likely based on the jealousy over Baby Doll.)

WAS THIS GUY ANY GOOD?

THE WEEK IN BULLETS 

• JBR sits in 1st, had the big week with 43 points, and is the only undefeated team in the OFHL
• It was a total team effort for JBR as each player had at least 2 points and no one had more than 5.
• EZ, T-Man, Rolphy, & R&S were also a perfect 3-0 this week
• Derko is the only GM with out a win and he gets the Week 2 pick up.
• Cut-Down Day Nov. 6th at midnight (end of week 4). You’ll have to set your 25 rostered players (13 active, 12 on bench,) 5 on the Prospects List, and the rest are cut.
• When posting on the board, just list your cuts and prospects; make a separate post for your starting lineup changes for Week 5.

STANDINGS 

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	TP	AVG	%		W	L	T	PWk
JBR	6	6	0	0	12	78	39.0	1.000	.	3	0	0	43
eZ	6	5	1	0	10	68	34.0	0.833	.	3	0	0	35
TMan	6	5	1	0	10	65	32.5	0.833	.	3	0	0	35
Fulty	6	4	1	1	9	68	34.0	0.750	.	1	1	1	33
Rolphy	6	4	1	1	9	58	29.0	0.750	.	3	0	0	38
STifler	6	4	2	0	8	60	30.0	0.667	.	1	2	0	29
r&s	6	3	3	0	6	57	28.5	0.500	.	3	0	0	39
Erty	6	2	3	1	5	55	27.5	0.417	.	0	2	1	33
TeamOrv	6	2	3	1	5	47	23.5	0.417	.	0	3	0	27
GnR	6	2	4	0	4	57	28.5	0.333	.	1	2	0	35
Haukster	6	1	5	0	2	51	25.5	0.167	.	1	2	0	31
Cordy	6	1	5	0	2	49	24.5	0.167	.	0	3	0	28
Vinny	6	1	5	0	2	46	23.0	0.167	.	1	2	0	31
Derko	6	0	6	0	0	50	25.0	0.000	.	0	3	0	30

Here’s your hockey card answer.

Hubert “Pit” Martin played 2 seasons for the Canucks before retiring and taking his ski helmet with him.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…  

Is it any wonder that Sportsnet’s viewership falls off after the end of the 1st period until the start of the 3rd? Apparently no one watches the intermission shows.

What sort of horrific dance club remix are these buffons twerking to? #BringBackGrapes

Week 1: And We’re Off!

Week 1 kicked off with lots of cheap rookies now playing in place of more expensive options in the new salary cap era.

Opening night saw the Habs dress rookie D-Man Arber Xhekaj. While he’s never been a point-getter anywhere he’s played, his value in Scrabble is huge!

Cole Caufield was hot in the Habs first game, scoring 2 goals; prompting this from twitter:

Eighteen-year-old, 1st overall pick in ’22, Juraj Slafkovsky made his rookie debut for the Habs. They brought in his Slovakian countryman, Richard Zednik to provide support.

Zednik was brought into the Habs dressing room to welcome Slafkovsky and teach him how to tie his shoes.

SHRAPNEL

Answer at bottom

Makar’s day with the Cup in Calgary

GRAB A SOUVENIR!

The University of Tennessee got a last-second field goal to defeat rival Alabama on Saturday afternoon; it marked the first time in 16 years that the Vols had beat their conference rival. How do you celebrate? Tear down the goalposts and take them to your dorm room.

MLB PLAYOFFS

The San Diego Padres beat the LA Dodgers the other night and Padre fans were gracious.

THE WEEK IN BULLETS 

• In case you forgot, the officepools password: snakejuice
• Why snakejuice? Because PeanutButterWhiskey was too long.
• Vinny sat in 1st after the Europe games, but that was about it for him and he finished last – at least he gets the first pick-up of the year.
• Of the four teams that had 20 player points, Team Orv went 2-0-1, Rolphy went 1-1-1, while D & H went oh-fer. Comes down to the schedule gods.
• Last year’s champ Fulty sits in 1st with newbies JBR & Stifler; it’s the first time the 2014 expansion cousins have been atop the standings…enjoy it!

STANDINGS – WEEK 1

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	PWk	TP	AVG	%
Fulty	3	3	0	0	6	35	35	35.0	1.000
JBR	3	3	0	0	6	35	35	35.0	1.000
Stifler	3	3	0	0	6	31	31	31.0	1.000
Team Orv	3	2	0	1	5	20	20	20.0	0.833
eZ	3	2	1	0	4	33	33	33.0	0.667
T-Man	3	2	1	0	4	30	30	30.0	0.667
Erty	3	2	1	0	4	22	22	22.0	0.667
Rolphy	3	1	1	1	3	20	20	20.0	0.500
GnR	3	1	2	0	2	22	22	22.0	0.333
Cordy	3	1	2	0	2	21	21	21.0	0.333
Derko	3	0	3	0	0	20	20	20.0	0.000
Haukster	3	0	3	0	0	20	20	20.0	0.000
R&S	3	0	3	0	0	18	18	18.0	0.000
Vinny	3	0	3	0	0	15	15	15.0	0.000

HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS

• Cut-Down Day Nov. 6th at midnight (end of week 4). You’ll have to set your 25 rostered players (13 active, 12 on bench,) 5 on the Prospects List, and the rest are cut.
• When posting on the board, just list your cuts and prospects; make a separate post for your starting lineup changes for Week 5. It keeps Fulty & Erty from calling you out.
• Every GM (except one) has paid for the year.

WHOSE CARD WAS THAT?

Hail Cesare!

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…  

Just one last comment on Draft ’22. It was a fantastic weekend and thanks to Derko for hosting and doing much of the heavy lifting for this event. Next year we will hire a professional cook, cleaning staff, a bartender, and a pool boy/girl/person/bitch to make it an even better event. If we can’t afford all of these, the person who finished last in the standings will have to provide these services.

After this picture surfaced, the Sun Peaks Hot Tub Assoc. suggested a structural engineer be added to the OFHL Draft staff for next year.

Question: What’s going on with T-Man?

Week 7: Don, Ron, & GoJo

Saturday night, Ron MacLean gave a rambling response, which was part heart-felt, part Sportsnet policy, and part pandering to the twitterverse and the Virtue-Signalers out there who know nothing of Don Cherry, but love to pile-on whenever someone feels slighted.

Don Cherry and kiss-ass extraordinaire, Ron MacLean, will no longer be seen on Coaches Corner. Sure, the segment wasn’t that relevant anymore and few watched it, but Don deserves better.

Click on the link below to read Rex’s view. It’s Bang On!

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-shame-on-you-sportsnet-don-cherry-deserved-much-much-better

You needn’t worry about Don Cherry. The job offers are rolling in!

SHRAPNEL

Jersey Hounds

Regina Pats wore these beauties this weekend. If you’ve ever watched Jay & Dan, you’ve probably heard the song. And you could order a Bunny Hug!

And just up Highway 11, The Saskatoon Blades hosted “Video Game Night” with these Pac Man inspired jerseys.

The Blades switched back to their original “Blade/PacMan” jersey a few years ago. This weekend it got pixelated.

THE WEEK IN BULLETS

• Big Week of 43 points from T-Man
• 3-0 weeks from Haukster, JBR, T-Man, & Cordy
• One of the first weeks we’ve had this year where the teams in the top half of the standings won most of their games while those in the bottom half… not so much.
• Haukster jumps up to 1st place overall; he also has the lead in TP (Total Points)
• JBR’s McDavid EDM is Player of the Week with 10 points
• Haukster is on a 12-0 run; next closest is GoJo at 7-3-2
• Big Mover? Cordy jumped up from 10th to 7th
• Derko had last weeks pick-up but didn’t know what to do with it so he garage-saled it.
• Rolphy sits in last and gets the Week 7 Pick Up

STANDINGS

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	TP	AVG	%		W	L	T	PWk
H	21	17	4	0	34	238	34.0	0.810	T	3	0	0	36
G	21	15	4	2	32	222	31.7	0.762	H	1	1	1	31
J	21	14	6	1	29	214	30.6	0.690	I	3	0	0	38
T	21	14	7	0	28	234	33.4	0.667	S	3	0	0	43
F	21	12	9	0	24	224	32.0	0.571	.	2	1	0	35
V	21	10	9	2	22	203	29.0	0.524	W	2	1	0	29
C	21	10	10	1	21	228	32.6	0.500	E	3	0	0	41
S	21	10	11	0	20	203	29.0	0.476	E	1	2	0	34
&	21	10	11	0	20	201	28.7	0.476	K	0	3	0	22
Z	21	9	11	1	19	204	29.1	0.452	.	0	2	1	31
E	21	6	15	0	12	195	27.9	0.286	.	1	2	0	34
D	21	6	15	0	12	179	25.6	0.286	.	1	2	0	32
O	21	5	15	1	11	170	24.3	0.262	.	0	3	0	18
R	21	5	16	0	10	174	24.9	0.238	.	0	3	0	24

AVERAGES

	F	T	C	D	G	E	H	V	Z	R	J	O	S	&
F	1	3	8	4	6	7	2	12	10	14	5	8	11	13
R	1	10	5	14	7	1	7	3	12	3	10	13	7	5
V	9	3	5	11	6	2	7	9	7	13	1	4	14	12
D	13	4	1	11	5	14	3	7	2	9	11	10	8	5
G	6	7	3	13	2	9	8	4	9	12	9	14	1	5
Totals	4	2	3	12	5	11	1	8	7	13	6	14	8	10

OVERTIME: Happy Birthday to the Pensioner!

He is a Beauty!

Hope it was a gooder, GoJo!

Week 20 – It’s all about Erty & TBay!

FIRST, THIS

How good is TBay? Check out the back-up goalie’s stats at #15 for NHL wins.

THE WEEK THAT WAS

• Erty had a huge week with 52 points; 20 of them coming from 2 TBay guys
• Erty’s done pretty well lately, and even Schneider is winning now! Schneids went 0-17-4 since his last win on Dec. 27, 2017!
• Erty, as well as Vinny & Haukster, went 3-0
• Erty moves within 2 points of the last $ spot
• Haukster’s 2 back of Erty, and even Vinny has a decent shot at the $
• Stifler climbs up one spot; but still gets the pick-up as a “6” was rolled. Poor JBR…can’t get a pick-up.

STANDINGS

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	W	L	T	PWk	TP	AVG	%
F	60	45	15	0	90	2	1	0	31	721	36.1	0.750
T	60	41	18	1	83	1	2	0	35	700	35.0	0.692
C	60	39	18	3	81	1	2	0	21	651	32.6	0.675
G	60	36	22	2	74	1	1	1	33	635	31.8	0.617
D	60	34	22	4	72	1	1	1	39	654	32.7	0.600
E	60	34	24	2	70	3	0	0	52	635	31.8	0.583
H	60	33	25	2	68	3	0	0	43	633	31.7	0.567
V	60	32	27	1	65	3	0	0	46	583	29.2	0.542
Z	60	28	28	4	60	1	1	1	33	589	29.5	0.500
O	60	22	36	2	46	0	3	0	23	535	26.8	0.383
R	60	21	37	2	44	1	2	0	26	555	27.8	0.367
S	60	16	40	4	36	2	0	1	39	494	24.7	0.300
J	60	14	42	4	32	0	3	0	23	501	25.1	0.267
&	60	8	49	3	19	0	3	0	16	448	22.4	0.158

SHRAPNEL

Don Cherry snapped on the Carolina Hurricanes post-game celebrations. They snapped back.

GOJHL goalie seals shutout victory by scoring double-OT winner. You’ll probably never see anything like this again.

Read the whole story here.

Robbie Schremp resurfaces… and Tavares fans are pissed!

NBA All-Star Weekend. No hi-lites from that but…This kid’s got “game!” Wait for the ref’s reaction.

Lil man has the ball on a STRING

(via @espn)
pic.twitter.com/tP1ubYHaxE

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 10, 2019

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…

One of the longest running and most notable gags on The Simpsons is Bart calling up Mo’s Tavern and asking for customers with names like “Hugh Jass” and “Drew P. Weiner.” Surely there’s no way you could pull that off in real life, though, right?

Well, a group of wily teens at a low-level soccer match in England tricked the public address announcer into calling out for the owner of a car with the license plate number “NE14ABJ.”

“My dad’s blocked in and it’s an emergency – could you read this out?”
“Aye, an emergency is it lads?”
Love that they also asked for a “White Nissan Micra.”

Week 2

THE WEEK THAT WAS

• Week 2 sees Derko jump into 1st place with a perfect 6-0 record
• He also had the big week with 42.5 pts
• He went 3-0 this week, as did Gordie, Fulty, & Cordy
• Orv made the first pick-up of the season grabbing Jesper Bratt
• Weird Fact: JBR is 5-1 with a 28.3 weekly avg, and…..Erty is 0-5-1 with a 29.0 weekly avg
• EZ still hasn’t recorded a win, but on the bright side, he gets the pick-up this week

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Before the season started, Cordy tossed Okposo’s name around as trade bait but got no love. Apparently, the Sabres don’t love him much either as they can’t even spell his name.

The Sabres must employ a name-bar maker from the Okanagan.

Cordy’s Backstrom WS had 9 points in a wild week for the Caps.

SHRAPNEL

The WHL’s Swift Current Broncos are 8-0 to start the season and Tyler Steenbergen is leading the way with 22 points. Apparently, you get a burger named after you when you’re off to a torrid start.

This weekend at the Bronco concession, the #Steenburger! Here's @T_Steener with a special message… pic.twitter.com/5y0rPUEMfm

— Swift Current Broncos (@SCBroncos) October 13, 2017

Wow! Bacon, lettuce AND ketchup for $8.50. Must be some fine, imported ketchup!

Staying in the DUB, the Kootenay Ice wore these Don Cherry tribute jerseys on Saturday night. Beauties!

On opening night for the NHL’s 2017-18 season, a Sharks fan was photographed with his trusted poodle, which was completely decked out in San Jose colors. And as if the teal mohawk and furry boots weren’t enough, the poor thing had a makeshift Sharks logo emblazoned across its torso, hockey stick and all.

While San Jose was doing that, Vegas GKs decided there would be no advertising on their boards for their home opener.

They got kudos for that, but got roasted for their mascot choice:

reminds people of…

Iceland is officially going to the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia. After defeating Kosovo 2-0 on Monday to top its UEFA qualifying group, Iceland became the smallest country to ever qualify for the tournament, with a population of around 334,000.

At Euro 2016, the country’s incredible fan support introduced the world to the thunder clap, Iceland’s signature celebration, and on Monday, Iceland players led their devoted fans in jubilation as the country celebrated its first-ever trip to the World Cup.

Dear world! See you in Russia 2018 #WorldCup #Iceland #Huh ! pic.twitter.com/qD45YoYSii

— RÚV Íþróttir (@ruvithrottir) October 9, 2017

STANDINGS

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	PWk	TP	AVG	%
Derknaldo	6	6	0	0	12	42.50	74.50	37.25	1.000
F	6	5	1	0	10	38.50	71.75	35.88	0.833
V	6	5	1	0	10	36.00	64.25	32.13	0.833
J	6	5	1	0	10	31.25	56.75	28.38	0.833
T	6	4	2	0	8	36.75	60.00	30.00	0.667
C	6	4	2	0	8	37.75	57.75	28.88	0.667
H	6	3	3	0	6	26.25	60.75	30.38	0.500
G	6	3	3	0	6	39.50	57.00	28.50	0.500
R	6	3	3	0	6	25.25	47.75	23.88	0.500
S	6	1	4	1	3	23.50	46.00	23.00	0.250
O	6	1	5	0	2	26.25	39.25	19.63	0.167
&	6	1	5	0	2	19.25	37.50	18.75	0.167
E	6	0	5	1	1	35.50	58.00	29.00	0.083
eZ	6	0	6	0	0	25.50	48.50	24.25	0.000

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…

Cut down day coming up October 29th.

You will need to have decided on your 31 players:

• 14 active players
• 12 on the bench
• 5 prospects/farm (23 years of age or younger – any position)