Week 13 – Junior Round-up

Start off this week with a trade announcement in the CHL. This one comes from the OHL as the Bulldogs gear up for a Memorial Cup run – if there even is a Mem. Cup. Note the number of draft picks that were tossed around for an undrafted 20-year-old.

At least the 4th rounder is conditional.

The Story of Bailey Peach

After 4 years in the QMJHL, 20-year-old Bailey Peach was released from his team and made his way to the Victoria Royals of the WHL where he leads his team in points. Peach set a franchise single-game record recently with seven points in a Royals 7-3 win over the Vancouver Giants.

Undrafted Peach is headed to Acadia Univ. in fall ’22

Speaking of the WHL…

Anyone remember Dave Chyzowski? Played for Kamloops Blazers. Drafted #2 overall in 1989 by the Islanders (right behind some bum named Mats Sundin). This year he was coaching the Merritt Centennials in the BCHL but got fired over Christmas after his team went 1-21.

Flooded house, arena, and fired all in 6 weeks. Sucks.

Jersey Refit – Good OEL Hockey Game 

I see what you did there.

Injuries

A+ on the stretcher work there fellas! But back in the day, the medical protocol was to put the injured player on the stretcher exactly as he was positioned on the ice. from the vinnyfiles

And who can forget Modano’s stretcher ride after he came through the middle with his head down?

More Announcer Stuff

Looking into John Madden’s life last week revealed thiat European Football fans have always voted Ray Hudson as one of the very best colour men in the game, here’s a sample of his genius.

• On Sergio Ramos’s header goal, “Faggio cannot stop it and Sergio Ramos gets a nipple erection!”
• On Christiano Ronaldo’s free kick goal, “This is not just a dream, this is a wet dream of orgasmic proportions!”
• About Lionel Messi, “To defend him is akin to playing poker with a witch!”
• “If Messi was the Captain of the Titanic, he’d nutmeg the iceberg.”
• On Barcelona hanging on to the ball for over a minute before Messi cut through to score, “Possession without penetration is just masturbation.”

More of his brilliant energy below:

He had no lines in “Slap Shot” but his part in the movie resulted in every arena putting up mesh or chicken wire to protect the organists

THE WEEK IN BULLETS 

• EZ’s back on top after his one week vacation to 2nd place
• Fulty had the monster week with 45 pts; 14 more pts than the next GM; he now has the player point lead
• 3-0 weeks for Fulty, EZ, & Stifler (his 2nd 3-0 in the past 4 weeks)
• Fulty jumps to 3rd, Team Orv up one place to 7th, Stifler up one to 12th.
• Stifler’s on a 8-3-1 run
• GnR is still in last so it’s another lottery pick-up; a 5 was rolled so it’s Cordy’s pick

STANDINGS 

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	TP	AVG	%		W	L	T	PWk
Z	39	29	7	3	61	392	30.2	0.782	.	3	0	0	31
&	39	29	9	1	59	387	29.8	0.756	.	0	2	1	23
F	39	27	10	2	56	408	31.4	0.718	.	3	0	0	45
T	39	26	10	3	55	395	30.4	0.705	.	2	0	1	23
V	39	24	14	1	49	340	26.2	0.628	.	2	1	0	27
H	39	17	20	2	36	293	22.5	0.462	.	0	3	0	14
O	39	17	21	1	35	323	24.8	0.449	.	2	1	0	26
R	39	16	21	2	34	317	24.4	0.436	.	1	2	0	23
J	39	14	22	3	31	311	23.9	0.397	.	0	3	0	19
D	39	14	22	3	31	304	23.4	0.397	.	1	1	1	21
E	39	15	23	1	31	292	22.5	0.397	.	2	1	0	30
S	39	12	25	2	26	300	23.1	0.333	.	3	0	0	24
C	39	10	26	3	23	303	23.3	0.295	.	0	2	1	21
G	39	9	29	1	19	265	20.4	0.244	.	0	3	0	21

AVERAGES 

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

UNTIL NEXT WEEK 

If you watched sports hi-lights pre-internet, you knew this guy…

Kamloops broadcaster Earl Seitz retires after 50 years on radio/TV. Happy Trails, Earl!

Week 9 – The Secret to Orv’s Success

THE WEEK THAT WAS

• Congrats to Orv and his Sandwich Maker who, this past week, finally got married in Sexico after 25 years of living together. Apparently, they only recently found out that the “ceremony” they went through a quarter of a century ago was just part of a school play they were both in.
• Speaking of Orv, he had the 4th lowest points this past week but still went 3-0. First time that’s ever happened… I think.
• Also, Orv jumped up from 11th to 8th. Just goes to show that Orv excels when he’s either out the country or just leaves his roster alone.
• Fulty had 47 points this week, which is usually good for the best week but…
• T-Man had a huge week (57 points) on the back of Huberdeau (9), Marner (8), and Wheeler (7)
• T-Man keep rolling along. 10-2 in the past month.
• After a 10-2 run, Vinny is 1-8 in the past 3 weeks.
• After a hot start, EZ has gone cold winning only 1 game in the past month (1-9-2)
• R&S traded the Week 8 pick up & a 4th to Cordy for Daniel Sprong and C’s 4th.
• Cordy revives his man-crush on ‘yotes goalie Adin Hill by grabbing him with the pick-up. Cordy drafted him this Sept in the 5th round, released him in November, and grabbed him again on Sunday. He hasn’t shown this sort of dedication to a prospect since the days of Robbie Schremp.
• R&S get the Week 9 pick-up as a “3” was rolled in the lotto.

STANDINGS

	WEEK	9				This Week
TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	W	L	T	PWk	TP	AVG	%
T	27	21	5	1	43	3	0	0	57	321	35.7	0.796
F	27	20	7	0	40	3	0	0	47	323	35.9	0.741
C	27	17	9	1	35	0	2	1	37	315	35.0	0.648
G	27	17	9	1	35	3	0	0	40	303	33.7	0.648
D	27	15	11	1	31	1	2	0	38	304	33.8	0.574
H	27	15	11	1	31	2	0	1	33	279	31.0	0.574
V	27	14	13	0	28	0	3	0	27	261	29.0	0.519
O	27	12	14	1	25	3	0	0	27	245	27.2	0.463
R	27	11	14	2	24	1	1	1	37	271	30.1	0.444
E	27	11	14	2	24	2	1	0	27	270	30.0	0.444
Z	27	10	14	3	23	1	2	0	25	252	28.0	0.426
S	27	9	16	2	20	0	2	1	33	231	25.7	0.370
J	27	5	21	1	11	0	3	0	19	214	23.8	0.204
&	27	3	22	2	8	0	3	0	27	198	22.0	0.148

SHRAPNEL

Check out the Victoria Royals viral header video. Where’s Griffey?

A Bob Probert documentary is coming out next year. Click below for the trailer.

I can’t even play a single round with one ball!

Poor Michael Grabner took Sammy Blais’ stick in the eye on Saturday. Yeesh!

Hopefully, there’s no permanent damage.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…

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