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Teams Schedule Stats What is Broomball? Broomball News Join the Fun Sponsors Game Pictures	12/1/09 The first round of playoffs have occured, and two teams are now resting for next season. In the first game, the 3rd Seed Nationwide fell to 6th Seed LumbarJacks, as the 'Jacks scored 7 points. "Where did that come from" the rest of the league wondered, as the 'Jacks scored a total of 14 points in their 10 regular season games!! Although Nationwide struggled to establish an offensive attack, it was nice to see Mike Bare return to the game and set up teammate Richard Stanley for both Nationwide goals. For the Team In Black, 6 different players scored points, with both Lisa Thornton and Janet Sweet each tallying a goal; Scott Hutula had two goals and an assist, and Brian McLaughlin had a goal and an assist. Nice showing LumbarJacks....one more win and you'll be defending your Championship Title for the 3rd consecutive year!! In the second game, HonDoc came alive on the scoring front, and posted 8 goals as Steve Hoeflin and crew downed Lanny's 8-3. Lanny's fought hard, but couldn't answer the attack in black, as Steve Hoeflin scored 3 goals, Tommy Quinn added one, Zach Houle tallied a pair, brother Tyler added one, and Carter Jensen muscled the game winner off the goalie's arm. Congratulations to Jodi Helmer of Team HonDoc for scoring her first Carolina Broomball point, assisting Zach Houle on his second goal of the game!! For Lanny's, Jon Wybo, Matt Schmidt and Dane Rossman each scored a goal, and Jason Kniesc had the one recorded assist. The next round of the playoffs occurs on this Sunday, December 6th: At 4:45, Extreme Ice Center will take on the LumbarJacks. At 5:45, The Ice Pirates will take on HonDoc. Look for an update soon to confirm pick-up broomball from 3:45 to 4:45 pm. The Championship Game will be held on December 13th. Information Regarding Next Season: I know, playoffs may not be the ideal time to be thinking about next season, but we have our schedule set, and I need to know if there will be any roster changes. I'm making the assumption that teams will not be changing, so if that is incorrect, I need to know as soon as possible. So, if you are on a team and you want to play on a different team, please let me know. It would help if you've already communicated that to the affected teams, but I know sometimes help is needed in roster changes, so please contact me if that is the case. We are scheduled to have two full pickup sessions on 1/3/2010, and 1/10/2010, and we plan to start the new season on 1/17/2010. We will be off on 1/31, 2/7, and 4/4. If we expand to a 7th or 8th team (yes, once again there is the potential of growing the league), we'll play deep into May. Otherwise the Championship game is scheduled for May 2, 2010. Brett Mathew is spearheading our "Search for bar sponsors" effort and will be asking anyone who is interested in helping in this endeavor to provide him with your cell phone number. He will be identifying potential sponsors, and will be notifying the group of where he will be heading. Anyone interested in meeting and drinking (on your own dime mind you) in the name of broomball will be highly encouraged to do so. Hopefully we can find a proprietor or two to take to the idea of more business, and will sponsor a team. If you have any suggestions on where to go, please let Brett know. See you on the ICE! Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com 11/23/09 The regular season is now in the books, and this is how it happened: In the early game, both the Ice Pirates and Lanny's entered the game on multi-game winning streaks. A Lanny's win would have clinched 3rd place for them in the playoff seeding. In the first half, Mondo Normile, assisted by Joe Perkins, would tally his 8th goal of the season, and give the Pirates the 1 goal lead. Co-veteran Brett Mathew would tally two goals of his own, assisted by his wife Heather on one, and by Mondo on the other. Lanny's put the pressure on all game, but substitute net minder, Mike Hall, backstopped for the White and Black and logged the shutout. It was a close game between LumbarJacks and Nationwide, and it would not be settled until late in the second period. Nathan Thornton tallied first to give the 'Jacks an early lead, but Richard Stanley would even the score taking a perfectly placed pass by teammate Robin Merry, fought off two defenders, and lit the lamp behind Mark Rizzo. Mike Hoeflin, after clearing waivers and Visa clearance, helped out his old team, to give the 'Jacks the lead just before the end of the half. In the second half, Gary Dalena got the helper on a Dave Williamson goal, and late in the period Richard Stanley set up Doug Boik on a sweet behind-the-goal play that would give Nationwide the 3-2 victory. In the last game of the regular season, HonDoc faced off against Extreme Ice Center. HonDoc's engine seemed to be stalled all night long. Their transmission just couldn't get into high gear. It was like the team timing belt was broken. Enough automobile references?? Anyhow, Extreme Ice put a hurting on HonDoc, with a 7-2 victory. Greg Krypel must have drank some magic juice before the game as he logged 5 points - 3 goals and 2 assists to help his team to victory. Andrew Stein tallied two goals and an assist. Brian Q sealed the regular season scoring title with 2 goals and an assist. Marty Sardinia assisted on one of Greg's goals, and Lindsey Robertson added two points to her amazing season, with two assists on the evening. And so the playoff matchups are as follows: Extreme Ice Center - 1st Place. Bye week this week. Ice Pirates - 2nd Place. Bye week this week. Nationwide - 3rd Place. Early game this weekend (11/29/2009) Lanny's - 4th Place. Late game this weekend (11/29/2009) HonDoc - 5th Place. Late game this weekend (11/29/2009) LumbarJacks - 6th Place. Early game this weekend (11/29/2009) I do hope to host a pickup session before the playoff games. If you have anyone that may be interested in playing the coolest sport on ice, please encourage them to come out on Sunday to play. There may be no better way to lose some of the extra pounds from feasting on Turkey and stuffing on Thursday that to play some broomball. Okay, I just thought of one ;) Exact times for this weekend's game still to be announced. If you are traveling this weekend for Thanksgiving, travel home early on Sunday!! Worthless things to note: The largest margin of victory this season was 8 points. Recorded twice by Extreme Ice Center. The highest scoring game was this past week, a 9 point game; 7-2 Extreme Ice Victory over HonDoc. There were 7 tie games this season. I'm double-checking, but I'm quite sure that's a CB record. The most points scored (cumulative of all 3 games) was 17. Week 10. The least points scored in a night (cumulative of all 3 games) was 9. Week 8. There were 7 shutouts this season. Extreme Ice posted 4. Ice Pirates posted 2. Lanny's posted 1. Congratulations to Brian Quedenfeld of Extreme Ice for earning the scoring title for the season with 21 points (18g, 3a). Mondo Normile was runner up with 13 (8g, 5a). Lindsay Robertson led the charge for the ladies with 12 points on the season (3g, 6a) and finished 3rd overall! Honorable mention to the biggest 'helpers' of the season: Dustin Robertson had 8 assists, leading the league in that category. Lindsay, Stephan Angers, and Brett Mathew each tallied 6 helpers on the season. Looking forward to a fun, recreational playoff season, starting THIS SUNDAY, November 29th!! If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail. See you on the ICE! Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com _________________________________________________ 11/18/09 And the jockeying for playoff positioning continues. Our first game on Sunday showcased last place HonDoc taking on Nationwide, who was in a 3 place tie for 3rd. Early in the game, Tina Quinn scored her first goal of the season to give HonDoc a 2-0 early lead. Congratulations Tina on your first Carolina Broomball goal!! Richard Stanley tallied his 4th goal of the season to cut the lead in half, but Steve Hoeflin took over from there, and scored a natural hat trick, to seal the victory for Team HonDoc. With the win, HonDoc moves into 4th place, while Nationwide slid to 5th place. The Lanny's vs. LumbarJack's game was a real pressure cooker from start to finish. LumbarJack's took the early lead on a Joe Timberlake goal, assisted by Lisa Thornton, but Jon Wybo tied the game on a goal assisted by George Prince. Jason Kniesc dropped a bomb of a shot from the right faceoff circle, but Mark Rizzo somehow came up with the save to keep the score even. Jason would not be denied later, though, and gave Lanny's the 2-1 lead. In the second half, Matt Schmidt tallied his 8th of the year, assisted by Jon Wybo, to give Lanny's a two goal lead. Nathan Thornton and the LumbarJacks didn't fall down with out a fight, as Nathan scored his first of the night, 4th of the season, to cut the lead back to one. The 'Jacks couldn't find the equalizer though, and fall to 6th place in the standings, while the win jumped Lanny's to the 3rd spot. In an Ice showdown, the Ice Pirates faced off against Extreme Ice with the goal of handing Extreme their first Loss of the season. Rookie goaltender Myles Rahalewicz was up to the task and allowed only one goal against the high scoring Extreme Ice squad. Nick Beiring assisted on Brett Mathew's goal to give the Pirates the initial lead, but Brian Q (his 16th of the season) tallied for the house squad and evened the game. After an offensive rush from seasoned defenseman Geoff Person, Nick Beiring showed some fancy stick work, worked his way through two defensemen, and tallied the game winner! The Pirates' win secures them a bye in the first round as the second place team for the season. The loss meant nothing to Extreme Ice in the standings, as they've had 1st place wrapped up for about 3 weeks :) The games coming up this week will have a big impact on the final standings for the season. The Pirates/Lanny's matchup will have two teams looking to continue their winning streaks, as Lanny's looks for their 3rd in a row, and the Pirates will be fighting for their 4th in a row. With a win, Lanny's will lock down 3rd place. If they lose, their seed will be determined by the results of the other two games. The second game will determine who will earn the 6th seed, as Nationwide and LumbarJacks both have 6 points. Nationwide has more wins, so has the tie-breaker advantage, so to leave 6th place, LumbarJacks must win. If HonDoc wins the third game of the night, they could jump to 3rd (with a Lanny's loss) or fall to 5th. If HonDoc loses, and Nationwide and LumbarJacks tie, we'll have 3 teams tied with 7 points. In case you were wondering....HonDoc would be the 4th seed based on Goal differential in a head to head comparison against Nationwide (both would have the same exact record), Nationwide would hold the 5th place, and LumbarJacks would finish in 6th. Any other tie scenarios I can think of look like the head-to-head matchup will determine the playoff seeding. I can't believe we are already at the end of the season. Amazing how quickly 10 weeks fly by. I don't think we've ever seen so many tie games in a season, and with a little effort, I should be able to confirm that after the end of the games this weekend. I do not think I have done enough of late to thank the companies that do so much for our league. HonDoc, Nationwide, Dr. Pai's and the Extreme Ice Center all contribute to ensure that our league continues to be affordable for everyone. (With that being said, we need a LOT of effort in the next few weeks to obtain additional sponsors!!) A tremendous thank you to Mike Hall of HonDoc, Mike Bare of Nationwide, Dr. Neil Pai of Pai Chiropractic, and Moe, Mike, Meredith and Tom at Extreme Ice for hosting and supporting our league. Remember that the first round of the playoffs occurs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We will use whatever remaining time is after the second game for pickup broomball if anyone would like to stick around, introduce the sport to anyone new, or get some extra ice time! If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail!! See you on the ICE! Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com 9/16/2009 The Fall 2009 Season began in typical Carolina Broomball Fashion. Typical that the rosters were announced JUST before the season started. Typical that the first game of the season was a rematch of last season's Championship Game. Typical that the competition is excellent. Typical that something was just not typical. And so the rematch: LumbarJacks won the matchup in May. Extreme Ice wanted to erase the memory of the double-overtime loss. And it proved to be everything you could have expected. A grueling, down to the wire grudge match between to powerhouse teams, with a 1-0 victory for Extreme Ice Center. Brain Quedenfeld scored the only tally of the game for the game winner! A slightly modified Lanny's team would meet a slightly modified Nationwide team. Both teams start this season without key veteran players, and look to gel quickly with their new look rosters. Doug Boik and George Beaver started the scoring for Nationwide as Doug tallied his first of the season. Matt Schmidt scores his first Carolina Broomball goal to even it up at 1-1. Congratulations Matt! Dave Metzl returns the favor and tallies his first Carolina Broomball goal (way to make your presence felt early on the new team Dave!), assisted by Stephan Angers. Jason Kneisc would get some help from Todd Neely to tie the game again. George Beaver added his name to the "Goals" column and tallied his second point of the game, while Dave Metzl provided the assist. Matt Schmidt showed he can help, too, and assisted Jon Wybo for the sixth and final goal of the game. Another great matchup that was anybody's game! Then the third game of the night started. Typical Mike Hall. Brett Mathew and Nick Beiring threw the kitchen sink, a washing machine, and many small appliances at Mike Hall and he stopped everything. Nick was able to sneak one onto the top shelf to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. And then, to make Charlotte Broomball History, Mike Hall crushes the ball to clear the zone, and the ball arcs towards the goal. Fill-in goalie, Mondo Normile, gets a read on the curving, spinning ball, and casually lays his stick across the ice to gain control of the ball. The ball spins and pops over his stick and enter the goal. For the first time in Charlotte broomball history, a goalie scores on a defended goal. Congratulations Mike Hall. Go sell your blocker Mondo!! Pushing harder than ever, HonDoc controls the ball, and from a pass from Zan Henry, Carter Jensen shoot, deflects the ball off a defender, and beats Mondo for the second time that night. And so the half would end and the game would remain 2-1 until the Pirates time out at 4:11 to go in the contest. The Pirates pull the (worthless) goalie, and send Mondo to the front line. A pass to Brett, a pass back to Mondo, a quick shot, an open five hole, and we have a tie game! A minute later, Mondo shoots again, and finds another open five hole! A minute later, a Penalty Shot is awarded to the Pirates, and believe it or not, Mondo Normile finds the 5-hole for the 3rd time in 3 minutes, and gives his team a 4-2 lead with 1:06 left in the game. Brett Mathew, who had been quietly helping all night long, tallies his 3rd assist with a perfect pass to Angie Synan who connected with a big shot to score her first two points of the season! And so, in very non-typical way, the Ice Pirates defeat HonDoc by a score of 6-2!! Attached is the schedule for the rest of the season. I cut and pasted it here, and have also attached it as an Excel file. Kenny will post on the website ( www.carolinabroomball.com ) soon. Please send me an e-mail if you have any questions. Please note we do not play on Sunday, September 27th.

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12/1/09

The first round of playoffs have occured, and two teams are now resting for next season.

In the first game, the 3rd Seed Nationwide fell to 6th Seed LumbarJacks, as the 'Jacks scored 7 points. "Where did that come from" the rest of the league wondered, as the 'Jacks scored a total of 14 points in their 10 regular season games!! Although Nationwide struggled to establish an offensive attack, it was nice to see Mike Bare return to the game and set up teammate Richard Stanley for both Nationwide goals. For the Team In Black, 6 different players scored points, with both Lisa Thornton and Janet Sweet each tallying a goal; Scott Hutula had two goals and an assist, and Brian McLaughlin had a goal and an assist. Nice showing LumbarJacks....one more win and you'll be defending your Championship Title for the 3rd consecutive year!!

In the second game, HonDoc came alive on the scoring front, and posted 8 goals as Steve Hoeflin and crew downed Lanny's 8-3. Lanny's fought hard, but couldn't answer the attack in black, as Steve Hoeflin scored 3 goals, Tommy Quinn added one, Zach Houle tallied a pair, brother Tyler added one, and Carter Jensen muscled the game winner off the goalie's arm. Congratulations to Jodi Helmer of Team HonDoc for scoring her first Carolina Broomball point, assisting Zach Houle on his second goal of the game!! For Lanny's, Jon Wybo, Matt Schmidt and Dane Rossman each scored a goal, and Jason Kniesc had the one recorded assist.

The next round of the playoffs occurs on this Sunday, December 6th:
At 4:45, Extreme Ice Center will take on the LumbarJacks.
At 5:45, The Ice Pirates will take on HonDoc.

Look for an update soon to confirm pick-up broomball from 3:45 to 4:45 pm.

The Championship Game will be held on December 13th.

Information Regarding Next Season:
I know, playoffs may not be the ideal time to be thinking about next season, but we have our schedule set, and I need to know if there will be any roster changes. I'm making the assumption that teams will not be changing, so if that is incorrect, I need to know as soon as possible.

So, if you are on a team and you want to play on a different team, please let me know. It would help if you've already communicated that to the affected teams, but I know sometimes help is needed in roster changes, so please contact me if that is the case.

We are scheduled to have two full pickup sessions on 1/3/2010, and 1/10/2010, and we plan to start the new season on 1/17/2010. We will be off on 1/31, 2/7, and 4/4. If we expand to a 7th or 8th team (yes, once again there is the potential of growing the league), we'll play deep into May. Otherwise the Championship game is scheduled for May 2, 2010.

Brett Mathew is spearheading our "Search for bar sponsors" effort and will be asking anyone who is interested in helping in this endeavor to provide him with your cell phone number. He will be identifying potential sponsors, and will be notifying the group of where he will be heading. Anyone interested in meeting and drinking (on your own dime mind you) in the name of broomball will be highly encouraged to do so. Hopefully we can find a proprietor or two to take to the idea of more business, and will sponsor a team. If you have any suggestions on where to go, please let Brett know.

See you on the ICE!

Mondo Normile

Carolina Broomball

broomballmondo@hotmail.com

11/23/09

The regular season is now in the books, and this is how it happened:

In the early game, both the Ice Pirates and Lanny's entered the game on multi-game winning streaks. A Lanny's win would have clinched 3rd place for them in the playoff seeding. In the first half, Mondo Normile, assisted by Joe Perkins, would tally his 8th goal of the season, and give the Pirates the 1 goal lead. Co-veteran Brett Mathew would tally two goals of his own, assisted by his wife Heather on one, and by Mondo on the other. Lanny's put the pressure on all game, but substitute net minder, Mike Hall, backstopped for the White and Black and logged the shutout.

It was a close game between LumbarJacks and Nationwide, and it would not be settled until late in the second period. Nathan Thornton tallied first to give the 'Jacks an early lead, but Richard Stanley would even the score taking a perfectly placed pass by teammate Robin Merry, fought off two defenders, and lit the lamp behind Mark Rizzo. Mike Hoeflin, after clearing waivers and Visa clearance, helped out his old team, to give the 'Jacks the lead just before the end of the half. In the second half, Gary Dalena got the helper on a Dave Williamson goal, and late in the period Richard Stanley set up Doug Boik on a sweet behind-the-goal play that would give Nationwide the 3-2 victory.

In the last game of the regular season, HonDoc faced off against Extreme Ice Center. HonDoc's engine seemed to be stalled all night long. Their transmission just couldn't get into high gear. It was like the team timing belt was broken. Enough automobile references?? Anyhow, Extreme Ice put a hurting on HonDoc, with a 7-2 victory. Greg Krypel must have drank some magic juice before the game as he logged 5 points - 3 goals and 2 assists to help his team to victory. Andrew Stein tallied two goals and an assist. Brian Q sealed the regular season scoring title with 2 goals and an assist. Marty Sardinia assisted on one of Greg's goals, and Lindsey Robertson added two points to her amazing season, with two assists on the evening.

And so the playoff matchups are as follows:

Extreme Ice Center - 1st Place. Bye week this week.
Ice Pirates - 2nd Place. Bye week this week.
Nationwide - 3rd Place. Early game this weekend (11/29/2009)
Lanny's - 4th Place. Late game this weekend (11/29/2009)
HonDoc - 5th Place. Late game this weekend (11/29/2009)
LumbarJacks - 6th Place. Early game this weekend (11/29/2009)

I do hope to host a pickup session before the playoff games. If you have anyone that may be interested in playing the coolest sport on ice, please encourage them to come out on Sunday to play. There may be no better way to lose some of the extra pounds from feasting on Turkey and stuffing on Thursday that to play some broomball. Okay, I just thought of one ;)

Exact times for this weekend's game still to be announced. If you are traveling this weekend for Thanksgiving, travel home early on Sunday!!

Worthless things to note:
The largest margin of victory this season was 8 points. Recorded twice by Extreme Ice Center.
The highest scoring game was this past week, a 9 point game; 7-2 Extreme Ice Victory over HonDoc.
There were 7 tie games this season. I'm double-checking, but I'm quite sure that's a CB record.
The most points scored (cumulative of all 3 games) was 17. Week 10.
The least points scored in a night (cumulative of all 3 games) was 9. Week 8.
There were 7 shutouts this season. Extreme Ice posted 4. Ice Pirates posted 2. Lanny's posted 1.

Congratulations to Brian Quedenfeld of Extreme Ice for earning the scoring title for the season with 21 points (18g, 3a). Mondo Normile was runner up with 13 (8g, 5a). Lindsay Robertson led the charge for the ladies with 12 points on the season (3g, 6a) and finished 3rd overall! Honorable mention to the biggest 'helpers' of the season: Dustin Robertson had 8 assists, leading the league in that category. Lindsay, Stephan Angers, and Brett Mathew each tallied 6 helpers on the season.

Looking forward to a fun, recreational playoff season, starting THIS SUNDAY, November 29th!!

If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail.

See you on the ICE!

Mondo Normile

Carolina Broomball

broomballmondo@hotmail.com

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11/18/09

And the jockeying for playoff positioning continues. Our first game on Sunday showcased last place HonDoc taking on Nationwide, who was in a 3 place tie for 3rd. Early in the game, Tina Quinn scored her first goal of the season to give HonDoc a 2-0 early lead. Congratulations Tina on your first Carolina Broomball goal!! Richard Stanley tallied his 4th goal of the season to cut the lead in half, but Steve Hoeflin took over from there, and scored a natural hat trick, to seal the victory for Team HonDoc. With the win, HonDoc moves into 4th place, while Nationwide slid to 5th place.

The Lanny's vs. LumbarJack's game was a real pressure cooker from start to finish. LumbarJack's took the early lead on a Joe Timberlake goal, assisted by Lisa Thornton, but Jon Wybo tied the game on a goal assisted by George Prince. Jason Kniesc dropped a bomb of a shot from the right faceoff circle, but Mark Rizzo somehow came up with the save to keep the score even. Jason would not be denied later, though, and gave Lanny's the 2-1 lead. In the second half, Matt Schmidt tallied his 8th of the year, assisted by Jon Wybo, to give Lanny's a two goal lead. Nathan Thornton and the LumbarJacks didn't fall down with out a fight, as Nathan scored his first of the night, 4th of the season, to cut the lead back to one. The 'Jacks couldn't find the equalizer though, and fall to 6th place in the standings, while the win jumped Lanny's to the 3rd spot.

In an Ice showdown, the Ice Pirates faced off against Extreme Ice with the goal of handing Extreme their first Loss of the season. Rookie goaltender Myles Rahalewicz was up to the task and allowed only one goal against the high scoring Extreme Ice squad. Nick Beiring assisted on Brett Mathew's goal to give the Pirates the initial lead, but Brian Q (his 16th of the season) tallied for the house squad and evened the game. After an offensive rush from seasoned defenseman Geoff Person, Nick Beiring showed some fancy stick work, worked his way through two defensemen, and tallied the game winner! The Pirates' win secures them a bye in the first round as the second place team for the season. The loss meant nothing to Extreme Ice in the standings, as they've had 1st place wrapped up for about 3 weeks :)

The games coming up this week will have a big impact on the final standings for the season. The Pirates/Lanny's matchup will have two teams looking to continue their winning streaks, as Lanny's looks for their 3rd in a row, and the Pirates will be fighting for their 4th in a row. With a win, Lanny's will lock down 3rd place. If they lose, their seed will be determined by the results of the other two games. The second game will determine who will earn the 6th seed, as Nationwide and LumbarJacks both have 6 points. Nationwide has more wins, so has the tie-breaker advantage, so to leave 6th place, LumbarJacks must win. If HonDoc wins the third game of the night, they could jump to 3rd (with a Lanny's loss) or fall to 5th.

If HonDoc loses, and Nationwide and LumbarJacks tie, we'll have 3 teams tied with 7 points. In case you were wondering....HonDoc would be the 4th seed based on Goal differential in a head to head comparison against Nationwide (both would have the same exact record), Nationwide would hold the 5th place, and LumbarJacks would finish in 6th.

Any other tie scenarios I can think of look like the head-to-head matchup will determine the playoff seeding.

I can't believe we are already at the end of the season. Amazing how quickly 10 weeks fly by. I don't think we've ever seen so many tie games in a season, and with a little effort, I should be able to confirm that after the end of the games this weekend.

I do not think I have done enough of late to thank the companies that do so much for our league. HonDoc, Nationwide, Dr. Pai's and the Extreme Ice Center all contribute to ensure that our league continues to be affordable for everyone. (With that being said, we need a LOT of effort in the next few weeks to obtain additional sponsors!!)

A tremendous thank you to Mike Hall of HonDoc, Mike Bare of Nationwide, Dr. Neil Pai of Pai Chiropractic, and Moe, Mike, Meredith and Tom at Extreme Ice for hosting and supporting our league.

Remember that the first round of the playoffs occurs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We will use whatever remaining time is after the second game for pickup broomball if anyone would like to stick around, introduce the sport to anyone new, or get some extra ice time!

If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail!!

See you on the ICE!

Mondo Normile

Carolina Broomball

broomballmondo@hotmail.com

9/16/2009

The Fall 2009 Season began in typical Carolina Broomball Fashion.

Typical that the rosters were announced JUST before the season started.
Typical that the first game of the season was a rematch of last season's Championship Game.
Typical that the competition is excellent.
Typical that something was just not typical.

And so the rematch: LumbarJacks won the matchup in May. Extreme Ice wanted to erase the memory of the double-overtime loss. And it proved to be everything you could have expected. A grueling, down to the wire grudge match between to powerhouse teams, with a 1-0 victory for Extreme Ice Center. Brain Quedenfeld scored the only tally of the game for the game winner!

A slightly modified Lanny's team would meet a slightly modified Nationwide team. Both teams start this season without key veteran players, and look to gel quickly with their new look rosters. Doug Boik and George Beaver started the scoring for Nationwide as Doug tallied his first of the season. Matt Schmidt scores his first Carolina Broomball goal to even it up at 1-1. Congratulations Matt! Dave Metzl returns the favor and tallies his first Carolina Broomball goal (way to make your presence felt early on the new team Dave!), assisted by Stephan Angers. Jason Kneisc would get some help from Todd Neely to tie the game again. George Beaver added his name to the "Goals" column and tallied his second point of the game, while Dave Metzl provided the assist. Matt Schmidt showed he can help, too, and assisted Jon Wybo for the sixth and final goal of the game. Another great matchup that was anybody's game!

Then the third game of the night started. Typical Mike Hall. Brett Mathew and Nick Beiring threw the kitchen sink, a washing machine, and many small appliances at Mike Hall and he stopped everything. Nick was able to sneak one onto the top shelf to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. And then, to make Charlotte Broomball History, Mike Hall crushes the ball to clear the zone, and the ball arcs towards the goal. Fill-in goalie, Mondo Normile, gets a read on the curving, spinning ball, and casually lays his stick across the ice to gain control of the ball. The ball spins and pops over his stick and enter the goal. For the first time in Charlotte broomball history, a goalie scores on a defended goal. Congratulations Mike Hall. Go sell your blocker Mondo!! Pushing harder than ever, HonDoc controls the ball, and from a pass from Zan Henry, Carter Jensen shoot, deflects the ball off a defender, and beats Mondo for the second time that night. And so the half would end and the game would remain 2-1 until the Pirates time out at 4:11 to go in the contest. The Pirates pull the (worthless) goalie, and send Mondo to the front line. A pass to Brett, a pass back to Mondo, a quick shot, an open five hole, and we have a tie game! A minute later, Mondo shoots again, and finds another open five hole! A minute later, a Penalty Shot is awarded to the Pirates, and believe it or not, Mondo Normile finds the 5-hole for the 3rd time in 3 minutes, and gives his team a 4-2 lead with 1:06 left in the game. Brett Mathew, who had been quietly helping all night long, tallies his 3rd assist with a perfect pass to Angie Synan who connected with a big shot to score her first two points of the season! And so, in very non-typical way, the Ice Pirates defeat HonDoc by a score of 6-2!!

Attached is the schedule for the rest of the season. I cut and pasted it here, and have also attached it as an Excel file. Kenny will post on the website ( www.carolinabroomball.com ) soon.

Please send me an e-mail if you have any questions.

Please note we do not play on Sunday, September 27th.