Carolina Broomball


	Carolina Broomball is located at the Extreme Ice Center We need more players for the League. Send us an email if you are interested.
2/12/08 If Week 1 is indicative of the rest of the season, we are all in for a great season of broomball!! I'll be honest with you, I didn't plan this matchup, but I do think it was pretty cool that the first game of the season showcased Doug Boik playing with his new colors, against the team he had played with for 5+ seasons. And although it's hard to hear when you are on the wrong side a 4-0 game, Lanny's played in a game much closer than the score suggests. At half time, the score was just 1-0, as Doug Boik tallied the first goal of the season, and gave Starz Tavern the lead. And the game remained 1-0 into the second period when Doug tallied his second goal of the night. Andrew Stein scored Starz' 3rd goal to give the team the 3-0 lead, and Doug completed his hat trick with his 3rd of the night finishing the game at 4-0. The second game may have set the Carolina Broomball record for PIM for a game, with a combined total of 10. So I must have not stressed enough - this is a recreational league. Play nice. Stay on your feet. It ain't hockey. (That's for both teams ). And so Extreme Ice Center starts it's second season of Carolina Broomball a little differently than last season - with a team!! Steve Hoeflin started with an "Age don't matter" goal to give Dr. Pai's LumbarJacks a 1-0 lead. I'm still in need of a roster list from XI, but Willie scored on a pass from Mike, then Mike scored on a pass from Willie and all of a sudden, XIC has the lead. Team Captain Scott Hutula brought the game back to even with his first of the season. The LumbarJacks jumped ahead with Steve Hoeflin's second goal of the night followed by Scott Hutula's second, giving the 'Jacks a comfortable 4-2 lead. But you does account for something as last season's team leading goal scorer Brian Q gave the orange ball to team Captain Kyle Cullen who scored his first tally of the season, making the game a 4-3 contest. But the Black and White would hold off the hard charging house team and hang on for their first victory of the season. The third game was a planned matchup, as last year's Championship Contenders squared off to start the season as they ended the season. Nationwide of course hoping the W would be on their side. An unassisted goal by Nick Beiring gave the Pirates the lead, only to see that slip away as perennial scoring powerhouse Richard Stanley tallied the next two of the game to give Nationwide the lead. On an assist by Nick Beiring, Brett Mathew tied the game with his first of the season. After trying "the flick", and hitting the post on an open goal, team captain Mondo Normile took the unconventional route to scoring the GW with a deflection off a defensemen to elude Eric Patterson, who made his first appearance after a one season hiatus. Remember, there is no broomball next weekend, 2/17/2008. See you all on Sunday the 24th. League fees are due no later than the 24th of February, 2008. Please make checks to: Carolina Broomball. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, etc, please run them by another player to make sure they aren't really complaints, snivelings, whinings, etc, and then forward on to me!! ____________________________________________________________________________ 2/10/2008 Carolina Broomball starts the Spring 2008 Season! Broomball rates remain the same: $115 per person. I am paying the rink on Sunday, and I do NOT have the money to float. Payment is due in February!! Preferably February 10th!! Please make checks to Carolina Broomball. If you are renting equipment, the prices are the same: Shoes: $20 per season. Stick: $10 per season. I do have one Acacia stick for sale ($30), and one D-Gel K5 for sale ($55). I believe Mike Hall has new gloves for sale as well. Let him know if you are in need. If you ordered equipment through me, it has arrived!! I will send individual e-mail tonight with product confirmation and pricing. I am excited and eager to start another Carolina Broomball Season!! 9/23/07 FAll 2007 announcements! "Thank you to Extreme Ice Center for hosting broomball, providing us with extra time, and helping us grow the league in Charlotte. It is a pleasure to play broomball in a safe, new facility! Thank you to all of our sponsors: Mike Hall of HonDoc, Mike Bare and Bill Laurie of Nationwide, Dr. Neil Pai/Pai Clinic of Chiropractic and Sports Medicine, and Starz Tavern. Without your financial support, our league would not be as affordable! Over the past few years Carolina Broomball has grown from 27 players and 3 teams, to over 55 players and 6 teams. We have overcome many challenges to get where we are now. This past season has demonstrated that we have many challenges off the ice as well. Significant challenges. Challenges like Cancer. I wonder how people can carry on when their lives are affected like that. And we had one player who continued to run his business, be a father and a husband, AND still played some of the meanest defense in the league. Not only did he fight the cancer, he beat the cancer. We congratulate you, Bill Laurie. Way to go! The loss of a loved one always hurts. But there is no greater loss than the loss of a child. When Mike and Melissa Hall and their family had to witness the passing of 4 yr old Austin, I wondered what could we possibly do to help. Someone in the league suggested a collection for a donation to a charity in Austin's name. I am proud to announce that our little group of broomball players has donated, in the name of Austin Hall, a check to the Child Neurology Research Fund the sum of $625.00 The Hall family is not alone with bearing the loss of a child. 7 years ago, Mike Fitzgerald and his family lost their 4 yr old son, Thomas to Leukemia. In an odd sort of way, these two losses in our midst inspired me to find the answer to a question I have heard over a hundred times, "What does the broomball champion get?". And now I have an answer. Starting with this season, and for the next 32 seasons, in memory of the lives of Austin Hall and Thomas Fitzgerald, I present to you Carolina Broomball's Holy Grail....the Austin-Thomas Cup. " ____________________________________________________________________________ 9/27/07 The second week of the Fall '07 Season is in the books, and we were witness to some great broomball! The first game was a 2-1 "anyone's game" between Nationwide and Lanny's. Donnie Breece scored the first goal of the night, his 3rd of the season. Congratulations to newcomer Dominick Nati for his first career Carolina Broomball goal! Dom's goal tied the game at one. Perennial scoring fiend Doug Boik notched his first goal of the season, which also turned out to be the game winner. In the second game, HonDoc's Pirates earned a forfeit win over XICenter. But don't start expecting the win each week-XI is pushing to get a team very soon-maybe even this Sunday. (And if their opposing team doesn't show enough players, it's recorded as a double forfeit, not a tie!) The 3rd game of the night was a back and forth action packed game between the Lumbarjacks and Starz Tavern. The LumbarJacks, led by Joe Timberlake's consecutive goals (2nd and 3rd of the season) took the early lead. Mike Hoeflin (1) added to the lead for what looked like the beginning of a routing. Kyle Quick ended the shutout with his first career CB Goal, and was followed by a two-point goal from Vicki Elliott who returned from a one season hiatus. Suddenly the score was tied! Mike Hoeflin tallied his second of the night (2) and the broomball world was shocked as Kenny Monez scored his first goal since February 2006! The comfortable 2 goal lead was diminished to just one as Andrew Stein's quick hands picked a rebound out of the air for his first goal of the season. The last minutes of the game were pressure filled but time ran out on Starz' comeback, and the final score stands at LumbarJacks 5, Starz 4. Make sure you are at the rink on time for this week's action: HonDoc vs Starz Lanny's vs LumbarJacks Nationwide vs XICenter See you on the ICE! Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com 9/8/07 I am always mistaken to think this should be easier each season, and always seem to need to say, 'Sorry this is last minute'. So I'm saying it again. If you are receiving this e-mail, then you are assigned to a team for the Fall 2007 Carolina Broomball Season. Please review the roster and contact me immediately if you are on a team and are not supposed to be on a team, or if you notice there is someone missing from a team. Although Extreme Ice Center is fielding it's own team this season, they are welcoming any other players to join their roster. So, please continue to spread the word about broomball - we have room for new players! This Sunday will be a Scrimmage night so teams can get familiar with their new players. 4:30 pm HonDoc vs Lannys 5:15 pm LumbarJacks vs XICenter 6:00 pm Nationwide vs Ice Pirates Sunday's scrimmage is not included in the league fees, so please pay $10 at the door when you enter for Sunday's broomball. XICenter will not have a full squad on Sunday, so please make plans to stay late or arrive early and join the fray against the LumbarJacks. [Please be sure to review the new rosters as I've had to shake up some rosters to balance the league.] The official season will start on Sunday September 16th. Season Schedule will be distributed soon. Keep in mind with 6 teams and 3 timeslots, every team will play every Sunday. Also please keep in mind that league fees of $115 are due on or before September 16th. Please make checks payable to Carolina Broomball. Points of interest: XI has hockey before and after broomball. Each game will be strictly limited to 45 minutes. You must be ready to play at your scheduled time. If necessary the Officials will notify the teams that the game will be shortened to stay within the time boundaries. We have a new rule regarding substitute players. I will announce that rule with the schedule. I have provided the e-mail of each team captain with the roster. Please send an e-mail to your captain with your contact information. Each team will be responsible for assisting in time keeping/stats recording for the prior/following game. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. :) Carolina Broomball welcomes 10 brand new players! If you have any questions, concerns, comments, etc please do not hesitate to send me an e-mail. See you on the ICE! Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________

Carolina Broomball is located at the Extreme Ice Center

We need more players for the League. Send us an email if you are interested.

2/12/08

If Week 1 is indicative of the rest of the season, we are all in for a great season of broomball!!

I'll be honest with you, I didn't plan this matchup, but I do think it was pretty cool that the first game of the season showcased Doug Boik playing with his new colors, against the team he had played with for 5+ seasons. And although it's hard to hear when you are on the wrong side a 4-0 game, Lanny's played in a game much closer than the score suggests. At half time, the score was just 1-0, as Doug Boik tallied the first goal of the season, and gave Starz Tavern the lead. And the game remained 1-0 into the second period when Doug tallied his second goal of the night. Andrew Stein scored Starz' 3rd goal to give the team the 3-0 lead, and Doug completed his hat trick with his 3rd of the night finishing the game at 4-0.

The second game may have set the Carolina Broomball record for PIM for a game, with a combined total of 10. So I must have not stressed enough - this is a recreational league. Play nice. Stay on your feet. It ain't hockey. (That's for both teams ). And so Extreme Ice Center starts it's second season of Carolina Broomball a little differently than last season - with a team!! Steve Hoeflin started with an "Age don't matter" goal to give Dr. Pai's LumbarJacks a 1-0 lead. I'm still in need of a roster list from XI, but Willie scored on a pass from Mike, then Mike scored on a pass from Willie and all of a sudden, XIC has the lead. Team Captain Scott Hutula brought the game back to even with his first of the season. The LumbarJacks jumped ahead with Steve Hoeflin's second goal of the night followed by Scott Hutula's second, giving the 'Jacks a comfortable 4-2 lead. But you does account for something as last season's team leading goal scorer Brian Q gave the orange ball to team Captain Kyle Cullen who scored his first tally of the season, making the game a 4-3 contest. But the Black and White would hold off the hard charging house team and hang on for their first victory of the season.

The third game was a planned matchup, as last year's Championship Contenders squared off to start the season as they ended the season. Nationwide of course hoping the W would be on their side. An unassisted goal by Nick Beiring gave the Pirates the lead, only to see that slip away as perennial scoring powerhouse Richard Stanley tallied the next two of the game to give Nationwide the lead. On an assist by Nick Beiring, Brett Mathew tied the game with his first of the season. After trying "the flick", and hitting the post on an open goal, team captain Mondo Normile took the unconventional route to scoring the GW with a deflection off a defensemen to elude Eric Patterson, who made his first appearance after a one season hiatus.

Remember, there is no broomball next weekend, 2/17/2008. See you all on Sunday the 24th.

League fees are due no later than the 24th of February, 2008. Please make checks to: Carolina Broomball.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, etc, please run them by another player to make sure they aren't really complaints, snivelings, whinings, etc, and then forward on to me!!

____________________________________________________________________________
2/10/2008

Carolina Broomball starts the Spring 2008 Season!

Broomball rates remain the same: $115 per person.

I am paying the rink on Sunday, and I do NOT have the money to float. Payment is due in February!! Preferably February 10th!! Please make checks to Carolina Broomball.

If you are renting equipment, the prices are the same: Shoes: $20 per season. Stick: $10 per season.

I do have one Acacia stick for sale ($30), and one D-Gel K5 for sale ($55). I believe Mike Hall has new gloves for sale as well. Let him know if you are in need.

If you ordered equipment through me, it has arrived!! I will send individual e-mail tonight with product confirmation and pricing.

I am excited and eager to start another Carolina Broomball Season!!

9/23/07

FAll 2007 announcements!
"Thank you to Extreme Ice Center for hosting broomball, providing us with extra time, and helping us grow the league in Charlotte. It is a pleasure to play broomball in a safe, new facility!

Thank you to all of our sponsors: Mike Hall of HonDoc, Mike Bare and Bill Laurie of Nationwide, Dr. Neil Pai/Pai Clinic of Chiropractic and Sports Medicine, and Starz Tavern. Without your financial support, our league would not be as affordable!

Over the past few years Carolina Broomball has grown from 27 players and 3 teams, to over 55 players and 6 teams. We have overcome many challenges to get where we are now. This past season has demonstrated that we have many challenges off the ice as well. Significant challenges.

Challenges like Cancer. I wonder how people can carry on when their lives are affected like that. And we had one player who continued to run his business, be a father and a husband, AND still played some of the meanest defense in the league. Not only did he fight the cancer, he beat the cancer. We congratulate you, Bill Laurie. Way to go!

The loss of a loved one always hurts. But there is no greater loss than the loss of a child. When Mike and Melissa Hall and their family had to witness the passing of 4 yr old Austin, I wondered what could we possibly do to help. Someone in the league suggested a collection for a donation to a charity in Austin's name. I am proud to announce that our little group of broomball players has donated, in the name of Austin Hall, a check to the Child Neurology Research Fund the sum of $625.00

The Hall family is not alone with bearing the loss of a child. 7 years ago, Mike Fitzgerald and his family lost their 4 yr old son, Thomas to Leukemia.

In an odd sort of way, these two losses in our midst inspired me to find the answer to a question I have heard over a hundred times, "What does the broomball champion get?". And now I have an answer. Starting with this season, and for the next 32 seasons, in memory of the lives of Austin Hall and Thomas Fitzgerald, I present to you Carolina Broomball's Holy Grail....the Austin-Thomas Cup. "

____________________________________________________________________________

9/27/07
The second week of the Fall '07 Season is in the books, and we were witness to some great broomball!

The first game was a 2-1 "anyone's game" between Nationwide and Lanny's. Donnie Breece scored the first goal of the night, his 3rd of the season. Congratulations to newcomer Dominick Nati for his first career Carolina Broomball goal! Dom's goal tied the game at one. Perennial scoring fiend Doug Boik notched his first goal of the season, which also turned out to be the game winner.

In the second game, HonDoc's Pirates earned a forfeit win over XICenter. But don't start expecting the win each week-XI is pushing to get a team very soon-maybe even this Sunday. (And if their opposing team doesn't show enough players, it's recorded as a double forfeit, not a tie!)

The 3rd game of the night was a back and forth action packed game between the Lumbarjacks and Starz Tavern. The LumbarJacks, led by Joe Timberlake's consecutive goals (2nd and 3rd of the season) took the early lead. Mike Hoeflin (1) added to the lead for what looked like the beginning of a routing. Kyle Quick ended the shutout with his first career CB Goal, and was followed by a two-point goal from Vicki Elliott who returned from a one season hiatus. Suddenly the score was tied! Mike Hoeflin tallied his second of the night (2) and the broomball world was shocked as Kenny Monez scored his first goal since February 2006! The comfortable 2 goal lead was diminished to just one as Andrew Stein's quick hands picked a rebound out of the air for his first goal of the season. The last minutes of the game were pressure filled but time ran out on Starz' comeback, and the final score stands at LumbarJacks 5, Starz 4.

Make sure you are at the rink on time for this week's action:
HonDoc vs Starz
Lanny's vs LumbarJacks
Nationwide vs XICenter

See you on the ICE!
Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com

9/8/07
I am always mistaken to think this should be easier each season, and always seem to need to say, 'Sorry this is last minute'. So I'm saying it again.

If you are receiving this e-mail, then you are assigned to a team for the Fall 2007 Carolina Broomball Season. Please review the roster and contact me immediately if you are on a team and are not supposed to be on a team, or if you notice there is someone missing from a team.

Although Extreme Ice Center is fielding it's own team this season, they are welcoming any other players to join their roster. So, please continue to spread the word about broomball - we have room for new players!

This Sunday will be a Scrimmage night so teams can get familiar with their new players.
4:30 pm HonDoc vs Lannys
5:15 pm LumbarJacks vs XICenter
6:00 pm Nationwide vs Ice Pirates
Sunday's scrimmage is not included in the league fees, so please pay $10 at the door when you enter for Sunday's broomball.
XICenter will not have a full squad on Sunday, so please make plans to stay late or arrive early and join the fray against the LumbarJacks.

[Please be sure to review the new rosters as I've had to shake up some rosters to balance the league.]

The official season will start on Sunday September 16th. Season Schedule will be distributed soon. Keep in mind with 6 teams and 3 timeslots, every team will play every Sunday. Also please keep in mind that league fees of $115 are due on or before September 16th. Please make checks payable to Carolina Broomball.

Points of interest:
XI has hockey before and after broomball. Each game will be strictly limited to 45 minutes. You must be ready to play at your scheduled time. If necessary the Officials will notify the teams that the game will be shortened to stay within the time boundaries.

We have a new rule regarding substitute players. I will announce that rule with the schedule.

I have provided the e-mail of each team captain with the roster. Please send an e-mail to your captain with your contact information.

Each team will be responsible for assisting in time keeping/stats recording for the prior/following game. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. :)

Carolina Broomball welcomes 10 brand new players!

If you have any questions, concerns, comments, etc please do not hesitate to send me an e-mail.

See you on the ICE! Mondo Normile Carolina Broomball broomballmondo@hotmail.com

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