Black Beat in Border War

Cheyenne wins again! Final Score: 0-2
This is great news if your a Cheyenne fan. The rest of us grin and bear it. Taking to the other teams I’ve learned that the best any of them has done was to garner a tie game. Red, Yellow and Blue generally lose. Now, after this recent loss it can be said Bantam Black generally loses to Cheyenne.

We all hear the excuse; “Cheyenne has competitive players on their roster”. This is true. If they didn’t there would be no Cheyenne team to play as their rec program just doesn’t have enough hockey bodies to fill out a roster (I wonder how their rodeo rosters fare?) . Looking at the big picture I expect most players and fans are glad to have one more team to play. In our case we have at least been competitive with one win and one time to dress up our loses.

Our boyz were holding their own purdy good as they went into the third period with a 0-0 tie. As the clock ticked down it looked as though the first team to score would win the game. That is exactly how it turned out as one of those northern hockey animals got himself a break-away and beat Tim with a nifty fake right, go left moves. We could have won. Bantam Black had some great scoring chances but that gol-durn Cheyenne goalie did a great job of gobbling every puck within reach.

Stats Leaders
The stats leaders have not changed this week as our offense was not able to put any points towards their totals. However goalie Tim George (coaches kid) managed to have a great game and push his save percentage to a tad above 90%. That was the best I’ve seen Tim play in net. Tim almost had the save on the first breakaway goal. The Cheyenne player did the old fake right back hand left. Tim slid across with the player and only missed it by six inches (should have poke-checked that move). If Tim grows a little over the summer his leg should be long enough to reach the far post by next season.

Penalty Leader Change
Jarrett Nafziger catches Nick Collins. With the loss of Jerimiah PIM comes down to a two way tie for first place between Jarrett and Nick. Jarrett managed two more minutes with a holding penalty. Don’t get me wrong here, our team does a better than average job and avoiding penalties. Cheyenne on the other had took four not to smart penalties in this game and six penalties in our previous meeting.

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Coach Quits!
Coach Brian didn’t actually quit, rather he has work (yes, he has a real job) related business to attend to. In is place will be coach Flash (yours truly). Coach Shane Chipp and I will put our heads together and come up with a good way to torture the players. Heck, this is Bantam level. I say a little torture goes a long way. We’ll probably start by picking on Jason Chipp.

Jr Eagles Banquet
2nd ANNUAL JR. EAGLES BANQUET
In recognition of ALL Jr. Eagles players, Association and Community Volunteers and Senior/Final Year players.
Keynote Speaker:

Chris Stewart, Eagles Head Coach

Date:

Monday, March 10, 2008

Itenerary:

Social-6:00-6:30; Dinner at 6:30

Location:

CSU-Lory Student Center Ballroom :: Laurel & Meldrum Streets (West on Laurel from College Ave; South on Meldrum into parking area in front of Lory Student Center)

Cost:

$15 Per person/ $7 Kids 8 & under :: Includes dinner

Don’t miss out on this great event. Sold out last year!! Unbelievable Silent Auction
Look for further information at www.NCYH.org

Tickets available at NOCO until February 28th.