by Kelly Jones

WNHL Christmas Classic – Saturday December 2nd 2017 3pm – Welland Youth Arena

Registration Fee: $40 per player includes 3 games, a free WNHL Beer Cozy, mid tournament party tray during your game break delivered right to your locker room, a 15 pack of OV for each team after each game, and a Rex Hotel Buffet after the Tournament. Money for the tournament is due Sunday November 12th to be a part of the draft being held November 15th 2017. Money can be given face to face to me or email transfer to kelly_jones_ca@yahoo.com.

All current WNHL Athletes will get first access to the tournament before November 12th. After that date the tournament will be open to friends of the WNHL.

Draft Night: November 15th 2017 –Rex Hotel 7:30pm. Round Table Draft, (attendance not required) no suits, no media allowed. Goalies will be included in the draft listing with the skaters.

Our four GM’s will be

  • Eryn Warden (The Silent Warrior)
  • Chad Kellmann (The Garbage Man)
  • Craig Laro (The Human Wrecking Ball)
  • Barty (The French Disconnection)

Tournament Date: December 2nd 2:00pm Registration/Donated Food Weigh-in at the Jack Ballantyne Memorial Arena. This will give a tight environment for the WNHL Fans and get them closer to ever to their favorite WNHL Athletes and the amazing hockey action they crave.

The two years we did an amazing job donating food for Open Arms Mission and had a great internal competition and donated 1700 pounds of food. Donated Food Differential is still the #1 Tie Breaker for the Round Robin Portion. Food Donation finish at 4pm. Fans are encouraged to bring in food, just make sure they tell them what team they are donating the food to so that can it be added to the total for your team.

Food Donation Regulation Rule: No Water or Beverages of any sort. Soup is permitted

Tournament Format

  • The first two games on each team`s schedule will be a round robin style
  • 3 – 10 minute Run Time periods and floods after each game. If a team wins a period a point will be given. For Example Team A scores 1 goal and Team B scores 0 in the 1st period Team A will be awarded 1 point in the standings. If Team B scores 1 goal in the 2nd period to tie the game and Team A scores no goals in the 2nd period Team B will get one point in the standings for that period.
  • 2 points will be given for the team that wins the game
  • Tie games will give each team 1 point
  • At the end of the each game there will be a 3 player shootout. Each team will pick their best shooters and at the end of the 3 shooters if one team wins they will receive 1 point. If it is a tie both teams will receive 0 points in the standings from the shootout.

Make sure you bring both your White and Black WNHL Jerseys because you will rotate them.

Tournament Schedule:

Time Game Team Team
Close Bench – White Jerseys Far Bench – Black Jerseys
3:00pm Game 1 Team Laro Team Warden
4:00pm Game 2 Team Barty Team Kellmann
5:00pm Game 3 Team Warden Team Barty
6:00pm Game 4 Team Kellmann Team Laro
7:00pm Loser Game TBA TBA
8:00pm Championship TBA TBA
by admin

Interview with Matt Sajn (GM of the Welland Stelcobra’s)

Evan : Mr sajn, good afternoon! Tough loss again last night for your squad. This is starting to feel all too familiar for the Stelcobras of 16-17 and fans are wondering what’s next? What’s gonna give?
Matt: Afternoon already? I’ve been up all night going over footage and trying to balance the books for the 17-18 stelcobras season. I think we’ve got a lot of hungry guys. Maybe the results haven’t fallen our way, but we got guys looking for ways to make it happen. Only two returning players are on the roster, meaning you’ve got a whole list of guys figuring out how to play with each other. 0-2 isn’t a bad place to be. The 2011 bruins went 0-2 to the Canucks and came back to win the series. Blondie didn’t have a hit until their third record (‘heart of glass’), and sometimes a good dinner will make up for a rough breakfast and lunch. The guys have patience. They’re hungry and they have patience. That’s the big thing. Attendance helps, too.
Evan: So it sounds like the mood in the locker room is still positive. You face Cockell and the Welland Undertakers who are coming off a tight loss and will be hungry for the W. What is your game plan going into next week to prevent the almighty sweep to start the season?
Matt: The great one, Sergei Berezin, always said ‘they can’t sweep if no broom’, so that’s exactly the approach we are going to take. I think we are going to stay the course, cut out the neutral zone, go hard in the corners, and just play our brand of stelcobras hockey that no one’s technically seen yet. I think that with Demers bringing both supplements and intensity, and Doyle bringing the type of fenwick grit that you just can’t find south of Foss road, it’ll work itself out.
Evan: This sounds like a matchup you won’t want to miss. Thanks for taking the time to talk.
 
Matt: Thanks Evan.

 

by Kelly Jones

The Draft is Done…….Season Begins

Thanks to everyone for coming to the WNHL Draft at the Rex Hotel last Wednesday. It was great to see everyone after the off-season for some Pizza and Beers. The teams look competitive, tight and we had a good amount of shake up from last year’s roster. Just a reminder the WNHL Season kicks off this Wednesday September 13th at 10pm in Welland and Port. Evan Fabiani has updated the schedules, he will be working with Scott Macleod to keep the stats and wins/loses up to date on the site this season. So thanks to them for all their hard work.

Have a great game Wednesday and remember our 2017-2018 League Slogan……..

Win or Lose, We are drinking Booze

Kelly Jones