Congratulations to Retribution in capturing the 2015-2016 Freddy Ball Hockey Championship, in a series with worthy opponents Slashing Pumpkins. The finals were the lowest scoring finals in FBHL history.  Both games zipped by and were almost half complete before goals were scored.  Matt played heroically on the foot he badly injured the previous Sunday and…

The first game of the Finals between Retribution and Slashing Pumpkins starts at 2:00 pm.  This has all the promise of a GREAT finals! Come on out to cheer the top squads from the regular season duke it out for top dog spot in the playoffs…. AAANNNNDDD BRING YOUR STICKS, HELMETS, and GLOVES:  Between games…

NOTE:  First Game Time is 2:00 pm! Two titanic tilts to tick at 2:00 Tale of the Tape (Regular Season) One could look at the results below and think “well we know where this is gonna go…” but even Vegas isn’t making a call on these matchups.  Seriously…. look it up and you won’t find any…

The opening round of the playoffs lived up to its forecasted tight game billing, with 6 of the 10 games decided by 3 or fewer goals, and no one giving up on anything through the entire 20 minutes of each game.  Kudos to ALL teams for games well played, and fiercely contested.  On any other…

“Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you’re already dead!”…

Hear ye, Hear ye, Citizens of Ball-Hockeyville!  Below is your schedule for the first round of the playoffs.  These look like amazing matchups and each truly could go either way. Here’s to great playoff competition, and camaraderie.  We are, after all, all teammates in a league full of a great bunch of guys (and a…

Here are the Final Standings.  Congratulations to “Retribution” on a runaway first place finish! The times for the first round matchups will be posted in the next couple of days. (need to confirm format but I think 1st vs 8, 2 vs 7 play in the first block of times, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs…

The results of Week 20:

In a week where there were 7 new entrants to the Century Club one name jumped into the Century GOAL Club:  An incredible 100 goal, 98 assist season for Ray Chase, who also led the 1st Assist category with 76. Also noteworthy is there were 7 players that were in on at least 50% of…

Congrats to Brandon Leet-MacFarlane in posting the lowest GAA(3.38!) and Rick Kent with the most wins (43!).  Honorable mention to Chris Day in posting a remarkable 3.67 GAA in his rookie season.

Jon Loubert and Doug Taylor the latest entrants to the Century Club, hotly pursued by no less than THREE White Lightning (Rookie Phenom Dave Mackenzie, Ancient Veteran Wayne Helpard, and Sophmore Sean “Keener” Keenan).  Bryan Kelly of the Retribution also remains in the hunt and is rumored to be honing his netminding duties in an…

Shout out to Mark Farrell, who after years of league play got his first shutout this past month, and then after days of play recorded his second shutout in Week 19 (albeit as a spare).

Going into the final week and the playoff picture remains murky: Red Light District and a 3-0 week overtake staggering Purple Heys for third spot.  Green Machine go 2-0-1 to climb into a tie with Golden Panthers, each just 3 points back of Blue Storm.    

Summer Ball Hockey!   In May 2016, the Capital City Ball Hockey League will begin play in Fredericton for its 8th season. This fun, exciting league allows for teams (22 players or less) to showcase their talents to others within the city. This is an adult male league for players 18 and above (turn 18…

Below is the schedule for the balance of the 2015-2016 regular season. Playoffs begin in the first week of March (incidentally games will play through on March Break weekends). As you can tell from the tight standings… NOTHING is known about first round matchups, outside of “underdog” vs “overdog” position (and even such tags wildly…

Newly minted Centurions Jamie Carson and Ian Stevens record their mark on a goal-stingy season.  Captain Jon Loubert, in a nod to the Great Gretzky, pauses for a moment at 99.

Red Light rule roost in Week 18, running 3-0 in a week where Heys and Pumpkins garner a collective 0 points.  Skeletal Panthers go undefeated in pursuit of the Blue Storm. Results:                                              …

A special shout out to ancient veteran Mark Farrell, who records his first career shutout with a dazzling shutout of the high scoring Slashing Pumpkin squad.  When pressed for comment Farrell replied “It’s nice to get the win, especially against such a great team, but I could have have a few shutouts last year if…

League’s All-Time Regular Season Goalie Stats Stats are listed in order of the most games played.  Anytime I’ve posted the all-time goalie stats in the past, I’ve always listed the goalies by games played.  I’m sure Paul Richard has enjoyed this because since week one of our first season, no one has played more games…

Butter up your Better Halves this week because this is where you’re gonna be spending part of your day.