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TEAM AWARDS, PLAYOFFS, AND MORE
By admin | April 12, 2008
It’s been a while since posting since I’ve been up to my ears in Dorados football. That, and I think most of involved in Killer Bees Hockey on a day-to-day basis wanted/needed a break. It may be a labor of love, but even with that you need to step back from time to time.
Personally, hockey has been the furthest thing from my mind lately, although I added the digital sports tier to my cable package so I can watch the NHL Network and playoff games on Versus. I’m hoping the Bruins can overcome their 0-8 regular season against the Canadiens in the first round.
TEAM AWARDS
The team handed out season-end awards at the season ticket holder party a few weeks back at Cimarron. I thought the night went well and everyone had a good time.
MVP - Rob Voltera. A worthy choice in my opinion. Rob’s a guy who plays through injuries and gives his heart and soul to the team. Not the most vocal guy, he leads by example and hopefully an injury free season awaits him in 2008-09. Dennis Maxwell would be my pick for runner-up. He played forward and D, and is another guy who battled through injuries.
Rookie - Josh Bonar. A 20-plus goal season made Josh the easy pick.
Defenseman - Jeremy Van Hoof. Stay at home guy who chipped in with a few goals. He played most of the season with more of an injury than anyone knew until his year-end physical.
Most Improved and Heart and Soul - An AHL callup showed what Mark is capable of. He scored a few goals with the Griffins, forcing people here to take another look at how valuable he is.
Darcy Smith Community Award - Rob Voltera and Dan McNeill. Both of these guys went out of their way to participate in communiy relations functions this season. The entire team is generally very accommodating, but this season these two guys stood above.
Fan Favorite - Selected via online voting, Jason Slusher took home the award. Friendly and talkative (very), he beat Maxwell and Dave Lemanowicz, barely.
PLAYOFFS
Pretty surprising so far in some regards. Bossier getting swept by Texas was a shock, but in hindsight the Brahmas were the best team in the league the final 20 games or so. Like lots of people, I figured that to be a flash in the pan. That said, I wasn’t overly impressed by Bossier the two games I saw against them. They looked lazy and almost too confident.
Arizona/Laredo is no shock for the Southern finals. Colorado/Texas obviously is. I’m not even going to attempt to predict who and why. I will say I picked Laredo/Arizona in the South and Bossier/Colorado in the North. Two out of three is pretty good for someone with my luck.
THE SUMMER
As most Bees fans know, I do Dorados af2 football in the summer. If you have yet to give it a chance, come out to a game. It’s a fun time and a very unique game.
I’ve never been a huge football fan, but like the game enough. I loved listening to the Patriots when I was back home, even before they were a big deal. Most of that is thanks to Gil Santos, their longtime play-by-play guy on the radio. He paints a beautiful picture and I model my football call after his.
The Arena game has really grabbed me. It isn’t football by the numbers and is oddball enough for an oddball like me to latch on to.
Hockey-wise, things will be quiet for a while. All PR scheming aside, I don’t think there will be a whole lot to report for a while. I know the recruiting process has already begun, but I doubt we’ll be making any formal announcements until July. I know from past experience, people freak out about that.
Recruiting and signing players in a months-long process that usually begins, officially, when the regular season ends. Unofficially, a little sooner.
So enjoy the summer, watch the NHL playoffs and follow the CHL playoffs online, and when things develop, I’ll keep you updated right here.
Topics: Minor Observations |
April 12th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
thank you keep us up dated
April 14th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Hey your Bruins won finally broke that (what was it) 13 playoff game winless streak against the habs, and since you already know how I feel about the habs Canadian by birth or not I’m cheering right along with you. Have a great summer, looking forward to a better season in 08/09.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
tabarnak Sheena be happy for us Habs
(i’m a huge fan!!)
oh hey, I was just on youtube and am appaled that none of Big Snake’s fights from last season (as a Bee) are up there …