4 posts, time to start talking hockey

In one week, the winter season of galactic ice begins. My team (the Greenwood Guillotines) enters this season as a battle worn shadow of its former self. It WILL be a difficult season, but i am confident in my team and our desire to improve. As i plan on using this blog for brainstorming, I will spend the rest of this blog spewing thoughts, lines, strategies and nonsense, so continue reading if you wish, it might not be pretty.

Our roster this season is as follows:

FULL SEASON:

Michael Covino
Matt Cushion
Jeff Gates
Mike Martin
Nathan Perretta
Jared Pufka
Tyler Rabold
Jamie Smith
Derek Vaughn

Scott Pickrell (G)


PERIODICAL
Mike Millward
Jim Ickes
Alan Pickrell

Our roster this coming season contains at least seven fewer members than our previous season. Not only that but five of our leading scorers are leaving. This causes a captain to be a little more than worried. I care about my team far more than i care about putting up a win, and the concerns expressed by my teammates before the season began outweighed the need for new players. There were those who did not agree with some new additions and those who wanted to try a season with a shorter bench. Why not? It will be an interesting season to say the least. And that bit about a smaller bench, well that shouldn't be a problem at all. Im hoping we can work with 10 skaters every game, although it looks like we may be dealing with 9 or less. As far as lines i am working with the following combinations 

Forwards:

LW: Jae Smith RW: Tyler Rabold C: Michael Covino

LW: Matt Cushion RW: Periodical (Ickes, Millward, Pickrell) C: Jeff Gates

Defense:

Nathan Perretta Jarred Pufka

Mike Martin Derek Vaughn

Like i said these are ideal lines all things considering, but more games than not, i forsee us having too short of a bench to worry about forwards and defense, and as a core, everyone will need to chip in and play every position. It will be tough, i just hope that galactic ice balances the leagues so one team does not dominate play for the whole season.

On a final note, i would like to mention our new logo, featured at the top of the post. Hopefully we will be unveiling new jerseys that will feature the new logo. For this to happen, it looks like we may require a sponsorship. Meetings will be taking place at the beginning of the month, to discuss a possible sponsor. Fingers Crossed.

Stay tuned for schedules and game updates.