http://www.roadhockey.net/ roadhockey.net is the weekly weblog of Sunday Morning Road Hockey. en-us 2008-10-08T06:23:30-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000216.html The season hasn't even started yet, and Sunday Morning Road Hockey is already in crisis. Beetle Boy made his first career start in net in Sunday's second pre-season game after a report that veteran goaltender Gump could miss the first... jaysuburb 2008-10-08T06:23:30-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000215.html Wendel didn't lose his breakfast. His team wasn't so lucky. The veteran winger, who's been in semi-retirement for most of the past three seasons, only wanted to survive his first game in almost a year without embarrassing himself. He succeeded,... jaysuburb 2008-09-28T21:34:41-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000214.html Sunday Morning goalies' lives just got easier. And longer. Unabomber has announced he's taking his fearsome slapshot to Australia for a year. Cricket may never be the same again. The powerful point man, who's been battling injuries the past two... jaysuburb 2008-09-12T07:38:34-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000213.html Gump couldn't take advantage of a mid-game surge by his team's offense, succumbing 12-11 in Wednesday's special midsummer scrimmage. The veteran shotstopper had trouble picking up where he left off in May, when he made a number of key saves... jaysuburb 2008-08-21T23:17:39-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000212.html The roadsters will get their first test of their summer fitness, and their first game test, at the annual Midsummer's Eve Exhibition Game, Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 6:30 PM. The game will be the first since the dramatic Stanley Stick... jaysuburb 2008-08-14T06:20:10-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000211.html The media was getting into position to capture the moment of victory. Colonel was packing up his equipment in frustration, and resignation. Elvis, sidelined for a number of shifts with vision problems, girded himself for his first Stanley Stick loss... jaysuburb 2008-05-11T22:13:12-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000210.html The Stanley Stick will be won by the first team to play a complete game. Well, one team is going to have to play two complete games. Sunday, neither side seemed so inclined. It almost cost one team their advantage,... jaysuburb 2008-05-04T18:23:29-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000209.html If Nibs wants to win his first Stanley Stick as a starting goalie, he's going to have to put Sunday's disaster behind him. The neophyte netminder, who played himself into a starter's role after opening the season as the third-string... jaysuburb 2008-04-27T20:45:13-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000208.html Just two weeks away from the Stanley Stick, Nibs is making a case to be an opening day starter for the big game. Backstopping his team to a 20-15 victory in Sunday's game, Nibs is starting to show some poise,... jaysuburb 2008-04-24T22:34:09-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000207.html The old flames of Sunday Morning Road Hockey are far from extinguished. Sunday, Lak Attack, Paul One and the Living Legend sparked their team with a ferocious first shift that netted them three goals and launched their mates to an... jaysuburb 2008-04-13T15:58:05-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000206.html Pig Farming Goalie ended his season, and possible his Sunday Morning career, on a high note, leading his team to a 20-14 win in Sunday's game. The victory was a sweet swan song in an otherwise sour season for the... jaysuburb 2008-04-06T15:19:50-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000205.html Doo got it done. Almost. The neophyte netminder stood tall in only his second career start, giving his team a chance to win a game in which they twice battled back from big deficits. But the burden was too much... jaysuburb 2008-03-30T17:33:29-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000204.html When the roadsters decide to take the day off, there's no rest for Billy Idol. So many players stayed away from Sunday's game, the stalwart backup was forced to strap on the big protective pads for both teams, blocking a... jaysuburb 2008-03-23T19:24:22-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000203.html Bad things come in threes. So do bad leads. Sunday, each team squandered a pair of three-goal leads and countless two-goal margins before Doo was able to finally put the adage to rest, scoring on a breakaway to win the... jaysuburb 2008-03-16T16:53:33-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000202.html For Pig Farming Goalie, the day went from bad to worse to "no maas." Already disappointed by the poor turnout in perfect playing conditions, and feeling the pressure from a season about to be truncated by impending fatherhood, the fiery... jaysuburb 2008-03-09T14:49:58-08:00