http://www.roadhockey.net/ roadhockey.net is the weekly weblog of Sunday Morning Road Hockey. en-us 2010-03-07T18:13:47-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000269.html With the rain pouring down and the concrete court slicking up, Lak Attack and his mates had to weather a storm of a different kind to eke out a 20-17 win in Sunday's game. Seemingly well on their way to... jaysuburb 2010-03-07T18:13:47-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000268.html The country's glowing hockey moment may also have been road hockey's darkest day. With Sunday's gold medal showdown between Canada and the United States scheduled for noon, the start time for the morning's road hockey game was moved up an... jaysuburb 2010-02-28T18:07:20-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000267.html Sunday's game will face off at 9:30 a.m. to accommodate the Olympic gold medal game between Canada and the US. It's a reprise of the 2002 finale in Salt Lake City, when the roadsters also convened early so they could... jaysuburb 2010-02-26T22:08:12-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000266.html It was like the calendar had been turned back ten years. The Living Legend shook off a check and streaked in from side of the court. Lobsterboy girded himself for one of the wily veteran's patented backhands that have fooled... jaysuburb 2010-02-23T00:04:00-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000265.html With his team trailing early in Sunday's game, the Colonel took charge. Nine goals later, they had a decisive victory, 20-13. It was a vintage performance by the veteran winger, who abandoned the defensive zone once the tide of the... jaysuburb 2010-02-14T22:30:28-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000264.html When Cowboy Bill was a few pounds heavier and whole lot harrier, he barely knew his way around the road hockey court. He had the instincts for the game, but he made the usual rookie mistakes, getting caught behind the... jaysuburb 2010-02-08T22:49:52-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000263.html Cowboy Bill and his mates didn't just lose some speed when they lost Doo late in Sunday's game. They lost the game 20-16. For most of the match, the overmatched underdogs had been able to neutralize the speed advantage of... jaysuburb 2010-01-31T21:22:37-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000262.html Sunday, Feb. 21 will be a Hall of Fame day for Sunday Morning Road Hockey. Celebrating 20 seasons of the evil orange plastic ball, Sunday Morning Road Hockey's regular game that day will be followed by a special Hall of... jaysuburb 2010-01-27T07:53:55-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000261.html Even as Sunday's game seemed to be running away from his team, Beetle Boy didn't panic. His side just had to start running. And with the young speedsters Scrappy and Doo now joined by the fleet-footed veteran Lak Attack, who... jaysuburb 2010-01-24T21:59:40-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000260.html Two weeks ago in his first goaltending start of the season, the Colonel was still wobbly from his Saturday night excesses. The result wasn't pretty, a humbling 20-9 defeat. Sunday, the irascible veteran was sober. But the result was the... jaysuburb 2010-01-17T21:17:32-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000259.html In a short game, it was the long shots that made the difference. Rapier drives from the point by Nibs and Lak Attack propelled their team to a 15-11 win in Sunday's game shortened by a late start and early... jaysuburb 2010-01-10T19:47:55-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000258.html The Colonel just wanted to ease the pain in his head from the previous night's excesses. Instead he suffered a world of hurt, losing his first start in net of the season, 20-9. His judgement perhaps clouded from alcohol, the... jaysuburb 2010-01-03T16:09:22-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000257.html A five minute power play midway through Sunday's game proved to be auspicious for Lak Attack and his teammates. But for all the wrong reasons. When the Living Legend went to the sidelines to tend to another matter for five... jaysuburb 2009-12-13T18:50:56-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000256.html Baby it's cold outside. And for the roadsters, that's means making some fine adjustments to their game to account for the effect the wintery temperatures have on the evil orange plastic ball. Like getting out of the way. "That ball... jaysuburb 2009-12-06T19:59:12-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000255.html For the first time in three weeks, each team was able to put a full side on the court with multiple spares to spell them off. It didn't last. Sunday's marathon nailbiter, which took almost three hours to decide a... jaysuburb 2009-11-29T19:44:10-08:00