http://www.roadhockey.net/ roadhockey.net is the weekly weblog of Sunday Morning Road Hockey. en-us 2010-08-26T20:29:00-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000279.html Beetle Boy is a little bigger. Colonel is a little hairier. Scrappy and Doo are a little older. But otherwise not much has changed at the road hockey courts after the three month off-season. And that could be cause for... jaysuburb 2010-08-26T20:29:00-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000278.html The roadsters will get their first chance to test their off-season fitness at the Summer Scrimmage next Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. The informal game will give players an indication of the work they'll need to do to prepare... jaysuburb 2010-08-17T18:51:11-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000277.html With his thundering slapshot and withering glower, Unabomber is accustomed to destroying and demoralizing opposition goaltenders. Sunday he got a taste of life on the receiving end, as he backstopped his side to a two-game sweep of the Stanley Stick... jaysuburb 2010-05-03T23:48:11-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000276.html Like John Wayne riding to the rescue, Gump and his mates will be looking to the addition next week of Cowboy Bill to their lineup to propel them to the two straight victories they'll need after they lost Sunday's Stanley... jaysuburb 2010-04-25T17:28:35-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000275.html The Sunday Morning Road Hockey season is finally underway. Too bad the two-game Stanley Stick finale begins next week. In a year of unexpected retirements, lackluster attendance and goalie challenges that scuttled more games than ever before, Sunday's intense, hard-fought... jaysuburb 2010-04-18T21:30:13-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000274.html With two games to go until the cards are drawn for the beginning of the Stanley Stick championship series, Sunday Morning Road Hockey's regular season should be reaching a crescendo. Instead, the league is on the ropes as key players... jaysuburb 2010-04-11T21:13:12-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000273.html With the Stanley Stick set to begin in less than three weeks, the roadsters should be at the top of their game, rounding into form, honing their playmaking skills, sharpening their shots. Instead, a motley crew of five were taking... jaysuburb 2010-04-04T16:12:01-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000272.html Velma's game winner was as odd as the game it won. The speedy winger streaked in from the side of the crease, batted his first shot off Twizzler's leg pads then somehow managed to knock his own rebound past the... jaysuburb 2010-03-28T20:16:30-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000271.html It looked like it was going to be a short day. With a lead that ballooned to as many as 11 goals at one point, Scooby and his mates, Kid and Goober, were rolling. Then the wheels fell off, and... jaysuburb 2010-03-21T21:00:08-08:00 http://www.roadhockey.net/archives/000270.html Parked at the side of the net with the evil orange plastic ball after the Living Legend poked it up through the middle of the court, the Colonel spotted a charging Cowboy Bill out of the corner of his eye.... jaysuburb 2010-03-14T20:58:33-08:00 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