Monthly Archives: March 2013

Charity Hockey Game, March 30, 2013

Trey Childs and Charlottesville Hockey Fights Cancer have organized a charity hockey game on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 7:00 PM. The charity hockey game will be played in Charlottesville at the Main Street Arena. There will be two Charlottesville teams. Teams will be selected on equal skill level.

Cost is $14 per player, plus a donation. The game proceeds will benefit the UVA Cancer Center.

Please email Trey Childs at ltliquor@hotmail.com if you are interested in playing. Do not email the Sperry Marine Hockey Club about this game.

This will likely be your last chance to play ice hockey in Charlottesville this season, because the rink closes at the end of March. See you on the ice!

Charity Hockey Game to Benefit UVA Cancer Center

The charity hockey game proceeds will benefit the UVA Cancer Center. The Cancer Center’s research goal is to understand how cancer arises, grows, and spreads. They use this knowledge to develop innovative ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent cancer.

The UVA Cancer Center is recognized as a premiere institution in basic cancer research, and they have contributed substantially to the understanding of cancer cell and molecular biology.

The Cancer Research center includes approximately 160 faculty Members from 23 departments within the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Engineering, and the College of Arts and Sciences. They are an NCI-Designated Cancer Center with over 75 million dollars in funded research each year.

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Sperry Hockey Roster for Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013

Here is the Sperry Hockey roster for Tuesday, March 26, 2013. This is an extended session. Our start time is 8:00 PM. We play for 90 minutes (8:00 – 9:30 PM). Please be on the bench and ready to go by 7:55. Your slot may be forfeit if you arrive at the rink after 7:50. The format will be B/C lines with the normal 90 second clock with auto-horn to signify line changes. We will have a short break at the halfway point.

Dan O’Connell is handling cancellations. If you have to cancel, you can e-mail us using the sperryhockey@gmail.com address until noon on Tuesday. From noon to game time, you should call Dan’s cell at 434-466-2445.

David Delamere will be taking your contribution this week. You can make his job easier by arriving as early as possible and finding him as soon as you enter the rink. The Main Street Arena has asked us to pay either in cash or personal check. Do not pay with a credit card.

The cost is $15/player for the extended session. Goalies play for free. Checks should be made out to the Main Street Arena.

See you on the ice!

Sperry Hockey Roster

Goalies

Moody, Seamus
Bryant, Will

B-Line

Borish, Jake white
Delamere, Dave white
Fischer, Anthony white
Kuller, Steve white
O’Connell, Dan white

Bergstrom, Rob dark
Blom, Joe dark
DiOrio, Anthony dark
Gaskins, John dark
Geiger, Kevin dark

C-Line

Ford, Dalton white
Nietzel, Nicole white
Quimby, Dan white
Schaffer, Joe white
Simmons, Calvin white

Brethern, Michael dark
Childs, Trey dark
Rosenfeld, Keith dark
Slitt, Gavin dark
Templeman, Bob dark

Alternates

Draper, Matt
Maeng, Brian
Feden, Helga
Brownfield, Ron
Clark, Laura

Sperry Hockey Roster for Monday, Mar 25, 2013

Here is the Sperry Hockey roster for Monday, March 25, 2013. Our start time is 6:30 PM, and we play for 1 hour (6:30 – 7:30 PM). Please be on the bench and ready to go by 6:25. Your slot may be forfeit if you arrive at the rink after 6:20. The format will be B/C lines with the normal 90 second clock with auto-horn to signify line changes.

Dan O’Connell is handling cancellations. If you have to cancel, you can e-mail us using the sperryhockey@gmail.com address until noon on Monday. From noon to game time, you should call Dan’s cell at 434-466-2445.

The cost is $18/player for this extended session. Goalies play for free. Checks should be made out to the Main Street Arena. The Main Street Arena has asked us to pay either in cash or personal check. Do not pay with a credit card.

See you on the ice!

Sperry Hockey Roster

Goalies

Steve McInnich
Peter Hall

B-Line

Griggs white
Griggs white
Griggs white
Mark Voorhees white
Jeff Rude white

James Landers dark
Robert Lovaglio dark
Matt Draper dark
Jay Franklin dark
Steve Kuller dark

C-Line

Brian Maeng white
Jeff Ward white
Josh Crockett white
Nicole Nietzel white
David Delamere white

Ron Brownfield dark
Tony Fisher dark
Craig Sorochin dark
Dan Quimby dark
Anthony DiOrio dark

Alternates

Joe Pennio
Joe Schaffer
Mike Brethern
Gavin Slitt

Happy Birthday, Bobby Orr

Today is Bobby Orr’s birthday. For those of you too young to remember, he is arguably the greatest hockey player ever. Robert Gordon Orr was born March 20, 1948. I guess he’s old enough to retire now? Happy Birthday, Bobby Orr!

Growing up in Philadelphia, I had the pleasure of watching Orr bounce many pucks off of Phil Esposito’s pants and legs into the Flyer’s net. I remember one game in particular. The Flyers were leading 3-0 late in the third period. With 3 minutes remaining, Orr took control of the game. He scored 3 goals in less than 3 minutes, and the game ended in a tie. He got a standing ovation from the Philadelphia fans. He was that good.

As a defenseman, my favorite players growing up were Boston’s Bobby Orr and Philadelphia’s Ed Van Impe. To this day, I still wear number 2 because of Van Impe. But I also have a Bruin’s number 4 hanging in my closet. It’s more than 30 years old, torn and ripped, but every once in a while I pull it out and wear it. So happy birthday, Bobby Orr. Thank you for many years of great, great hockey.

So why am I posting this here today? Not just because Ron Ganz would like it.

Carl Smead posted a picture on facebook of Bobby Orr in a Black Hawks jersey. C’mon, Carl. I know you’re a Black Hawks fan, but really? Here’s a picture that everybody really remembers Bobby Orr by…

The following excerpt is from Wikipedia:

[The picture is from] May 10, 1970, when he scored one of the most famous goals in hockey history and one that gave Boston its first Stanley Cup since 1941. The goal came off a give-and-go pass with teammate Derek Sanderson at the 40-second mark of the first overtime period in the fourth game, helping to complete a sweep of the St. Louis Blues. According to Orr:

“If it had gone by me, it’s a two-on-one. So I got a little lucky there, but Derek gave me a great pass and when I got the pass I was moving across. As I skated across, Glenn had to move across the crease and had to open his pads a little. I was really trying to get the puck on net, and I did. As I went across, Glenn’s legs opened. I looked back, and I saw it go in, so I jumped.”

The subsequent photograph by Ray Lussier of a horizontal Orr flying through the air, his arms raised in victory – as he made the shot, he had been tripped by Blues’ defenseman Noel Picard while watching the puck pass by goaltender Glenn Hall – has become one of the most famous and recognized hockey images of all time.

Happy birthday, Bobby Orr!

Sperry Hockey Roster for Tues, Mar 19, 2013

Here is the Sperry Hockey roster for Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Our start time is 8:45 PM. We play for 45 minutes (8:45 – 9:30 PM) with no ice cut, and no warm ups. If you need to stretch, please do so before you come to the bench. Please be on the bench and ready to go by 8:40. Your slot may be forfeit if you arrive at the rink after 8:30. The format will be B/C lines with the normal 90 second clock with auto-horn to signify line changes.

Dan O’Connell is handling cancellations. If you have to cancel, you can e-mail us using the sperryhockey@gmail.com address until noon on Saturday. From noon to game time, you should call Dan’s cell at 434-466-2445.

The cost is $10/player. Goalies play for free. Checks should be made out to the Main Street Arena.

See you on the ice!

Sperry Hockey Roster

Goalies

Toth, Jim
Gomes, Mathew

B-Line

Landers, James white
Bourke, PJ white
Delamere, Dave white
Draper, Matt white
Ford, Dalton white

Brethern, Michael dark
Geiger, Kevin dark
Gertner, Eric dark
O’Connell, Dan dark
Varshavsky, Yury dark

C-Line

Brownfield, Ron white
Frey, Dave white
Rosenfeld, Keith white
Simmons, Calvin white
Sterlace, Daniel white

Childs, Trey dark
Clevenson, Dave dark
Maeng, Brian dark
Schaffer, Joe dark
Slitt, Gavin dark

Alternates

Clark, Laura