Before we get started with the 2011-12 season, I thought that I would take a few minutes to mention some of the players from last season who I feel deserve some credit. I am only using my own judgement here and I know that I'm probably overlooking some guys, so I apologize in advance.

First of all, congratulations to the guys who came out on top of the stats. Seth Hellinga of the Omegas was tops in all goaltender catagories. He led the league in goals against average, wins, & shutouts. Ryan Cross of the Flyers led the league in assists & tied the Omegas' Lance Ross for the lead in points. Dave VanOostveen of the Hawks was tops in goals.

For the Top Goaltender Overall -I would have to say that it would be between Seth Hellinga of the Omegas & Mike Ward of the Hawks.
I narrowed down the list for the Top Rookies to four names. They are: Karsten Berg of the Omegas, Trevor Benjamins of the Crusaders, Dallas Fraser of the Stars, and Ryan Cross of the Flyers.
The Most Sportsmanlike Players was a hard one to narrow down, so I'll just run through the list I had: Tony Noorloos & Billy Sipkens from the Cougars, Greg Bork, Ryan Benjamins, & Adrian Roelands from the Crusaders, Kev Karelsen from the Flyers, Jack Huizinga from the Hawks, Jeff VanderSlagt from the Omegas, and Terry Moesker from the Stars. I realize that it's kind've smug to add the last name to this list, but this is probably the only list you'll ever see that name on anyways.
I felt that the Most Improved Players in the league were: both Hellinga brothers (Kalen & Seth) from the Omegas, Hawks goaltender Mike Ward, and fellow Hawk Jordan Nydam.
The Best Defensemen is a hard one to narrow down without offending anybody that gets left out. The list I came up with is: Matt Tamminga of the Crusaders, Fred VanReenen Jr. of the Omegas, & Chad VanReenen of the Omegas.
The MVP of the regular season is a list that I'm not even going to attempt to name names for. All I can say is that it is probably somebody who has already been mentioned above.
However, the MVP for the Playoffs is something that I do feel comfortable enough in to make a judgement. I think that honourable mention should go to Omegas goaltender Seth Hellinga, and to Flyers forward Dan VanReenen, but Flyers goaltender Rick Jones was definately the MVP of the playoffs.

The "tentative schedule" for the 2011-12 season has been posted on this website. It will need to be approved at the upcoming league meeting to be considered "official".

The 2011-12 season will be starting up soon. Our first games will be on Friday, October 7 at the Point Edward Arena. More details will follow soon.

Congratulations go to the Flyers for winning the Championship with a 4-3 victory over the Omegas.

The Flyers got out to an early 3-0 lead with goals by Ryan Cross, Kev Karelsen, & Dan VanReenen. The Omegas got on the scoreboard with a goal by Lance Ross and went to the second period trailing 3-1.
Darryl Poort scored early in the second period to restore the Flyers' three goal lead. The Omegas got a jump again in the second period with goals by Luke VanReenen & Matt Zylstra. With these two quick goals, the Omegas sure put a scare on the Flyers, but the Flyers were able to hold the lead thanks to another strong performance by goaltender Rick Jones.
We'll give the nod for Player of the Game to Darryl Poort of the Flyers because of scoring what turned out to be the game winning goal and getting an assist on an earlier goal as well.

Game 2 on Saturday was another close one. Both teams exchanged chances throughout the first period, but it wasn't until the last minute of the first period, that Matt Kreeft put the Flyers on the scoreboard. The Omegas answered back in the beginning of the second period on a goal by rookie Luke VanReenen. The Omegas continued rolling with goals by Kalen Hellinga & Perrin Berg and finished off the second period with a 3-1 lead.
The Omegas looked like they had the game secured until Tyler Veenendaal brought the Flyers within one goal with 6:36 to go in the third period. This gave new life to the Flyers who poured it on for the rest of the game. With 3:52 to go in the third, the Flyers thought that they had tied the game up, but the referee waved it off, reasoning that the Flyers bumped the goalie. Obviously, the Flyers were not happy with the call, and put on a huge push to tie the game. Seth Hellinga held off the Flyers the rest of the way to lead the Omegas to a 3-2 win. Seth earns the Player of the Night honours for his efforts.

The third and deciding game will be Friday, March 25 @ 8:00pm at the Point Edward Arena.