Weekly recap
In Watertown, the three top teams each won their week 5 games, moving to 4-1, maintaining the logjam. District 5 and the Howitzers have a change to upset the order of things with week 6 contests vs. the Flames and Kings, respectively.

Somerville saw the Stingers drop to third after victories by the Penguins and Islanders leapfroged them to the top of the standings. The Penguins look to tighten the season series for Somerville vs. Watertown when they face the stingy D of the Maple Leafs. At the same time, the Stinger can take over at least second if they can shoot their way past the smooth-skating Islanders. The Rangers look to climb after having fallen off from the pre-season poll numbers and will showdown vs. Molinari’s Red Wings.

Week 5 Player of the Week:

Past POTWs this Winter:
Week 4: Chris Griffin
Week 3: Bryan Werner
Week 2: Doug Raeder
Week 1: Chris Donovan

Weekly recap

Four weeks in and things seem to be settling down. No team scored more than 6 goals last week. In Somerville, there are just 3 point separating first and fifth. The Stingers are tentatively holding onto first place by a point. They match up Thursday against Watertown’s first place team, the Flames. The Islanders moved up a spot this week after beating the Penguins, while the Rangers were edged out by the Watertown Kings.

Three teams in Watertown are tied for first in this early stage of the season. The Flames beat the Maple Leafs to knot the two teams in the standings, but the Flames hold a decisive lead in goals. The Kings also moved up a spot in the standings by beating the Rangers in the weekly crossover game. Newly renamed District 5 has won two in a row, squeaking past the Howlitzers 4-3 last week.

Week 4 Player of the Week:

Past POTWs this Winter:
Week 3: Bryan Werner
Week 2: Doug Raeder
Week 1: Chris Donovan

Three weeks into the season, Watertown/Bedford holds a 2-1 edge over Somerville/Watertown in the cross-division games.

Pick-up hockey this week:
– Chelmsford, Wednesday, 9:10pm ($15). They’ve been letting us stay on the ice for a bit, so there’s plenty of ice time here.
– Watertown, Saturday, 9:30pm. (90 minutes, $15).
We’ll have two goal goalies confirmed for both sessions.

Week three POTW:

Pick-up hockey returns this week:
– Chelmsford, Wednesday, 9:10pm ($15)
– Watertown, Saturday, 9:30pm. (90 minutes, $15). We’ll take the ice immediately after the Bentley vs RIT game, so be prepared to get on the ice around 9:20 or so. Feel free to come down a little early and catch the end of the game.

Week two POTW:

Admin reminder – Pick-up hockey in Chelmsford is at 9:10pm on Wednesday. There’s a lot of ice time, two goalies and it’s only $15. Non-league members are welcome as well. Want to skate all 12 remaining Wednesdays for only $132 ($11/session)? Send us an email and we’ll give you the details.

Week one POTW:

We also have several pick-up skates coming up in January:
Wednesday, 1/4/12, Chelmsford, 9:50pm
Saturday, 1/7/12, Watertown, 9:30pm
Wednesday, 1/11/12, Chelmsford, 9:10pm (time change)
Saturday, 1/14/12, Watertown, 9:30pm
Wednesday, 1/18/12, Chelmsford, 9:10pm
Saturday, 1/21/12, Watertown, 9:30pm
Wednesday, 1/25/12, Chelmsford, 9:10pm
Saturday, 1/28/12, Watertown, 9:30pm

We always have two goalies. Skates will continue though March. Updates to times will be posted on the pick-up skates link to the left.

Also, the All-Star game will be in Bedford, 12/27, 10:20pm.

Thank you everyone for all your hard play this season!

Winter Rosters

We’ve got an exciting Winter league set with five teams in each Somerville/Watertown and Watertown/Bedford. Rosters are now posted. The schedules are also up, and can be viewed through the menu on the statistics page. We’ll move those over to the main schedule section after the Fall season completes.

The winter season will features crossover games between divisions played in Watertown on Thursday nights. The regular season runs through 4/4 and playoffs and the chalice championships will go late into April. Please note that times are subject to change, and we expect many will actually move earlier as the high school season winds down. We will notify you of any updates.

This week the second and third seeds battle in every division, while Somerville also adds a one vs four contest (Rangers vs. Predators). Best of luck to everyone.

In addition to Playoff week, it’s also Draft week for the Winter season. The Watertown draft was completed on Sunday and rosters will be posted within 48 hours. The Somerville draft will happen Tuesday night. Games will start just after New Year’s.

There are a few spots left for the winter league. If you are interested in playing and haven’t already registered, please contact us through the ‘Send us Feedback’ link.

Our Winter format will feature a long 14 game regular season, plus playoffs, plus the Ice Chalice championship series.

Choose your division:

• Watertown & Bedford (6 teams). Play is distributed across Mon (10:00), Tues (10:20), Weds (9:45). Two thirds of the games will be played in Watertown, one third in Bedford.
• Somerville & Watertown (4 teams). Play is always on Thursdays (9:30 Somerville, 10:10pm Watertown). Each team will have half of its games in each rink.

Two FREE evaluation skates this week:

New players must attend at least one eval skate. Returning players are welcome to skate for free as well to get some extra ice time. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time. Also, note the time change in Somerville.

•  Tuesday, 12/13/11 @ 10:20pm Edge Sports Center Bedford, MA
•  Thursday, 12/15/11 @ 9:30pm Veterans Memorial Rink Somerville, MA

Advance registration is not required.

Fall 2011 All-Stars

All-Star voting has closed. The captains and admins are going to have their hands full with this ridiculous crew. The  All-Start accounted for 27% of all the goals scored in the league this season, that’s 175 combined goals and 133 assist (308 points). The captains showed their team play, dishing out 180 assists and lighting the lamp 153 times (333 points).

The game will be played on Tuesday, 12/27 in Bedford. All are welcome to attend and get a tan from the goal lamp…

Based on RSVPs, the next top vote earners will get a roster spot:

Fall playoffs
Week one of playoffs startsthis week in Watertown and Chelmsford. We had a great season with some impressive competition across the board. We look forward to an exciting playoffs to lead into the Winter season. Some of the schedules have changed slightly so please check the schedule page.

Week 10, Player of the Week:

Past Fall winners:
Week 1: Bryan Werner
Week 2: Aaron Levin
Week 3: Frank Plati
Week 4: Alex Garceau
Week 5: Matt Carey
Week 6: Chris Nichols
Week 7: Phil Coletti
Week 8: Jeff Falskog
Week 9: Tom Molinari