Round 1: Blue vs. Yellow, 3:2

Capt'n Gary's Log

Team Blue kicked off the new season facing their bitter rivals team Yellow.
With a new and hopefully improved team after 4 trades during the January transfer window hopes were high of good things to come. Gone are Tytus, Tim, Paul and Duder replaced by Guy, Andrew, Stevie and Big Ben with Captain Mowbs obviously addressing the need for solid goaltending and adding some youth to an existing solid squad.

Team Yellow lined up missing some of their Championship winning players due to the new salary restrictions after overspending on talent last season. Gone are Jimmy two shoes, Greg Mitchell the Mauler to name but a few of the departed, and based on the performance on this night they may well struggle to retain their title.

Blues opened the scoring after Ben found the net 15 mins in, only for the Yellows to tie things up. Then a great long distance shot from John leaving the Yellow goalie no chance.
With the Blues guilty of pushing forward leaving the middle wide open the Yellows made use of one of their many odd man rushes and were rewarded with the tying goal with 10 mins to go. With time running out and a tie looking certain a defencive lapse from Captain Hans gave the Blues first blood of the new season after he deflected an errant corner kick by James into his own net. 3/2 Blues.

Ben 1 goal

John 1 goal

James 1 goal

Guy 1 assist

Gary 1 assist