Hi guys,

Well its September already, what happened to the summer? The good news is that with the disappearance of summer comes with beginning of hockey season !!

To start the Simons season, we’ll be having the player’s draft one week today, Tuesday September 8th. The draft will be held at Firefighter’s Pub beginning at 7:00 pm.

At the draft, you’ll be able to meet new and old friends, find out what team you’re on, choose your number and get your jerseys and socks.

You’ll also be eligible to win 1/2 a year’s FREE HOCKEY, sticks, gloves and lots more but you gotta be there to win.

So reserve your Tuesday night next week and we’ll see you at Firefighter’s Pub. You’ll find it at:

See you at 7:00 next Tuesday !

Don’t forget to bring your cheques as payment and remember if you don’t pay your next instalment by September 11th, you won’t be able to play.

The Commish

Hey guys,

Time to put those skin tight speedos away as hockey season is almost upon us……………….

This is just a reminder (there will be more of them !!) that the Annual Simons Player Draft will be held on Tuesday September 8th at 7:00 pm at Firefighter’s Pub in Burnaby. We hope to see all of the players at the draft, especially the new guys so you can meet us all and get a flavour for the league.

There will be many prize giveaways including 1/2 year’s free hockey, sticks and lots of other hockey equipment……………but you gotta be there to win………………

More information and Google map to follow as the draft gets closer.

Don’t forget to bring your cheques to the draft, if that’s how you’re going to pay.

See you there !!
Commish

Hi everyone,

You only have 2 days left if you want to hold your spot for next year for Simons Hockey. Send a $100 deposit before June 30 to hold your spot for Simons hockey for next year.

As per our player survey, we are going to register players early this year by requesting payment of a $100 deposit to hold your spot.

We talked about the deposit being non refundable. Obviously, if you have a bona fide reason for receiving a refund, we will be more than happy to do so. A reason such as “I just changed my mind” or “I decided I’m going to play in another league on another night” will be insufficient to warrant a refund. If you are injured or your employer has relocated you or some other bona fide reason for not playing, you will receive a refund. Our intention here is to ensure that we have enough players to ice our six teams, again, because we are expecting to lose more players than normal this year.

Provided Dale has your deposit by end of day June 30, your spot will be reserved for the upcoming season.

This is your FINAL notice to make your deposit. In the event that you have not paid your $100 deposit by June 30, we will assume that you have chosen not to play in the league next year and we will fill your roster spot accordingly. If you change your mind after June 30 and then decide you want to play in the league, you will go onto our “Waiting to Get Into the League” list, which is on a ‘first come first serve’ basis and right now there are 25 people on that list………therefore you would be #26. So you have been well warned !!

Here’s how you can hold your spot:

1. Call Linda Kassis at 8 Rinks at 604 291 0626 ext. 236. If she’s not there, leave her a voicemail with:

a) Your name
b) Your credit card number
c) Amount of your deposit ($100)
d) Payment for Simons contract # 11449

2. Electronically transfer Dale the funds from your bank account. Email for sending the funds is to teamharvey@shaw.ca. Make Dale’s life easy by asking this skill testing question when you etransfer your funds. Question: League Name? Answer: Simons Hockey

Send a cheque to:

Dale Harvey
4510 Lions Avenue
North Vancouver BC
V7R 3S8

Looking forward to next year, see you then !!

Cheers,
Arthur

Hi everyone,

Hi Boys,

With respect to tie breakers, the following, as per rule 2.14 from the 2014/2015 ASHL rule books are the steps we will use this year:

I also added steps f –> k to take it back to the regular season before we do the very unfair “coin toss”. Hopefully we won’t need to use it but its there if we need to.

2.14 TIES IN STANDINGS – 2 OR MORE TEAMS

In the event of a tie in the standings the following steps (a – f) will be used to break the tie:

a) Best record in head-to-head games in the playoffs amongst the tied Teams
b) Most Wins in the Playoffs
c) Largest Goal Differential (Goals For minus Goals Against) in the playoffs
d) Least Goals Against in the playoffs
e) Least Penalty Minutes (Average per Game in the Playoffs)

If we can’t solve it in steps a–> e, then we will look to the regular season to settle the tie:

f) Best record in head to head games in the regular season
g) Most Wins in the Regular Season
h) Largest Goal Differential in the Regular Season
i) Least goals against in the regular season
j) Least Penalty Minutes in the regular season
k) Toss a coin

NOTE 1: If there are still Teams tied after a step (no single Team is advanced), only the tied Teams from that step move on to the next step of the procedure. This process continues until there is only 1 team remaining.

NOTE 2: Once one team has been advanced using this tie-breaking procedure, it then reverts back to the start of the tie-breaking procedure (a) to break the remaining tie and so forth each time one team is advanced and more ties still need to be broken.

NOTE 3: Goal differential shall not exceed +7 in any playoff game.

NOTE 4: If all tied Teams have not played head-to-head, 2.14 a) will be skipped and the process will begin with 2.14 b).

EXAMPLE: 3 team round robin game results Team A defeats Team B 4-2 Team B defeats Team C 3-2 Team C defeats Team A 5-2

a) All teams are tied at 1-1 so head to head is not used
b) Team “A” is -1, Team “B” is -1, Team “C” is +2
Therefore Team C would advance and become first place.If a second place team is required, then Team A and B are still tied so they would go back to the start of the tie-breaking procedure to break the tie, where Team A defeated Team B. Therefore Team A would be the second place team.

Cheers,
The Commish

Hi Guys,

Paul’s sister and brother were at our games last weekend and they really appreciated the moment of silence for Paul that we all gave before our games. It meant a lot to them because Paul was such a supporter of the Simons Hockey League.

If you want some words said at the Celebration of Life, pass them along to me and I will ensure that they are passed on to his sister. She brought this to my attention on Friday night last week.

Cheers,
The Commish