2022 EHL Season Start Info

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2022-2023 EHL Season

Welcome to the 2022-23 hockey season. We have ice time booked for six teams with the following game times at Crystal Fieldhouse: 10 am; 11:15 am; 12:30 am. We wrap up at 1:45 pm.

Teams committed so far are Budtenders, Gooners Dogs, Frozen Wings, Lockhart Roofing, and The Marauders. Eric from Marauders may have an excess of players and Lockhart is looking to add a few.

The league fee has stayed the same since 2015. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case this season. Ref fees are up 24% and the ice fee is up over 20% along with other expenses. A 9% increase up to $5,450 with a $100 discount for full payment prior to the deadline.

The league minimum age remains at 40 years old within the season. The season runs through March of 2023. Any exceptions to the rule must be voted on by the league board of directors, which is comprised of the team managers and commissioner.

Players interested in joining the EHL should complete the player interest form on www.Gears.beer/ehl.

We don’t have many holidays that fall on Sundays to conflict with the league. There will be tournaments that bump us off the schedule. We will start playing on the last Sunday in September. There should be ice available the weeks prior to the season start to schedule team practices, contact Michelle at Crystal Fieldhouse.

Managers will be contacted by Commissioner Dave to schedule a pre-season meeting for a review of the By-Laws and rosters.

The league schedule and stats will be found on https://hockey.gears.beer.

ByLaws

Friday Night Skates return!

Friday’s at 7:30 PM starts this coming Friday, August 5th at Crystal.

Join the skate list through Perfect Skate. A button below will take you to app.PerfectSkate.com where it is setup. A new and improved booking system is under development and is planned to launch this month. I’ll be posting just one skate at a time in the current system.

Use the coupon code “cash” if you want to pay at the rink with the current system.

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2021-22 EHL Season Wrap-up

We completed the 25 game season and Frozen Wings won the championship. Congrats to Ty and company.

Close games for the last week of the season. Dave and Jeff go over the games, stats and plans for next season in the video below.

Wrap-up of the 21/22 EHL Season

Highlights of the Season

Thanks to Frozen Wings, we had an even six teams in this season. Ideally, we would have eight teams. Help get the word out for next season.

A big thanks to the team managers. It takes time, patience and money to run a hockey team. Ty Burt, Chris Green, Greg Dufour, Tom Hutchings, Mike Mays and Eric Schauwecker. The league fees were paid on time this season and all was paid for the first time since inception in 2015. Great work guys!

The play wasn’t always in parity. If I had a magic wand, I’d remix Frozen Wings, Marauders and Hurly Phantom into three new teams. Then we would have six with parity. What do you think?

Some suggest that we switch to a draft league so we build parity into all teams.

Something for the board to discuss, again.

Frozen Wings will be the 21/22 champs. If Gooners Dogs beats Frozen and Budtenders loses the goals point spread could move Gooners into second place. The rankings are points, goal difference (GF – GA), and goals for in that order.

The EHL Prizes

St Paulie Girl Prize: Drawing on March 27th for $50. Over 40 players are eligble to draw a card due to no penalty minutes during the regular season.

The Guzzler Prize: Congratulations Kevin Byrne of Frozen Wings with 46 points (23 goals, 23 assists). Mark Vansaw won the 20/21 season Guzzler Prize with 71 points (40 goals, 31 assists) for the season.

Tallboy Prize: The goalie with the most shutouts was Rick Erickson of Frozen Wings. He wins $50.

Stanley Pints: The Stanley Pints will be at the rink to hand to the league champs!

See you in Skaters Bar after the games on Sunday!

Dave

Cooper Goalie @ Doan’s Rink

Big thanks to Charles for tending goal, but also for shoting this cool video of the action at Doan’s rink.

We are getting ready for the 2022 Doan’s Winter Classic. The goal is the hold the tournament Saturday, February 6th at 10 am. Limited to 24 skaters and two goalies, no guests due to space issues.

Help is needed on Friday to move the snow. It is possible that on Friday we will push back the date to February 12th at 10 am. Hoping we pull it off this Saturday because I have Wings tickets for a noon game against the Flyers on 12th!

Contact Dave or Jim if you need the address to Doan’s. Make sure you are on the list!

Here is a link to chip in on the food and get a spot on the list.

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Outdoor & Indoor Tournaments

We are in peak Hockey Season and you have more chances for play! The Barn in Fenton offers some three on three without goalie, tournaments. Find details on https://barnhockeyfenton.com

Jim Doan has the ultimate setup for outdoor hockey and we skate generally Tuesday and Saturday, weather permitting. Get on the Doan’s Winter Classic list for updates on the February tournament. It caps at 24 skaters and four goalies – no guests.

Flint Oldtimers is back on April 8th through the 10th at Crystal Fieldhouse. $700 per team, limit of eight teams in 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+ Divisions. Details on Crystal Fieldhouse website or contact Mike Petty 810-964-2727 or Art Autio 248-345-5469. Three game guarantee with two 16 minute stop time periods.