2011 Tournament Hotels Link Posted
It's getting to be that time when you want to start planning out the next season. To help that along we've posted the
hotel registration link on the Tournament page. It should be another exciting year.
Intermediates win B Division
For the first time in a long time the intermediates came in first. First not just in their own hearts, or the
coach's eyes but with the gold medal to prove it. The intermediates finished the regular season with only a single
loss to Kitchener as a blemish on thier record. The Blizzard faced Hamilton Bar-ken in the quarter finals and won
to book a date with Kitchener, and there avenged their lone League play loss.
This set up a final with the Sudbury Northern Sliders. Having met once before this season in the bronze medal game at Mississauga's tournament and pulling out a 1 goal win in overtime the intermediates knew they'd have their hands full. The game didn't disappoint and was hard fought by both teams ending with the Blizzard edging the Sliders 2-1 with Mark and Jim netting the goals for the Blizzard.
Congratulations to the entire team for their effort and a reminder that we need to work hard over the summer so we can repeat next year.
Playoff dates added to Schedule
Playoff dates, times, and places have been added into the schedule. Take a look and mark it on your (sledge) calendars.
Tournament Results Posted
It was a great weekend and now that it's over we'd like to congratulate all participants on their great effort. An extra
congratulations to the inspirational player award winners and all those who won medals in their respective divisions.
The level of play gets better every year and we hope that we see everyone back next year for another great time.
Blizzard Teams Capture Bronze at the Blizzard Invitational
Both London Blizzard teams had a great tournament and fought hard to gain bronze in their respective divisions.
The juniors battled to bronze winning a tough contest against the Mid-American Eagles 1-0. The Intermediates
had their hands full in the bronze medal final with the Durham Steelhawks but eventually prevailed with a 2-1 win.
Congratulations to everyone on their excellent play this weekend!
OSHA Leads Russian Sledge Hockey Development
From November 3 to 10, 2009, OSHA played host to four travelers from Russia here to study sledge hockey in Canada.
This follows a project started this past summer when Todd Sargeant and Sigmund Bernat of the London Blizzard Sledge Hockey
team travelled overseas to introduce sledge hockey to Russia. The project was conducted through the Canadian Executive
Service Organization (CESO), a volunteer-based group that is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.
Click here to read the full release.
Intermediates Capture Bronze At Cruiser Cup
The Blizzard beat Hamilton and Mississauga and fought to a 0-0 tie against North Bay in the round robin
portion of the tournament in Brampton. That put us in the quarter finals where Chris Wood posted
a shutout in a 5-0 win over Pittsburgh. In the semi-finals the Blizzard lost a good game to Buffalo 5-2.
In the Bronze medal game, Wood shutout Sudbury and Cam Sinclair scored with 32
seconds left in the overtime period for a 1-0 victory where the Blizzard were very dominant.
Cam Sinclair and Jim Law led the goal scoring with 5 each during the tournament while Mark Bernat scored 3 and Jason Houlihan and Randy Brown had singles. Eight players had assists showing how all players are contributing.
The Intermediates are playing well in the early season with excellent teamplay and strong goaltending the biggest reasons for that. The coaches are looking for more development of team systems as the season moves closer to the Blizzard Invitational Sledge Tournament in January.