There’s a New Kid on the “Kid Line”

Mark Bochner and his wife Heather are proud to announce the arrival of their daughter, Anna Louise Bochner, who was born on March 19th at 3:22 in the afternoon.















Scouts already say the 6lb 10oz-20” tall foward looks to be a crafty goal scorer with breakout speed like her father.

Anna’s parents honored their daughter’s request to release these exclusive pictures to the Bomber Hockey Blog commenting that Bombers, not surprisingly, "have always been her favorite sports franchise."

Both Mom and Baby are doing great!! Congratulations Mark and Heather!!!!
















Anna cheers while watching vintage highlight footage from the Bombers latest Championship.

Bombers on the Butt End of 8-5 Score vs the Shamrocks

The Bombers hoped to have more ammunition to avenge an early season loss to the Shamrocks when Jim Lawson was re-introduced to his teammates and Gary Simpson returned from parts unknown. Unfortunately it was not enough and the Bombers fell to the Shamrocks 8-5, losing their second game in a row.

Things started well as Simpson scored into an open net just one minute into the contest on a misplay by the Shamrock goaltender. Later in the same period Simpson added another tally into another open net on another misplay by the shaky netminder. Simpson said after the game "It was nice of the Shamrocks to welcome me back like that. The were'nt as nasty as their reputation." The wild first period saw a whopping 9 goals scored between the two teams.

The Bombers scored quickly to start the second period when Mike Rosenberg notched his second of the contest one minute and 41 seconds in to tie the score at 5. But that proved to be the last goal of the night for the Bombers while the Shamrocks managed 3 more tallies to take home the 2 points and move into first place in the league standings. The Bombers fortunately didn't lose any ground and remained in 4th place.

Next up for the Bombers an April 6 matchup with the Chatham Coaches.

Game notes:
*Mike Gilbert Sr played his last game prior to his season ending shoulder surgery. Sr asserted after the game "I'll be back!"
*Dave Smith failed to score and subsequently saw his goal scoring streak stopped.
*Bomber Captain Bill Auld's leadership was questioned by some when he got into a late game skirmish with a Shamrock enforcer after requesting calm in the pregame instructions. In a related story Gary Simpson was seen by reporters calling a kettle black.

Next Game Mon 3/24 v Shamrocks 10:15pm

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Bombers Go 1 up and 2 down in Pot-O-Gold

The rinks were small but the intensity was high in last weekends 3 on 3, Pot-o-Gold tournament held at Somerset's new Protechponds Arena. A fast paced, high energy game played on a 85' x 60' rink with no offsides or icings and no power plays-penalty shots were the order of the day for a rules infraction.

Josh backed up the Bomber squad of Mike R, Tony, Dave S., Bill, Adam, Jr, Sr, Rich and Hanzel (recently signed to a two day contract). Strategy was the talk of practice on thursday and in the pregame meetings on Saturday. Shoot early and often and use the boards to change the ice was the adopted plan and the Bombers utilized it to their advantage in the first half of game one. Playing a talented Hitmen squad the Bombers took a 6-6 tie into period two. Unfortunately they could not hold on and lost the opening game 12-8. Still impressive for the first go at the alien format.

A team lunch provided some added energy that would be needed in game two. The Titans proved to be a tougher, younger opponent but with 6 goals from Mike Rosenberg the Red, Blue and Gold were able to go into the second half down just a goal. Youth did prevail in the 2nd half and the Bombers were handily beaten 17-9. The Bombers were also not able to charm the officials in this game facing 6 penalty shots and taking only one. Josh Burke was stellar in this category all tournament, allowing only 1 goal on the penalty shot in the three games.

The Bombers found their groove in game three facing its third opponent of the day playing their first game of the tourney. Their experience outweighed their fatigue and the Bombers shot out to an early 7-0 lead en route to a 12-2 triumph over PBA 154.

Although they did not make the Sunday finale, the tournament was a success for the Bomber Hockey Club. The Bombers were treated with the respect deserved for the "Most Storied Franchise" as the tournament directors provided the team with their own private locker room separate from the other less established clubs. "I haven't had this much fun playing hockey in a long time" exclaimed Mike Gilbert, Sr. Tony D added "3-3 looks easy, but its tougher than we thought. As always though the Bombers perservered and were able to dominate the 3rd game"

To a man the Bombers vowed to return to the next 3 on 3 tournament hosted by Protechponds.

Game notes:
*Sniper Mike Rosenberg scored 10 goals in the three contests.
*Dave Smith-the Bombers true defensive defensman scored his first goal in competive play in, according to him, "longer than I can remember!!"
*The format seemed to work to the strengths of goaltender Burke as he faced a barrage of shots that required acrobatic saves. Burke also excelled in the penalty shot aspect of the contests.
*Media presence was heavy at Protechponds and Karen Auld-President of the BHBC (the Bomber Hockey Broadcasting Company) broadcast games 2 and 3 for the network.
*Mike Gilbert, Jr appeased his huge fan base at Protechponds and played in the day's final contest after previoulsy stating he needed to go home and buy a dress.

State Electric Power Perfomers of the Tournament:

















1st Star: #3 Mike Rosenberg 10 goals















2nd Star: #29 Josh Burke many, many, many saves
























3rd Star: #33 Tony D'anna 3goals many assists

Bombers Members Search For the Pot-O-Gold

A Bomber team of 10 will take their show on the road and compete in the Protecponds 3 on 3 "Pot-o-Gold" tournament in Somerset, NJ.

On Saturday the Bomber crew will play three games with the hopes of continuing to the Sunday Final.

The schedule for the tournament is as follows.

Saturday:
12:00pm vs The Hitmen
3:15 pm vs The Titans
5:15 pm vs PBA 154

Sunday:
Finals 1:00pm

Tickets are free so come by and support the "Most Storied Franchise"!

Power Outage Cancels Bomber Game v Bears

The Bombers who had their own power outage with no goals vs the Mountaineers, had their game cancelled vs the Bears when storms left Twin Oaks dark on Sunday. The game has been rescheduled for April 7th at 10:15pm

Next Game Sunday March 10 @10:15 v Bears

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Bombers Come up Empty

The Bombers got shut out for the second time this season-losing to the Mountaineers 6-0.