Bombers Tie Defending Champs

The Bears-defending C league champions, could not hold on to their 4-1 lead and tied for the third time in three games this season. The Bombers perhaps buoyed by the return of Bomber icon Mike Gilbert, Sr to the lineup, never gave up after allowing the Bears the early advantage.

The absence of snow allowed Jimmy Lawson to also return to the lineup and he proceeded to bury two goals including a seeing eye backhand shot in the second period. But the goal of the night belonged to Bobby Calvano. Calvano, who was inspired by Tony D'anna to leave his flu like symptoms home, made the night worthwhile with the game tieing goal with 1:17 remaining in the period. Calvano was able to focus while being cross checked, to score on a sweet stick side, post hugging shot.

That's when the game got funky. After the ensuing faceoff Bomber defensemen Neil Van Der Horn found out that his head did not in fact rotate 360 degrees around his neck, no matter how hard the Bears #3 tried to make it do so. Tempers flared in defense of our mild mannered Ulfie. After an equally "mild mannered" conversation between Bobby Calvano and the officiating crew, it was decided that perhaps the remaining 19 seconds were not really necessary.

So a tie is not a loss and the Bombers build toward a new resurgence.

State Electric Power Performers of the Game:

We are going to do this one a little different . . . and in ascending order

















Third Star- TD D'anna
for convincing Bobby to show up.


















Second Star- Bobby Calvano
For the Game tieing goal and the forsight to end the game prematurely while we had a defensive zone faceoff approaching.





















First Star- Mike Gilbert, Sr.
the return of the "Piinnnchher"!!
Its been too long!



Bomber Box Score:

Goals:
Lawson (1,2)
Zimnoch (2)
Calvano (1)

Assists:
D.Bochner
Rosenberg
B.Auld

Penalties:
D'anna 2min holding
Lawson 4min roughing
Calvano Game misconduct-Abuse of official

The Pincher to Return From Rehab Stint

Mike "the Pincher" Gilbert, Sr is set to make his season debut tonight for the Bombers. After months of rehabilitation on his injured shoulder and biceps, Sr, is anxious to be lacing up the skates with the big club. He played some conditioning games with the minor league Valley Sports squad and he himself was surprised at how well he felt. "On a scale of 1-10 this was a 12", said Gilbert after his first minor league game back.

The Bomber GM was on hand for that game and was happy with what he saw. "Having Sr back on our team will be a big boost to the D-line and the morale of the squad. He is a great guy to have in our room. A true and original Bomber."

In a wierd twist of fate, the return of Sr also coincides with the departure of Jr to the injured reserve. Junior is battling a hip injury similar to the one that once saw his father Senior sidelined some years back. Here's to a quick recovery for Junior.

Eastern All-stars Lose To West in Innagural Game

Bomber representitives Mike Rosenberg, Jim Lawson and Bill Auld did their best to bring home victory for their Eastern All-star teammates, but the West held on for a 6-5 win.

Bomber Mike Rosenberg was honored with the starting right wing position on the Eastern squad. The game was a back and forth affair that the Western All-stars never trailed but also never put away for good. When the Eastern goalie was pulled for Bomber foward Jim Lawson it looked like the game might go to overtime with a flurry of activity in front of the West net. But the Ice Devil goalie was up to the task.

The game was designed by the league to foster some comraderie between the clubs and the interaction between the players made it seem like it worked. Who knows-I suppose the rest of the season will let us know for sure.

Bombers Cpt Added to All-star Roster

The Bombers were asked to send another foward to this weekend's all-star game by the league commissioner and based on team voting Bill Auld was selected. When asked about the selection Auld said, "I just hope I don't fall down or something."

Come see the game this Sunday 7:00 at Twin Oaks Ice rink.

The Devil Alumni Game is On!

In a continuing attempt expand the Bomber Hockey name and to provide our fan base and personnel with the entertainment value they are accustomed to, Bomber management is happy to announce that we will in fact be participating in the 4th annual Charity Hockey Classic versus the NJ Devil Alumni Association!

The game, which for some time was rumored to be taking a one year hiatus, is scheduled for March 15th 2009 at the birth place of the Bombers-the Bridgewater Sports Arena. The NJ Devil Alumni Association prefers to spread out their games to various organizations and the fact we had three games already was somewhat unusual for them. But in the end they were so impressed with the effort we put forth in the past that Bruce Driver called when creating his schedule of games and asked if we would still be willing to host an event. We said yes.

And we have a new charity sponsor, the Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity. They are a great organization and are about to undertake a 9 home development in Bridgewater, so the proceeds will be going to good use. They should be able to provide us with better name recognition while providing a high level of support to the event. They are very excited and asked me to express their thanks to the team.