"I Didn't See Him There"

Bombers Advance to face Smoke

Although the hat trick by sniper Mark Bochner stood out as the premier perfomance of the evening, it was the complete team effort that defined the victory for the Bomber hockey club in Sunday's 5-2 thrashing of the Storm.  The game, played on the Red Rink at BSA-"NJ's premier skating facility" (insert joke here) allowed the Bombers to advance to the semi-finals of the B3 Spring championships where they will face the Smoke on Tuesday.  "He had a lot of jump" said Josh Burke referring to Mark Bochner, adding  "our D hunkered down and played well in front of me."

"That was a great game." was the response from centerman Rober' Auld who scored the empty netter to end any Storm hope.  "I made that goal a little more dramatic than it needed to be." added Rober' refferring to the puck going off the post and in. 

A line combination change proved to be helpful for the Bombers who lost 6-0 in their last contest with the Storm.  Right wingers Bill Auld and Mike Rosenberg switched allowing Rosenberg to notch 3 assists on all three Mark Bochner goals.  The line of Bochner, Bochner, Rosenberg tallied 7 points as a line while the other line of Auld, Auld, Hoyer had 4 points of their own.  The Defense of Poltorak, Junior and Smith kept the opposing forwards at bay and the Bombers have reason to be opptomistic about what lies ahead in these playoffs. 

State Electric Power Performers of the Game

1st Star:  Mark Bochner -hat trick

Remaining Stars: Everyone else!

Bomber Box Score:

Goals:

M.Bochner (5,6,7)
B.Auld (11)
R.Auld (2)

Assists:

Rosenberg-3
Hoyer'-2
D.Bochner
Smith
Poltorak

Bombers v Chachis Exhibition Set

Being the most storied franchise in NJ adult ice hockey history, the Bombers are often looked to as a beacon of the game with a responsibility to promote adult hockey throughout the state.  Raising money to help worthwhile charities via their work with the NJ Devil Alumni Association and the Charity Hockey Classic is one way .  But the team also helps upstart clubs such as the BayCity Chachis by playing them in exhibition contests.  The aim is to raise awareness for the younger clubs and give them an up close and personal look at the players many of them have grown to idolize over the years. 

Bomber captain Bill Auld commented "We are happy to help young clubs like this one -the Choochies I think it is?  They long to be looked at the way we are in the state.  They may never be like the Bombers in their reach and influence, but they will experience how magnificent an organization we are by seeing us up close.  What they do with that experience is up to them.  I am sure they will be in a bit of awe a first to be able to skate on the same ice as us but we will make it fun for them and their fans." 

A limited number of seats are still available for the game at Aspen Ice Flemington on Thursday June 21st at 8:45pm. Come root on New Jersey's premier franchise in their good will game vs the BayCity Choochies . . . I mean Chachis.

Bomber Fans Concerned

"Not the way we wanted to go into the playoffs" was the sentiment overheard in the Bomber locker room after a demoralizing 7-3 loss to the Admirals which followed a 6-0 loss to the Storm, the team the Bombers will face in the first round of the playoffs and a 6-5 defeat to the last place Puck Pimps.  The organization has to right its ship in a hurry if they hope to win another championship.

"We can rebound-we are the most storied franchise in NJ adult ice hockey history after all.  We can build off the experience of our crew.  Its nothing new to us." said Bomber Bill Auld. 

They need only look to the summer of 2001 when the group won only one regular season contest but came up with a big playoff run-finishing the able BHT squad 2 games to none in the finals to earn their fourth franchise championship-their last in the hallowed barn known as Chimney Rock Ice Rink. Even with the late season losses this regular season was far better than that year, with the club holding first place for periods of time. 

So come see the storied franchise skate towards an eighth Bomber championship on Saturday night 8pm versus the Storm.

Bomber Box Scores:

May 29th v Puck Pimps

Goals:

B.Auld (8,9,10)

Junior (5)

Poltorak (1)

Assists:

Zimnoch-2

Junior-2

Poltorak-2

Rosenberg

June 4 v Storm:

Goals:

Nada

Assists:

Zilch 

June 12 v Admirals

Goals:

Hoyer (12)
Zimnoch (3)
Poltorak (2)

Assists:

Junior-2

B.Auld

With 5 a Victory

A 4-1 vicotory over the rival Smoke-impressive.  To think the Bombers were victorious with only 5 skaters-even more remarkable.  Jean Eric, Junior, JZ, Loop and Dan Scerra fronted Dan Giordano in net in a game that will be remembered for a long time-at least to those who were there.  Jean Eric Hoyer' scored the first goal of the contest and followed that up with 3 more, scoring all 4 Bomber goals en route to the 4-1 win. 

The win brought the Bomber record to 6-3 and kept them in first place.  "I was proud of those 5 guys-they stepped up for our other guys who could not be there.  Now that's Bomber Hockey."

State Electric Power Performers of the Game:

1st Star: Jean Eric Hoyer-4g

2nd Star:  John Zimnoch-1a

3rd Star: Loop Poltorak

Bomber Box Score:

Goals:

Hoyer (8,9,10,11)

Assists:

Scerra-2
Zimnoch

Better Late Than Never F/W 2011-12 Season Ending Stats

Hey Bomber fans.  I just realized I have not yet put up the season ending stats for the Fall Winter 2011-12 season.  And that's a big oversight because there were some record breaking performances.  So, better late than never . . . here they are.

POINTS:

72- JEAN ERIC HOYER (34G 38A)  Franchise Record

62- BILL AULD   (28G 34A) 

36- MIKE GILBERT, JR (19G 17A)

30- JOHN ZIMNOCH  (8G 22A)

27- LOOP POLTORAK (16G 11A)

19- ROBER' AULD (3G 16A)

17- BRIAN KOSTROWSKI (11G 6A)

16- NEIL VAN DER HORN (5G 11A)

12- TONY D'ANNA (4G 8A)
 6-  DAVE SMITH (2G 4A)

 4-  MARK BOCHNER (3G 1A)

 4-  BOB CALVANO (1G 3A)

 4-  JOSH BURKE (0G 4A)

 2-  ADAM LAPINSKI (0G 2A)

 1-  DAVE BOCHNER (0G 1A)

 1-  MIKE ROSENBERG (0G 1A)

 1-  BOBBY WOLFE (0G 1A)

GOALS:

34- JEAN ERIC HOYER

28- BILL AULD

19- JUNIOR

16- LOOP POLTORAK

11- BRIAN KOSTROWSKI

 8- JOHN ZIMNOCH

 5- NEIL VAN DER HORN

 4- TONY D'ANNA

 3- ROBER' AULD

 3- MARK BOCHNER

 2- DAVE SMITH

 1- BOB CALVANO

ASSISTS:

38- JEAN ERIC HOYER   Franchise Record

34- BILL AULD 

22- JOHN ZIMNOCH

17- JUNIOR

16- ROBER' AULD

11- NEIL VAN DER HORN

11- LOOP POLTORAK

 8- TONY D'ANNA
 6- BRIAN KOSTROWSKI
 4- DAVE SMITH
 4- JOSH BURKE
 3- BOB CALVANO
 2- ADAM LAPINSKI

 1- DAVE BOCHNER

 1- MARK BOCHNER

 1- MIKE ROSENBERG

 1- BOBBY WOLFE

PENALTY MINUTES:

48- BRIAN KOSTROWSKI

26- BILL AULD

20- LOOP POLTORAK

18-TONY D'ANNA

12- NEIL VAN DER HORN

 8- DAVE SMITH

 8- JOHN ZIMNOCH

 6- ROBER' AULD

 2- BOB CALVANO