Happy Thanksgiving Bombers

A happy and healthy Thanksgiving to all the Bomber faithful!!

Perhaps the Devil made them do it!

Even though, as they say, it's susposed to be "all in good fun", apparantly "the devil is in the details."

The Ice Devils that is, who recently were given the dubious distiction from by Bomber fans everywhere as the team's most heated rival. They earn that distinction with 64% of the vote. The Lightning, a Bomber rival from the early Chimney Rock days, came in a distant second with 21% of the votes.

Usually a rivalry is derived from two equally matched teams trading victiories. But the Ice Devil rivalry defies that tradition. Belezebub's skating minion of doom has not surrendered even a tie in their 14 career contests and many in the sporting world feel that the Ice Devils have been poaching the C-league market for victories for years. It is clearly this point that stirs the animosity of Bomber faithful. And they way the go about it doesn't help either. One reporter stated "The Ice Devils have as much subtlety as a wrecking ball crashing a china convention."

In their defense The Ice Devils are probably a team without a league suitable to their style. They are a formidable oppenent with high skill players, stong goaltending and well executed team game philosophy. Already kicked out of the Twin Oaks league once before their recent return, the team needs to find a league that better suits their game-a checking league for instance. The Ice Devils have been striving for the recognition that the Bombers have always been accustomed to and joining a more suitable division may be their first step.


In what may be a narrowing of the rift between the clubs, the Ice Devils have made accomodations recently- agreeing not to schedule games with the Bombers this season.

But for whatever reason the Ice Devils are still the yang to the Bombers ying.

Dallas Wrecking True to Their Name

The Dallas Wrecking hockey team did just as their name implies and lowered the boom with an 11-2 victory over an unsuspecting Bomber squad. "Dallas always likes to bring their best team when they play us" said Neil Van der horn of the Bombers. "They certainly did have a few stars that we had not seen before" added goaltender Josh Burke.

The most excitement the Bombers could muster was in the 2nd period when Gary Simpson of the Bombers was sent off the ice after an argument with a clearly exacerbated and vociferous official. As he came off the ice, Simpson was quoted as saying "what the #@*&&% should m##(*&^)) and is a mother #!!*&!! and what the #!!()** son of a !!(*$%!!." That being said he felt the game was fun.


















On to the Chiefs -Sunday November 30th @ 7pm.


Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Enjoy!

Bomber Box Score:

Goals:
B.Auld (6)
Rosenberg (9)

Assists:
M.Bochner
Moss
B.Auld

Penalties:
Moss 2min Trip
Simpson 2min unsportsmanlike and 10min misconduct.

Bombers Put out Fire

6-5 may have been a closer score than they wanted but the Bombers still put up a solid effort in defeating the Metro Fire on Sunday night. Perhaps inspired by the appearance of Mike Gilbert,Sr behind the bench who is still on the DL, the Bombers had a balanced scoring attack that saw 2 goals each from the 3 foward lines. Only a few untimely team defensive lapses let the game get closer than it should have for the storied franchise.

Rich Moss rejuventated the historic "Kid Line" with his first game in over a month. Mark Bochner reaped the benefits scoring 2 goals. Brother Dave added 2 helpers on the night to reestablish this line as one of the premier trios in the league.

The "Time Line" was also intact for the first time in a while with all three members netting points. Simpson from Rosenberg and Rober'-how many times has a commentator uttered those words in various orders over the past 10 years!!

And not to be left out, the newly formed Auld,Lawson,Van der horn line whose nickname has yet to be coined, provided production scoring 2 goals and 4 points. Van der horn's burying of a Bill Auld rebound in the 2nd period tied a game that the Bomber's never trailed afterwards.

And don't let the 5 goals against fool you, the D core was solid as well breaking the puck out of the zone in exciting fashion. Rookie defenseman Adam Lapinski seemed to be benefitting from the veteran tutelage of Superstar Johnny Z as was evident in the play of the pair in all 3 zones.

Josh Burke saw plenty of shots and after letting up 2 early scores was primarily in control for the rest of the evening.

So its on to Dallas Wrecking on Thursday.



State Electric Power Performes of the Game.


1st Star:





















#6 Rich Moss 1a

2nd Star:




















#15 Adam Lapinski 1 a

3rd Star:















#3 Mike Rosenberg 1g 1a

Honorable Mentions:






















#16 Mark Bochner 2g and #5 Neil Van der horn 1g



Bomber Box Score:

Goals:
M.Bochner (5,6)
Rosenberg (8)
B.Auld (5)
Simpson (4)
Van der horn (1)

Assists:
D.Bochner-2
R.Auld
B.Auld
Moss
Rosenberg
Simpson
Lawson
Lapinski

Penalties:
B.Auld 2min Hold
Simpson 2min Rough
Smith 2min Hold
Zimnoch 2min slash

Bombers Voted NJ's Best Adult Hockey Club

In dominating fashion the Bomber Hockey Club was recently voted by the fans as NJ's Most Popular Adult Hockey franchise with a whopping 92% of the vote. "It's really amazing when you sit back and look what we have accomplished and how we relate to the fan base in NJ" said Bomber GM Bill Auld.

The Bombers have long been the example of a model franchise and will celebrate 15 years as a club later this year. "We have championships which is great, but it really is team and alumni participation in the orginazation" said Bomber VP Mike Rosenberg.

The acknowledgement is another feather in the cap of an organization that looks to have a bright future ahead.

Bombers Fall 4-3

The "storied franchise" let one slip away last night, falling 4-3 to the Bears. The Bombers opened the scoring with 2 in the first period only to see the Bears run off 4 straight goals including 2 third period tallies.

The Bombers had played a solid game throughout behind a strong performance by goaltender Marc Mezzacca. But the Bears goaltender was even stronger in defense of a Bomber squad that outshot its opponent by 12 on the night.

Jimmy Lawson scored his 2nd goal with 53 seconds remaining to draw within one but the final Bomber flurry was thwarted at mid-ice leaving the Bombers looking up at the 500 mark at 2-4-2.

Next up: the Metro Fire on Sunday Nov. 16th @ 8:45.

Bomber Box Score:

Goals:
Lawson (11,12)
Rosenberg (7)

Assists:
Lapinski-2
M.Bochner,
Van der horn
Simpson
Mezzacca

Penalties:
Simpson 2min
Lapinski 2min

Bombers Beat Rocks

The Bombers beat the Rocks 6-4 at Twin Oaks Ice rink to a near sellout crowd on Sunday. The Blue Red and Gold scored 4 goals in under 4 minutes in the second to distant themselves from a reeling Rocks club. The win brings the Bomber record to 2-3-2 on the season.

The State Electric Power Performers of the Game:

1st Star:
















#18 Jimmy Lawson 2g 2a


2nd Star:















#29 Josh Burke


3rd Star:















#1 Gary Simpson 1g 4PIM


Bomber Box Score:

Goals
Lawson (9,10)
B.Auld (3,4)
M.Bochner (4)
G.Simpson (3)


Assists

Zimnoch-2
Lawson-2
R.Auld
M.Bochner

Penaties
Gilbert Jr 4 pim
Rosenberg 2 pim
Simpson 4 pim