Over 30 Hockey League

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Jason Carrien of Team Cherry.  Normally, the weekly awards are not presented to repeat winners during the season; however, we are making an exemption in this case. The NFL had Joe Namath.  The NHL had Mark Messier.  Two icons of their sports who publically guaranteed their respective teams would win championships and delivered on their promises. Earlier this season, Jason made a bold public guarantee that his team would qualify for the playoffs or he would retire.  Mission accomplished!  Jason set the tempo for his team by setting up the game’s first goal, playing shut down defense and informed the Over-30’s AARP former players group that he will not be joining them anytime soon.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Naz of Blues Brothers.  It only took 4 years and close to 50 regular season games and a few playoffs games, but Naz finally scored his first goal in four years dating back to the 2014 season.  With his team trailing by two goals in the second period, Naz jumped up into the offense and jammed home the rebound off a scramble out front to temporarily get his team back into the game.  In addition, with his team playing short-handed, Naz played some major minutes on defense.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Niko Vramis of Fool’s Gold.  With his team playing in a “must win” game, Niko stepped up his game to score in the first period then again in the second period to lead the way on offense.  Niko capped off a breakout performance this season as he played in all twelve games, led his team in scoring and currently sits in fourth place overall in the standings.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Sergio Costa of Fool’s Gold.  Battling injuries all season, Sergio has struggled to score goals.  However, with his team needing to win their game, Sergio picked the right time to score a huge goal (perhaps saving his team’s season).  After jumping out to a three goal commanding lead then watching their opponent score twice in forty-seven seconds to get within one goal in the third period, Sergio changed this game around for his team by scoring only twenty seconds later on a great individual play in front of the net as he split the defense to score the momentum changing goal for his team.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Shawn Miville of Trojan Horse. Shawn’s fingerprints were all over the game as he was directly involved in four of his team’s five goals scored, with 1-goal and 3-assists.  Shawn’s playmaking style was on display in the third period as his 2-assists and goal in a four minute span helped break open a tie game as his team cruised to victory.   

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Cappy of Trojan Horse.  He didn’t factor onto the game sheet but his logging major minutes, quarterbacking his team’s defense, and playing shut down defense had a major impact on his team winning the game.  It was just another week of Cappy playing consistent defensive hockey for his team. 

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Matt Farrell of Team Cherry.  With his team trailing by two goals with just over two minutes to play against the team tied with them for that final playoff spot, Matt was the difference maker for his team, scoring 2-goals to tie the game and send this to overtime where his team pulled out a comeback win.  If Team Cherry does make the playoffs, it will be Matt leading the way as he leads the team in goals and points.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Mike Luise of Blues Brothers.  In a must win game for his team, Mike stepped up on offense and scored two of his team’s three goals to earn a much needed point in the standings.  Mike had his legs going all game and just missed scoring in overtime as well as setting up a team mate for the potential game winner.  If Blues Brothers goes on a winning streak, Mike’s production will play a key role.   

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Todd Bryson of Blues Brothers.  With his team needing to change their line combinations and jump start their offense, Todd was moved to defense as his team moved their best defenseman up front.  Todd filled in and did an excellent job on defense, assisting on a goal, making some smart decisions in moving the ball out of his defensive zone, and showing his rink awareness and positional skills.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Jeff Deharo of Maybe One. When it mattered most, Jeff came up with the big key save for his team in a tie game, giving them a chance to pull out the win late in the game.  In the last ten seconds of the second period, Jeff flashed his glove to take away a sure goal.  In the last three minutes of the game during a scramble out front, Jeff made a great shoulder save to keep the ball out of the net.  Jeff’s efforts in net have played a key role in Maybe One’s second win of the season against the defending champs.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Joe Gustitus of Maybe One. With his team playing short-handed, missing five players, and having only one substitute, rookie Joe stepped up big time and had a major impact on the outcome of this game, both on offense as well as on defense. Joe scored his team’s first two goals, then set up the insurance goal with two minutes to play to lead his team to a shocking upset.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to George Medeiros of Fool’s Gold.  George was running all game long, hustling all over the rink with constant fore-checking pressure on his opponent.  George would get knocked down, get right back up, and kept playing his up-tempo attacking style shift after shift after shift.  George’s persistence paid off on the score sheet as he scored a big goal early in the third period that kept his team close with a chance to steal some points.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Scott Rosato of Trojan Horse. With first place on the line this was a great week for Scott to have his best game of the season. Team Cherry threw everything they could at Scott, but he would stop all 34 shots he faced leading his team to first place alone in the standings.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Sean Roach of Fool’s Gold. Sean stood tall this week facing a hot Maybe One team. Sean was the difference in this game stopping all 30 shots he faced giving his team their second win in a row, and doing so moving his team into fourth place.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Rick Cassano of Trojan Horse. The Over-30 Paisan Brotherhood co-member looked very impressive in his game as he factored in just about every goal his team scored, assisting on four the goals they scored.  Rick’s speed and passing were on full display throughout his game as his hustle and quick thinking helped break open a close game in the second and third periods.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Mauro Colucciello of Fool’s Gold.  Playing in only his second game after being out of medical IR, Mauro helped ignite his team to break out and end his team’s four game losing streak by scoring the game’s first goal early in the first period, then add another goal late and set up the key insurance goal.  Inspired by a pre-game pep talk, Mauro took that to heart and played hard all game with a solid all around effort.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Gary Goodwin of Team Cherry.  Yes, you are reading this correctly, Gary Goodwin!  Gary was the impact player for his team as he ignited a three goal outburst in the third period that turned a tie game into a convincing win for his team.  Gary scored 2-goals and added 1-assist to factor into three of the four goals his team scored.  For this week, Stonehands the runaway truck was Goal Scorer Sniper hands. On a side note, for one week we also didn’t hear Gary use his famous @%*& expletive at any time while on the rink.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Jason Carrien of Team Cherry.  For this week we are calling this the Five Guys Tough Guy award. Jason didn’t make the game sheet for points; rather he showed his toughness and durability by returning to the rink for overtime after taking a high stick that cut him above his eye.  Wearing a Jim McMahonish headband made up of hockey tape above his eye, Jason played the entire overtime and helped inspire his team to earn a much needed point in the standings.  Finally, the Over-30 league had it “Willis Reed moment.”

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Angelo Deluca of Trojan Horse.  Angelo broke out offensively and had a major impact in his team’s latest win. Angelo scored a power play goal to start the second period, set up an insurance goal at the end of the second period, and then put this game away late in the third period.  His third period goal scored only thirty seconds after the other team scored to make this a one goal game, crushed any momentum and comeback hopes.

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to John Carey of Maybe One.  With his team playing short-handed on defense, missing their top two defensemen, John played major minutes but also played a key role in his team’s big comeback win.  With his team trailing heading into the third period, John’s breakout pass a minute in ignited the comeback.  Just over two minutes later, John made a great individual play to come down the left point and his game winning goal through a screen was perfectly placed into the lower far corner.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Joe Mancinelli of Maybe One.  Maybe we have it all wrong on Joe’s nickname of the Turtle.  For this week, Joe played more like the Hare as he had a jump in his step and was running around all over the rink all game long.  Joe sparked his team right at the start of the game scoring less than a minute in and then added a short-handed insurance goal in the second period in preserving his team’s shutout.  Even his captain watching Joe run around was asking “who is this guy?”  

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to John Mastrocola of Maybe One.  To say that John was flying all over the rink is an understatement.  His hustle and energy did not produce any goals, but, this was not from a lack of opportunities.  If John had mixed in some change of speeds occasionally, he probably would have scored a few goals.  For over a month now, John’s hustle the entire game has stood out, regardless of the scores.  It looks like his team mates have finally caught up to his style of play.

This week’s Dunkin Donut winner goes to Dave Costa of Blues Brothers.  The reigning Mike Hollingsworth MVD took a big step towards disproving that there are no repeat winners of the MVD award as Dave put his stamp on this game scoring 2-goals and adding 1-assist all while playing some shutdown defense.  Dave scored the game’s first goal then added an insurance goal in the third period. 

This week’s Five Guys award winner goes to Dave Giusti of Blues Brothers.  Originally just filling in for an injured Alby Luise in net, but now taking over between the pipes full time this season, Dave had quite a game, stopping all 30 shots he faced in recording the league’s first shut out of the season.  Dave was especially sharp in the third period in preserving the shut out.