Over 30 Hockey League

1-More Point

At age 57 (and a girl) Colleen O’Connell is tied with her second-best season points total with 4-points and just 1-game to go. 

The last time Colleen scored 4-points (0-goals, 4-assists) was during the 2021 Déjà Flu Season with Snow White.  If Colleen can record just 1-point in her last game, she will tie her all-time high of 5-points (0-goals, 5-assists) during the 2019 Spring Season with Coach's Corner.

This time around Colleen has one in the goal column with (1-goal, 3-assists) and she left seven of her defenseman cronies (potentially) in the “ZERO Goals Club”.  Without mentioning names: Mike Naczas, Alex Leone, Doug Sedille, Dave Wilson, Mike Surette, Seth Ford and Steve Medeiros… and “Holy Bat Shit - Robin”… She even scored a goal before Rick Cassano (who is the only forward) left to not score a goal this season in the 11-games that he played for Poo Bears.

To quote Mike Naczas, can someone on The Revolution… “Get her the assist!!”

Reloaded

Don’t look now, but it looks like the Tommy Guns have “reloaded” and are getting ready for the playoffs.

They have a two-game winning streak without their captain Tommy Gallagher who is still out on IR… and they scored an impressive 11-goals during the last two wins.  Of those 11-goals, it was their young guns Mike Duggan and Patrick Spencer scoring 10-of the-11 goals, and Paul Firicano sneaking in one for the 11^th goal.

After exchanging weekly hat tricks… Mike (5-Goals, 2-Assists) and Patrick (5-Goals, 2-Assists) better make sure they show up for the playoffs, as you’ll have to go back to Week #11 to find a forward scoring a goal without  the #91 or #92 on their back. 

History Repeating?

A late addition to the league, Dan Poirier Sr. only played 6-games for his new team, The Revolution.  In those 6-games, he scored 8-goals (including a hat trick) and added 2-assists for 10-points.

Ironically captain Jim Barber had both Dan Poirier Sr., and his offspring Dan Poirier Jr. playing for him on two different teams.

Jim and the rest of the Revolution are hoping history repeats itself as Dan Poirier Jr. in his first (and only) season in the league was a big part of White Lies going to the finals… and who else was on that team, none other than Jason Carrien and Rich Pelletier.

Unfortunately for White Lies they ran into a hot goalie in Dale McIssac who shut them out (4-0) for a Marooned Championship… but the moral of the story is there was a “Poirier” along for the road trip to the finals.

Jim, Jason and Rich would like nothing more than another crack at a championship with Dan Sr. … but with a different “Poirier” outcome.

Jersey Jinx

Welcome back Donny Maccini after your month-long stint on IR.

Donny was on IR so long that he forgot what team he played for… and showed up wearing his Hammertime jersey from last season.

The Saugus High Hall of Famer had the same number of points in his return, as when he was on IR… ZERO!  Probably because no one knew which team he played for.

Can someone in the team text group remind Donny this week that Cam-A-Lot is green (with green shorts).

Last Try

Hey Ricky Cassano… we just learned that you have zero goals on the season.

With only one more game left in the regular season, the last time you scored no goals was in the 2008 Winter Season with Spaghetti & Meatballs.  That year you went to the finals and lost, so we hope history doesn’t repeat itself 17-years later.

Ricky is the last forward yet to light the lamp, as Timmy “Tito” Burke doesn’t count with his season ending injury.

Come on Ricky, don’t let the added pressure of playing 12-games and scoring “Zero” goals get to you. Even Gino Tammaro and Angelo De Luca are stinking it up too this season, but they at least scored “a few” goals… the real pressure comes from the fact that Colleen O’Connell has more goals than you this season.  Oppps, sorry… that’s singular, she has (1) more goal than you, and she has (1).

This is your last try, you have 3-periods or 30-minutes to change that… or you can pay Scotty Rosato $50 to let one “sneak by” him.

Clinched

With their 4-1win last week, Dave Costa’s premonition about the first BYE is officially now in the books as the Poo Bears are the #1 Seed.

Just remember Dave, you don’t want to win all the “pre-game” awards before your playoff game, as those tend to be jinxed… and now we just learned that Ricky Cassano’s potential zero goal season may also bring some bad juju to your post season, or should we say  bring some bad “Spaghetti & Meatballs” to your playoff party.

Enjoy Florida Dave, while you spend your BYE week in warmth and sunshine… you might want to order some OTA’s for Ricky (and maybe even) Leo Trombley to shoot around in a parking lot somewhere in Lynn during their BYE Week.

Family Day

Last week it was “bring your family to work” day… we’ll at least for the Carlton’s it was.

“Jersey” Joe Carlton had his own cheering section to watch “Papa Joe” go to work and score a couple of goals (including the GWG) to impress the family.

Formally known as a forward, Joe now identifies as a defenseman… and more specifically a “scoring defenseman”.  Joe “unofficially” is leading the defenseman in the goals scoring department with 5-goals, but Tony Medeiros who also identifies as a defenseman in 2025 has 6-goals… and we’re not sure how many of those goals were scored while Tony was playing forward?

Keep it up Joe… You’re sitting in the #3 spot, with one week left in the regular season.  You could potentially get into the #2 spot with two points, but you’ll have to score the 2-points (first) and in the process shut down the high-powered Tommy Guns offense.

Also, to be more specific… any goal scoring opportunities that are assisted by Paul Firicano, as he’s the defenseman who is currently occupying the #2 spot on the defensemen leader board, and remember “goals scored” is the tie breaker

Top Ten?

Hey Gino Tammaro (6-goals) and Angelo De Luca (6-goals)… what do you think about trying to crack the Top-10 on the Leading Scorers board before you dismal scoring season comes to an end.

You’re only a couple of points (and a really good game) that is standing in between you and the top-10.

Both once highly decorated scorers, they seemed to have now joined the “Paisano Fallimento” aka “Italian Failures” with fellow Goomba Ricky Cassano (0-Goals).

If you need some motivation, there are two defensemen above you in the top-10 and both within striking distance… if you can find your scoring touches in Week #15

Last Game

This is it… Last game for Dave Giusti before we open that sealed envelope to reveal his “Blind Goalie Challenge” and more specifically his GAA quota.

All we can say is… Don’t blow up on the last game and make sure the 5-guys in front of you that are wearing orange… are all doing their jobs to help keep the ball out of your net.

Win or Lose Dave… we’re all proud of your grilling and smoking skills… we look forward to the next “Pop-up Food Event” and hopefully you’re not wearing a pink jersey while cutting the meat.

Election Results

The 2025 Winter Season Awards Ballots have all been sent out… so if you got one, consider yourself lucky. 

The voters made their choice through the “mail-in” and early voting systems.  The ballot utilizes the “rank-choice” system so that every ballot counts.  Thanks to voter ID’s, there were no illegal votes cast, and the winners are having their names engraved on the Lucite awards as we speak.

Mike Duggan please make sure that we don’t have to re-order a new Lucite with either Pedro Fontes or Patrick Spencer’s name on it.  We got a discount on your award because we were able to order it earlier in the season.

Shorts Delivered

Thanks to Todd Bryson and his Chinese negotiation skills, as he got those backordered team shorts delivered last week, and all those kids in China are now going to have a good Christmas thanks to the players of the Over-30 League.

Unfortunately, Todd had to pay the Chinese tariffs on behalf of the Over-30 League, as the league has no tariff money.

Thanks again Todd… the teams all look professional now.

Signing off ….

This is it… Like it (or not) we are signing off for the playoffs.  But don’t worry, we’ll return in January for the new 2026 Spring Season.

We’ll see what challenges lies ahead for the Over-30 League in 2026… and hopefully it’s nothing like the 2025 “Season of IR” and scrambling.

We hope you all have a good playoff run… enjoy the holidays and we might even sneak in another special Forum “Christmas Cartoon’s Edition”

Until then, remember… Everyone makes the playoffs, but only one team wins.