End of November Update!!!!

All,

Greetings, as we wrap up "Free" November in the Groton Floor Hockey League, Let me take a moment to pass on the mission statement from Groton Parks and Rec.

Mission Statement:

The mission of Groton Parks and Recreation is to provide quality leisure opportunities in a safe and healthy atmosphere and to enhance the quality of life through the responsible management of fiscal and natural resources.

Remember, we are responsible for our own actions on and off the floor and there is ZERO TOLERANCE for fighting of any kind.

Next stick time is Friday Dec 5th, 530pm -730pm. You must be signed up through Parks and Rec to participate. If you sign up online, please bring your receipt with you so I can mark you off the list.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

George

November Update part 2

UPDATE to last nights update. Schedule time change on SUNDAYS until the start of the league play will be 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Patches O'Houlihan has the gym for Dodgeball until the end of the year. Mark your calenders with the time change, and as always, lets play some puck!
George

November Update!!!

All, here is the November update; We are 4 days away from starting Sunday night pickups! We will have stick time on Fridays and Sundays, Fridays 530pm-730pm and Sundays 400pm-600pm.
The hours on Sunday are adjusted for the 6pm Dodge Ball program, as Patches said "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" We will be setting up and breaking down on both days, this year there is basketball on Saturdays.
As always, bring a light and a dark shirt, (gray is not a color), tape the bottom of your sticks, keep the sticks down, no sliding, and have fun!
Look forward to seeing everybody back this years and maybe some new faces too.

George

Groton Dek Hockey - (GFHL) 2014-15 Season

Greetings and felicitations,

It’s that time of the year again, time to dust off the sneakers, time to make sure your twig is straight,  this is the first call for the Groton Floor Hockey Winter League!

Let me re-introduce myself, I am George White and I will be your league commissioner for the GFHL. I am the also the captain of the Orange team the Shack.

As most of you know, we usually transition indoors in November and this year is the same. We are looking at Sunday Nov 9^th at 530pm as being our first night indoors. The month of November’s pre-season practices will be FREE. A full pre-season practice schedule will be sent out and posted on the unofficial website as it is worked out, and the link to register for the league too, once it is updated in the Discovery magazine. 

For the returning teams, I have the following;

Team – Capt.

Marshall Law – Nick DeDominicis (Gray) (The 2014 GFHL Champs)

Shack (Waiting on name suggestions) – George White (Orange)

Royal Blue II – Kirk Kellogg (Blue)

Bulldogs – Mike Smith (Black)

The Donnybrooks – Kyle Stone (Green)

Dek Heads – Paul Passes (Red) (This is an off chute of Royal Blue)

On a side note, the league is looking for people to Referee. It is a great way to see the game from a different perspective, and to make a little extra money! Perspective referees will have to go through the ECRHL referee clinic and be AAU certified, please contact me if you are interested.

All you need to do to participate in the FREE November pre-season practice sessions is be 15 years or older and sign the liability waiver that will be available at every session. (If you are younger than 18 you must have parent or legal guardian sign waiver.)

***All pre-season practice sessions are run as pick-up games.***

I recommend Hockey Gloves, athletic cup, eye protection, soccer shin pads and a hockey stick with a strip of white tape on bottom of blade.

For the winter league:
Team Captains please let me know what you and/or your teams plans are for the 2015 season so I can start looking at league schedules, and please get your players registered ASAP!   No registration - No playing, I will be getting updated lists weekly from parks and rec.


Thank you and I am looking forward to this hockey season,
George

2014 GFHL Champions!!!!

Congratulations to Marshall Law the 2014 GFHL Champions!!

It was a long 12 weeks, with a lots of well played hockey, with the playoffs being some of the closest games yet, good job everybody!!!

     I would like to thank everybody for all the help during the season, setting up, breaking down the rink, and cleaning up after the games. Thanks to Ray, Seth, Jeff, Mike, and Chris for reffing.  A special thanks goes out to Karl and Danny for being the Off-rink Officials, keeping both time and score for the league, and Craig, Danny and Phil for helping me get the nets ready for the season.

      As we leave the 2014 GFHL season behind a reminder goes out for the Outdoor Dek hockey program. This is a great way to keep your skills fresh in an outdoor pickup environment playing with some of the same players from the league. This program can be found here Hockey: Street - 238316. (search - hockey)

Again, Thank you everybody, congrats to Marshall Law, I look forward to seeing everybody next season.
Until then, game on outdoors!!!

George

Championship Sunday!!!! Sunday 3/30/13 (Week 12)

Well, we are at the last week of Groton Floor Hockey. The last 11 weeks have seen some good floor hockey leading up to this Sunday. This is the schedule for Sunday;

Week 12	Sunday, MAR 30th	4:00 p.m.	Royal Blue		Bulldogs
		5:00 p.m.	Shack		Marshall Law
	Championship Game	6:00 p.m.	Winner 1 or 4		Winner 2 or 3

There will be team photos prior to the first and second games.

Good luck to all the teams, and see you Sunday!

George

note: there is hockey on Friday 3/28/14, this will be the last Friday night stick time.

Summary of Events from last Sunday 3/16/14

All, this is a summary of all the events from last Sunday’s games;

A player was suspended for the remainder of the season, this includes Friday night stick time, for their actions after receiving a Game Ejection penalty (3 penalties in a game). They received a second Game Misconduct penalty for Abuse of Officials as they were leaving the gym.

A player was suspended for the remainder of the season, this includes Friday night stick time, for their retaliatory actions after being roughed by another player. Throwing a punch in any manner is fighting and fighting is not tolerated GFHL.

Two players were suspended for one game for leaving the bench during an altercation. 

There has been an increase this season in this type of play and with only two weeks left I expect ALL players to keep themselves, their equipment, and their emotions  under control and finish the season on a positive note.

Respectfully,

George

Updated Schedule due to the snow on 16 Feb 14!!!!

All, here is the updated schedule due to the snow on 16 Feb 14, those games will be made up on 23 Mar 14 and the Championship games will be a week later on 30 Mar 14.

 

Thanks,

George

Week one!

All, stats are updated, use the links on the right to get to them. Please remember to pick up after yourself before leaving the gym (used water/gatorade bottles, used tape,etc...) and make sure you have all your equipment with you when you leave.
FOUND: Lefty Warrior stick on the away bench. I will bring it with me on Friday/Sunday.

Thanks,
 George

Also included is the Friday night practice schedule;

All, due to snow storm Hercules the Groton Schools are closed which means that the Park and rec's activities are cancelled. I am waiting to hear from GP&R to see if we can get in to Fitch Middle tonight to play, I should hear from them about 3pm on whether or not we will be playing tonight. I will send out an update around then and update the website. if we don't play tonight, stay warm and see everybody on Sunday.

Thanks.