Tofield Satellites Hockey Club

After falling out of contention in 6 games at the hands of the Sedgewick Sabres the tofield Satellites look to revamp and rebuild for the 2012/13 season.

All public is invited and encouraged to attend as we go through the needs and wants out of next years executive and players.

The meeting will be held at the Tofield Arena 7pm in the meeting room on the east end of the arena.  If you have any questions regarding the meeting please feel free to email the satellites at hockey@tofieldsatellites.com.

Hope to see you there!

After being down 3 games to 1 it would be easy for a team to just throw in the towel but that wasn’t an option for Tofield last night as they went into Sedgewick with their backs against the walls.

Both teams came out hard as they both knew what was on the line.  The first period was fast paced and hard hitting, like any good playoff series should be.  Ben Starbuck managed to net the only goal of the period 6:35 left in the first.

Sedgewick came out flying early into the second and scored just over a minute in to the period.  After that both teams exchanged scoring chances.  Tofield finally got on the board just after the halfway point of the period with a  goal by Fraser Regan which seemed to spark the team as the drove in another just 4 minutes later by Reid Fraser.  In what has seemed to be the demise of the team throughout this series Sedgewick were able to break through Tofield’s powerplay unit and score another shorthanded goal by Kelvin Tuftin with just under 3 minutes to go in the second to regain the one goal lead.

With the season on the line and a few choice words from the team’s captain.  Tofield had only 20 minutes to change their fate.  There wasn’t a single person in that dressing room who didn’t believe they had a chance to win the game and take it back home.  Tofield came out flying in the third and were able to finally bury a chance on their 6th PP of the night with 10:26 left to go in the 3rd to tie the game 3-3.  Of course it wouldn’t be exciting for the fans without a powerplay for sedgewick with just over 2 minutes to go in the game.  Sedgewick drummed up some great chances on their PP but Tofield’s Dorin Gay was up to the challenge as he shut the door saving the game and perhaps the season.  As the penalty expired with only 22 seconds left in the game Tofield worked it around in their own end and Jesse Van Dalfsen found a springing Brett Holmberg down the right side of the ice, he went down on the Sabre’s Cox and with a beauty backhand move buried the puck with only 10 seconds left.  Time would wind down and Tofield would take the win.

With the win the Satellites stay alive in the series as game 6 goes tonight in Tofield at 8:30.  Once again with the season on the line the team will try to play the desperate hockey that has got them here.

1st STAR	2nd STAR	3rd STAR
Tofield Satellites Jesse Van Dalfsen	Sedgewick Sabres Kelvin Tuftin	Tofield Satellites Brett Holmberg

SHOTS: TOFIELD 28  SEDGEWICK 30

POWERPLAY: TOFIELD 1/8  SEDGEWICK 0/8

GOALTENDING: DORIN GAY 27/30  0.900%

JORDY COX  24/28  0.857%

GAME BOXSCORE:  http://www.brhl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=4575&leagueID=15299&gameID=1049918

Tofield took the ice on Thursday night after coming off of an 8-6 victory in Sedgewick the night before and finding their way back into the series.

Once again Tofield managed to come out slow and allow the Sabre’s to take the lead.  Only 4:26 into the first Sedgewick’s  Chris Dawn opened the scoring on the night.  Only five minutes later Scott Effert scored his first of 2 on the night.

Immediately following the goal was a display of pure ignorance and lack of respect for both the players and the sport itself.  Sedgewick’s #17 Kelly Sayer skated along Tofield’s bench throwing a sucker punch directly into backup goaltender Jeremy Thom’s chin.  The force caused Thom to fall back into the bench causing him to go into convulsions on the ground.  Trainer/GM  John Neufeld was quick to the aid of Thom as he worked to keep everything stabilized.  Also quick to action was RCMP Brian Jamont and Mike MacAusland as well as Jonny Lehman all helped to gain control until the EMT’s arrived on the scene.

Thom was loaded onto a stretcher and taken to the hospital where he was kept under observation until the early hours. One of the most shocking parts of this was that after all of the commotion had settled not one of the 3 ref’s that were on the ice had seen the play so there wasn’t a single penalty accessed. “It’s players/plays like Sayer do on the ice that makes good hockey players not want to play in our league” quoted a fan close to the team. “We all have to go to work in the morning, we all have people relying on us to provide for them, and when incidents like this happens it gives the BRHL a black eye around the area.”

Tofield show some resiliency and were able to tie the game up 3-3 going into the third.  Unfortunately only 3 minutes into the third Sedgewick scored to take the lead which managed to take any momentum that Tofield had built up in second.  Sedgewick seemed to press but not without the help of some costly turnovers from Tofield players.  Game finished a 6-3 final.

SHOTS: TOFIELD- 34   SEDGEWICK 28

POWERPLAY: TOFIELD 2/6   SEDGEWICK 2/7

GOALTENDING:  DORIN GAY 22/26 0.786%

JORDY COX  31/34  0.912%

GAME BOXSCORE:  http://www.brhl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=4575&leagueID=15299&gameID=1049917

For more information on the game please pickup the Tuesday edition of the Tofield Mercury as well as check out their website for some great shots of the game.

http://tofieldmerc.com/

Now with Sedgewick up 3-1 in the series game 5 is a must win situation for Tofield going into Sedgewick on Saturday night.  Both teams will be rearing to go after the night off and a chance to think what is at stake.  Game time is 8:30 in Sedgewick.

Throughout the season fans had the opportunity to vote for their favorite player.  The votes were tallied and the fans have spoken.  This years fan favorite was #27 Shayne Carlson!

Below is Kerry Anderson delivering the good news along with a brand new composite stick. 

Special thanks to Kerry and his staff at the Tofield Mercury for all of their hard work in following the team throughout the year.  Please check out their website as they have some great shots of game play during the season.

http://tofieldmerc.com/

Tofield came into a must win situation on Wednesday night as they knew falling 3 games to 0 would be an incredible feat to bounce back from. 

With a mix of Sedgewick sleeping and Tofield seemingly to be on their game in the first period to spot an early 4-0 lead over the Sabre’s with goals coming from Stetsko (pp), Lewis, Holmberg, Olson(pp). This led to an early exit for starter Jordy Cox.

Sedgewick bounced back  with two goals by  Tuftin and Effert in the first half of the second period bringing the score to within two.  Satellites responded with 2 back of their own by Urschel, Olson(2nd of the night)  regaining that 4 goal lead.  The teams would swap goals later in the second by Sedgwick’s Heck, and Tofield’s Holmberg (2nd of the night).

As they say a four goal lead is one of the worst in hockey and Sedgewick showed why as they got off to another quick period scoring 1:10 into the first period (Tuftin’s 2nd of the night).  They followed that up with a shorthanded goal by Heck.  They would keep the pressure going as well as relying on so big time saves from backup goaltender Marcus Johnson and managed to bury a late goal with only 1:37 left in the game by Effert (2nd of the night) to bring the game within one.  That would be as close as the game would get as Brian Tavaroli managed to get the perfect bank off the side boards for the empty net.

With the series at 2-1 for the Sabre’s, Tofield will have a chance to tie it up 2 all with a win tonight in Tofield.  Game time is 8:30 and will promise to be every bit exciting as the last.

SHOTS: TOFIELD 34   SEDGEWICK 34

POWERPLAY: TOFIELD 2-4  SEDGEWICK 0-4

GOALTENDING: TOFIELD-DORIN GAY 26/34 0.765%

                                  SEDGEWICK- JORDY COX  7/11 0.636%

                                           - MARCUS JOHNSON 20/22 0.909%

GAME BOXSCORE- http://www.brhl.ca/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=4575&leagueID=15299&gameID=1049916

The Tofield Satellites have put themselves in a deep hole being down 2 games to Sedgewick in the opening round of the 2012 BRHL playoffs.

Travelling down the road to Sedgewick on Friday night Tofield knew they had their work cut out for them.  The wheels fell off after a solid first and ended up trailing 3-1 going into the third.

That pace continued into the third with the final ending up at 7-4.

SHOTS: Tofield 35  Sedgewick 34

POWERPLAY: Tofield 2/6   Sedgewick 2/3

Facing off Saturday night in a game that meant either dropping down 2 games or tying up the series both teams held up their ends of the deal and giving the home crowd quite the show for the night.

The game picked up where it left off from the night before in a hard hitting fast paced style.  The referee wasn’t allowing the same game play as the night before in Sedgewick as there seemed to be a steady stream of players entering and exiting the penalty box.

Tofield came out flat footed and allowed Sedgewick to jump ahead 3-0 going in the intermission.  Tofield battled back and managed to cut the lead down to 1 going into the 3rd. 

After out chancing and out shooting their opponent all night Brett Holmberg managed to tie the game up part way through the third with a short handed marker.  Immediately after that penalty had expired Tofield’s Dean Cambell notched the go ahead goal.  Sedgewick managed to tie the game up with 4:22 left in the 3rd which sent the game to OT.

Sedgewick managed to take advantage of a Tofield miscue in their own end and find themselves on the better end of a scrambling situation and Sabre’s Kelly Sayer stepped into a blocked shot that found its way into the high slot.

SHOTS: Tofield 45  Sedgewick  35

POWERPLAY: Tofield 2/10  Sedgewick 0/6

Next game to be played Wednesday night in Sedgewick followed by game 4 back in Tofield on Thursday night.

The Satellites finished  the regular season in 5th place with 20 points the team had a record of 10-8-0.  Tofield Satellites will take on the 4th place team Sedgewick Sabres in the 1st round of playoffs. 

Looks to be an even match as Tofield and Sedgewick split the season series 2-2, Tofield with the ever so slight edge with a +1 in the goals for and against.  As playoffs go all that means nothing and this looks to be the most exciting series in the first round in the BRHL.  The rest of the series matchups are as follows:

(1)  VS  (8)

(2) VS (7)

(3) VS  (6)

(4) VS

Game times are as follows for the Tofield series:

Game 1- Friday February 3 :  in Sedgewick @ 8:30

Game 2- Saturday February 4: in Tofield @ 8:30

Game 3- Wednesday February 8: in Sedgewick @ 8:30

Game 4- Thursday February 9: in Tofield @ 8:30

Game 5- Saturday February 11: in Sedgewick @ 8:30

Game 6- Sunday February 12: in Tofield @ 8:30

Game 7- Wednesday February 15: in Sedgewick @ 8:30

Friday January 27th the Satellites were on the road to take on the Big Valley Oil Kings.  The Satellites won the game 5-3.

Tonight Saturday January 28 the Satellites are away again to play Hardisty Stampeders for the final game of the regular season
Hardisty won the game 5-2 final

The Satellites are looking to bounce back after a dissapointing weekend. The team lost 10-2 to the Daysland Northstars on Saturday night.
The Satellites will be hitting the road for the final 2 games of the regular season. They play the Big Valley Oilkings on Friday night and the Hardisty Stampeders on Saturday.

vs Daysland Northstars at 8:30