Bronze League Rumblings and the Return of the Game of the Week

Mud Ducks made their Lower bronze debut last night falling 4-1 to the Whalers in this weeks Thursday night game of the week. Ducks are new, and might take a few weeks to find their rhythm. Last weekend the Bandits fell 6-1 to MIB, and Rampage beat the Jumpers 2-0. Shoutout to Rampage netminder Devin Nunn for getting the shutout. He is the goaltender of the week. He wins a pat on the back for his performance.






Sweet Leaf set to make their debut in this season’s first installment of the game of the week. Sweet Leaf vs Sens 1/15 10:25 pm. Sweet Leaf are the upper Bronze’s new expansion team headed up by the Nytex Sport Shop’s very own Andrew “Chilly” Palmer. Palmer has played his entire Bronze Career with the Sens. In fact, Chilly Palmer is the Sens all time goals, assists, and (obviously) points leader. Chilly felt the timing was right to head out on his own, and form his very own team called Sweet Leaf. Leaving the Sens and joining the Leaf are CJ Fisher, Chad Lowery, and Tim “the mouth” Krajewski. The departure of these four players leaves the Sens lacking some serious offensive firepower. CJ was always right under Palmer in scoring, and Lowery and Tim were solid contributors as well. Joining the Leafs in net will be Mike Levitz of Ashley Furniture fame. Also on the Leafs will be Glen Fredderick formerly of the Average Joes. Glen led the league in scoring last season.

For the Sens it’s a whole new team. Returning favorites like Sgt. Fred Walters and Chad Siewert, and back from the IR will be Patrick Fogiel who once scored five goals against the two time keg winning MIB. This game should be a high energy volatile affair. Siewert and Palmer have a long standing rivalry. Last time Siewert faced Palmer on opposite teams they blew up and dropped the mitts in the handshake line (pictured below). As TO would say, “Get your popcorn ready” this one should be a fun game to watch. Killer’s prediction Sweet Leaf 6 Sens 4.
In the late night game this weekend we have the Stingers and Jets, two teams who have struggled the past few seasons, but now with the league split these two could be contenders for the championship of the lower.