What a night, with several high scoring intense games.
Hollowbrook increased their win streak to 3 with a 7-2 win over AMOS. Office Scapes moved into 3rd place with their win over Triple J, 9-1. Canada Colorado started out strong, but then fell to the World Orphans 8-2. And we closed out the night with an intense fight between Nelson & Company and Platinum Group with N&C downing PLG 6-2.
Nelson & Company had one helluva battle against Office Scapes to claim their 1st Win of the season. After 2 periods the game was tied at 4, but Nelson came together and put up 4 more goals, to finalize their 1st win 8-5 over Office Scapes.
For those that watched last night, there was one heck of battle between Hollowbrook Dental and Platinum Group in Week 2 of NORAD. Hollowbrook pressed hard and often getting the lead on Platinum early, but in the end Platinum managed to battle back for one heck of a come back!
Even though Canada Colorado fell to the defending cup champs for their 2nd loss of the season, they had a major turnaround in their play as a team. They look to build on that momentum going into week 3. We also saw our first shut of the season with AMOS downing Nelson & Company 4-0. Congrats to Joe Glowacki on the hard earned shut out!
The first week of the NORAD Season is in the books. There were some very competitive games and one blowout to start off the 2022/2023 season. AMOS started the season with a decisive 7-1 win over Canada Colorado. Newcomers helped lead the charge for AMOS as Trevor Chavez scored a goal and added two assists, while goaltender, Joseph Glowacki, only allowed one goal. In the second game of the night, the number one pick in the draft, Ruben Rumbaut, had four assists for Nelson & Company, but it wasn’t enough as Nelson fell to HollowBrook Dental 9-6. Another player new to the league, Zach DeBlois, had two goals to help OfficeScapes beat Platinum Group 5-3 in the third game. Platinum Group was without their sponsor, Jesse Chambless, as he recovers from a wrist injury. In the final game of the night, Ross Thompson and Sam Downs both scored twice, but it was Thompson’s World Orphans that took down the defending champs, Triple J, 6-4.
The night started with Nelson & Company selecting Ruben Rumbaut (pictured above) with the first overall pick in the draft. Rumbaut, fresh off his championship season with Triple J, will look to help Nelson right the ship this year.
Victor and Rumbaut were bumped from a 5 to a 6 this season due to their outstanding performance last season.
Then OfficeScapes selected Casey Victor (pictured below with Office Scapes Sponsor) with the second pick. Victor is coming off a top 10 scoring season and looking to bring some of that firepower to OfficeScapes.
Triple J capped the night off by selecting Nicole Downs with the last pick in the draft. This will be Downs’ first season in the NORAD Hockey League.
Congratulations to all of the players that were selected this year and we look forward to seeing everyone on the ice!
The 2022-2023 NORAD Draft will be different than anyone has seen before. This year, for the first time ever, players will be invited to partake in the draft itself, August 7th at 5pm. In years past, Sponsors and Captains would meet and have the draft by themselves. After the teams were set, players would be invited to a preseason party where they would be able to meet their new team. This year we will be hosting the draft at TRiNiTY BREWING CO. This means that players will be invited to come mingle with fellow players and see the draft live pick by pick. Food and drink tickets will be provided for those who decide to come. Each team was allowed to protect 11 players from last year’s team and the rest of the players were put back into the draft pool. The draft will help the NORAD teams fill out the remaining spots on their rosters. This year will also feature a “Free Agent List”. This list will be used for teams that may be short for games or if they need to replace a player that did not work out due to injury, lack of attendance, or lack of payment. So if you do not get drafted, don’t worry because there is a chance you will still get a call. We hope to see you August 7th at TRiNiTY BREWING CO!
The Draft will start at 5:00pm but players are welcome to arrive as early as 4:30pm.
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Registration for the 2022-2023 Norad season closes July 31st at 11:59pm. Please make sure you register in time if you want to be included in the draft this season.
Registration for the 2022-2023 season is now open. Registration will run through July 31, 2022. This will set the league up for the NORAD Draft which will take place August 7, 2022.
Triple J are your 2021-2022 Champions
The 2021-2022 NORAD Championship Party will be May 1st at 5pm. Please come enjoy pizza and beverages while watching the Championship. Then hang around after to celebrate with the teams!
