North Coast
Last Game Result: May 20 2012
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | ||
| Russian Bears « | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| North Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Play-By-Play | Boxscore | ||||||
Goal Scorers: Gregg Hammerman (18:48 in 1st)
Goaltender: Ed Pokryfky (L)
| Coming Up |
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| Wed May 23rd 2012 7:00pm Game at Huskies at Varsity Rink, Ann Arbor Ice Cube |
| Sun May 27th 2012 12:00pm Event at Ed's house |
| Wed May 30th 2012 8:35pm Game at Leafs at Olympic Rink, Ann Arbor Ice Cube |
Regular Season Leaders
| Points | Mike Braun | 7 |
| Goals | Charles Conrad & Tom Bonnee | 4 |
| Assists | Mike Braun | 7 |
| PIM | Lindsay Aspegren | 18 |
| SO | Ed Pokryfky | 2 |
| Wins | Ed Pokryfky | 5 |
| GAA | Ed Pokryfky | 2.10 |
House Warming Announcement
Posted by: Mike Braun on Tue May 08th 2012 8:40am
Ed has kindly invited the whole team to join him and the Pokryfky family to a house warming party at their new house in picturesque and very hip Grass Lake. Cleverly scheduled to coincide with North Coast's next bye on May 27, it is sure to be the talk of the town for years to come. Don't miss it!
For directions and further details, check the North Coast schedule page.
Winter Season Stats
Posted by: Hugo Braun on Mon Apr 02nd 2012 12:23am
Final North Coast Winter Statistics Leaders:
Scoring - The Rapper (Tim Allen) & A-Train (Lindsay Aspegren) both with 16 points
Goals - Mucho Grande (Dave Grand) 10 goals, The Rapper 9 goals
Assists - Hammer (Gregg Hammerman) & A-Train 10 assists each
Game Winning Goals - Mucho Grande 4 GWG, Mad Dog (Craig Hysong), T-Bone (Tom Bonnee) and Jeff Bocan 1 GWG each
Cobras Eliminate Coasties in Semi-Finals
Posted by: Hugo Braun on Fri Mar 23rd 2012 7:27pm
In a game that was great in every respect except for the ending, the Purple Cobras eliminated North Coast from the winter playoffs with a 2-1 shootout victory. But the Men In Black did not go down easily.
Havi, Dave Haviland, opened the scoring in the first period with a wrist shot from the high slot. He was the fourth man in on the rush and received the puck from A-Train, Lindsay Aspegren, as he crossed the blue line with speed. After the Cobras tied the game, A-Train put the Coasties back in front on a short range shot with assists from T-Bone, Tom Bonnee, and Hugs, Hugo Braun. The Cobras scored again early in the third and the game entered the last minute of regulation tied 2-2.
The Cobras scored with 50 seconds left on a lucky wobbling blooper from the blue line, but the Men In Black didn't quit. Gaining control off the ensuing face-off, the Coasties pulled their goalie for the extra man and fought to control the puck in the Cobra's zone. North Coast's intensity paid off when The Wrapper, Tim Allen, tied the game with 8 seconds to play. A-Train and T-Bone earned assists on the goal.
After a scoreless overtime the game moved to a shootout. A-Train scored first, but North Coast was unable to get any more pucks past the Cobra goalie. The Cobras fifth shooter scored their second goal to win the shootout 2-1.
Pat Kurth subbed in goal for the injured Superman, Ed Pokryfky. Kurth played a great game, making many critical saves during regulation to keep the Coasties in it and following that up with an excellent job in the shootout.
Spinner to North Coast: Eliminate bounties
Posted by: Lindsay Aspegren on Wed Mar 21st 2012 2:47pm
By HOWARD FENDRICH, D League Hockey Writer 48 minutes ago
Commissioner Shawn Spinner has ordered the owners of all 32 D League teams to make sure their clubs are not offering bounties like North Coast did from 2009-11.
Spinner’s memo instructs each team’s principal owner and team manager to certify in writing by March 30 that no pay-for-performance system exists.
Spinner says Wednesday that bounty programs “are incompatible with our efforts to promote sportsmanship, fair play, and player safety.”
Gregg Williams left the Saints in January to take over the Rams' defense.
He suspended North Coast players John Ford for the remainder of the Winter 2012 playoffs and Dave Grand for the first two games, while banning former New Orleans defensive stalwart Scott Wood indefinitely.
Coasties Feast on Yak - Advance With Shootout Win
Posted by: Hugo Braun on Mon Mar 19th 2012 12:16pm
Mighty Good Player of the Game, Superman, Ed Pokryfky, came up big in the shootout to lead the Coasties past the Yaks. This quarter-final win puts North Coast into the semi-finals against the Purple Cobras on Wednesday.
The Yaks struck first, scoring at the end of the first period, but North Coast tied it up early in the second. Mad Dog, Craig Hysong, skated the puck deep into the corner and sent a beautiful pass across the goal mouth to The Professor, Charles Conrad, who was camped on the back post and scored from point blank range. The Yaks pulled ahead with a goal midway through the period but the Coasties again fought back to tie. Mad Dog made a nice outlet pass to The Rapper, Tim Allen, who was cruising with speed through the neutral zone. The Rapper shot early from the left circle, then fought through two Yak defensemen to bury his own rebound. After a scoreless third period, regulation ended in a 2-2 tie.
Things looked grim for the Coasties when they picked up a 3 minute penalty one minute into the 5 minute sudden death overtime. But the Men In Black dug deep and were mostly able to keep the puck out of their zone for the entire penalty.
After a scoreless overtime, the teams faced off for a best-of-five shootout. Mad Dog went first and scored by deking the goalie on his backhand and shooting behind him after he bit on the fake. Havi, Dave Haviland, shot second and scored by drawing the goalie out and scoring on the short side. Superman did the rest, making several outstanding saves and and allowing only one goal to preserve the 2-1 shootout win.
