{"id":5978,"date":"2012-07-15T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T19:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=5978"},"modified":"2012-07-15T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T19:26:25","slug":"ice-hockey-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=5978","title":{"rendered":"Ice Hockey Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSC01638 by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/7576042404\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8434\/7576042404_f20749b47c_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01638\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC01641 by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/7576039572\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7253\/7576039572_9bbf9c053a_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01641\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Untitled by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/7569812814\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8292\/7569812814_74b63bf98d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFriday night was my Bronze League hockey championship game at <a title=\"Twin Rinks Bronze League\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twinrinks.com\/adulthockey\/bronze%20schedule.htm\">Twin Rinks<\/a>. The league is setup that each captain can &#8216;franchise&#8217; a core set of players and then everyone else goes back into a draft at the beginning of the season. This makes the league a friendly environment since you end up on all the teams over time. My team&#8217;s run through the playoffs consisted of playing against my last three teams as the fifth seed. We ended up rolling through all the games winning the championship 4-1. I scored the first two goals of the game, the first of which you can see the celebratory photograph above where I&#8217;m sitting on my ass. The goal was scored from that position.<\/p>\n<p>As far as championships go this is the the only thing I&#8217;ve ever won in my life outside of a <a title=\"Greatest Moment in Bronder Sports History.\" href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=1227\">kickball all-star game<\/a> which was more of an exhibition. \u00a0We had a hell of a team and were able to keep our offensive lines together for the duration of the season. \u00a0I&#8217;m a big fan of stability in recreational sports and I believe it made a difference. \u00a0All of our lines clicked and produced once we hit the playoffs. \u00a0With that and outstanding goaltending we were able to win it all.<\/p>\n<p>And with this final run in Bronze I&#8217;m getting called up the Silver League.<\/p>\n<p>Side Notes:<br \/>\n* The rest of the photographs from the game can be found <a title=\"Flickr:  Champions.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/sets\/72157630575327168\/with\/7576042404\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night was my Bronze League hockey championship game at Twin Rinks. The league is setup that each captain can &#8216;franchise&#8217; a core set of players and then everyone else goes back into a draft at the beginning of the season. 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