Movember UO PU Hockey Game

   

The Boys from Movember 2010 Game

It's been a long time coming, but we are lacing them up again for some pick up hockey.

Bring your mustache, a small donation for the NHLOA's Zebras Care Charity, and get ready to have some fun!

WHO: Hockey Refs who Want to play some 3 on 3 hockey and have some FUN!!

WHAT: Ultimate Officials Pick Up (UOPU) Hockey Game - $10 a head - Goalies FREE- (or let me know you're bring Beer for afterwards!)

WHEN: Monday November 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm 

WHERE: Velocity Hockey Center
7901 Fuller Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: 952-937-0949
  
WHY: Because it is always so much.  There is always someone who says, "This was much funner than I thought."

RSVP by emailing me (info@ultimateofficials.com)

Movember Charity Hockey Game

Playing for a Good Cause (and FUN!)

On November 15, 2010, a group of hockey refs played their monthly pick up hockey game, but this time they donated money for the Ultimate Officials' Movember cause.  The game was played in honor of Paul Moen, who is a long time hockey referee and coach in South St. Paul, MN.  Paul is a recent cancer survivor.

UO Movember Hockey Game from J.B. Olson on Vimeo.

Team White won the game 16-11 over Team Black.  The game, as always, was a BLAST!

Is that Cal Clutterbuck?

Co-Conn Smythe Winners = Matt Hazuka and Ross Gibbs

Team White                                     Team Black

Matt Hazuka                                    Eric Arndt
Brian Thul                                        Jamie Halverson
Mike Diebold                                     Rick Nelson
Jason Olson                                     Mike Trumble
Shane Paskey                                  Joe Oberg
Ross Gibbs                                      Andy Priley
Nick Bradshaw                                Chris Szczeck
Dustin Martin                                   Clayton Smith
Nick Dornfeld                                  Aaron the Goalie
Kevin Cassidy                                  J.B. Olson (IR)
Skip Trumble (IR)

(l-r): Paskey, Dornfeld, Cassidy, Olson, Thul

(l-r): Gibbs, Hazuka, Martin, Arndt, Oberg, Trumble, Bradshaw, Szczeck

(l-r): Smith, Halverson, Priley, Diebold, Aaron, Nelson

UOPU Hockey Game - Were You There?

Mario beats the North Stars like a rented mule...

Good times last night at Velocity Hockey Center in Eden Prairie, MN!

Final score was 18-17 in a see-saw battle. Dark team won (I even think history was made).

Game was a blast! Maybe a bit too competitive? (nah...). However, there is talk of bringing in a referee to ref these games (too much obstruction creeping into our game -- gotta open up the ice more). Nah...we are the keepers of the integrity of the game.

Conn Smythe UOPU October Version = game puck goes to the entire team

Dark Team White Team
Dana Penkivech Tony Lancette
Clayton Smith Joe Oberg
Steve Szczeck Nick Bradshaw
Ross Gibbs Brian Thul
Jamie Halverson Dan Kovarik
Andy Priley Brian Mach
Norm Gaskins Shane Paskey
Brad Albers Mike Trumble
Mike Diebold J.B. Olson
Aaron (G) Kevin Cassidy (G)

Goddam, I love this game! Next Game = Mon Nov 15 at 9:20 p.m.

Another Fantastic UOPU Game in the Books

Here's all I will ask from now on: Where You There?

Put me in, Coach! I am ready to play.

Another shoot out battle at the Ultimate Officials Pick Up (UOPU) Hockey Game!

The game was tied at the end of regulation, 14 to 14.  The Dark Team prevailed on goals from Joe Oberg and Andy Priley.  Meanwhile, Kevin Cassidy stonewalled the first two shooters he faced from the White Team.

Conn Smythe (playoff MVP) = Kevin Cassidy, goalie, 2nd month in a row!

Overall, it was more fun than a bunch of hockey refs should be allowed to have...Where You There?

Team Dark                                                      Team White

Clayton Smith                                                  Shane Paskey
Joe Oberg                                                       Nick Bradshaw
J.B. Olson                                                       Dana Penkivech
Mike Trumble                                                  Nick Dornfeld
Jamie Halverson                                              Toby Boyum
Joe Millette                                                      Ross Gibbs
Andy Priley                                                     Joe Rice (G)
Kevin Cassidy (G)

Be there next month!  Tenative Date: October 20, 2010

Why I Encourage You to Play Pick Up Hockey

Ultimate Officials has started running pick up hockey(UOPU) games once a month at Velocity Hockey Center in Eden Prairie.  The UOPU game this month is on Wednesday September 29th.  First of all the particulars:

WHO: Hockey refs who want to have a good time and develop*

WHAT: 3 on 3 hockey on a small ice surface (165 ft. by 30 ft).  This ensures that you have lots of "touches" (cool), you are always in the action (fun), and you don't have to back check as hard (has a shinny-like atmosphere = DOUBLE COOL!).

WHEN: Wednesday September 29 at 8:30 pm

WHERE: Velocity Hockey Center, 7901 Fuller Road, Eden Prairie, MN

WHY: Let me count the ways...

1. FUN - it's a friggin' blast!  3 on 3 hockey on that small sheet keeps you always in the constant action.  This is not one of those games that breaks down into a bunch of breakaways.  It's hockey the way everyone is doing nowadays = small area games.
2. THE BROTHERHOOD - hanging with the boys, talking trash, doing some serious male bonding...all of those things are good for you and very healthy, so MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT!
3. PLAYER EMPATHY - I honestly believe that some refs struggle in calling games because they either (a) have lost touch with reality on what it is like to be a player, or (b) they've never played the game on a serious basis before.  Usually I think it is (a).  So, if you walk a few miles in a player-like moccasins, then I think you'll have a better feel, anticipation, and read for the game.  No friggin' doubt!
4. FIRST-STEP SPEED - When you play a game on a small sheet like this...well...like I have been trying to tell you...you are always in the action.  This causes you to do a whole lot of short, quick bursts.  When you play on a 200 X 85 surface, you don't need that explosiveness so much, because the game really spreads out.  The quicker you keep your feet moving, the better you'll ref.

Overall, you need to get off your duff and make it down to Eden Prairie this coming September 29th.

Be there or be square.

UOPU Game - Cassidy gets the Conn Smythe

You've gotta watch the video just to listen to the great "Slap Shot song". 
(I've seen the Elk River HS team hoot and clap to this song after every win in their home rink lately = classic!)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUntPFyL178



Team Dark won the Ultimate Officials Pick Up (UOPU) hockey game last night...15 to 10. Kevin Cassidy is the game MVP in the nets for Team Dark.  Great game!

Team Dark (young guys)                                           Team White (old guys)

Aaron Barlow                                                             Tony Lancette
Brian McAvoy                                                            Nick Bradshaw
Dana Penkevich                                                          Brian Thul
Andy Priley                                                                 Ross Gibbs
Shane Paskey                                                             Rick Nelson
Joe Oberg                                                                   Clayton Smith
Kevin Cassidy                                                              J.B. Olson
                                                                                   Joe Rice

** See you in September!!

The August UOPU Hockey Game = August 25th

*** GAME ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25 around 10 pm-ish***

Looking for hockey referees in the Twin Cities are who: 

(a) be up for a pick up game of hockey
(b) needed to get out of the house
(c) needed to knock the rust off their skates, and

Who: Hockey Refereess

What: Pick Up Hockey game (cost $10-$20 tops!)

When: Wednesday August 25th at 10:30 pm

Where: Velocity Hockey Center in Eden Prairie 

(this rink is perfect for "over the hills"..."has-beens"...and "never-were's" because it is only 130 ft. X 65 ft. = no offsides = no backchecking = no constant stream of breakaways.)

NOTE: The last game we played in July was a total blast!

Roll Call thus Far (UPDATED 8/23):

Mike Diebold
Brandon Polich
Aaron Barlow
Tony Lancette
Brian McAvoy
Nick Bradshaw
Brian Thul
Dana Penkevich
Kevin Cassidy
Mike Trumble
Cameron Voss
Matt Hazuka
Andy Priley
Brad Albers
Dustin Martin
Joe Oberg
Joe Rice
Rick Nelson
Shane Paskey
Ross Gibbs
J.B. Olson


** Come One, Come All!

What A Great Time Had by All!

We had a GREAT TIME on Friday night, playing shinny hockey on the small pond at Velocity Hockey Center in Eden Prairie, MN.  Seriously...we had a BLAST!

Keep your eyes open for the next game, TBD during the month of August, and once a month from here on out.

Forget soccer...this is the "Beautiful Game"....



By the way, team Dark beat team White in a sudden death shootout winner, by Brad Albers, after the score was tied 14 to 14. 

Team Dark                                                              Team White
Brad Albers                                                             Joe Oberg
Brian McAvoy                                                          Nick Bradshaw
Dana Penkevich                                                      Nick Dornfeld
Brian Thul                                                              Cory Effertz
Tony Lancette                                                         Tom Sterns
Brooke Lancette-White                                             J.B. Olson
Aaron Barlow                                                          Jamie Halverson
Andy Priley                                                             Sam Cassidy
Kevin Cassidy

UO Hockey Pick Up Game July 30th

The second ever (not annual, because I think we'll go with the monthly theme, if there's enough interest - dude, there's gotta be enough interest!) Ultimate Officials Pick Up Hockey Game (from now on will be referred to as the UOPU Hockey Game) is scheduled for Friday night July 30th.

Who: Hockey refs who want to "goof around"

What: UOPU Hockey Game

When: Friday July 30th at 10:30pm

Where: Velocity Hockey Center in Eden Prairie, MN (this rink is 135 X 65 = no offsides or icing = no backchecking = you are always in the play = a blast!)

Why: Because we all should get out and skate more often (hockey game skating, that is...).

Why reason number 2:

email me: info@ultimateofficials.com

Be there or be square!

And, just in case you missed this one: