Final Score: 1) Toms River South Indians (19-2-2) 7, 4) Howell Rebels (14-4-4) 2
Game Summary: TOMS RIVER -- The top-seeded Toms River Indians proved to everyone why they deserved that seed in the matter of a fifteen-minute period.
In the second period of Wednesday's semi-final game in the Dowd Cup against the fourth-seeded Howell Rebels, the Indians scored six times, more than enough insurance in their 7-2 win. From the drop of the puck, Toms River South dominated the pace of play--not allowing the depleted Rebels to get any form of offense going, as they shut down Dave Ramos and Eddie Pyskaty.
What went wrong: The Howell Rebels can attempt to sit here and blame the beat-down they accepted on Wednesday night on the injuries to Matt Kotch, Mike Liero and Michael Kochenash--but it will be to avail. Everything on this night went wrong for the defending Dowd Cup champions. From the opening face-off to the final whistle, the Indians out-hustled the Rebels to every puck, out-hit the Rebels in every opportunity and flat-out out-played Howell all night. The Rebels couldn't get any offense going and were unable to clear the zone on the defensive end. All-in-all, this game is, without a doubt, the worst night Howell hockey has ever witnessed.
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"not allowing the depleted Rebels to get any form of offense going, as they shut down Dave Ramos"
ReplyDeleteare you kidding me? you can't say they "shut down dave ramos" im pretty sure he was the ONLY one who scored both goals. obviously he wasn't "shut down" if he scored. Maybe if there was some defense going he wouldn't have to hold the team up by himself.
I noticed Brandon Hodes coming out firing in the first period. But the team as a whole looked sluggish. After the first goal, we played a great second half of the first period. Then the breakdown begin by all players. Individual efforts every once and a while won't get anything done.
ReplyDeleteThough Dave may have scored both goals, I am sure that he will agree that it is not fair to say he was the only one who came out to play. Injuries or not: Win as a team, Lose as a team. Let's put this behind us and focus on Monday to come back with a fire that no team has ever seen before. Being friends with the players, I know they do not want to forget about this came, but use it to help fuel them.
i completly agree with you bobby but if they play as a team whether its a win or loss, brian shouldn't have singled out Dave or Eddie by saying they "shut him down" because that isn't true. i'm pretty sure that dave would also say he wasn't whatever Brian calls "shut down"
ReplyDeleteI'm not singling out Dave or Eddie. They both were shadowed..it's not a knock on them at all. It's a known fact that they are the scorers on this team, and two goals at times when they were down by 5 and 6 doesn't help. Neither of them consistently had posession of the puck or had a good amount of pressure at all. so yes, they did get shutdown
ReplyDeletewell if he was shutdown, there wouldn't have been any scoring going on at all.
ReplyDeleteyeah, and you did single them out because you only said they were shut down, when they weren't the only ones. the team was
ReplyDeleteok, if you've been to every game like I have you would know how Ramos and Eddie have literally taken over games in the flash of an eye. Ask any Howell fan, ask Daley himself who said I 'hit the nail on the head' in my blog. Those two players were shut down, two goals from a team who averages nearly 6 is bad.
ReplyDeleteThey were shut down...bottom line.
i think the problem is pretty simple. the offense is often out of position in the offensive zone leaving the person with the puck no one to give it to for a quality chance. instead we saw a lot of weak shots from the half boards that, if they were even on net, were handled with ease.
ReplyDeletein my opinion, this team has got to drive the net or to the net at least get some bodies in front. also, when breaking the zone they seem to wait a little longer than they should. how many times have we seen dave or eddie do a great job rushing the puck up, yet nobody is there for them to pass to so they have to try and split both D or take a from farther out?
uhm, im pretty sure i've been to every game, i know how they play and they can't do it alone. they need a team, so it wasn't just them shut down.
ReplyDeletethank you doc, they lost as a team, not because 2 players were shut down.
ReplyDeleteyeah they do but dave and eddie are good enough to take over games. They didn't. they were shut down. I stand by my word
ReplyDeleteokay, you think that. but dave and eddie need a team, and can't take over a game by them selfs. you once again single them out.
ReplyDeleteEvery true Howell fan will back my word on the fact that Dave and Eddie have taken a game over by themselves..it's happened before and it was those two who, with little help, stormed back against TRS on January 14th. Dave set up billys sh goal, eddie set up kochenash's game tying goal..dave and eddie scored the last 2. dave blocked the final shot.
ReplyDeleteYes, they have taken games over.
yes, they have taken over games before, but im pretty sure you singled them out. yes, and also i been to every game so you don't have to remind me of anything that has happened in the past because, i was there. it's a team sport not somthing that should be blamed on them for loosing. your writing is just so awsome
ReplyDeleteim not blaming the loss on them. you don't understand the way I write the blog. I was giving a summary -- people want to read about the two people who will likely be playing juniors. In a playoff game, they were shut down as prolific scorers. No one else is a great scorer on this team. Like I said, everyone will back my word with that.
ReplyDeletetwo people who will likely be playing juniors... ramos plays juniors already. as a prolific scorer he still scored.
ReplyDeletei know he plays juniors already. yes he scored but he didn't play anything how he should because he was being shadowed.. but as you said you've been to every game so you know that (no, im not mocking you. im being serious). look, my writing is correct, I praise Ramos and Eddie for every win, but when they don't perform, neither does this team. It's not their fault but it contributes to the loss, certainly.
ReplyDeleteokay, well maybe you should say that instead of just naming them.
ReplyDeleteI write truthfully. It's why people like my writing. I have yet to meet a fan who really doesn't like it. But I will take your advice into serious consideration for my next blog.
ReplyDeleteSorry.
ok hockey fanatic listen up..clearly brian knows what he is talking about with all his success in the field of writing and after all the years he has been watching sports..and from what i heard of the game dave didnt really touch the puck to much, so yes he did have both goals but clearly he did not dominate and was not able to get everyone else involved like he usually does. and eddie didnt score so he was a non factor. not trying to bash on dave and eddie cause they are tremendous hockey players but they clearly did not pose a threat in the game
ReplyDeletedon't tell me to listen up okay. from what you heard? yeah you clearly don't know anything about the howell hockey players and you clearly haven't watched a game. you are bashing on dave and eddie. leave them alone they played the game and just because it wasn't the best one doesn't mean anyone has to write bad about them. once they have one bad game everyone decides to be the worst fans ever and write bad things about these amazing players. seriously they aren't going to win every single time and im pretty sure Ramos did as much as he could have. open those eyes of yours and watch the right game.
ReplyDeletebtw, i really see a lot of sucess.
woah woah woah.I assume you don't know that I also blog about the New Jersey Devils and I'm a paid journalist for a newspaper...and I'm a senior in high school. Don't say I'm not successful, that's one way to rile up the Howell fans. And I am the biggest fan we have. You act like I don't like Dave or Eddie -- completely unture. and Dave and Eddie love my blogs so you gotta calm down. None of us have anything against them, but my job is to write what happened.
ReplyDeleteyour taking this way too far
I really can't even stand these blogs anymore, I apologize. You make it seem like we lost because of two players being "shutdown". The truth of the matter is, the whole team did not have a good game, and being "shutdown" is no excuse for that kind of loss. Dave and Eddie are great players, yes, but they'll not the entire team. We've played much better, and I'm sure at times we may have played worse as well, but it's in the past and all we can do is hope for a great game Monday.
ReplyDeletei know, i know. i really see that your such huge fan especially since you talk bad about your own team. i'm not taking this way too far.
ReplyDeletei can't stand these blogs either anymore.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you guys can't 'stand' my blogs, but I know a lot more people who love them, so to your dismay, i'll keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteand i bet i was a fan long before you were
yeah, you keep them coming. i know a lot of the players who hate them too.
ReplyDeleteand i bet your wrong; actually i know your wrong.
and hows that possible? i was there on opening night two years ago.
ReplyDeleteI will keep them coming I know a head coach and fans who love them.
Trust me theres a lot more people who like it than those who dont
yeah, i really love the way you trash talk players especially when you say " i bet i was a fan long before you" and "i was there on opening night two years ago". maybe you should speak well about these amazing players and not talk bad about them when one game doesn't go how everyone wished.
ReplyDeletei was there too, and i know a lot more than you think.
your a player?
ReplyDeletewho are you
You are starting to grow a list of people who don't. Instead of supporting your classmates, you seem to be negative upon them a few times as of blog 1/31/10. If you are embarrassed by what Howell hockey has to give, maybe you should stop coming and being so negative. In good times or bad and I admit there have been alot of bad, classmates should still be supported.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and I've been told that my writing has motivated them as well. There's also a list of people who do like it. In fact, we'll take a vote. If more people don't like it then who do, I'll never write a single howell blog again.
ReplyDeleteHow's that sound to you guys?
motivated them? haha you put the players down in your writing.
ReplyDeleteput them down? Any true athlete gets motivated from something like that, not feeling sorry for themselves.
ReplyDeleteseriously, all of you need to stop complaining to me and work for something that you really want.
what does it say for you if you just complain the writer?
Bye Brian, sorry so negative.
ReplyDeleteNo Face Book. Take it like a man. A good writer takes the good and the bad.
ReplyDeletedave happens to be a good friend of mine and we talk about howell hockey a lot and yeah actually i do go to games. so you need to chill out because saying they were shut down isnt the worst thing in the world and clearly you dont know anything about howell hockey because at howell hockey games dave and eddie not only score but they set up other people with scoring opportunities too and clearly that didnt happen
ReplyDeleteand sceneit shut the hell up ok yeah a writer takes good and bad but its not necessary for someone to argue when they cant win cause clearly they dont know shit
ReplyDeleteWho are you to say negative things about your classmates? In the beginning you were so positive, what happen? Things started turning and not working out as well, and your writing went totally negative. If you are as good as you say you are and your classmates read about your blogs, you should have kept them positive and not picked them apart.
ReplyDeleteGot Ya!!!
ReplyDeletei agree with sceneit.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice, sceneit.
ReplyDeleteyour clearly an idiot because saying a player was shut down isnt negative! if he said oh well the team completely sucks now then yes thats negative, as a writer you are supposed to analyze the game and write what actually happened...saying something great and positive after that game wouldnt be good writing because it wouldnt be true
ReplyDeleteWell hrebels82, how good of friends are you to Brain? Are you a writer too???
ReplyDeleteno im not a writer and im actually really good friends with brian. what does that have to do with anything?
ReplyDeletedon't call anyone an idiot on here. yes brian was negative with his writing because they didn't play the greatest game ever. but if he was a true fan he would still speak positive about his friends/players because they aren't going to win every single game. They worked hard and i believe dave and eddie worked hard as well. it was clear that he singled them out which wasn't right. they play as a team, win as a team, and loose as a team, it was a team effort. brian needs to think twice and realize that some of the howell hockey players do no appreciate the negativity.
ReplyDeletethere was nothing positive to speak about the performance! losing 7-2 isnt exactly great and he never said that dave and eddie didnt play hard, he said they were shut down which clearly was true considering the final score and he "singled them out" because they are the two best players on the team and clearly when they dont deliver an outstanding performance like they do 95% of the time the team doesnt do as good..and too bad if howell hockey players dont like brians writing, its called freedom of speech and brian can say whatever he wants
ReplyDeleteThank you hockeyfantic3, it is not all about winning, it is not all about loosing, it's about being positive. It is about routing your classmates on, and not individually naming players when things aren't going your way.
ReplyDeleteyour like blaming it on eddie and ramos. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. oh, and i have the freedom of speech to comment on this too.
ReplyDeleteim not blaming it on dave and eddie! im saying that if they get shadowed or shut down then it is harder for the team to make plays..look when we played township and we had hodes shadow talamo or however you spell his name..he was a non factor. im saying when you take out the teams best player or best 2 players it is hard for the team to succeed. and yes you do have freedom of speech to comment this i never said you didnt..and that positive line is bullshit. you write based on how the team performed
ReplyDeletewell, if ramos scored 2 goals how was he "shut down" he wasn't really a non factor as much as they wanted. they also needed defense which wasn't there. my positive line isn't bullshit. you fans suck because once a game doesn't go how every wants you all write bad about the player, and leave before the game even ended.
ReplyDeleteno i didnt mean your positive line i was talking to the other person..and im sure we suck we have tons of fans at every game..and yes he did have two goals but once again he couldnt do what he usually does...which is set up other players with goal scoring opportunites, just like talamo from township when we had him shadowed..he scored on us but couldnt set his teammates up
ReplyDeletethe other person is correct with their positive line too. ramos did as much as he could, i don't think brian should have singled him out. im sick of this stupid blog stuff. i thought brian was friends with ramos and eddie but apparently not.
ReplyDeleteok well who else would he have talked about in the blog? some other random player who didnt do anything? and brian is friends with them so you need to just chill with that...he spoke about dave and eddie cause they are who the people who read the blog want to hear about, whether it be positive or negative...not all sports blogs have to be positive
ReplyDeletewell your pretty much saying ramos and eddie didn't do anything either but brian spoke about them.
ReplyDeletewhat else is he supposed to say? yes we all know dave and eddie are GREAT players and no one is saying they arent..but players of all levels take criticism in their careers and it is meant to motivate them..and i dont see dave and eddie complaining and i dont think you speak for them.
ReplyDeletewhat are you saying? you clearly don't know anything about these players.
ReplyDeleteno clearly you dont..because dave and eddie dont care if someone writes a "negative" blog about them because they are true athletes who dont let criticism bother them, and just move on after the team plays a bad game..and who are you to even talk, first of all no one knows who you are and i didnt see your name in the blog
ReplyDeleteoh really? im pretty sure i know more than you do.
ReplyDeleteclearly not cause i talk to dave and he doesnt complain about these"negative" blogs that seem to bother you so much
ReplyDeleteoh, and you are?
ReplyDeletewouldnt you like to know..your the one who started shit hiding behind your computer...why dont you give your name since this bothers you so much
ReplyDeletei started shit? i wasn't the one talking about the howell rebels.
ReplyDeletewhatever dude your not worth my time
ReplyDeletelisten, if you know me so well, and you should if you've been to every game, you knowv I don't do this because it's a little newsletter for the hockey team.
ReplyDeleteMy dream is to be a sports journalist, I'm majoring in it and I know how to do it.
I think I do a damn good job so please leave this alone.
And you should be glad to know that because of what you've done, I am stepping down as a Howell blogger.
Thanks a lot.
HockeyFanatic3. Stop. I don't mean to bring this back up, but Brian speaks the truth. He, in no way, bashes the team. They know how they did, and I think they would agree. He singles Dave and Eddie out because, as said in Remember the Titans, "Attitude reflects leadership". Now, though they may not have been shut down (Ramos scoring both the goals), they did not play up to usual performance level. Whenever Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, or any other star has a bad night (just like Dave or Eddie rarely have), the loss is not put on their shoulders, but they are a factor. I love those guys, but I didn't see the fire I usually see twice or three times a week from them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am a huge fan. Probably one of the biggest out there. You'll recognize that I am there every game cheering them on. I was there an hour early to the game, and i left as the buzzer rang. I stood there with head in hands, not because I turned on my team, but I wasn't exactly proud of the performance. Does this make me a bad fan? No, it makes me human. When I read Brian's blogs, I think of them as constructive criticism. His "bashing on the players" isn't bashing at all. It's a challenge for them to prove him wrong. When they read this and see that he said they were out-hustled, I know for a fact they are coming out firing on Monday to show everyone why they are a great team. Brian doesn't turn on the Howell Rebels, he puts them up to the challenge.
Plus, as a journalist, you are supposed to tell the game as it is. Anyone in that arena would have agreed with what Brian said. In a game where TR South ruled the ice, it wouldn't have made sense to add that the Rebels worked hard all game. He tells it how it is.
Brian, keep writing. I know of more people that love your writing rather than hate it. Don't ignore these people though. Just as you challenge these players to do better, these critiques of your writing should be your challenge. I know you'll show them.
well put bobby well put..i fully agree with everything you said
ReplyDeleteokay well this was dumb. brian your a great writer and you have been on point or close to it in every single one of your blogs about this team. maybe to the dismay of certain people but this was motivation for us when he said we needed to skate and thats coming from me so i know what i am talking about. so what if he talks negatively all sports writers do he is doing his job we dont live in a ra ra world no if we suck we suck and we did agaisnt trs. as for his writing my whole family reads his blogs so he has to do something really well. your have my backing brian you keep on writing till you cant anymore. maybe you can take me to a game one day ha. Peras #28
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