Pirates 5 - Knights 5

This was a sloppy game all around by the Knights who faced off against a 6 man speedy Pirate team with an exceptional goalie. Knights were chasing the Pirates most of the first half and could not get any rhythm or consistency in their play. The second half being down Knights made another successful comeback to take it to overtime where the game ended in a draw.

Pirates scored 3 PP goals 2 of them on costly but questionable penalties taken by the Tank. They then scored 2 goals because of sloppy team defense. Knights were down 4-2 at the half and scored 3 goals latter part of the second half to take it to overtime. Bal "I'm at only 67.4%" Mattu scored 2 timely goals keeping the Knights in the game. The Tank who sat himself out as punishment for the first 2 penalties exploded in the latter part of the 2nd half when needed. The Tank who returned to the lineup after a 4 game absence due to a serious tear of ligaments in right ankle led the charge and scored a key goal to bring the Knights to 5-4 with 6 minutes to play. The Tank intercepted a pass in the neutral zone, then skillfully weaved his way through 2 Pirates unleashing a hard wrist shot which beat Pirate goalie short side down low. With the Pirates now on their heals on the PP Asif "Koivu" Lalani tied the game at 5 a piece with a scrum in front of the Pirates net. Mandy "Twinkle Toes" Parmar had a tough game on defense but kept his spirits up by the Tanks post game pep talk quoted "Tera butha kidha da buniya see bench tey? Koi na agli vary changa khaidain ga saliyaa!!!".

3 Stars
1st Star - Nathan Brown
2nd Star - Bal Mattu
3rd Star - Asif Lalani

Stats - Penalties
Bal Mattu - 2G
Clayton Weston - 1G 1A
Nathan Brown - 2A - 2 minutes, tripping
Asif Lalani - 1G 1A
Gur Randhawa - 1G - 6 minutes - slashing(4), tripping(2)
Bindy Aulukh - 1A
Ryan Bhala - 1A
Mark Melim - 1A
Kevin Singh - 4 minutes unsportsmanlike

Week 3 Double Header: Knights 6 - Giants 5

The game started out with a shot from the right point beating Robbie down low. Ryan Bhala then deked the goalie down low to even up the score. Giants and Knights then exchanged goals both shots from the point. Giants then took a 4 minute slashing penalty and Knights scored 2 goals taking the lead into the half 3-2. In the second half Giants tied it up right away with another shot from the point. The Giants then on the PP took the lead 5-3. Knights were down by 2 goals late in the second half and Giants with all the momentum. Clayton Weston beat Giants goalie up high with 3 minutes left. Kevin Singh then had his best shift taking the ball at the point moving laterally put a shot past Giants goalie 5 hole who was coming across the crease to face the shot. With the game tied at 2 minutes left, the winning goal came with :22 seconds left in the game coming on a nice feed from Asif "Koivu" Lalani to Sean Phair beating Giants goal high glove side. This was a battle from start to finish in show of skill, speed and some nice ball movement. The Knights showed alot of character and composure in this game.

Special note, Gur's nephew Inderbir "Kamikazee" Hundal played an outstanding game giving the Knights excellent back checking, hustle and speed down the right side. This was Inder's 1st league game, being 20 yrs of age he will only get better going forward.

3 Stars
1st star - Kevin Singh
2nd star - Asif Lalani
3rd star - Sean Phair

Stats Penalties
Kevin Singh - 1G, 4A Bal Mattu - 2 min, ptm
Asif Lalani - 1G, 3A Balu Gill - 2 min, interference
Clayton Weston - 2G, 1A Sean Phair - 2 min, roughing
Ryan Bhala - 1G, 1A Sandip Dulay - 2 min, holding
Sean Phair - 1G
Kulvir Kaila - 1A
Bal Mattu - 1A
Sandip Dulay - 1A

Week 3 Double Header: Giants 2 - Knights 4

The speedy Giants started the game strong moving the ball well deep inside Knights zone. After a few initial saves by Robby Knights picked up their game and Ryan Bhala opened the scoring with a wicked shot top corner from a feed from the Clayton "The Machine" Weston. The score being 2-2 late in the 1st half, with just a second left Kal made a perfect pass to Bindy "All in" Aulukh who nicely beat the Giants netminder glove side giving knights the lead going into the second half. The second half Knights got their legs going and controlled most of the play scoring another one to close out the game. This was a fast paced back and forth game, both goalies played outstanding. Kal Sanghera was a force in this game distributing the ball very well and making key plays.

1st star - Ryan "Look ma i got hands" Bhala
2nd star - Kal Sanghera
3rd star - Rob Kahle

Stats
Ryan Bhala - 1 G 1 A
Clayton Weston - 2 G 1 A
Mark Melim - 1 A
Kal Sanghera - 2 A
Bindy Aulukh - 1 G

Week 2: Sabres 3 - Knights 5

Knights started this game without 5 of their regular star players specifically Gur, Asif, Dipper, Kal, Bindy/Gary. We were outplayed today by the speedy and skilled Sabre team. Knights top line Clayton, Mark and Ryan combined for 10 points scoring all 5 goals. Knights took the lead despite being outplayed. Sabres tied it up minutes later by crashing the net and picking up a loose ball. Mark then deked the goalie to put the Knights up 2-1. Sabres again tied it with a shot from the left side beating Robbie 5 hole. In the second half Clayton got a brutal high stick in the face and was cut deeply, Sabres player Reggie Gill was ejected from the game and Knights had a 10 minute PP. Clayton returned late in the powerplay and scored another beauty top corner. Clayton ended up with 3 goals and 2 assists. Nathan Brown made his debut this game with 3 helpers and moved the ball very well back on D. Ryan Bhala had an excellent game as well, he was a force on the right side controlling the ball and making plays.

On the downside the other 2 lines (mostly spares) were non-existent and were luckily bailed out by the top line. Moving up the spare list was speedy 18 yr old Harvir Sidhu who controlled the ball on the left side single handedly beating Sabres left right and center. He was hard to knock of the ball and played brilliantly with 5 shots on net. He will only get better playing with the big boys.

1st star - Clayton "The Machine" Weston
2nd star - Mark "" Melim
3rd star - Ryan "Look ma i got hands" Bhala

Stats Penalties
Clayton - 3G, 2A Mandy - 4 minutes, Interference and Holding
Nathan - 3A Dave - 4 minutes, Roughing and Interference
Mark - 1G, 2A Kevin - 2 minutes, Unsportsmanlike
Ryan - 1G, 1A
Mandy - 2A

Week 1: Knights 4 - Generals 5

In a rematch from last years semi-final these Knights and Generals kick off the 2007/2008 season with Generals pulling out a victory in last 3 minutes with a PP goal from the point. Knights scored the first goal with Generals evening it up minutes later on the PP. Knights took the lead 2 more times with Generals tieing up each time on the PP. Knights looked very tentative in this game compared to General's who were in mid-season form. Newcomers Mark Melim and Kal Sanghera added some much needed scoring. In the end Knights took 7 penalties with 4 of them resulting in PP goals.

1st star - Rob Kahle
2nd star - Mark "tdb" Melim
3rd star - Asif "give me another swig" Lalani