The incredible battle of the “Bulldogs” and the “Saints”

Saturday, January 25, 2014

It was a great game, with lots of efforts put forward by The Saints and The Bulldogs. During the first period the bulldogs scored the first goal. A smooth pass by Lorne to Jerry gave the bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Brandy from the saints scores a beautiful goal near the 7 minute mark to tie the game up 1-1. The first period ends 2 to 1 for the saints as Brandy scores a nice one with 25 seconds left. At the beginning of the second period Eli makes a nice save then Lorne clears it down to the other end. As Meghan plays a great defensive role for her team staying near the center line, making beautiful passes and clearing the ball. Bryan who plays defence on the saints scores a beautiful goal assisted brandy making it 3-1. Jerry scores a great goal at the 2 minute mark of the second period to make it a 3-2 game going in to the third period. To start of the third period Lorne scores a goal around a busy net with many players attempting to clear it to tie it up 3-3. Tracey on the saints has made some good saves during the game and has cleared some shots. Don on the saints scores a wild shot with 5:40 seconds left in the third to make it 4-3. At the 1:17 mark of the third period the saints play short-handed and Lorne scores the final goal from Jerry to tie the game 4-4! Great Job by both teams!

Wolves routs Mustangs

January 25, 2014 – Wolves vs Mustangs (Boxscore)

It was all about the Wolves in a one-sided affair in the 6-1 win over the Mustangs.

In the first period Mike Iacovene opened with a short-handed goal for the Mustangs that beat the goalie Torrance Ho five hole. Saverio Romano tied it at one and he also scored a late one to help the Wolves take a one goal lead.

In the second period Saverio scored a hat trick for the Wolves to take a commanding 5-1 lead. One of the goals was assisted by Matt Vocino.

In the third period Saverio scored his sixth goal of the game. It was a great defensive effort in the second half of the third period where the Wolves took a barrage of shots from the Mustangs.

Honorable Mentions: Krista Bath for the Wolves and Mitchell Stark for the Mustangs.

Kings check Lake Raiders

Saturday Jan 25th 2014 2:30pm -3:30pm. After the Lake Raiders handed the Kings their first loss of the season on Nov. 30th it was payback time. The action started early as the Kings struck first on a lone goal by Kirk Ashman at 1:19. both sides played hard but the Kings broke out a 2-0 lead on another Kirk Ashman (Jordan Lavoie) goal at 11:39. The second frame saw much of the same as Kirk Ashman (Jordan Lavoie) netted his third for the hat trick at 7:45. At 8:53 the Lake Raiders got on the board when a Jeremy Schofield snap shot beat Kings net minder Leo Xu for a 3-1 score. 8:53 saw Lake Raider Erin Vassilakos (Jeremy Schofield) score her 13th on the season seeing the Lake Raiders claw back within 1 to end the second. Any hopes of a Lake Raiders comeback were dashed as Jordan Lavoie (Kirk Ashman) pounced on a juicy rebound giving the Kings a 4-2 lead. just over 6 minutes
later a Kirk Ashman solo effort sealed the deal for the 5-2 final.

GoalieCam photo by Neil Mercer

Kings and Bulldogs plays to a tie in low-scoring game

January 18, 2014 – Kings vs Bulldogs (Boxscore)

In the first game of 2014 the kings and Bulldogs tie 1–1 in a defensive affair.

Lorne Donnelly opened the scoring for the Bulldogs in the first period to give them a 1–0 lead, assisted by Meghan.

In the second period Jordan got the Kings on the board late in the period to tie the game at 1–1, assisted by Brent.

It was a scoreless third period.The Bulldogs had two chances on the power play with kirk and Marshall in the penalty box for the Kings, but were unable to capitalize to keep the score tied.

Hon. mention goes to both teams for their amazing defensive efforts.

Wheelchair Dance Program Pilot Starting in April!

UPDATE 2: We will be starting in April 2014. There's still a few more space remaining!

UPDATE: Space is limited to 10 participants and deadline to register is Friday, February 14th!

Hi everyone, i'm Torrance's brother Terrence. Our mom has wished there be a wheelchair dance program in Toronto for many years. So this year we at Equal Grounds will be piloting a wheelchair dance program!

Starting in March we will pilot a 4 week dance program! If you love music and dance this is your opportunity to feel the beat.

You can register to the 4 week dance program below. It's pay what you can, as the program will be powered by Equal Grounds.

Online Ticketing for Wheelchair Dance Program Pilot, Powered by Equal Grounds powered by Eventbrite

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @terrencewkho. For those of you not familiar with wheelchair dance, here are a few examples of it:

Wolves and Saints stays tied in the standings

January 18, 2014 – Wolves vs Saints (Boxscore)

Photo by Esther

In a back and forth affair the Wolves and Saints played to a 5-5 tie, in the first game of 2014.

In the first period, Saverio opened the scoring for the Wolves, assisted by Sharmin Alam. Braden answered for the Saints to tie the game at one on a strange play where he deflected Saverio's clearing attempt in front of the net.

In the second period Saverio opened with two goals to give the Wolves a 3-1 lead. However, Brandy and Don answered for the Saints with two late goals.

In the third period the Saints took their first lead of the game at 4-3. Saverio answered with two more goals for the Wolves to take a 5-4 lead. Don once again tied it for the Saints to finish off a wild game.

Honorable Mention: The goalies Torrance Ho and Tracey Taylor.

Lake Raiders stand tall against Mustangs in 2014 opener

Saturday Jan 18th 2014 1:30pm -2:30pm. In their first meeting of the new year the Lake Raiders looked to avenge the Nov. 23rd 5 -1 loss at the hands of the Mustangs. The scoring started at 6:45 with Mike Iacovone (Brad Gordon) potting a loose ball for the periods lone goal seeing the Mustangs take a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. The second frame of this chess match saw Jeremy Schofield tie things up on a solo effort at 9:51. Then just over 2 minutes later a Jeremy Schofield shot was redirected by Alicia Palma to Erin Vassilakos who banged in the tie breaker and eventual game winner at 11:53 of the second. The 3rd saw no scoring as goaltenders Brad Gordon and Neil Mercer where unbeatable bringing this very tight game to a 2-1 Lake Raiders final.

2013 Year in Review, Toronto Power Outage & Happy 2014!

I hope all of you have survived the 2013 Toronto Power Outage and now have power. I spent four days stuck at home without power but thankfully had a gas stove, enough blankets, a friends cat and family around to keep me warm.

It's almost been in a year since SportsEnables.Me started, here are my reflections of the successes:

• Continued success with TPWHL summaries
• Exclusive content partnership provider for TPWHL
• Grown the SportsEnables.Me team to three people (myself, Donald Barrie and Neil Mercer)
• My favourite articles:
1. Interviewing the TPWHL coaches (Bulldogs, Saints and more to come)
2. PowerHockey Cup
3. Don's PowerHockey Experience

In the 2014 new year we hope:

• Cover a variety of accessible sports, especially around the 2015 Toronto Para-Pan
• Bring you more coverage of Power Hockey locally
• Grow our team of writers

I would like to wish all of you a successful new year!