2006-07  REGULAR SEASON SCORING

 

 

 

GP

G

A

PTS

PM

GWG

Myron Fiks

12

12

23

35

0

3

Guy Sever

12

14

10

24

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

12

5

9

14

2

0

Darren Warbeck

14

7

6

13

2

1

Jim Moore

12

10

2

12

4

0

Bryan Wiebe

10

3

2

5

2

0

James Antonick

2

2

1

3

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

12

2

1

3

2

0

Rob Moore

14

1

2

3

2

0

Tristen Carlson

7

0

0

0

0

0

Jim Heim

14

0

0

0

0

0

Total

14

56

56

112

14

4

 

2006-07 REGULAR SEASON GOALTENDING

 

 

GP

W

L

T

GA

SO

EN

AVG

Jim Heim

14

4

7

3

68

0

0

4.86

Total

14

4

7

3

68

0

0

4.86

 

2006-07 PLAY-OFF  SCORING

 

 

GP

G

A

PTS

PM

GWG

Myron Fiks

5

3

4

7

4

0

Jim Moore

5

4

0

4

0

1

Guy Sever

4

1

1

2

0

0

Darren Warbeck

2

0

1

1

0

0

Bryan Wiebe

5

1

0

1

4

0

Jason Allard

2

1

0

1

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

5

0

1

1

2

0

Patrick Nikolaus

5

0

1

1

0

0

Rob Moore

4

0

0

0

0

0

Tristen Carlson

3

0

0

0

0

0

Jim Heim

5

0

0

0

0

0

Total

5

10

8

18

10

1

 

2006-07 PLAY-OFF  GOALTENDING

 

 

GP

W

L

GA

SO

EN

AVG

Jim Heim

5

3

2

10

1

0

2.00

Total

5

3

2

10

1

0

2.00

 

Division 8 Standings

 

 

GP

W

L

T

PTS

Bladerunners

14

8

3

3

19

B’Z

14

7

4

3

17

Banman Trucking

14

7

5

2

16

Blackhawks

14

7

6

1

15

Bulldogs

14

6

5

3

15

Pylons

14

5

7

2

12

Apocalypse Now

14

4

7

3

11

Grand Beach

14

2

9

3

7

 

 

REGULAR SEASON

 

Game 1 Apocalypse Now 7, Grand Beach Beer Bellies 3

 

OLD EX – January 7, 2007 – Myron Fiks and Guido Sever each had a hat-trick as they led the Apocalypse to victory on Sunday afternoon. But with all the bellyaching going on after the game, you would have thought that it was Apocalypse who had been blown out.  The Bellies were playing without their regular goaltender and had no spares.  “We should have had twice as many goals,” a visibly upset Patrick Nikolaus mumbled. <b>Late Hits:</b> The Apocalypse Now have not lost a season opener since the 2002-03 season...Fiks has scored the season opening goal 2 years in a row and 3 out of the last 4. The 3 season opening goals ties Wrobleski and Joe Moore's record...Fiks also scored the game winner which is his 4th consecutive game winning goal which breaks the record set by Sever and Rob Moore...It was a big game for Myron as he also passed Gary Ledrew to move into 7th place on the all-time scoring list.

 

Scoring Summary

First Period

  1. Fiks  1 (Sever)

       Pen: Wiebe 2min Tripping

Second Period

  1. Sever 1 (Wrobleski)
  2. Fiks  2 (Nikolaus)
  3. Fiks  3 (Sever)
  4. Wiebe  1 (Fiks)
  5. Sever  2 (J. Moore)

Third Period

  1. Sever  3 (Fiks)

      Goalies: Jim Heim 1-0-0

 

Skaters                                   Goals                      Assists

Jeff Wrobleski                      0                              1

Myron Fiks                            3                              2

Guido Sever                          3                              2

Bryan Wiebe                         1                              0

Patrick Nikolaus                    0                              1

Jim Moore                             0                              1

Rob Moore                            0                              0

Darren Warbeck                  0                              0

 

 

Game 2  Apocalypse Now 2, Blackhawks  7

OLD EX  January 8, 2007 – The Blackhawks found their offense and broke out against the Apocalypse team running and running to a 7-2 win. "Terrible," was how Apocalypse defenseman, Jeff Wrobleski described the outing. "We put up a fight for 10 minutes, then there was no fight after that."  Apocalypse was sluggish and disorganized at the start as the Blackhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Guy Sever and Jim Moore scored goals 2 minutes apart in the second quarter to make it 3-2 but that was as close as they would come.   Late Hits: Apocalypse were without Myron Fiks who was in Seattle…Mike Allard has confirmed that he will be in the lineup for Thursday’s game against the Pylons.

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Blackhawks

1

2

4

7

Apocalypse

0

2

0

2

 

First Period
no scoring
Pen: R. Moore 2min (tripping)

Second Period
Sever
4 (Warbeck)
J. Moore
1 (Wrobleski)

Third Period
no scoring

Goalies: Jim Heim 1-1-0

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

1

0

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

0

1

Darren Warbeck

0

1

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Rob Moore

0

0

Jim Moore

1

0


Game 3 – Apocalypse Now 3,  Pylons 5

 

OLD EX  January 11, 2007 – The bottom fell out on the weather and on the Apocalypse defence. With frigid temperatures and without Mike Allard or Bryan Wiebe on the blue line, Apocalypse were put to the test and failed. The Pylons picked up where they left off in last year’s play-offs and came away with a 5-3 victory. After The Pylons took a 1-0 lead in the first period, the Horsemen countered with a strange goal by Jim Moore. His wrist shot from the slot appeared to go in but had actually hit the post. As the puck lay in the crease, the goalie knocked it in himself. “I wasn’t sure what the call was,” Moore said afterward. “I knew that I had hit the post but everyone just seemed to stop. I guess we needed a few more of those to win.” The Pylons seemed to have taken control during a dominant third period in which they shut down the Apocalypse offence and scored their insurance goal.  Late Hits: Darren Warbeck was playing in his 20th regular season game…The Apocalypse have not scored more than one goal in the first period this season…Tuesday’s game vs. the Blackhawks was Jeff Wrobleski’s 300th regular season game.  He joins Rob Moore in the over 300 game club.

 

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Pylons

1

3

1

5

Apocalypse

1

2

0

3

Scoring Summary

First Period
J. Moore 2 (Sever)

Second Period
R. Moore 1 (Wrobleski)

Wrobleski 1 (Sever)

Third Period
No Scoring

Goalies: Jim Heim 1-2-0

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

0

2

Jeff Wrobleski

1

1

Darren Warbeck

0

0

Rob Moore

1

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Jim Moore

1

0

 Game 4 – Apocalypse Now 6, Bulldogs  4

OLD EX – January 14, 2007 – Myron Fiks scored the tiebreaking goal with 50 seconds left in the game as the Apocalypse Now rallied past the Bulldogs. Fiks snagged the long pass from Guy Sever and with a nifty shot from a difficult angle put his team ahead. Jim Moore clinched it with an empty netter. Late Hits: Jeff Wrobleski has been playing with a fractured thumb since the second exhibition game… Bryan Wiebe confessed that he missed the last game because he forgot about it…Fiks got the game winning goal again which extends his record to 5 in a row.

Scoring Summary
First Period
Sever 5 (Fiks)

Second Period
Sever 6 (Fiks)
J. Moore 3 (Wrobleski)

Third Period
Fiks 4 (Wrobleski)
Fiks 5 (Sever)
J. Moore 4 (Wrobleski) (en)

Goalies: Jim Heim 2-2-0

 

Skaters                                   Goals                      Assists

Jeff Wrobleski                      0                              3

Guido Sever                          2                              1

Myron Fiks                            2                              2

Bryan Wiebe                         0                              0

Rob Moore                            0                              0

Jim Moore                             2                              0

Darren Warbeck                  0                              0

Patrick Nikolaus                   0                              0

               

Game 5 – Apocalypse Now 2, Bladerunners  2

 

OLD EX  January 15, 2007 – The Apocalypse Now playing in their second game in as many nights, were fortunate to escape with a point against the Bladerunners. “Jim Heim made some huge saves”, Myron Fiks shouted after the game.   After a scoreless first period, the Bladerunners lured Jim Heim out of the net and pocketed the puck behind him.  Heimy was roaming a bit but was able to dodge the bullets fired at him.  It then appeared that the Runners were prepared to play solid defense and sit on their lead. Once it got to the third period, Fiks saved the day again by taking a distant pass from Bryan Wiebe and not giving up until it was in the net. He took several whacks at the puck and eventually was able to elevate a shot over the Bladerunner goalie. The Runners added another goal in the 3rd period but Apocalypse battled from behind to force the tie game.  Late Hits: Myron Fiks has 11 points in 3 games. He now has 99 career regular season goals…Jeff Wrobleski was held off the score sheet for the first time since February 9, 2006 in a 4-2 loss to the Pylons.  He has scored 2 goals and added 10 assists in the 7 game streak.

 

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Apocalypse

0

0

2

2

Bladerunners

0

1

1

2

 

First Period
no scoring

Second Period
no scoring

Third Period
Fiks
6 (Wiebe)

Fiks 7 (Sever)

 

Goalies: Jim Heim 2-2-1

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Myron Fiks

2

0

Guy Sever

0

1

Bryan Wiebe

0

1

Jeff Wrobleski

0

0

Darren Warbeck

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Rob Moore

0

0

Jim Moore

0

0

 

Game 6 – Apocalypse Now 3, Banman Trucking 3

 

OLD EX  January 21, 2007 – The experts predicted that Banman Trucking would have an easy time with Apocalypse. Early on, it looked like the experts were right, but the Apocalypse team silenced the critics by coming from behind to salvage a tie. Banman was up 3-0 when Darren Warbeck got the train on track by scoring with 2 seconds left in the second period. Apocalypse dominated in the third period but couldn’t get the winning goal by the Banman goaltender. <b>Late Hits:</b> Myron Fiks’ became the 6th member of the elite 100 goal club and with his 2 points passed Rob Moore and moved into 6th place in all-time scoring... Rob Moore is questionable for Saturday’s game with a lower body injury…Warbeck’s goal was his first this year…Jim Moore doubled the team’s penalty total for the year with his temper tantrum in the second period.

 

Scoring Summary

First Period

no scoring

Second Period

Warbeck 1 (Wrobleski)

Pen: J. Moore 2min (slashing) 2min (roughing)

Third Period

Fiks 8 (Wiebe)

Wrobleski 2 (Fiks)

 

Goalies: Jim Heim 2-2-2

 

Skaters                                     Goals                        Assists

Guido Sever                             0                              0

Myron Fiks                               1                              1

Jeff Wrobleski                         1                              1

Rob Moore                              0                              0

Bryan Wiebe                            0                              1

Darren Warbeck                       1                              0

Patrick Nikolaus                       0                              0

Jim Moore                               0                              0             

 

 

Game 7 - Apocalypse Now 10,   The B’Z 3 

 

OLD EX  January 27, 2007: The B’Z made mistakes, over and over again, against a team full of scorers ready to take advantage. Guy Sever had four goals and an assist, Myron Fiks extended his game winning goal streak to 6 games and Darren Warbeck scored a hat-trick as Apocalypse Now came to play on Saturday night.  But it was the Horsemen’s early explosion – four goals in the first period -- that set the table.  Sever picked up a loose puck and finished a 2-on-2 rush with a quick wrister 5 minutes into the game and then 2 minutes later , he made a B’Z defenseman pay for a turnover near his own net and the rout was on.  The Apocalypse have not scored more than 1 goal in the first period since February 11, 2006 against the Yogic Flyers, a stretch of 9 games. "When we had chances tonight," Warbeck said, "we buried them."  Late Hits:  Fiks assisted on six of the games tallies, and now has 11 assists, 8 shy of the team record. He has 15 points in his last four games. ...The last time Apocalypse scored 10 or more goals in a game was against Totally Confused on January 9, 2005. If playing against a goalie counts, then you have to go back to 2004 and a 10-3 win over the Blue Devilz …Mid-season acquisition, Tristan Carlson was playing his first game for Apocalypse.

 

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Apocalypse

4

1

5

10

B’Z

2

0

1

3

Scoring Summary

First Period
Sever 7 (Fiks)

Sever 8 (Fiks)

Warbeck 2 (Fiks)

Fiks 9 (Sever)

Second Period
Sever 9 (Fiks)

Third Period
Warbeck 3 (Fiks)

Warbeck 4 (Wrobleski)

Wrobleski 3 (Warbeck)

Sever 10 (Fiks)

Wrobleski 4 (Warbeck)

Goalies: Jim Heim 3-2-2

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

4

1

Myron Fiks

1

6

Jeff Wrobleski

2

1

Darren Warbeck

3

2

Rob Moore

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

 Game 8 - Apocalypse Now 2,  Bladerunners  9       

OLD EX  January 29, 2007 – Apocalypse Now finally hit a road block in the Bladerunners.  The centreman with the white jersey almost single-handedly snapped the Apocalypse 4-game undefeated streak, leading Blades to a decisive 9-2 victory on Monday night. Apocalypse came out sluggish and looked a little stagnant. Everything went wrong," Jim Heim said "Turnovers, our coverage wasn't very good in our zone.” Late Hits: Jeff Wrobleski will miss the double header on Saturday.  It will be the first time he has missed a game since the 1998-99 season, 8 years ago…This was the first loss for Apocalypse this year with Myron Fiks in the lineup.

 

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Bladerunners

3

3

3

9

Apocalypse

1

0

1

2

 

First Period
Sever
11 (Wrobleski)

Second Period
no scoring

Third Period
Warbeck
5 (Fiks)

Pen: Warbeck 2min body contact

 

Goalies: Jim Heim 3-3-2

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

1

0

Myron Fiks

0

1

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

0

1

Darren Warbeck

1

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Rob Moore

0

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

 Game 9 - Apocalypse Now 7,  Banman Trucking  3      

OLD EX – February 3, 2007 –The unexpected happened when the domesticated Apocalypse team visited one of the division’s best teams. Playing with out Guy Sever and Jeff Wrobleski, Apocalypse loosened up and let go with a 7-3 win over Banman Trucking.  Jim Moore notched his first hat-trick of the year and Myron Fiks had a goal and 5 helpers. Late Hits: Jeff Wrobleski missed his first game in 8 years and everyone noticed. “It was so quiet and relaxing on the ice” an anonymous Apocalypse player said afterwards, “Usually it feels like I have my mother out there yelling at me all the time”…James Antonick was playing his first game for Apocalypse after being scouted by Darren Warbeck. He contributed a goal and did not look out of place…Fiks’ string of game winning goals ended at 6 games which is a new record…Jim Moore’s goal in the third period was the first goal this year that either Fiks, Sever or Wrobleski were not involved in.

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Banman

1

0

2

3

Apocalypse

0

3

4

7

 

First Period

No scoring


Second Period
Fiks
10 (J. Moore)

J. Moore 5 (Fiks)

J. Moore 6 (Fiks)

Third Period
Warbeck
6 (Fiks)

J. Moore 7 (R. Moore)

Antonick 1 (Fiks)

Warbeck 7 (Fiks)

 

Goalies: Jim Heim 4-3-2

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Myron Fiks

1

5

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Jim Moore

3

1

Darren Warbeck

2

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Rob Moore

0

1

James Antonick

1

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

 

Game 10 - Apocalypse Now 4,  B’Z  4    

OLD EX – February 3, 2007 – The defense provided the most of the goals, and they pointed to goaltender Jim Heim as the difference as Apocalypse walked away with a last minute tie with the B’Z.  With Apocalypse forward, Jim Moore back covering him, Patrick Nikolaus broke down the right side, took a centering pass from Myron Fiks in the slot and buried it into a wide open right side for his 1st goal of the season. Minutes later and with seconds left in the game and with Jim Heim on the bench, Nikolaus got the puck again in the B’Z crease and banged away at it until it went in. When asked to comment on his game opening goal, Bryan Wiebe replied, “How many guys does it take to get a free pizza at Boogies?” Late Hits: The temperature at game time was close to minus 40 with the wind chill…Wiebe will be a healthy scratch from the next 2 games as he vacations in a warmer climate…Fiks needs just 2 helpers to break the all time assist record of 19.

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

B’Z

1

2

1

4

Apocalypse

2

0

2

4

 

First Period

Wiebe 2 (Warbeck)

Antonick 2 (R. Moore)


Second Period
no scoring

Third Period
Nikolaus
1 (Fiks)

Nikolaus 2 (Antonick)

 

Goalies: Jim Heim 4-3-3

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Myron Fiks

0

1

Bryan Wiebe

1

0

Jim Moore

0

0

Darren Warbeck

0

1

Patrick Nikolaus

2

0

Rob Moore

0

1

James Antonick

1

1

Tristan Carlson

0

0

 Game 11 - Apocalypse Now 1,  Blackhawks 2

VALLEY GARDENS – February 11, 2007 – Apocalypse Now lost to the Blackhawks on Sunday afternoon by a score of 2-1. “We let Heimy down." Guy Sever said before running to his Kiss Army game. After scoring early in the first period, the offense was shut down. "We didn't have enough players show up," Jeff Wrobleski said. "It seems like the same eight or nine guys keep coming to play, then we have too many passengers. They (Blackhawks) deserved to win, and we deserved what we got." Late Hits: Myron Fiks tied the age old assists record with his 19th of the season. He now shares the record with Wrobleski, Guy Sever and Darren Woo …The one goal scored was the fewest this year. The last time Apocalypse only scored one goal or less in a game was against the Reapers a year ago…Bryan Wiebe missed his first game of two.

 

Scoring Summary
First Period
Sever
13 (Fiks)
Pen: Nikolaus 2min (holding)

Second Period
no scoring


Third Period
no scoring


Goalies: Jim Heim 4-4-3

 

Skaters                                    Goals                       Assists

Guido Sever                            1                              0

Myron Fiks                             0                              1

Jeff Wrobleski                        0                              0

Tristan Carlson                        0                              0

Darren Warbeck                     0                              0

Patrick Nikolaus                     0                              0

Rob Moore                              0                              0

Jim Moore                              0                              0

 

 

Game 12 – Apocalypse Now 3,  Bulldogs 8

 

VALLEY GARDENS – February 11, 2007 – Look out WSPHL, the Bulldogs are showing signs of getting back on track. They won their sixth game in a row by crushing the Apocalypse Now, 8-3 on Sunday Afternoon. It was the second game of a double-header, they were missing their defensive anchor, Bryan Wiebe, and someone forgot to tie Jim Heim’s bungee cord to the net…but the Apocalypse players were not looking for excuses. “My groin is sore,” Patrick Nikolaus said before boarding a plane to the Dominican Republic with a bunch of young girls. “I think we just secured a B-side finish,” Myron Fiks was heard to moan after the game. Late Hits: Fiks broke the assist record by setting up Jeff Wrobleski’s shot from the slot in the first period. It was also Fik’s 30th point of the year. This was only the second time he’s cracked that barrier in his 8 year career…Jim Moore’s goal in the third period was the team’s 50th of the year, which is no where near the 100 goals scored in 2001-02 and 1989-90 or the 101 scored in 1999-00. However, they do have two games left.... the team was so dejected after the game that only one pound of wings was consumed. Jim Heim would normally have ordered two pounds but was also feeling slightly miserable.


Scoring Summary
First Period
Wrobleski
5 (Fiks)

Second Period
Fiks
11 (Warbeck)

Third Period
J. Moore
8 (Sever)

Goalies: Jim Heim 4-5-3

 

Skaters                                     Goals                        assists

Guido Sever                             0                              1

Myron Fiks                               1                              1

Jeff Wrobleski                         1                              0

Jim Moore                               1                              0

Rob Moore                              0                              0

Tristan Carlson                         0                              0

Darren Warbeck                       0                              1

Patrick Nikolaus                       0                              0

 

Game 13 - Apocalypse Now 4, Pylons 8   

 

OLD EX – February 13, 2007 – With an emphatic win in their final game before the play-offs, the Pylons ended Apocalypse Now’s dreams of an A-side championship. Jim Heim was working on all the combinations and permutations (which he completed once his team was down 3-0 in the first period) and it appears these two teams will meet again in the first round of the B-side play-offs. The Pylons struck early and often and Apocalypse was forced to play catch-up which they rarely succeed at.   The Pylons scored on many cross-ice passes and on the one powerplay chance they had.  “We had almost as many chances as they did, but we didn't score.” Jim Moore said while gnawing on a chicken wing bone after the game.   “All the bounces and everything went their way," said Darren Warbeck who was involved in a controversial goal near the end of the game. Guy Sever thought he may have tipped Myron Fiks shot but the consensus afterward was that he did not. Late Hits: Myron Fiks continued to climb the all-time scoring list by reaching the 200 point milestone. He is only 3 assists away from having 100…Jeff Wrobleski and Warbeck were late getting to the game which meant there were no spares for most of the first period…The lifetime record between these two teams is 1-4-1 in the regular season. The Pylons also swept Apocalypse 2 games to zero in the play-offs last year. Apocalypse’s only win was on January 26, 2005…The next game for Apocalypse is against the Beer Bellies which will mean nothing in the standings. It will be an out-and-out stats game.

Final Box

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Apocalypse

0

2

2

4

Pylons

3

3

2

8

Scoring Summary

First Period
no scoring

Second Period
Sever 13 (Fiks)

J. Moore 9 (Fiks)

Third Period
Sever 14 (Fiks)

Fiks 12 (Warbeck)

Pen: Wrobleski 2min(slashing)

Goalies: Jim Heim 4-6-3

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

2

0

Myron Fiks

1

3

Rob Moore

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

0

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

Darren Warbeck

0

1

Jim Moore

1

0

 Game 14 - Apocalypse Now 2, Grand Beach Beer Bellies 7   

OLD EX – February 17, 2007 –The Beer Bellies shadowed Myron Fiks and without his offense, Apocalypse lost their fourth game in a row. They came out flat again like in so many games this year and the Beer bellies went up 2-0 in the first. But instead of folding, the Horsemen scored two second-period goals and tried to make a game of it. Unfortunately the Bellies scored 4 goals in the second and it was basically game over. Late Hits: In the last 3 games Apocalypse has scored 10 goals compared to 23 against…There must be something about the date, February 17th for Myron Fiks. The last time he was left off the score sheet was on that same date last year against the Reapers…Rumour has it that the Pylons have already organized a parade for their B-side championship celebrations.

 

Scoring Summary

First Period
no scoring

Second Period
J. Moore
10 (Sever)
Wiebe 3 (Sever)

Third Period
no scoring


Goalies: Jim Heim 4-7-3

 

Skaters                                     Goals                        assists

Guido Sever                             0                              2

Myron Fiks                               0                              0

Jeff Wrobleski                         0                              0

Jim Moore                               1                              0

Rob Moore                              0                              0

Tristan Carlson                         0                              0

Darren Warbeck                       0                              0

Patrick Nikolaus                       0                              0

Bryan Wiebe                            1                              0

 

2006 -07 PLAYOFFS

 

PLAY-OFFS SEMI-FINALS

Game One – Apocalypse Now 3, The Pylons 2  

 

OLD EX  February 21, 2007 – An angry air of desperation and doubt has been hanging over the Apocalypse Now as they try to pull out of an end-of-season tailspin. Taking the first game of the best of three B-side semi-finals may cure what ails them. 

The Pylons appeared caught off guard when Apocalypse came out in a man to man defense that took away their passing game.  Bryan Wiebe opened the scoring with a sneaky shot and quick reaction to the rebound.   There was no celebration, not so much as a pat on the back or the glint of a smile. Apocalypse was all business. 

Guy Sever made it 2-0 with a tip in of a Myron Fiks shot but the Pylons were not rolling over on this night.   They battled back to tie the game and it looked like an overtime shoot-out was looming.  With 16 seconds remaining and Apocalypse pressing for the go-ahead goal, the Pylons took an interference penalty.  Jeff Wrobleski won the ensuing face-off and it sailed back to Jim Heim. He quickly fired the puck up to Darren Warbeck who saw Jim Moore open at the top of the slot. With 3 seconds left, Moore one-timed the perfect pass and found the top right corner of the net. A hero is born and Apocalypse wins 3-2.  “My groin feels great,” Patrick Nikolaus screamed after the game.

Late Hits: This was Apocalypse Now’s first play-off win since April 7, 2004 when they beat Bloodshot 6-3 to claim the B-side championship…Jim Moore’s soon to be legendary goal was his first play-off game winning goal. With the point, he and Fiks (with his 2 assists) moved into a tie with Rob Moore for 7th place in career play-off scoring with 22 points…Warbeck’s assist was his first play-off point. Frozen Ponders: Apocalypse lost two straight games after winning the play-off opener in February, 2001 against the Golden Geeks. Jim Moore missed the only win; Game One because of a wedding social (his)…The Bulldogs also won their game against the Beer Bellies last night. They scored with 3 seconds remaining to force a shoot-out and made quick work of the Smokin’ Goalie.

 

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Apocalypse

2

0

1

3

Pylons

1

1

0

2

Scoring Summary

First Period
Wiebe 1 (Fiks)

Sever 1 (Fiks)

Second Period
no scoring

Pen: Wrobleski 2min (tripping)

Third Period
J. Moore 1 (Warbeck) (pp)

Goalies: Jim Heim 1-0

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

1

0

Myron Fiks

0

2

Bryan Wiebe

1

0

Rob Moore

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

Darren Warbeck

0

1

Jim Moore

1

0

  

Game Two – Apocalypse Now 4, The Pylons 3 (SO)   

 

OLD EX – February 22, 2007 – Myron Fiks scored the decisive goal in the shootout after he got Apocalypse Now even in the third period, and the Horsemen beat the Pylons for the second time in two nights, winning 4-3 on Thursday to advance to the B-side final.   The Apocalypse Now team stuck to the game plan of sitting back in a defensive shell and waiting for the right offensive opportunities to present themselves against the younger Pylon team that had won 5 straight games against the Horsemen - including a couple of thrashings (6-2 & 8-4) this year.  The team's two offensive weapons Fiks and Guy Sever combined early seizing the right moment to strike from the defensive shield and put the team in an unfamiliar 1st period lead.  Darren Warbeck and Bryan Wiebe both just missed opportunities to put the team ahead by two. Then Jim Moore used his 6’ 9” frame and 12 foot reach to forecheck - stole the puck and ran – yes, ran in all alone and drifted a shot past the shocked Pylon netminder.  Unfortunately age and reality set in as the younger opponents fought back to a 3-2 lead after popping a big juicy rebound passed a startled Jim Heim as he mumbled that he may have taken the shot too lackadaisical and should have covered up the rebound. The team was now in momentary shock and was running around like 5 headless chickens.  The clock was ticking and time was running out.  Jeff Wrobleski was waddling and crashing towards the Pylon defenseman and in a deer stuck in the headlights fashion, the defenseman panicked and coughed up the puck. The next thing you knew Fiks was calmly depositing the sponge rubber in the back of the mesh. The game was tied. The Pylons threw everything they had at the aging Horsemen. But Heim slammed the door shut the rest of the way - standing on his head and making save after save until regulation time ran out.  It took 7 rounds of the shootout before Fiks tried a different move to beat the Pylon goalie and win a wild one. Slap Shots: The Bulldogs finished off the Grand Beach Beer Bellies and will meet Apocalypse on Tuesday night…Fik’s 2 penalties were the most he has ever taken in one game…Including this year, Apocalypse has challenged for the B-side championship a total of 9 times. They have only won it once in 2003-04.

 

Final (SO)

1st

2nd

3rd

SO

Total

Apocalypse

1

1

1

(2)

4

Pylons

0

2

1

(1)

3

Scoring Summary

First Period
Fiks 1 (Sever)

Pen: Fiks 2min (interference)

Second Period
J. Moore 2 (unassisted)

Pen: Fiks 2min (interference)

Third Period
Fiks 2 (unassisted)

 

Shootouts

J. Moore shootout saved

M. Fiks shootout saved

G. Sever shootout goal

D. Warbeck shootout saved

G. Sever shootout saved

G. Sever shootout saved

M. Fiks shootout goal

Goalies: Jim Heim 2-0

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

0

1

Myron Fiks

2

0

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Rob Moore

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

Darren Warbeck

0

0

Jim Moore

1

0

 

FINALS

Game One – Apocalypse Now 1,  The Bulldogs 2   

 

OLD EX – February 27, 2007 – Apocalypse Now decided to go into the B-side final series opener with no spares and as a result, lost 2-1 to the Bulldogs. Down 1-0 early, Jim Moore tied it up in the 2nd period as he continued his torrid goal scoring binge but missed putting the team ahead on about 9 other chances. Patrick Nikolaus and Bryan Wiebe bottled up the opposition for almost the whole game with their stellar defensive play, although Bryan was frustrated with the blustery conditions.  Myron Fiks was foiled on a late game breakaway and all he could say was "We could have used a few spares.”  The Bulldogs pulled ahead late in the 3rd period on a turnover that caught everyone off guard.  It appeared that the shot was deflected passed a startled Jim Heim.  A time out was called and Heimy tossed his pads off and played out for the last 2 1/2 minutes to no avail.  Slap Shots: Rob Moore has played in every single Apocalypse Now play-off game until tonight. It was his first miss in 24 years and 68 games. The reason was Van Morrison…Darren Warbeck was also out of town although someone thought they saw him in the clubhouse washroom…Guy Sever injured his left wrist and did not play.  He is expected back for Game 2 on Thursday night…Tristan Carlson had the flu and as a result, no spares.

Final

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Apocalypse

0

1

0

1

Bulldogs

1

0

1

2

Scoring Summary

First Period
no scoring

Second Period
J. Moore 3 (Fiks)

Third Period
no scoring

Goalies: Jim Heim 2-1-0

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Myron Fiks

0

1

Jeff Wrobleski

0

0

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Jim Moore

1

0

 Game Two – Apocalypse Now 1, The Bulldogs 0 (SO)  

OLD EX – March 1, 2007 – Jim Heim once again gave the Apocalypse Now a chance to win on Thursday night by stopping every shot that came his way and earning his first career play-off shut-out and only the second in team history. Unfortunately, his teammates in front of him were also unable to score and the game went to shootout. Jim Moore and Myron Fiks scored in the shootout and Heim only allowed one goal to give Apocalypse its second overtime victory this playoff season and avoid a sweep by the Bulldogs. “Heimie was phenomenal," said last minute call-up Jason Allard.  Had it not been for Heim’s strong play -- and several close-in misses by the Bulldogs – the Dogs might have put the game away earlier. They also were unable to take advantage of a questionable late penalty call on Bryan Wiebe. Slap Shots: This was Heimie’s first shut-out since January 9, 2005, when he slammed the door on Totally Confused…Including his shootout goal, Jim Moore has scored in all 4 play-off games this year…The last time that Apocalypse played more than 4 play-off games in a year was in 1996-97 – 3 semi-final games and 2 losses in the final…Darren Warbeck is expected back for game 3 of the series.

 

Final (SO)

1st

2nd

3rd

SO

Total

Apocalypse

0

0

0

(2)

1

Bulldogs

0

0

0

(1)

0

Scoring Summary

First Period
no scoring

Pen: Wiebe 2min (interference)

Second Period
no scoring

Third Period
no scoring

Pen: Wiebe 2min (tripping)

 

Shootouts

P. Nikolaus shootout saved

J. Moore shootout goal

M. Fiks shootout goal

Goalies: Jim Heim 3-1

 

Skaters

Goals

Assists

Guy Sever

0

0

Myron Fiks

0

0

Bryan Wiebe

0

0

Rob Moore

0

0

Jeff Wrobleski

0

0

Patrick Nikolaus

0

0

Tristan Carlson

0

0

Jason Allard

0

0

Jim Moore

0

0

Game Three – Apocalypse Now 3, The Bulldogs 4 (SO)

OLD EX – March 3, 2007 – Veteran goalie, Jim Heim made several dazzling saves, finishing off a brilliant playoffs with a rock-solid performance in Game 3. But it wasn’t enough as the Bulldogs ran away with their first B-side title, beating Apocalypse 4-3 in a shootout in the winner-take-all finale Saturday morning. The Bulldogs lifted the Spongee Cup above their heads, tears of joy streaming down their faces. The Apocalypse Now have nothing to be ashamed of, becoming the first seventh-seeded Apocalypse team to make the B-side finals. But they failed to bring home its first championship since 2004. Jim Moore came through again, scoring his playoff-leading 4th goal by taking a Jeff Wrobleski pass and launching a wicked wristshot into the back of the net with 1:15 on the clock and Heimie on the bench. The goal tied the game and sent it to the overtime shootout. Despite Heimie’s protests that the Bulldogs received home ice advantage in every game of the series, they had the option to shoot last. Myron Fiks was the only Apocalypse player that was able to score in the shootout and after 7 shots Apocalypse lost two goals to one. "It's just a matter of a few bounces and that's the difference today," Patrick Nikolaus said. "They were just a little bit better." Slap Shots: The Apocalypse had to cope with the loss of playoff star Darren Warbeck, who had played very well in the opening series against the Pylons…Rob Moore was playing in his team-leading 70th play-off game…With his 7 play-off points, Fiks moved into 6th place in career play-off scoring, one point behind the immortal Gary Ledrew…With all the disappointment following the shootout loss, Apocalypse Now forgot to stick around for the annual end of season race. Overlooking it may have been for the best considering the 81 pounds of chicken wings consumed this season.

 

Scoring Summary

First Period
Fiks
3 (Nikolaus)

Second Period
J. Allard
1 (Fiks)

Third Period
J. Moore
4 (Wrobleski)

Shootouts
J. Moore
shootout saved
Bulldogs shootout saved
G. Sever shootout saved
Bulldogs shootout goal
M. Fiks shootout goal
Bulldogs shootout saved
J. Moore shootout saved
Bulldogs shootout saved
M. Fiks shootout saved
Bulldogs shootout saved
M. Fiks shootout saved
Bulldogs shootout saved
G. Sever shootout saved
Bulldogs shootout goal

Goalies: Jim Heim 3-2

 

B-Side Runnerups