Wings Add Another Win to Their Playbook

On Saturday October 2nd, the Wings of Steel traveled to Vineland, NJ to play against the Vineland Sled Stars. Quickly within the first period, Michael "Buddha Man" Mauger scored a goal putting the Wings in the lead. After an intense first period due to Vineland tying it up, Buddha Man, assisted by Athan Blaine, scored again 56 seconds into the second bringing the score to 2-1. In the third period, Jessie Beck had 2 goals bringing the final score to 4-1. A great game was played by all, especially by Garret, Steve, Robert, Paul and Drew. Great job you guys! Your really improving! Also, both goalies, Glenn and Danny, were on top of their game and played well. Good job!

MV #88

And Then There Was VICTORY!! September 25, 2010

Even though the beginning of the season was a little rough, the Wings managed pull out a 2-1 win over the Hammerheads in our third game. Our goals were scored by Michael Wilson and Isaiah Beck. Great job by Glenn Schulz and Danny Wheeler for stopping some hard shots taken by the Hammerhead!!!!

Jessica Shaw

Wings Fall Just Short

The Wings fell just short once again in their season home opener against Woodbridge on September 19th. The game began similar to last week with the Wings coming out "sleeping." They were down 3-0 at the end of the first period. In the second period the offense began to show signs of life when Athan scored on a rebound from Michael's shot. Wilson then scored one of his own However, Woodbridge got another goal in the second so it was 4-2 going into the third period. During the beginning of the third period the younger players went out and played hard and took momentum thanks to great hustle by Andrew and Jessica. The older players went back in and with approximately five minutes left in the game Ryan scored his first sled hockey goal ever and made it 4-3. With a minute and a half left the Wings pulled their goaltender and put in an extra attacker. Although the Wings put tons of offensive pressure on with the extra attacker they were unable to score. The game ended in a 4-3 loss for the Wings.

Wings of Steel Opener Unsuccessful

Today, the Virtua Wings of Steel opened their season against rivals, the Woodbridge Warriors. After a summer without any games, the Wings started out "rusty." With the start of the second period, came the awakening of the drive that pushes the players to their max. The first Wings goal of the game was scored by #6 Athan Blaine followed up by another goal scored by #20 Michael Wilson. The Wings fell short, though with Woodbridge coming up with 4 goals. Even though faced with a tough game, the players especially the younger players (Garrett, Robert, Steve and Paul) played well. They had amazing positioning! With the addition of our new goalie, Steve, we are definitely a force to be reckoned with this season!

MV #88

Wings fly to perfection!

The South Jersey Wings of Steel have become perfect. After beating the NY Rangers 3 to 0 in the finals sunday afternoon, the wings have cemented a perfect season for the record books.
The wings came out flying, hungry for the right to be called undefeated champions. However the NY goaltender played like Henrik Lundquivst and shut the wings down early. Despite the play of the NY goalie, the wings refused to get frustrated. A motivational speech between the first and second period by captain DJ had the wings fired up. Eventually the wings were too much for the NY goaltender to handle and the wings were able to find the twine three times. Even though one may have thought that there was no way the wings could have improved thier game after a very solid effort in the semifinals, everyone stepped up. The defense was oustanding making the art of stopping the puck very easy for Glenn and Dan to handle. The offense kept pounding at the NY goalie. And the coaching staff and fans of the wings brought thier A games as well. At the end of the day, when Coach norm handed out the medals, the gold went to the wings players and the silver went to the rangers players.

P.S. Thank You coaches and fans for always being there for us and reminding us that what ever happens on the ice to always remember that having fun is the main goal in our sport! Thank you! We could not have gone undefeated without you!!

-Glenn

Wings beat Hammerheads move to finals

The Wings of Steel beat the Hammerheads early saturday morning 3 to 0. The win has propelled the still unbeaten wings into the final game on sunday against the winner of the Rangers vs Vineland. The wings were flown by #20 Mike Wilson as he had two goals and one assist. He assisted the goal of Isahi Beck. All of the players for the Wings had thier skating arms despite the early start time of 6:3o a.m. The passing of the wings was solid and many players crashed the net looking for garbage goals. The 3 to 0 score was upheld by the strong goaltending duo of Dan Wheeler and Glenn Schulz. The wings were also led vocally as well as on the ice by thier captain DJ Hemerka. The wings played a very solid game and now they will put thier undefeated season on the line sunday afternoon in what is sure to be a great final game to the district tournament.

-Glenn

Saturday January 23, 2010

The Wings are undefeated!!!

Today was a very exciting day knowing that if the Wings beat the Bennett Blazers they would be undefeated. The Wings started the game off at a fast pace with Wilson scoring the first goal. The wings continued to play hard throughout the game. In the early minutes of the second period Tony Martinez scored his first goal ever. He was so surprised and excited that he scored. I want to congratulate my man tony on his first goal. At the end of the second period the Blazers came right back scoring their first goal which made it 2-1 at the end of the second period. It was going into the third period 2-1 the players knew they had one more period to go and the tension was building on the bench. Midway through the thrid period Mike Mauger aka bhudda man scored his second goal of the season. It was a beatiful shoot. bhudda mans shot made it 3-1. Now the Wings had a little breathing room. The minutes began to tick off the clock and we were getting closer to the victory. in the last seconds of the game the blazers scored agian making it 3-2. The Wings just had a few seconds to kill off the clock and they did just that. The horn sounded and the players went and mobbed our goalies. We then shook the Bennett Blazers hands sayin good game.



Today was my last game as most of you know but I would like to thank all the coaches and teamates who got me to where I am now, you guys taught me everything I know and I love ya guys. I really wanna thank coach Tom Brake for all that you have done thank you. Lastly I would like to thank DJ you were the best captian any team could ask for and i love all your energy and motivation during the game thanks DJ and thanks all for everything

Raymond Beck #9