The plan is to field 4 teams. Teams will be formed via draft format again. See registration page for more details (link below).

The unfortunate season ending injury to player/GM Darren Magpayo of the One Bangers put into motion a series of discussions between the general managers of the One Bangers, 1st Class and One Direction which resulted in a 4-player, three-team trade.

One Bangers’ GM Darren started the evening with the signing of forward/defenceman Steve Habbous from the KHL for the remainder of the season, however the loss of the team’s leading scorer could not end there.  Trades were arranged sending Marco Melia from One Direction to the One Bangers in exchange for Lambert Choi.  From 1st Class went Derrick Lee-Shanok to the One Bangers in exchange for Matthew Lui.

Stated GM Danny Modaresi, “These trades balances out the teams and I foresee many games going to the shootout”.  When asked for comment, GM Paul Harjono said, “It was really Matt Thomasson I was looking to trade, but no one would take him”.

With only six regular season games remaining, analysts predict no further trades happening.  It will be a tight race to secure 1st place and a bye to the finals.

-Associated Press

First off, thank you to all of you for making our first session of Sunday shinny so enjoyable.  As most of you know, we are now taking it one step further with the introduction of GTA Inline, Season 1.  This will be a volunteer run, non-profit league with a focus on fun, good sportsmanship and balanced competition.

Season 1 will be made up of three teams, with each team playing two 30 minute games each week.  To accommodate this, we have extended our rink time to run from 9:00am – 10:45am each Sunday, from November 1st to December 13^th.  Team captains are Paul Harjono (paul@tortechgroup.com), Danny Modaresi (nextgenreno@gmail.com) and Darren Magpayo (dmagpayo@hotmail.com).

As mentioned, GTA Inline will be volunteer run, so with that said, we are looking for 2-3 volunteers per team who are willing to lend their help, support or special skills.  If any of you are interested in helping out as referees or time keepers, please let your captain or myself know ASAP so we can fill you in on more details.  We are also open to any feedback or suggestions you have to make these games even more enjoyable.

For Week 1-November 1^st, the game times are listed below.  If you know that you will be unavailable for any weeks, we ask that you tell your captains ASAP so that they can find a suitable replacement player to keep your team from being shorthanded.

Week 1 Nov 1st
9:00 – 9:35	One Direction	1st Class
9:35 – 10:10	1st Class	One Bangers
10:10 – 10:45	One Bangers	One Direction

As a final reminder, we will need to collect $70 from the players who did not pay last week.  Danny will be coming around to collect the fees from everyone, so please look for him this week.

So without further ado, here’s this year’s team rosters.

One Direction (Black Jerseys)		1st Class (White Jerseys)		One Bangers (Green Jerseys)
Paul Harjono (C)		Danny Modaresi (C)		Darren Magpayo (C)
Ami Jacobson (G)		Bernard Tigno (G)		Idan Rozenblit
Ben Lee		Bipen Gaur		Lambert Choi
Corey Landsberg		David Luong		Lester Fernandes
Jeremy McIntyre		Derrick Lee-Shanok		Matt Lui
Marco Melia		Johnathan Chan		Maurice Young
Matt Thomasson		Thomas Chung		Ronnie Tam (G)
Vince Harjono		Tony Mooc		Shafiq Patel

Thank you and see you all Sunday.

Derrick (derrick@leeshanok.ca)