Zug Flames Hockey Club

Recap: ZFHC vs HC Panthrers from Dec 1st.

The “home” leg of the season series against HC Panthers wrapped up Sunday afternoon in the Bossard Arena featuring a slightly different lineup and our own referees. And just like last week, the black and green jerseys outnumbered the red ones more than 2-1.
 
The game even started the same way, with a turnover finding its way into the Flames net for a 1-0 Panthers lead at 2.55. The difference this time was goaltending – on both sides. JY made a series of big saves early on while the Flames took their time getting into stride, while the starting Panthers goalie looked decidedly better than last week, turning aside several top scoring chances from in close. Gabor finally solved the black/green goalie at 9.52, and Flames continued to work away in close to build a 4-1 lead at the end of the first.
 
A change in tactics broke the game open in the second as the Flames started shooting, beginning with a bad-angle beauty off a draw that Marc drove in off the short-side post 6 minutes in. That seemed to spark Christian and Dave who combined to score 4 goals over the next 8 minutes on some pretty passing and precision shooting. JY didn’t have much to do but was effective when called upon, while the other goalie saw lots more rubber but couldn’t do much to keep it out. 9-1 after two.
 
The starting HCP goalie stepped aside for his backup to start the third, and Dave welcomed the newcomer with a solo rush goal just 22 seconds in, following that up with a similar effort about 5 minutes later. The Panthers got a bit frustrated in the third as the goals against kept coming, but our refs Marcus and Ken kept a grip on the proceedings close things out at 14-3.
 
Special mention goes to JY for holding us in during the early sleepwalking phase, while most of the offence came from Christian (5G, 1A) and Dave (3G, 2A). Eric D added 4 helpers but is still looking for that elusive first goal of the season. Maybe next week against Thalwil!
 
Thanks again to HCP for another fun game and for supplying their scorekeeping team. Ibi will want to thank HCP as well since a large number of Panthers joined some Greenhorns for post-game libations at Bar 11, staying even after the last Flame went out.
 
Felix #7

Flames beat SB 12-5

This past Sunday, the ZFHC beat Shocking Blue 12-5.

The game opened with an SB goal in the 2^nd minute, but the Flames opened up a 3-goal lead by the 19 minute mark, only to see SB score before the period buzzer to end the first 20 minutes at 5-3 for the Flames.  SB took advantage of some disorganized Flames play in the second to close the gap by the end of the period to 6-5.  Our guest goalie Nik Zyndel stood tall in the third while the Flames settled down to get all 3 forward lines rolling, breaking the game open with 3 goals in 4 minutes.

The final score was 12-5, led by Henrik and Gabor with 2 goals and 2 assists each, with Rob P, Brent (2G, 1A) and Marc each chipping in a pair.

Next game is in two weeks against Menzingen.

 

ZF take the home opener

The Zug Flames beat EHC Thalwil 11-0 in the home opener of the ZSHL. 

...and the season starts!

On Saturday October 6th at 20:30 in the Bossard Arena, the Zug Flames will face off against EHC Thalwil in the opening game of the ZSHL season.

The ZSHL, which stands for Central Swiss Hockey League, is the same league as last year's ZSPL but with a new name and a new president, Christian Abaecherli.  The league features 6 teams including the Zug Flames. The others are HC Baar 88, HM Herti, Greenhorns Menzingen, EHC Thalwil and newcomers to the league HC Panthers. For more information, schedules and standings, visit www.zshl.ch.

The Flames have been working hard since their training camp in Ljubljana, Slovenia with several practices in September and a win in their only preseason game. And so the season starts....Come on boys, let's go!

 

 

 

Sharpen those skates....

The Zug Flames are back on the ice with some pre-season training in September. I have booked us 3 practices in September on the 6th, 20th & 27th.  All are in the Training Hall, Zug from 21:30 - 23:00.

New Website layout

I am testing out a new layouts for our website.  The idea is to feature the new logo on the banner. As well, I will be playing around with fonts and colors over the next couple weeks.

PAINTBALL

ZFHC plays paintball Saturday June 2nd at the Paintball Farm, Dietwil.

Not sure play is the right word for this war game!

Photos to follow.
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Zug Flames in the Finals!!!

In our semi-final match of the ZSPL on Saturday night, the Flames fought back from a 1-4 deficit to tie Shocking Blue late in the 3rd period. With the game tied at the end of regulation, a shoot-out would decide the winner and the Flames came out victorious: 6-5. 

In the other semi-final match, EHC Baar beat HM Herti: 8-5.

The final game will see the Zug Flames versus HC 88 Baar and will be played on Sunday February 26th at 14:00 in the Bossard Arena, Zug. 

Flames beat Thalwil in 1/4 final

The Flames beat Thalwil in the 1st round of the playoffs and will advance to the semis. A thin Flames bench bested a stacked with juniors Thalwil bench in penalty shootout. Final 6-5.  

Semi-Final game is on Saturday February 25th in Zug.

The Jets come to Zug

Edgar Hartmans and Francois Longpre with the new Winnipeg Jets jerseys.