SBIL - BI Knockouts 8-5 (1-3, 3-2, 4-0)
0-1 Kalle (Miika)
0-2 Miika
0-3 Miika
4-4 Topi (Kalle)
4-5 Kalle (Topi)
I asked in the game reminder for a game that would not become a cause for depression during the holidays. We managed to play a very even and tight game against the top team in the series. Unfortunately we ran a little bit out of steam in the third period. SBIL is a very skilled team, there's no doubt about that, and they have goal makers, who can shoot sharp and from afar, if you let them. This made the defense challenging, but I think we came out of it with just minor injuries.
We did take a couple of penalties, plus one SBIL's goal was from a penalty shot. This is not necessarily too smart against a team like this, so remember to watch your sticks. Rough play is OK as long as it goes according to the rules. On the other hand, playing against a skilled team like this is very safe, they don't have to use dirty tactics to get the upper hand.
I enjoyed that. Have very nice and relaxing holidays, and see you next year!
Anni
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
BI Knockouts - Mister X's
BI Knockouts - Mister X's 5-2 (1-1, 3-0, 1-1)
1-1 Topi (Anni)
2-1 Topi (Miika)
3-1 Topi (Sarah)
4-1 Kalle (Topi)
5-2 Topi (Kalle)
We've made some BIKO history, folks: we've lost 6 games in a row. Now, in history as long as ours, this should not come as a big surprise to anyone. It just feels very annoying, when it's you who's making that little piece of the history.
SO LET'S REJOICE! The losing streak is PAST!
If you didn't happen to notice the numbers at first glance, we won, and quite convincingly yesterday. It was, as you can see, totally Topi's show. Begs the question, what did he eat before the game. I tried to push forward some cautious ideas about playing away from the center in our end, and running for it, when the chance comes, but practically, we were just running for it.
The defense did work very well, however, we had enough players to build good pairs or trios in each position in the rink, and it worked really nicely until the end of the second period. Our opponent tried to pickle us in our end, and there was some hasty stick work from our defense, resulting in a penalty. Killing the penalty went ok, and was supposed to end 18 seconds to the third period. Exactly one second after the penalty was done, we got another one, again in defense. Oh well, we thought, we have to go through the grinder again. And we did. Now, closing to the end of the second penalty, Miika did some real rough defending right in front of our goal, and lo and behold, a third penalty. I think - again - just one second had passed from the previous one. The third one we couldn't do anymore, and Mister X's scored.
The rest of the third period was so totally our game, that there are really no noteworthy things to say about it, except that Mister X's was the receiving part in many ways. Some nasties happened in our end as well, Jani got quite badly hit on his knuckles, and had to be attended to for a couple of minutes. With half grip strength he managed to tackle the last minutes. Good job.
I'm willing to call the past six games a statistical fluke.
See you in the next game!
Anni
1-1 Topi (Anni)
2-1 Topi (Miika)
3-1 Topi (Sarah)
4-1 Kalle (Topi)
5-2 Topi (Kalle)
We've made some BIKO history, folks: we've lost 6 games in a row. Now, in history as long as ours, this should not come as a big surprise to anyone. It just feels very annoying, when it's you who's making that little piece of the history.
SO LET'S REJOICE! The losing streak is PAST!
If you didn't happen to notice the numbers at first glance, we won, and quite convincingly yesterday. It was, as you can see, totally Topi's show. Begs the question, what did he eat before the game. I tried to push forward some cautious ideas about playing away from the center in our end, and running for it, when the chance comes, but practically, we were just running for it.
The defense did work very well, however, we had enough players to build good pairs or trios in each position in the rink, and it worked really nicely until the end of the second period. Our opponent tried to pickle us in our end, and there was some hasty stick work from our defense, resulting in a penalty. Killing the penalty went ok, and was supposed to end 18 seconds to the third period. Exactly one second after the penalty was done, we got another one, again in defense. Oh well, we thought, we have to go through the grinder again. And we did. Now, closing to the end of the second penalty, Miika did some real rough defending right in front of our goal, and lo and behold, a third penalty. I think - again - just one second had passed from the previous one. The third one we couldn't do anymore, and Mister X's scored.
The rest of the third period was so totally our game, that there are really no noteworthy things to say about it, except that Mister X's was the receiving part in many ways. Some nasties happened in our end as well, Jani got quite badly hit on his knuckles, and had to be attended to for a couple of minutes. With half grip strength he managed to tackle the last minutes. Good job.
I'm willing to call the past six games a statistical fluke.
See you in the next game!
Anni
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pakkaus Öhman - BIKO
On 23.9.2009
Pakkaus Öhman - BIKO 10 - 2
3-1 Douwe
4-2 Henri (Jani)
When the only positive thing in a game is the referee's final whistle, it's better not to comment on specifics. We sucked. On every level. Big time. Fortunately, there is only one direction from here.
Henri
Pakkaus Öhman - BIKO 10 - 2
3-1 Douwe
4-2 Henri (Jani)
When the only positive thing in a game is the referee's final whistle, it's better not to comment on specifics. We sucked. On every level. Big time. Fortunately, there is only one direction from here.
Henri
Thursday, September 10, 2009
BI Knockouts - Vandahls
BI Knockouts - Vandahls 6-6 (3-1, 1-1, 2-4)
1-1 Marko (Henri)
2-1 Artur (Evgeny)
3-1 Wolfgang (Topi)
4-1 Marko
5-6 Henri (Wolfgang)
6-6 Topi (Marko)
First things first: Congratulations to our goal keeper Jani and his wife, for new baby girl!
Very good start for the season, indeed. There was some risen blood pressure levels due to our goal keeper situation, though. I had called through 4 possible last minute candidates, with no luck. I was pleading for volunteers. We had reserved the goal keepers kit from the register, just in case, and still about a minute before the game started, we were not sure about who's going to be in the goal. Then, amazing stroke of luck: Our neighboring rink had a practice game at the same time, and suddenly someone pointed out that the other team had two goalkeepers. So, I went to disturb their tactical gathering, explained briefly our situation, and managed to get the coaches permission to borrow their goal keepers. These two nice guys, Antti and Timo, agreed to share half and half of the goal keepers duty in both games. The change was pretty much exactly half way to the second period. Thanks, guys.
We had a sharp start. We got very quickly to the leading position 4-1, and our defense, although a little chaotic, was holding well. We were feeling very pleased with ourselves. Nothing much happened in the second period, but in the beginning of the third, Vandahls suddenly found a completely new gear. Our defense was frankly paralyzed at times. There were panicky situations, and at least twice a very dangerous change of players. Also our attacks started lacking, as the wings could not coordinate their running with the rest of the attack chain. Very often it was possible to see all three forwards running up in high speed, in a row, and stop to wait for the pass from the defense. As the Vandahls pretty much blocked the whole mid field in these situations, passing high balls up behind them was nearly impossible.
In the end, we got our spirits back, and the last 2 minutes played without the goalie, thus managing to finally tie the game to 6-6. It surely felt like a victory, so hard were people working for it. Very good running, and the ball stuck with us.
See you in the next game,
Anni
1-1 Marko (Henri)
2-1 Artur (Evgeny)
3-1 Wolfgang (Topi)
4-1 Marko
5-6 Henri (Wolfgang)
6-6 Topi (Marko)
First things first: Congratulations to our goal keeper Jani and his wife, for new baby girl!
Very good start for the season, indeed. There was some risen blood pressure levels due to our goal keeper situation, though. I had called through 4 possible last minute candidates, with no luck. I was pleading for volunteers. We had reserved the goal keepers kit from the register, just in case, and still about a minute before the game started, we were not sure about who's going to be in the goal. Then, amazing stroke of luck: Our neighboring rink had a practice game at the same time, and suddenly someone pointed out that the other team had two goalkeepers. So, I went to disturb their tactical gathering, explained briefly our situation, and managed to get the coaches permission to borrow their goal keepers. These two nice guys, Antti and Timo, agreed to share half and half of the goal keepers duty in both games. The change was pretty much exactly half way to the second period. Thanks, guys.
We had a sharp start. We got very quickly to the leading position 4-1, and our defense, although a little chaotic, was holding well. We were feeling very pleased with ourselves. Nothing much happened in the second period, but in the beginning of the third, Vandahls suddenly found a completely new gear. Our defense was frankly paralyzed at times. There were panicky situations, and at least twice a very dangerous change of players. Also our attacks started lacking, as the wings could not coordinate their running with the rest of the attack chain. Very often it was possible to see all three forwards running up in high speed, in a row, and stop to wait for the pass from the defense. As the Vandahls pretty much blocked the whole mid field in these situations, passing high balls up behind them was nearly impossible.
In the end, we got our spirits back, and the last 2 minutes played without the goalie, thus managing to finally tie the game to 6-6. It surely felt like a victory, so hard were people working for it. Very good running, and the ball stuck with us.
See you in the next game,
Anni
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Season starting
Good Autumn to everyone!
I hope you all have had a relaxing summer, and are full of steam for the opening floorball season. In fact, although we had to gather the team in a very short notice, we have 16 players signed up for the winter, which is quite a lot more than last year. It's looking good.
Some information about it all has been already sent to you by email I will put here some useful links to serve as a bookmark. First of all, insurance: We do not, as a team, collectively get an insurance for our players, but I strongly encourage you to go here and get the "YKSITTÄINEN LISENSSI VAKUUTUKSELLA", which will give you insurance, in case you get injured during the games. The type of insurance you want is 'Ha'. It costs only 42€.
Another useful link is the schedule of all games as a google document.
And remember that the calendar you see on the side frame is a public one, and you can open it in your own google calendar by searching for BI Knockouts public calendar.
The last but not the least is the Nimenhuuto -site for you to sign up to the games. BI Knockouts has it's own site now up waiting for you. Please go there, and sign up as a player. This way it is heck of a lot easier for us and everyone to maintain, who's coming and when.
Right. Let's start the season.
Anni
I hope you all have had a relaxing summer, and are full of steam for the opening floorball season. In fact, although we had to gather the team in a very short notice, we have 16 players signed up for the winter, which is quite a lot more than last year. It's looking good.
Some information about it all has been already sent to you by email I will put here some useful links to serve as a bookmark. First of all, insurance: We do not, as a team, collectively get an insurance for our players, but I strongly encourage you to go here and get the "YKSITTÄINEN LISENSSI VAKUUTUKSELLA", which will give you insurance, in case you get injured during the games. The type of insurance you want is 'Ha'. It costs only 42€.
Another useful link is the schedule of all games as a google document.
And remember that the calendar you see on the side frame is a public one, and you can open it in your own google calendar by searching for BI Knockouts public calendar.
The last but not the least is the Nimenhuuto -site for you to sign up to the games. BI Knockouts has it's own site now up waiting for you. Please go there, and sign up as a player. This way it is heck of a lot easier for us and everyone to maintain, who's coming and when.
Right. Let's start the season.
Anni
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Game report BIKO - Dynamo
Biko Dynamo 3-3
1-1 Enni (Anni)
2-2 Craig (Mika mv.)
3-3 ?? (Was it Miika and Henri?)
A real game report after quite a long break. Work is pushing on so hard that I just don't have the time to write these. Volunteers?
Enni is back, and in big style. She scored our opening goal and made the team breath a little bit easier. We were constantly chasing Dynamo, being just one goal behind. The referee could not start the game clock and had to rely on his cell phone to follow the time, which made the game a little erratic. I'm pretty sure the first periods last "1 and a half minutes" lasted at least three. Conveniently, when our attack turned for Dynamo, we started asking (very loudly) what's the time?
Anyway. Technical comments: We froze, constantly. OK, it is not about mad rushing around the rink chasing the ball, but it ain't about staying still and asking 'who's gonna take it?' either. The first period was quite notably in two parts, first 5 minutes eagerly attacking, and the last 10 (or 12) trying to catch breath and staying still in the defense position.
It got better. After a couple of stern words most of the team got back to the rhythm of the game. Dynamo had the upper hand, though, and our attackers were not aiming very well :) so the opponent constantly had a goals lead. Just a few seconds before the end of the game (we were not aware of the time), we tied to 3-3, and prepared to defend like heck for the last 20 seconds or so. And then, the game was over. It pretty much felt like a victory. You could read the opposite feelings on Dynamos faces.
As all probably knew, our trusted goal keeper Jani could not make it. We managed to lure Mika to the game instead, and a very good find he is. He claims himself that he has not been playing for a couple of years, and that this was his first game for a long time. Well. He pretty much saved us, and left an assist point under his belt. The acrobatics we saw very much reminded me of another goalie, from years back... Big applause!
See you all in the next game,
Anni
1-1 Enni (Anni)
2-2 Craig (Mika mv.)
3-3 ?? (Was it Miika and Henri?)
A real game report after quite a long break. Work is pushing on so hard that I just don't have the time to write these. Volunteers?
Enni is back, and in big style. She scored our opening goal and made the team breath a little bit easier. We were constantly chasing Dynamo, being just one goal behind. The referee could not start the game clock and had to rely on his cell phone to follow the time, which made the game a little erratic. I'm pretty sure the first periods last "1 and a half minutes" lasted at least three. Conveniently, when our attack turned for Dynamo, we started asking (very loudly) what's the time?
Anyway. Technical comments: We froze, constantly. OK, it is not about mad rushing around the rink chasing the ball, but it ain't about staying still and asking 'who's gonna take it?' either. The first period was quite notably in two parts, first 5 minutes eagerly attacking, and the last 10 (or 12) trying to catch breath and staying still in the defense position.
It got better. After a couple of stern words most of the team got back to the rhythm of the game. Dynamo had the upper hand, though, and our attackers were not aiming very well :) so the opponent constantly had a goals lead. Just a few seconds before the end of the game (we were not aware of the time), we tied to 3-3, and prepared to defend like heck for the last 20 seconds or so. And then, the game was over. It pretty much felt like a victory. You could read the opposite feelings on Dynamos faces.
As all probably knew, our trusted goal keeper Jani could not make it. We managed to lure Mika to the game instead, and a very good find he is. He claims himself that he has not been playing for a couple of years, and that this was his first game for a long time. Well. He pretty much saved us, and left an assist point under his belt. The acrobatics we saw very much reminded me of another goalie, from years back... Big applause!
See you all in the next game,
Anni
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Game report BIKO - Sählykerho
BIKO – Sählykerho 5 – 9
1 – 1 Artur
2 – 2 Jukka (Jussi)
3 – 2 Topi (Artur)
4 – 9 Topi (Jukka)
5 – 9 Craig (Artur)
We eventually managed to get up a decent team for the game. Marko made it to the rink and gave a good support for our defence. David F also made his first appearance in the BIKO games. Not the easiest game to start with, but well done. Welcome!
Sählykerho guys were admittedly more skilful than we are nowadays. They probably had one additional advantage over us – they had obviously been practising together (that’s the thing that the untalented have to do before entering the rink, remember?). They managed to keep the ball at our end for most of the time. They were eager to shoot, and constantly (and neatly) played the ball in the middle for good shots. Nevertheless, they were defending less eagerly and we could create good attacks every now and then with our hallmark dash - long pass – hassle – tactics. Artur and Topi were the most successful in this, together scoring 3+2 points.
The differences in the average fitness (and/or average age?) became to show in the second period and the third was rather hard for us. Especially for Jani, I guess. Craig, Topi and Artur deviced two goals in the end, however. That was a good way to end the game, which could have ended with way more nastier numbers. Jani did a few amazing saves, too. Thanks guys!
Jukka
1 – 1 Artur
2 – 2 Jukka (Jussi)
3 – 2 Topi (Artur)
4 – 9 Topi (Jukka)
5 – 9 Craig (Artur)
We eventually managed to get up a decent team for the game. Marko made it to the rink and gave a good support for our defence. David F also made his first appearance in the BIKO games. Not the easiest game to start with, but well done. Welcome!
Sählykerho guys were admittedly more skilful than we are nowadays. They probably had one additional advantage over us – they had obviously been practising together (that’s the thing that the untalented have to do before entering the rink, remember?). They managed to keep the ball at our end for most of the time. They were eager to shoot, and constantly (and neatly) played the ball in the middle for good shots. Nevertheless, they were defending less eagerly and we could create good attacks every now and then with our hallmark dash - long pass – hassle – tactics. Artur and Topi were the most successful in this, together scoring 3+2 points.
The differences in the average fitness (and/or average age?) became to show in the second period and the third was rather hard for us. Especially for Jani, I guess. Craig, Topi and Artur deviced two goals in the end, however. That was a good way to end the game, which could have ended with way more nastier numbers. Jani did a few amazing saves, too. Thanks guys!
Jukka
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