Spartans sent to detention

The AHA went back to school for the team name theme this summer, with MSHSL tournament teams getting applied to the generally not qualified for varsity adult summer league teams.

For a seventh consecutive summer, the Spiders, Gold Rush and Wolfpack, and friends, teamed up for the AHA summer league, competing at L6 (C3-equivalent), as the Orono Spartans.

With a mixed start of the season, the Spartans eventually turned their fortunes around, to finish with a 7–3–2 regular season record, with key victories over the second-place Jaguars (Maroons) to take the tiebreaker and place in the second seed for the playoffs.

In the single-elimination playoff format, the Spartans eliminated the Trojans 3–1 in the first round, only to have the Jaguars get their revenge in the second round, for the second summer, sending the Spartans out to the steamy Sunday night air at SLP. Those Jaguars went on to face the almost-undefeated Skippers (Royals), who took home the summer trophy thanks to an overtime victory.

In the regular season stat leaderboards, the Spartans managed to make appearances mostly in the PIM category, and were shut out of the points board thanks to a few puck hogs on the leading Level 5 teams.

  • Points leaders

    • Todd Krough (20; 1st place)
    • Dave Sommerness (14; tied for 3rd place)
  • Goals leaders

    • Todd Krough (14; 1st place)
  • Assists leaders

    • Dave Sommerness (8; tied for 1st place)
    • Todd Fitz (7; tied for 2nd place)
    • Jeremy Litton (7; tied for 2nd place)
    • Eric Grotbeck (7; tied for 2nd place)
  • PIM leaders

    • Chris Pettengill (20; 2nd place)
    • Dave Sommerness (14; tied for 3rd place)
    • Jon Pappone (12; tied for 5th place)

In all, a fun summer, and a great way to beat the heat, even if the humidity occasionally led to clouds forming inside the rink.

Season recap

Standings

L6 Spartans Standings Summary
GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM Last 5
14 8 4 2 0 18 51 38 114 3–1–1

Regular Season

Summer 2019 L6 Standings
Team GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM
Skippers 12 8 1 3 0 19 46 17 50
Jaguars 12 7 3 2 0 16 48 30 44
Spartans 12 7 3 2 0 16 46 31 98
Eagles 12 6 5 1 0 13 46 32 48
Hornets 12 6 5 1 0 13 42 42 44
Novas 12 5 7 0 0 10 30 54 20
Trojans 12 2 9 0 1 5 29 59 34
Orioles 12 2 9 1 0 5 25 47 73

Post-season

Summer 2019 L6 Post-Season Standings
Team GP W L T OTL P GF GA PIM DIFF
Skippers (1)* 3 3 0 0 0 6 12 6 10 +6
Jaguars (3) 3 2 0 0 1 5 17 8 24 +9
Eagles (4) 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 6 +1
Spartans (2) 2 1 1 0 0 2 5 7 16 −2
Trojans (7) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 −2
Hornets (5) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 −3
Orioles (8) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 6 −3
Novas (6) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 −6
*L6 Champion

Scoreboard

Summer 2019 L6 Spartans Scoreboard (Regular Season)
Date Time (CT) Arena Home Away
Sun., Jun. 2, 2019 9:30 p.m. Breck Spartans 5 Hornets 5
Thu., Jun. 6, 2019 7:30 p.m. Richfield 2 Jaguars 0 Spartans 3
Tue., Jun. 11, 2019 7:45 p.m. Breck Spartans 2 Skippers 4
Mon., Jun. 17, 2019 7:45 p.m. Breck Novas 2 Spartans 1
Sun., Jun. 23, 2019 9:30 p.m. SLP E Spartans 3 Orioles 1
Mon., Jul. 1, 2019 7:00 p.m. Braemar S Trojans 3 Spartans 4
Tue., Jul. 9, 2019 7:00 p.m. Breck Eagles 8 Spartans 3
Tue., Jul. 16, 2019 7:45 p.m. BIG 2 Hornets 0 Spartans 4
Sun., Jul. 21, 2019 9:30 p.m. Breck Spartans 4 Jaguars 2
Thu., Aug. 1, 2019 9:30 p.m. Braemar W Skippers 3 Spartans 3
Wed., Aug. 7, 2019 6:00 p.m. SLP E Spartans 7 Novas 2
Sun., Aug. 11, 2019 7:45 p.m. SLP E Orioles 1 Spartans 7
Summer 2019 L6 Spartans Scoreboard (Post Season)
Date Time (CT) Arena Home Away
Tue., Aug. 20, 2019 7:20 p.m. Braemar E Spartans 3 Trojans 1
Sun., Aug. 25, 2019 9:30 p.m. SLP E Spartans 2 Jaguars 6

Stats

Player stats – Summer 2019 Season (Full Season)
# Player Pos GP G A P PP SH GWG PIM
15 Krough, T. F 12 16 6 22 1 1 5 8
12 Sommerness, D. C 13 7 8 15 1 1 0 16
23 Vandenberghe, C. (A) W, C 12 6 5 11 0 1 0 2
7 Bredael, S. C 13 4 5 9 0 0 1 6
19 Grotbeck, E. (A) C, D 14 2 7 9 1 1 0 6
17 Litton, J. (C) D 12 0 8 8 0 0 0 6
14 Fitz, T. W, D 12 0 7 7 0 0 0 10
22 Berman, P. LW 13 4 3 7 1 0 0 4
2 Lindholm, J. F 10 5 1 6 1 0 1 6
4 Johnson, M. C 9 2 2 4 1 0 1 2
11 Pappone, J. D, C 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 14
6 Mara, J. W 10 0 3 3 0 0 0 4
20 Pettengill, C. D 11 3 0 3 1 0 0 20
1 Kellogg, S. (G) G 14 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
8 Woods, B. W, D 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
9 Schuster, D. RW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
18 Sutton, B. D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals: 14 51 63 114 7 4 8 114
  • C = Captain
  • A = Alternate Captain
  • S = Substitute player
  • G = Goalie
Goalie stats – Summer 2019 Season (Full Season)
# Goalie GP GA GAA SA Sv% W L T OTL SO
1 Kellogg, S. (G) 14 37 2.64 452 0.918 8 4 2 0 2
Totals: 14 38 2.71 453 0.916 8 4 2 0 2

Note: GA, GAA and Shots totals includes 1 empty-net goal, which is not charged to a goalkeeper.

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