2/2012

Current 2011/2012 Season - Lynchburg

Monday nights will end on May 14 (8:30 to 9:45 PM for now)

Thursday nights will end on May 17 (8:30 to 9:45 PM for now) 

Ice times will likely be earlier starting in mid- March and into the summer season.

Tuesday nights will start up on March 13 and end May 15 – ice time 7:00 to 8:15 PM

Rosters are full on all three nights.

End of Season Mini-tournament

We will hold the annual end-of-season mini-tournament on Saturday, May 19 at the LaHaye Ice Center. Expected start time will be 9:30 AM. Details to follow later.

7th Annual Outing:

The annual outing will be held after the mini-tournament on May 19th. We polled a number of players, the result being they would like something a little different this year, having extra ice time after the tournament for family use and having the meal right there at LaHaye Ice Center. This will eliminate travel after the tournament and any weather concerns. We also expect to have a ball-field available right there near the rink for those who would prefer to get outside and play softball, etc.

More details to follow later.

Summer Season - Lynchburg

We have reserved ice time on Mondays and Thursdays for the summer season.

Mondays will start on June 11 and end August 27

Thursdays  “     “     “  June 14   “     “   August 30

We will miss one week for LU hockey camp and one for annual maintenance.

Interim Ice

There will be no interim ice between seasons this year. Managing the ice time and getting players to the rink has been difficult and we have lost money trying to do this.

2012/2013 Season in Lynchburg

We have reserved both Mondays and Thursdays for the 2012/2013 season.

Mondays will start on September 10, Thursdays on September 13.

The season will end the week after Liberty University graduation in May 2013. 

2012/2013 Season in Roanoke

Information on next season will be sent out once we learn of the Roanoke Civic Center schedule for ice time.

Volunteers Needed

We need a few volunteers to help out with the year end Mini-tournament and Outing.

Please contact Bob Coffin

Gerihatricks Tournament

The Rusty Blades will have a 50+ team in the Gerihatricks Annual Senior Hockey Tournament again this year. The tournament is held in Laurel, Maryland on March 16 – 18. Gary Ruberg has been heading up the Travel Team duties. This year’s team captain is Rick Finger and alternate captains are Dave High and Gary Ruberg. More details will follow later.

Other Rusty Blades participating this year will be Norm Reynolds and Bob Coffin who will be skating with the Gerihatricks 70+ team, along with former Rusty Blade member Joel McGrath.

New “Youngsters” Grandfathered

We had 3 younger-than-45 players join the Monday regulars in Lynchburg while the age limit was temporarily lowered to build up our roster. These are: Maria Schroeder, Pat Schroeder and Chad Duff. Our regular players were polled, and the affirmative results forwarded to the Board of Directors, who voted unanimously to grandfather them. We welcome them as full-fledged members of the Rusty Blades and they are now eligible to participate in all Rusty Blades events.

Thank you all for being part of the Rusty Blades!

Your Board of Directors

Bob, Dan, Gary, Jeff & Kevin

5/2011

Photos by Stefan Backstrom

Download the PDF 2011-2012 Waiver here.