2012 State Tournament in Homer

The Squirt C State Tournament was held in Homer this last weekend. The Fairbanks Phantoms worked their way through the Anchorage Comets (1-1), Palmer Pioneers (8-3) and South Anchorage Moose (8-0) in the preliminaries to face the Eagle River Mustangs in the semi finals. With a 4-3 win the Phantoms moved ahead to face the Comets again in the finals. This time the Comets were victorious and took the State Trophy back to Anchorage. A tough loss for our players, but they should be proud to be the 2nd place champions in the state.

Pix from the Tournament....Travis is #10 

 

Happy Dance when they advanced to semifinals

Congratulating the Champions - Anchorage Comets

We stayed out at Lands End

Hockey Players playing football

Chasing down a Sea Otter

End of Tournament Bonfire

Presidents Day Champions

The Fairbanks Phantoms take home another trophy from Anchorage!


Fairbanks Phantoms - Tier III - Squirts (10U)

 

 



 

 

They beat the Anchorage Comets in the Finals 4-2

Signs made by the Team Sisters



Team Dads

Games 2 & 3

Travis was too sick to play in Game #2 against the Chugiak Mustangs (WIN, 2-1), so I didn't take any pictures; but here are some pics from the shooting clinic yesterday and game today vs the South Anchorage Mighty Moose (WIN 3-1).

Some serious defensemen....

Presidents Day Hockey Tournament 2012

Game 1 vs the Kenai Ice Hawks

Travis, Evan & Isaiah

Travis & AT

Travis battling for the puck

Bench Intensity

8-0 WIN over the Ice Hawks

2011 Turkey Shoot Champions

We were down in Anchorage for Travis' hockey tournament over Thanksgiving. Here is how the Fairbanks Daily News Miner wrote it up:

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Amateur Hockey Association Phantoms were red hot during the 22nd annual Anchorage Hockey Association Invitational Turkey Shoot Tournament last weekend, bringing home three championship trophies.

The Phantom U10 Squirts, U14 Bantams and U16 Midgets all won their division titles last weekend in Anchorage. The victories came on the heels of the Fairbanks Hockey Hall of Fame’s donation of more than $10,000 to help FAHA pay for ice time to implement USA Hockey’s American Development Model skills clinics.“They appear to be paying off,” FAHA president Jim Culley wrote in an e-mail to the News-Miner.

Following is a brief roundup of how each team made it all the way to the top of their respective divisions.

Squirts
The 9 and 10-year-old Phantoms worked their way through a field of six teams to earn a spot in the championship game against the Mat-Su Eagles. After a scoreless first period, the FAHA squad stuck twice in the second on a pair of goals by Andrew Hebert and an assist Andrew Troppmann. Mat-Su scored its lone goal midway through the third period to pull within a goal. The Phantoms quickly regained the momentum, adding two more goals on breakaway rushes by Auston Hebert, Andrew’s twin brother. Auston Hebert led the FAHA offense during the tournament with eight goals in five games.

Mat-Su pulled its goalie with 1:28 remaining, but the Phantom defense held strong to preserve the win. Phantom goalie Isaiah Hebard stopped 48 of the 55 shots he faced last weekend for a .872 saves percentage.

Players on the team include Mark Fisher, Dylan Storey, Morgan DuPont (assistant captain), Levi Gho, Andrew Troppmann (captain), Auston Hebert, Caleb Spears, Justice Hoffman, Caleb Sanborn, Andrew Hebert, Travis Brase, Carson Colby (assistant captain), Simon Laszloffy and Isaiah Hebard.

The team is coached by John Hebard, Kevin Coiley, Skip Jantz and Jason Storey. The team manager is Audra Brase.

The team sponsor is No Sweat Gear.


FAHA Phantoms - Squirt Tier III





'nuff said



Winter 2010-11

This winter went by in a blur! It is hard to believe the snow is melting and boating season is just around the bend!

Celebrating spring with a giant bonfire and Alaskan Summer Ale

Travis played Tier III hockey again for the FAHA Phantoms.

 


Presidents Day Tournament Champions

 

We spent New Years at the cabin.




  

Mike ripped his right quadricep tendon off his knee on that trip and was laid up from January through early March.

Post surgery staples

Once he got the go-ahead from the doc and physical therapist we were able to make the most of the last few weekends of decent trail conditions with a trip to George Lake.


At ADF&G public use cabin



sunset sky

 and our cabin.

The kids drove their machines out for the first time

Chef Piper

Spring sunshine

Kids driving around on the river

Sunday morning - overflow in front of cabin - time to head back to town

Piper and I learned how to play the sport of curling and we participated in our first Bon-spiel!

In February we said good-bye to our buddy Angus.

Angus (& Mike) in March, 2009