How hot was
it? So hot that Commissioner Jerry Pytlewski, background, went shirtless. Jeff
Thill still wore a heavier shirt as he refs Roger Connolly.
An absolute scorcher of a night, with high humidities as the Lemont Table
Hockey League fired up for the Week 3 tournament. We had a strong 11-man turnout
despite it being the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Commissioner Jerry
Pytlewski hosted the evening once again at Fantail Gardens, his backyard table
hockey arena/pigeon haven. Jim Rzonca bounced back to take the round-robin
tournament, going 9-1. His only loss was to Jeff Thill, who also bounced back
this week to finish second at 8-2. Third place was up for grabs between Jeff
Farwell, Dan Lord and Eric Krol, all at 7-3, and the tiebreakers left them in
that order. Rich Thill also picked up a half-point for sixth place. Highlights
of the evening included a barn burner of a game between Rzonca and his Bubble
Boys partner Pytlewski. Jerry held a 2-1 lead, but lost some of his momentum
after a rod broke (those pesky LW Stiga rods), and Jim came back for a 3-2
victory. Eric Krol and Jeff Thill played another tough game, beating each other
up before Thill iced it 2-1. CTHL'er Roger Connolly made a surprise appearance
and acquitted himself well, playing most everybody tough and upending Jeff Thill
4-3. Connolly, who can be found playing Coleco in the winter, said he grew up
playing the Stiga. Garry Butler drove back two hours from Michigan to arrive in
enough time to play. As far as I know, no games were broken by
Garry.
It's the Bomber, Garry Butler!
Standings
PLAYER W L PTS GF GA
JIM RZONCA 9 1 6.5 34 11
JEFF THILL 8 2 5.5 37 16
JEFF FARWELL 7 3 4.5 45 32
DAN LORD 7 3 3.5 43 24
ERIC KROL 7 3 2.5 33 22
RICH THILL 5 5 1.5 22 38
GARRY BUTLER 5 5 1.0 27 28
JERRY PYTLEWSKI 3 7 1.0 21 36
ROGER CONNOLLY 2 8 1.0 20 38
ADAM THILL 2 8 1.0 14 26
MATT SOUKUP 0 10 1.0 11 46
Everyone played 10 games, except Connolly (8) and Adam Thill and Garry Butler (9).
Box Scores
Rich Thill takes on his nephew, Jeff Farwell.
J. THILL 2
A. THILL 1 (OT)
KROL 2
LORD 6
MATT 2
FARWELL 4
PYTLEWSKI 3
ROGER 2 (OT)
R. THILL 0
J. RZONCA 4
J. THILL 3
PYTLEWSKI 2 (OT)
A. THILL 4
SOUKUP 0
KROL 4
R. THILL 0
RZONCA 5
FARWELL 1
ROGER 3
LORD 5
J. THILL 3
CONNOLLY 4
A. THILL 1
RZONCA 3
KROL 5
FARWELL 4
MATT 4
PYTLEWSKI 3
R. THILL 2
LORD 7
J. THILL 2
LORD 1 (OT)
MATT 0
ROGER 3
PYTLEWSKI 2
RZONCA 3
R. THILL 0
J. THILL 9
J. THILL 5
MATT 0
A. THILL 1
R. THILL 2
KROL 3
PYTLEWSKI 1
RZONCA 5
ROGER 1
FARWELL 4
LORD 3
J. THILL 4
RZONCA 1
A. THILL 1
FARWELL 7
KROL 3
ROGER 2
MATT 0
LORD 3
PYTLEWSKI 1
R. THILL 4
J. THILL 2
KROL 1
A. THILL 1
LORD 4
MATT 0
RZONCA 2
PYTLEWSKI 2
FARWELL 3
R. THILL 3
ROGER 1
FARWELL 7
R. THILL 3
A. THILL 2
PYTLEWSKI 3
KROL 7
MATT 3
RZONCA 5
LORD 1
ROGER 4
FARWELL 6
J. THILL 3
FARWELL 5
A. THILL FFW
ROGER FFL
KROL 1
RZONCA 3
MATT 1
R. THILL 6
PYTLEWSKI 2
LORD 8
J. THILL 2
BUTLER 3
A. THILL 2
BUTLER 3
KROL 5
BUTLER 0
MATT 1
BUTLER 9
PYTLEWSKI 2
BUTLER 7
R. THILL 3
BUTLER 2
RZONCA 3
BUTLER 0
ROGER FFL
BUTLER FFW
FARWELL 6
BUTLER 2
LORD 5
BUTLER 3
