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Stephenville Area Hockey League
Here For a Good Time - Its Been a Long Time
That Was Fun
Open All The Doors and Let You Out Into the World
In 6 years since the SHL merged with the KHL to form the SAHL, there have been many memorable games, fights and moments which have become almost legendary. We've broken sticks, nets, windows and hearts. We've walked, biked, driven and ran to games at the tennis courts, high school, church and on base. We've played through middle school, high school and now university. Teams and players from Cold Brook, Stephenville, Kippens, Port-au-Port West, Stephenville Crossing and all points in between makes up the most colourful ball hockey league to ever take to the pavement in Newfoundland and possibly Canada. We sure weren't close to being the most skilled, but when you can get people of all kinds to come out for a game, and even get Domino's delivered to a ball hockey game you know you were part of the SAHL. It's been fun.
October 2003. That's when the SAHL was officially brought into existence by Matthew Tabor and Trevor Murphy, with the assistance of Brandon Bennett. Since that time, nearly 100 players experienced the game of street hockey within the confines of Stephenville's top league. While the original SAHL rink, the former hospital site, is long gone, the memories remain. To many who were there, it seems the rivalry between Base Lightning GM Randy Hunt and Co-commissioner Murphy erupted into downright fued just yesterday. But in fact that was 7 years, 5 teams, 6 champions and
Extras
The high school parking lot was the site of more BSG Cup Championships than any other location in SAHL history.
2 player associations elections ago. There was nothing quite like conducting a league meeting over lemonade and listening to OZ on the patio of 28 Bruce, SAHL HQ. Or spending hours trying to persuade everyone to take your side against someone else for some long forgotten and inexplicable reason. Or trying to trade Evan between Kippens and Stephenville for the 4th time that day. The glory days of the SAHL may be long over, but there is no doubt that the stories of our league will live on. Take a moment, fire up some Semisonic to get in a nostalgic mood, or In The Shadows by The Rasmus (official song of 2004 summer season), and browse the Road Shots, maybe some old video, and who knows, maybe even shed a tear like you did when you took that slapshot to the groin.
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