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The 21st edition of the FHL Lumber

Cup had many of the same themes as
years past except that the dominating
team all season continued to dominate in
the playoffs as BCS was full value for its
2nd consecutive Lumber Cup victory.
However, the only sure bet entering
Saturday mornings final round robin
games was that BCS would be in the final
but because of the hijinks that had
occurred in the first 3 nights of action
every other team still had a chance.
When the dust settled it was the season
long cellar dwellers Serenity Phoenix
Builders who parlayed their 2-2 record
into the final. Serenity had started slowly
with a 7-1 crushing from BCS before
upsetting Fraser River 6-5 thanks to 4
goals from Billy Joel Marsh. Faced
with a win and youre in scenario versus
Bear, they lost 3-2 to set up a possible and
complicated tie breaker scenario. Serenity
then did the unexpected as they defeated
BCS 5-2 on Saturday morning and had to
nervously wait for the result of the Bear
versus Fraser River tilt.
Bear had somehow thrashed its way to
control its own destiny with a 3-3 tie with
the Chevy Crew a 6-1 loss to BCS (which
featured 6 assists from Rob Gretzky
Weremy) and its win over the Builders.
Fraser River was actually on its way to
the junk yard thanks to its tie with Bear,
loss to Serenity and penalty filled 7-3 loss
to BCS before a chance at redemption
presented itself. That chance was short
lived as the Serenity victory over BCS
erased any hope except for the coveted
spoiler role. They finally excelled when it
didnt matter with a 4-1 victory over Bear
which set up the BCS vs. Serenity final.

Captain Bruce Broughton accepts the 21st Lumber

Cup from Steve Paperback Writer Dodge.

2015 Lumber Cup Champion Blue Collar Silviculture.

You couldnt have picked more
unlikely dance partner`s for the final as
BCS had almost 3 times as many points
in the regular season (36-13) as
Serenity but when the puck dropped it
was anybody`s game to win.
Despite having the only power-play
opportunity in the first , Serenity gave
up the first goal 7 minutes in as Ian
Heartbreaker Hannah was up to his
old tricks. The tight checking affair
stayed a 1 goal game at Zamboni time
thanks to some stellar play from
Serenity`s Mike Sean Burke and
BCS`s Mike Hammer Smith.
Not surprisingly, entering the
contest the combatants featured the top
2 tournament scorers as BCS`s Justin
Time Rasmussen had waltzed his
way to 7 goals and 5 assists with
Serenity`s Billy Joel Marsh close
behind with 8 goals and 2 assists.
The stalwart D on both sides
focused on these offensive threats
which gave the role players a chance to
be Picassos when the short strokes
became necessary. Grabbing the paint
brush first was BCS`s Wade The
Blade Price who scored his 4th of the
week thanks to a great assist by Darcy
Doctor McGillivray who went onto
score the clincher on a unassisted
masterpiece to make the final 3-0.

2014 RBM winner Lee Naeth (R)

congratulates 2015 winner Glen Boudreau.

Thank-you for Thanking me!

It was great that the creator of the
Lumber and Ralph Beaudry Cups
found time to score-keep every
single game! Well done Garry
Horley
Vertical stripes are thinning!
Thanks to Jim and Josh for
refereeing most of the games and a
special Growl for the trio of
Bear players (Kerry, Jim and
Derek) who sacrificed their
reputations to ref on Saturday.
Cold as Ice award to the arena
staff who managed to keep the
rink frozen despite the balmy
temperatures during the week!