I hope to get the entire bracket up before long but I wanted to make sure everyone knew that I’ve uploaded over 60 fantastic pictures from this years tournament courtesy of Kirk Donaldson Photography. I would have really liked to put them all online but it would shut down the internet and everyone would be yelling at me because they can’t look at their Facebook pages because of the enormous strain on the internet backbone caused by the giant downloads…. in other words.. there were just too many!

Enjoy the pictures, and thanks again Kirk!

The tournament is complete, we have our winners, our losers and a bunch of sore old guys.
Click this link to view the division results…. more to come.

MPHC 2009 Results

The ice is great this morning and the games will continue as scheduled.  The cold temps last night froze the standing water on the rinks and they are just right for the final day of the Michigan Pond Hockey Classic 2009 edition.

It was inevitable…. we have a slight schedule update.  Most of the teams are effected and it’s pretty much just an alteration to your times.

Please check the discussion forums for the updated teams listed in RED or in the .XLS spreadsheet sent out to those on the mailing list.

Hey Everyone-

Wanted to communicate to you what is going to happen this weekend.  As most of you know from last year, I am very honest and up front about anything to do with this tournament, you players all mean a lot to me.

I think we can pull this off this weekend!!!  We have more than 12 inches of ice on the lake right now, that is a very big thermal mass of cold.  That is helpful when you have warmer air temps.  The ice temp is much different than the air temp.

I have been talking with 3 different weather experts, as well as, Bill Tesch who is by far the most knowledgeable man I know, when it comes to outdoor ice!  Myself, I have been making outdoor ice at my house for 10 yrs (on Whitmore Lake) and spent 5yrs with an automotive supplier making ice and snow for anti-lock brake development.  We have a lot of ice knowledge working for you

We are also making arrangements for lighting. If the ice gets too soft, we will go to the beer tent for a few hours, turn the lights on and play some evening games Saturday.

I hope that helps.  I am always available, my number is below

Pete Read
Tournament Director
Michigan Pond Hockey Classic
PO Box 130962
Ann Arbor, MI 48113
ph. 734.834.0084
email. gpr0612@aol.com
www.michiganpondhockey.com