As promised, here is part two of this season’s 210 Awards…
The “Shameless Plug Award”: You can find the first half of the 210 Awards post right here
The “Linens Award”: To Austin Heidemann, who apparently liked his Booster Club provided bathroom towels so much that he decided to take them with him when he was released by the Railers. I wonder if those towels traveled with him to Wichita, Bloomington, and Greenville, the three other teams he played for this season.
The “Terrible House Guest Award”: To Andrei Bakanov, who managed to wear out his welcome, sometimes very quickly, in Worcester, Bloomington, Fort Wayne, Idaho, and Norfolk this season. Somehow Bakanov couldn’t manage to stay on a team this season despite putting up 17 goals, the most he’s had in a season since 2017-18, when he was 16 years old. Well, we know why. He needs to grow up a bit if he wants to make hockey his profession.
The “You Can Leave Your Hat On Award”: To Ryan Dickinson, who got the rare Helmet Violation minor on December 06, 2024 against Maine. Referee Rocco Stachowiak should have called a Maine player for roughing for removing Dickinson’s helmet, but he didn’t and Dickinson kept playing.
The “I Get My Best Work Done From My Office Award”: Railers PA man Adam Webster, who made an intermission announcement while standing at a DCU Center urinal. Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
The “It’s Your Fault You’re Wearing White Award”: The Bloomington Bison, who after being told and shown what the Railers Monkey Wrenches jerseys looked like, decided that they’d bring their white sweaters for their weekend series against Worcester. Then Bison Head Coach Phillip Barski had the gall to complain the Railers cream-colored jerseys were too close to Bloomington’s whites.
The “You’re a Whiny Little You-Know-What Award”: Bison Head Coach Phillip Barski; see above for the reason.
The “You Should Have Had a Snickers” Award: Adirondack alternate captain Ryan Wheeler, for vehemently complaining about a goal that was never going to be a goal, and then whining about the game clock as if one point nine seconds would have been enough for them to score two goals, only to find out those seconds should have ticked off the clock before the goal he complained about, that didn’t count and never was going to count, was scored.
The “Mitch Gillam Award”: To Hugo Ollas, for his red goalie pants. If you know, you know.
The “Steve Kando Award”: To Railers Group Events Specialist Josh DeMaio for all his hard work this season. For the third year in a row, Steve does not win the award named for him.
The “David Gwozdz Award”: To Dave Gwozdz, once again a winner for a decent mix of new merchandise this season to go along with some old favorites, plus some incredible specialty merchandise. (See how easy it is to win an award named for you Steve? And Dave has done it three years in a row now.)
The “Martin Brodeur Award”: To New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello, who has never won a thing in pro hockey without Brodeur as his goaltender, and we’ll keep giving him this award until he’s no longer even tangentially involved with the Railers.
The “Thanks for Reading” Award: To the Reading Royals, who seemed to not agree with my assessment that their arena camera work and video production were the worst in professional hockey. I’ll let others decide if I’m right or wrong, and you can feel free to search the internet for other comments on the subject. Of course, then there’s…
The “You Proved My point Award”: To the above mentioned Royals, for a pretty poorly put together video of camera operators and (I presume) a video director showing my tweets and posts. It was like watching an 80s high school video. And I should know, I made a lot of them at South High back then.
The “David Haas Award”: The award that goes to the player with the most talent that uses the least of it, and after a brief meeting of the committee it was determined that we’ll be putting this back on the shelf again this season.
The “Shoutout Award”: To all the Booster Club volunteers who took part in helping to support the team and the club’s charity efforts this season. From the 50/50 volunteers to those that do door handouts to the many that helped with player housing, and everything else in between, the club couldn’t do what it does without you. Thank you.
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