Stay tuned for more information including several free agent signings which will be disclosed shortly, pending completion of team physicals and legal documentation.

After winning a hard fought Championship at the DDD level in the Summer 2008 Season,  The league thought we we’re ready to move up a level.  22 games, and  a dreadful 4-13-5 record later, I think we know how well that worked out.

Now that SubZero is officially in its “off season”  the focus shifts to the future of the team.

More details will be posted soon, but it looks like there is light at the end of the tunnel, and SubZero is likely to come back for a 17th consecutive season.

-mike

If Brown, 40, isn’t claimed by another club by noon ET on Wednesday, he can be sent down to SubZero’s Minor League affiliate in Tacoma.  But at his age, and diminished level of activity beyond sitting at home,  it remains unclear if the  Tacoma farm team will accept him.

One of the oldest players in the SIAHL, Brown has been a healthy scratch for most of the past 4 seasons.  In three games this season , “brownie”  has recorded no points, 12 penalty minutes and a minus-6 rating while logging and estimated average of  18:12 of ice time. To replace him on the roster, SubZero recalled right wing #9 Karen Siegle from Absolute Zero, the team’s San Jose based affiliate.

A return to coaching could be in Mr. Brown’s future. In his previous coaching stint for SubZero in the 2006 Arizona Hockey Classic, the team went undefeated on the way to a Tournament Championship.

Brownie played for the Cisco Metros and SubZero off and on for the past 7 years.

smiling photo of Defenseman Doug Harvey

SubZero announced the siging of free agent Defenseman Doug Harvey at 1am sunday morning after a lengthy  contractnegotiaion over beer, chicken wings, and fritos.  Harvey was signed in an attempt to help shore up the SubZero Blueline, ravaged by injuries and illness this season, and decimated by free agency in the offseason.

Harvey’s contract consists of 1 season with 8 additonal (individual) years as club options.  Keeping with team policy, the specifics of the contract are not disclosed, however,  rumors floating around Stanley’s Restaurant and Bar indicate that post game beer and periodic bonuses of imported Coffee Crisps are included.

Smiling picture of Forward Jon Rosburg

Rosburg, a founding member of the Cisco team and key component of the early  SubZero Championship teams, is returning to the ice for the first time in several seasons.  Rosburg is expected in the lineup Sunday night for SubZero’s final game of 2008.