Stobbe Homelife posts 6-1 Win over Northpoint

Jan. 4, 2011 Owen Sound— On a team that features the last two Art Ross winners, the reigning Selke winner, a three-time Vezina finalist and, arguably, a Real Estate Agent in the Puffer League, it's hard to single out one HomeLife player as the proverbial straw who stirs the drink.

You can, in fact, make the case that any one of the Homelife stars sets the agenda for the team and, in Wednesday night's win 6-1 over Northpoint, all played a lead role.

But let's challenge the accepted orthodoxy about the team and offer up another name; a player who lacks both the notoriety and the hardware of his more celebrated colleagues but who, in fact, represents the most accurate barometer of the Homelife's game.

Are you ready? OK, here it is. As Bill Stobbe goes, so goes HomeLife.

Stobbe as has become his custom, wasn't terribly visible in HomeLife's workmanlike win over Northpoint but that's the player the coaches have come to rely on.

The bad news? Stobbe's stirring DiMaggio-esque seven-game scoring streak came to an end on this night. The good news? He was plus-1 and helped keep things neat and tidy around the goaler, particularly in the third period when Homelife took back-to-back penalties for having a two-goal lead.