Summary of Sheep History

 

The current Sheep team is a combination of two original coed broomball teams formed in 1996:  Inflatable Party Sheep and Deloitte & Touche Brutality.  Although there were some players who were on both teams, these two teams existed separately up until 2000 when they merged and went by the Inflatable Party Sheep.

 

2009:  The Sheep played in a men's league in Minneapolis this year and tied for 2nd place.  The Sheep played in the A level at the winter carnival and indoor state tournaments and went with a woman goalie for the first time.  We played well, kept most of the games reasonably close, but we were not able to get a win at either tournament.  We are still adapting our style to having a women goalie.

 

2008:  The Sheep moved to the A level this year and the competition was definitely a challenge.  We had tough showings at the state outdoor and indoor tournament.  We ended up placing 3rd at the National tournament in Fargo.  But we still partied like Sheep!  We had a fabulous trip to a DC tournament.  The Megatherium team were great hosts.  The Sheep won the tournament and awarded the trop to Jessi's niece Annie for the most improved player.  Kim and Matt W also were engaged on the day before the tournament started!

 

2007:  The Sheep played in a Breck indoor league this year.  The Sheep won the Winter Carnival A/B division and beat No Bull and Majors at the state B tournament during pool play.  Majors ended up beating the Sheep in a one goal championship game.  The Sheep were undefeated in the National tournament and took home the trophy!

 

2006:  Can you believe we've been playing as the Sheep for over 10 years!  This was the year the Sheep convinced the Mpls park board to have a small 6 on 6 coed league that wasn't on Sunday.  Terminal Frost, Meerkats, Gatti Inc, SIECO, JJ's and BLS all joined.  The Sheep lost the final to Terminal Frost.  Winter Carnival was cancelled because of warm weather.  The Sheep won the B level state tournament defeating Terminal Frost, Meerkats and DAC along the way.

 

2005:  This was an excellent year to be a Sheep.  We won the outdoor league at Bryn Mawr.  This was notable because we beat SIECO twice during our season.  We never got to play SIECO at Winter Carnival and they ended up winning the C division.  The Sheep also won the 8 on 8 Mpls outdoor A level tournament for the first time.  This was a long time coming.  We lost to only two teams at the Winter Carnival:  Meerkats and Liberty Bail.  But we defeated both of those teams at the C level State Tournament and took the Championship for the first time!  The Sheep returned to Colorado for the 6th straight year.  We lost to both of the other two Minnesota teams:  Summit and Bootleggers by one goal each.  Those two teams met in the final and Summit won 5-0.  The Sheep's total record was 17-4-2 and we outscored our opponents 4 to 1 on the year.  PARTY PARTY SHEEP!!!!!!!!!!

 

2004:  The Sheep moved back to the Minneapolis' first 6 on 6 coed league.  The league was young and the Sheep were undefeated winning all 5 games and claiming their third straight 1st place regular season trophy.  The Sheep entered the 8 on 8 Minneapolis playoffs in the A bracket and got a first round bye.  They won the first two games and made it to the semi final against Summit.  The Sheep pulled their goalie with 3 minutes left down by 2 goals and managed to score one, but that wasn't enough.  The Sheep finished second in the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, the best finish ever in a state tournament.  In the MN State C tourney in Chaska, the Sheep lost a 1 goal game in the semifinal to a good team that went on to win the championship.  This year, team Summit attended the Colorado Springs tournament.  They proved to be just one step ahead of Sheep and they won the final game 1-0 despite the flock's best efforts to Party Party with the opponent's best player on Saturday night at the bar.

 

2003.  The Sheep moved to Hopkins for their regular outdoor league and won all 7 regular season games, scored more than twice the total goals (62) of any other regular season and took home the first place trophy.  The first place finish paid for a state tournament entry in Burnsville where the Sheep went 1-2 and took 3rd place out of 4 teams.  The Sheep entered the Saint Paul Winter Carnival tournament for the first time and took 3rd place out of 10 teams.  They lost to Cory's Clowns in the semi final game and lost to the Lot Sots (the champions) by only one goal in pool play.  The C state tourney was held in Brainerd and the Sheep had a dismal performance on the rink losing all three games by one goal.  But they bounced back in the Colorado Springs tournament and made it to the championship game against a very good Team Brick who had 5 elite players on the roster.  The Sheep lost in OT, but gave the defending champs a run for their money!  Megan Ogdahl took home the coed MVP, Al Chapman won the "Nice Guy" award and Brian Leither was awarded the 2nd place Sheep trophy for his 5 goals in 4 games.

 

New jerseys in 2002!  With the new threads, the Sheep took 1st place in their league and won the trophy going undefeated in their 5 regular season games.  We suffered a disappointing loss in the A level playoffs to the Uptown Bar in a game in which we dominated the ball control.  The Sheep played well against a few teams at Breck including players from the Flames and Terminal Frost.  We went 2-1 at the C level MN state tournament.  We took third place at Colorado Springs going 2-1 and almost making it to the final game despite the fact that the men were dead tired from playing 4 other games earlier the same day.

 

In 2001 the Sheep took 2nd place again to Jimmy's NE and went 3-1 in the regular season.  We lost our first A level playoff game to Mannings.  We made the mistake of entering the B level MN state tournament (rather than C level) and lost all three games.  The Sheep won the Cabble tournament in Cold Spring going 4-1.  The Sheep went to Colorado Springs again but got a poor seed and ended up only getting to play two games.  We tied one and lost one, but got a win for our bye and didn't advance out of pool play.

 

The two teams combined in 2000 and kept the Inflatable Party Sheep name.  The Sheep went 4-1 in the regular season and took second place to Jimmy's NE but we lost our first playoff game to Dusty's in the A level playoffs.  We entered the C level MN state tournament and placed 3rd.  We lost to the Kamakazies 2-6 in the semi final game and they went ahead to beat Babes in the championship.  The Sheep also traveled to Colorado Springs for the first time to compete in the Make-A-Wish tournament.  They lost 2-4 in overtime in the championship game to team Shack.

 

Both the Sheep and Brutality were undefeated in their league in 1999 and both won their league trophies with an amazing total 56-5 goal differential!  The Sheep were 5-0 and Brutality was 4-0-1 with the heated game that was called a tie at the half against Ron's Auto out on Lake Nokomis.  The playoffs were canceled in 1999 due to warm weather.  This was the first year of an organized scrimmage at Breck against another team:  the Lemmings.  We had a hard time adjusting to the indoor ball and only scored 1 goal total for the two scrimmages.   We didn't enter the state tournament this year.

 

In 1998 the Sheep went 4-2 and Brutality went 3-2-1.  The Sheep won their first league trophy going 4-1 and lost their only game by forfeit.  Brutality took second in their league to Ron's Auto.  Both teams entered the A level playoffs for the first time and each team lost their first game.  A combination of people played in the C level MN state tournament again.  The team lost 3 games 0-5, 3-9 and 1-9.

 

In 1997, Brutality went 2-4 and the Sheep saw significant improvement and won the B level Mpls outdoor playoffs and posted a 6-2 record.  A combination of players formed a team and entered the C level MN state tournament and lost decidedly in two games 1-5 and 1-4.  This was the year of the famed visit to the small bar in Prior Lake with the Bahama Mammas and the great juke box.

 

1996 was the first year for both of the teams and was also the first year that the majority of the players had ever heard of broomball.  Very few of the players had broomball shoes and although the games were a bit unorganized, they were still a ton of fun.  In the regular season, the Sheep went 3-2 but two of their wins were by forfeit and Brutality went 1-3-1.  The Sheep lost their first B level playoff game and Brutality lost their second.

 

 

Inflatable Party Sheep

Year Picture Regular Season League Regular Season Playoffs Tourneys Overall Record Overall Goals For / Against

2009

 

Mon, Mpls

2-0-3, 2nd place

NA

Winter Carnival A/B

0-3, 5th place 

 

MN State A

0-3, 4th place

 

Nationals

2-6-3 25/29

2008

 

Tue, Breck

3-4-2

3rd place

 

NA

Winter Carnival A/B

1-2, 3rd place

 

MN State A

0-3 4th place

 

Nationals

2-2, 3rd place

 

DC

5-0 1st place

11-11-2 69/74

2007

2007_03_18_sheep_state_05_team.JPG (40805 bytes)

Tue, Breck

3-4-2

 

NA

Winter Carnival A/B

2-1,

Champions!

 

MN State B

3-1, 2nd place

 

Nationals

4-0-1, Champions!

12-6-3 57/40

2006

2006-03-19-13 chaska coed state P1160113 crop.jpg (741114 bytes)

Tue, Mpls

4-1, 3-way tie for 1st

Mpls 6 on 6

Lost to Terminal Frost 0-3 in Semifinal

Winter Carnival canceled due to warm weather

 

MN State B

4-0, Champions!

 

Colorado

5-1, Consolation Champions

13-3 50/14
2005 2005_02 mpls tourney sheep team 2.jpg (95434 bytes) 2005 broomball chaska team photo.jpg (91286 bytes) 2005_04 colorado tourney sheep team.jpg (158533 bytes) Tue, Mpls

4-0-1, 1st

Mpls A Bracket

4-0

Champions!

Winter Carnival C 3-2, 3rd place

MN State C, 4-0-1, Champions!

Colorado, 2-2, 3rd place

17-4-2 94/27
2004 2004MplsSheepTeam2.jpg (51254 bytes)  2004ChaskaSheep1.jpg (180109 bytes) 2004_04 colorado tourney full team photo.jpg (148584 bytes) Tue, Mpls

5-0, 1st

Mpls A Bracket

2-1

Lost to Summit in quarterfinal game

Winter Carnival C 3-1-1, 2nd place

MN State C, 1-1-2, 3rd place

Colorado, 3-1, 2nd place

14-4-3 66/25

2003

wc2003 team.jpg (193505 bytes) Tue, Hopkins

7-0, 1st

Burnsville St 1-2

3rd Place

Winter Carnival C  2-2, 3rd place

MN State C, 0-3

Colorado, 2-2, 2nd place

12-9 101/54

2002

Broomball02Team.jpeg (92637 bytes) Tue, Van Cleve

5-0, 1st

Mpls A Bracket

0-1

Lost to Uptown Bar

MN C State, 2-1

Colorado, 2-1, 3rd place

9-3 56/20

2001

  Tue, Van Cleve

3-1, 2nd

Mpls A Bracket

0-1

Lost to Mannings

Cabble, 4-1, 1st place

MN State B, 0-3

Colorado, 0-1-1, 3rd place

7-7-1 44/31

2000

BroomballCO99.jpeg (78306 bytes) Tue, Van Cleve

4-1, 2nd

Mlps A Bracket

0-1

Lost to Dusty's

MN State C, 1-3-1, 3rd place

Colorado, 3-2, 2nd place

8-7-1 43/42

1999

  Mon, Bryn Mawr

5-0, 1st

Canceled due to weather None 5-0 32/2

1998

  Sun, Longfellow

4-1, 1st

Mpls A Bracket

0-1

Lost to Scary White Legs 

MN State C, 0-3 4-5 19/28

1997

  Wed, Longfellow

2-2-1, 4th

Mpls B Bracket

4-0

Champions

MN State C, 0-2 6-4-1 33/22

1996

 

Wed, Longfellow

3-2, 4th

Mpls B Bracket 0-1

None

3-3

5/23

 

Deloitte & Touche Brutality

Year Picture League Regular Season Playoffs Goals For / Against

1999

BroomballWtr99.jpeg (71384 bytes) Wed, Nokomis 4-0-1, 1st Canceled due to weather 24/3

1998

  Wed, Longfellow 3-1-1, 2nd A 0-1 Lost to Precision Tune 11/13

1997

  Tue, Van Cleve 2-3, 5th B 0-1 Lost to Ice Hogs 16/20

1996

 

Tue, Van Cleve

2-3, 5th

B 1-1

14/22

 

Lifetime stats include all games through January 18, 2009.

Bold indicates a member of the 100 Game Club

 

Player Games Goals Assists Points P/G G/G A/G
Brian Leither 172 192 99 291 1.69 1.12 0.58
Joe Ziegenfuss 41 27 23 50 1.22 0.66 0.56
Jessi Lindquist 137 85 74 159 1.16 0.62 0.54
Kayne Weiler* 68 44 26 70 1.03 0.65 0.38
Rich Kofski 31 17 12 29 0.94 0.55 0.39
Matt Lindquist 182 73 84 157 0.86 0.40 0.46
Matt Walfoort 32 13 14 27 0.84 0.41 0.44
Jodi Grack 79 39 27 66 0.84 0.49 0.34
Megan Ogdahl 15 6 6 12 0.80 0.40 0.40
Jason Westrum 10 5 1 6 0.60 0.50 0.10
Claudine Weiler 113 20 40 60 0.53 0.18 0.35
Chris Cheney 18 4 5 9 0.50 0.22 0.28
Kelly Osterbauer 32 8 6 14 0.44 0.25 0.19
Kevin Nash 22 0 9 9 0.41 0.00 0.41
Mike Pfriem 42 8 7 15 0.36 0.19 0.17
Andy Lancette 15 1 4 5 0.33 0.07 0.27
Neil Chaffee 153 11 36 47 0.31 0.07 0.24
Stacy Grochowski 24 1 6 7 0.29 0.04 0.25
Karleen Westermeyer 53 9 6 15 0.28 0.17 0.11
Ann Novitske 159 20 24 44 0.28 0.13 0.15
Janis Stephan 62 9 8 17 0.27 0.15 0.13
Kathleen Hanahoe 68 6 11 17 0.25 0.09 0.16
Jodi Walfoort 10 1 1 2 0.20 0.10 0.10
Kris Akse 26 1 3 4 0.15 0.04 0.12
Holly Hackley 13 2 0 2 0.15 0.15 0.00
Elissa Chaffee 127 2 14 16 0.13 0.02 0.11
Al Chapman* 36 0 4 4 0.11 0.00 0.11
Sue Leither 51 2 2 4 0.08 0.04 0.04
Tracy Kofski 17 0 1 1 0.06 0.00 0.06
Scott Dahl* 123 1 3 4 0.03 0.01 0.02
Terri Akse 18 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00

 

*Indicates a player who has played goalie for the Sheep

 

Less than 10 games:

Player Games Goals Assists Points P/G G/G A/G
Jen Revels 1 4 4 8 8.00 4.00 4.00
Mike Lindquist 9 14 7 21 2.33 1.56 0.78
Alan Torborg 4 6 2 8 2.00 1.50 0.50
Sean Pearson 1 1 1 2 2.00 1.00 1.00
Chris Gatti 3 2 3 5 1.67 0.67 1.00
Rose Skavnak 5 4 4 8 1.60 0.80 0.80
Denise Kukielka 9 7 3 10 1.11 0.78 0.33
Jason Revels 1 1 0 1 1.00 1.00 0.00
Jeff Wall 5 1 3 4 0.80 0.20 0.60
Kim Walfoort 9 6 1 7 0.78 0.67 0.11
Dave Roust 4 2 1 3 0.75 0.50 0.25
Jessica Peter 4 0 3 3 0.75 0.00 0.75
AT Mracek 6 2 2 4 0.67 0.33 0.33
Jen LeGro 8 2 2 4 0.50 0.25 0.25
Nathan Running 2 1 0 1 0.50 0.50 0.00
Vic Gillot 2 1 0 1 0.50 0.50 0.00
Annie Meyer 5 1 1 2 0.40 0.20 0.20
Nicky Sneen 3 0 1 1 0.33 0.00 0.33
Dave Grack 4 0 1 1 0.25 0.00 0.25
Syndy Walfoort 4 0 1 1 0.25 0.00 0.25
Lee Feichtinger 5 0 1 1 0.20 0.00 0.20
Adrienne Stark 7 1 0 1 0.14 0.14 0.00
Ted Kluender 7 1 0 1 0.14 0.14 0.00
Heather Rende 8 0 1 1 0.13 0.00 0.13
Lisa Holmberg 9 0 1 1 0.11 0.00 0.11
Jason Speer 9 0 1 1 0.11 0.00 0.11
Brent Chaffee 9 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stephanie Nelson 8 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jill Waters 8 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Susi Breuer 7 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pat Votruba 6 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wayne Froese 6 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jen Nansen 5 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Matt Johnson 5 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jason Faulk 4 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Amy Wetherall 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Conor Weir 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Judy Fitter 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Maureen Youmans 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kristin Mills 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Adam Harrington 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jess Johnson 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kari Hult 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Val Shuster 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tana Hyatt 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dave Hackley 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Neil Kulevsky 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sherry Lynn Stevenson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Steph Schlicting 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Katie 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dan Cooke 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Steve Shuster 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00