THANKSGIVING UPDATE

The Pre- Thanksgiving skate was a success as usual, plenty of players for both squads, plenty of beers in the locker room & plenty of laughs at Nick's. The Darkies got the best of the Whites in a rocking affair. With Curty practicing his CURTesy flush in the men's room the white squad jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Brit whistled one from the face off dot on his first shift. It would be an hour before the Whites would score again while the Darkies built a big lead. Shooter, Chuck & Curty led an assault on the White net with some fine tic-tac-toe passing leaving Tree little chance on several goals. On defense Jaybird, Murph, Crabby & Craskey shut down the White attack with some fine play in the neutral zone & out front of their own net & all were able get on the scoreboard as well. Then there was the Collins brothers, old Quiet Brian was able to slip a ringer past the Commish, Johnny Gluten showed some good skating skills as well as quick hands when he put one just under the crossbar from just out front,they were a pretty good combination any time they were on the ice.
The white did manage a second goal on the evening as Spongee buried a shot through the five hole. Spongee looked like a new man, metro sexual even, with his European style helmet that let his ears flap in the breeze as he skated through the zone. To a goalie it kind of sounds like those deer whistles you put on the bumper of your car, his White jersey finished off the "Borje Salming" look. The rest of the Whites had a tough time getting on the scoreboard, they were able to generate some good chances but the kept hitting Sixpack with pucks.
Once again we were short a couple of regulars, hopefully it is not due to injury & they will return soon. The Beer was handled beautifully by the Commish & Daddy Pat, each picking up a case of tasty LaBatt's Blue. After that it was off to Nick's till 1am for a sausage fest, video darts, Liam's story about a hippie who voted for Obama & Fricker's story about blasting sitar music & bribing Habib with $20 for the use of his NYC taxi cab. Wow! All this & I get to wake up at 2:30 to take a piss that I couldn't hold until 5:30.
Any how I had a blast.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING

WEEKLY UPDATE

As winter begins to creep in the boys laced up the skates & took to the friendly confines of Springfield Ice Rink. The Darkies skated away with the win & a fine locker room refreshment session followed.
The Dark squad was led on offence by Crafty & Curty, these guys teamed up for a couple of goals each, some worthy of Sports Centers Top Ten. Shooter continues to look good as he stalked the White zone scoring a few points as well. Shooter was looking for his complementary TNHL t-shirt in the locker room but he was told he has yet to meet the minimum required number of passes need to aquire "THE SHIRT". Quiet Brian had his typical solid/steady game, getting on the scoreboard,breaking up plays in the neutral zone & playing in his own end. On Defense Johnny Longpants & Daddy Pat used their offensive skills every chance they had, taking the puck deep or with a sweet outlet pass to start a rush. While Jaybird & Murph were the stay at home guys clamping down several juicy rebounds & helping to keep the white score down.
The Whites were led by the speedy front line of Chuck & Liam who used their relentless forecheck to get many quality scoring chances as did Fricker & JD who each found the back of the net. Plenty of scoring push came from the back line, Tim notched a couple & Crabby chipped in with one of his own while Rusty & Brit were all over the ice working up quite a thirst. In goal, Tree was sporting a brand new chest protector that made him look like Garth Snow, the problem with that is Garth is now a general manager. Tree was not happy with his performance but from where I was standing it looked like he made the first save then had little help with the rebounds.
A big thanks has to go out to Frank for coming out to sharpen some skates, although I did see several guys go down early on which made me think of WKRP in Cincinnati & Les Nessman "The turkeys are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement". Frank will be at the rink on the second Tuesday of each month, thanks to Daddy Pat for that little service. Also we must thank Brit for supplying the suds, he has quite a memory not a Miller Lite to be found, ya gotta love that guy. We were missing a few regulars this week, The Hurricane, Tony Romo were nowhere to be found forcing me to drink their share of beer & The Commish spent the night ignoring hockey moms all over the tri state area. Then we have Spongee, I wanted to personally thank him for getting a replacement for me last week, little did I know my fill in is HUGE in Europe. I'm looking into rumors that Spongee has hitched his wagon to Trappers star & has become a roadie, looking to get some of The Hoff's cast-offs. I knew I saw him with the real Hoff in The Sponge Bob Movie!

Denied ...

What Spongee was really doing Tuesday night:

WOOZEY UPDATE

As I bow out of tonight's tilt, I thought I should catch up with the action from last week.
As many of you know I took a spill about half way through the skate, got dizzy & just went down. Now there are several theories as to why this happened, perhaps I was overcome with the news that Obama was about to become President or I had mistakenly filled my water bottles with grain alcohol, or maybe I just kept replaying the Commish's move around Britzky I finally became to dizzy to remain upright. None of this would be true, the truth is I'm just getting old & a simple head cold can throw me for a loop. Lets face it I'm just one wet fart away from being placed in a home a wearing disposable under garments.
I can't tell you much about the game, from what I remember it was pretty good. I had this good picture so I guess I'll say the Dark came out on top of the White.


Enjoy your skate tonight gentlemen, I will rejoin you next week.

Is that Mrs Fricker?

Babe vs Babe