WEEKLY UPDATE

Some guys just have a natural ability to lead they just take control of a situation & calmly show all the followers how it is done & some guys just pick the right goalie to play in front of. Either way the Commish playing in just his second game since returning from injury was the guy taking credit for righting the ship as the Dark squad skated to a win.
After the Whites jumped out to a 2-0 lead the Darkies stormed back behind the speed & passing of Spanky, he leads the TNHL in homerun passes. Curty was on the receiving end of a few which turned into goals as was Crabby who was able to unload from the top of the face-off circle, unstoppable when he puts it just inside the post. Daddy Pat was on his game again chipping in at both ends & it appears he may have let his young apprentice go on to face the rest of the season on his own as Moose (old nickname) moved to the White team. Murph was as big a factor before the game as he was during, "The Icepick" cleaned out the goal posts using a move perfected back when he was an IRA hitman. He says the tool also cures slewfoot. Liam & Fricker teamed up as they have in years past frustrating the Whites with their busy fore check leading to some good scoring chances. Carl returned to sure up the backline for the Dark& his speed was key breaking out of his own end. Tim "Opie" Cunningham was flying out there, I swear I saw his hit himself with a homerun pass for a breakaway goal.
The White crew fought back from a deficit late in the game using goals from Johnny Longpants & Quite Brian who teamed up for a combined five that I can remember in the last fifteen minutes. Chuck returned for a self imposed one game suspension & played his typical hard nosed style, he was greeted with all the warmth that the fans in Quebec gave Eric Lindros on his first visit. Chuck did a good job taking the heat & a better job with his feet, lesson learned. By the way Murph carries an icepick. Rudy did his part generating several scoring chances but this was one of those nights when I had HIS number instead of the other way around. Now that Rusty is management he receive certain benefits such as great seats to TNHL games, this week he set up the lovely Buffy with a pretty good seat. Everyone was happy to see our original fan Spongee got so excited he skated over at full speed to say hello only to realize there were boards between he & the Buffster after he smashed against glass. Jaybird teamed with Tony Romo on defense for the White & had a busy night when they weren't jumping in at the offensive end they were back helping out Tree. As we have come to expect from Tree he battled the entire game, after going cold for a bit he settled down & was his solid self down the stretch. He also did a nice job with the beer supplying a fine assortment of LaBatt's products for the boys after the game & the fan during.