Weak Two

Well, it was the second skate of the year and we are stumbling out of the blocks to say the least. I am sorry for the late posting, but I just caught my breathe today. We skated the night with a total of 14 players, including goalies. This is a proud accomplishment for those that participated, but a sad statement for the status of the league. I think the Commish should take some of the blame for the low attendance; He did tell people this was a Men’s hockey league and apparently that has caused a few of the players to wonder if they qualify or not. I understand the office of the Commish has released a statement to clarify the league requirements, grandfathering most of last year’s participants.

I would state who was missing and why, but it is easier to state who was there (some are pictured ).

THE DARK TEAM

In net, Chris, our guest goalie of the week:

Defense. Murph and Jay, the hockey playing policeman that keeps goalies and the roads safe.


The always stylish Johnny Longpants, Myself, Liam and of course….

Speed “Brit” Racer himself:

THE DARK TEAM

In net, Alex:

On Defense was the dynamic trio of Opie, Romo and “The Tool Man” Unger

The offense was equally dynamic and dominate from the efforts of “Crafty” Craskey (Since Crafty is a material witness in the Billy Smithson trial, no picture available due to witness protection program rules), along with Mark “Barnaby” Fricker and the Commish

Although it was tough skate of 3 on 3 the participating skaters played hard with continued effort throughout the night. The scoring was brisk, with dark leading the majority of the night. However, the white team, by use of the TNHL’s equivalent of the “Rope A Dope” hung in there until the “Last Goal Wins” screech and ended the match with a last goal win. The players efforts on the ice were only out done by their efforts in the locker room. After a hard skate sitting in the locker room sweaty, exhausted form the skate we found ourselves seriously out numbered by the beers in the cooler. As expected, everyone stepped up and attacked the cooler. Without getting into too much details,,,Let’s just say there aren’t any bottles of beer on the wall. Good Job Lads!

For those of you not here last year on Tuesdays, below is called a “Beer List” when you see your name you are required to bring 2 cases of beer (minimum of 48 individual can/bottles, more is good)

If can not meet your commitment on your week, FOR ANY REASON, it is YOUR responsibility to switch weeks with another TNHLer or have the beer there even if you can’t make it (shipping arrangements can be made on www.fedwx,com )


Preliminary List: List assignments of beer from now through January. Additional dates will be added as season progresses. Please review and note the date of you “HIGHEST RESPONSPONSIBILITY”

WEEK DATE BEER RESPONSIBILITY

1 10/13 Commish & Opie

2 10/20 Daddy Pat

3 10/27 Spongee

4 11/3 Fricker

5 11/10 Crafty Craskey

6 11/17 Liam

7 11/24 Daddy Pat

8 12/1 Murph

9 12/8 Jay

10 12/15 Crabby

11 12/22 Chuck

12 12/29 Alex

13 1/5 Toomey

14 1/12 Romo

15 1/19 Carl

16 1/26 Shooter



There will be a SKATE SHARPENING schedule posted in upcoming weeks. We will pick a week per month to have Frank schedule in the parking lot (i.e. every 1st Tuesday of the month). We just had Frank on this past Tuesday and will use this week to determine preference of league.

Remember, if you can not make the week’s skate YOU need to contact the Commish so he can secure a substitute for the week.

Editor's Note: Daddy Pat sent me a word doc with about 127 pictures embedded. D Pat, you're going to need to learn how to post directly to the blog. If Sixpack can do it, you sure as hell can. I was too lazy to save off all of those pictures and then upload them, you get a pic of boobies instead.