WEEKLY UPDATE

A four game winning streak came to a screeching halt this week as the White Boys put a beat down on the Darkies. Most of our regulars returned this week after doing there part in the relief effort for Hurricane Sandy, Shooter was back in a big way & was an offensive force for the Whites taking some of the scoring burden from the rest of the pale boys. Crafty continued his year long scoring streak & as usual was an unwelcome visitor in the Dark zone all night while Quiet Brian found himself dressed in White this week & joined  in the beating like I was Rodney King. Chuck used his unique skills & straight ahead style to score at least a couple to extend the White lead.

 The Darkies were able to hang close for while early on due in large part to the play of Johnny Suds shot blocking & Crickets transition game & managed to make the final score respectable with a late offensive push from Crabby & "Play Station" or Chris, who displayed moves only seen in video games. In between everything seemed to go the way of the White as they filed the Dark net. Johnny Longpants & Romo pushed the pace all night keeping pucks in at the blueline & found holes in the Dark zone to keep the pressure on. Daddy Pat returned  & even though he continues to battle a knee injury still drove the Dark crazy with his forecheck. Spongee was also back after spending some time plucking boats out off trees & played one of his better games lacing saucer passes a foot or so over the intended target & smashing into the boards. Rusty is back from working the pole but plans on working it again this weekend but this time he is looking for help from a master baiter. Tree remains in shut down mode stopping most everything thrown his way frustrating  the hard working Dark gang. The Commish took his rightful spot on the Dark squad this week looking like he just finished a cycle of HGH, turns out he was only wearing shoulder pads.

 If Fricker was feeling better last weeks absent note should have been written by a coroner, some how he played much better than he looked. Hockey Dave is quickly becoming a regular with the Tuesday night call up & he says this is the best he's ever gotten along with his wife. The dynamic duo of Murph & Flounder also laid it all on the line under the pressure of the White wave constantly bailing my ass out. That leaves me with this, one of the most important parts of the TNHL is making sure players have the correct nickname, most are given for obvious reasons, Johnny Longpants, Commish, Cone or Chuck for example & some are more obscure like Sixpack. So it seemed to all that 5 would stick, but after  a couple of shifts played at only one end of the ice a new name appears on the blog.

Well let me be the first to say 5 did not "Coast" at all this week & made at least a half dozen big defensive plays in the slot, guess he does more than look at he pictures on the blog. Anyway there was a play he made late in this one that may have earned him the name that will stick, 5 went all Patrick Kane on us sliding on his belly while playing the puck all that was missing was the cape, good game "Superman".

 Tree saved his best for last this week loading up with just enough frosty LaBatt's to keep that Furby looking rink manager from calling his mommy on us.

Till next week