WEEKLY UPDATE

Week two was a split squad game in so far as we have not seen half of the Darkies since they split last Tuesday. It was also a wide open affair with lots of goals and some pretty good goaltending at times.
 The White took a big lead mid way thru and managed to hold despite a late dark rally for a 13-10 win, I think... might have been more. Shooter got to work early on, in an attempt to offset his league fees or possibly qualify for some sort of tax break, broke out his cordless drill to install some new screw/hooks for the boys to hang their gear.

He also opened the scoring with a bad angle wrist shot that found the net. Crafty showed he had more range than a rod hockey left wing when he made it in front of the net to tip home the second goal of the night. I say it was a high stick tho.
White Doug got  the Darkies on the scoreboard with his first of the season and wondered out loud why he is known as White Doug when we all know its just incase a black guy named Doug is recruited by the Commish to feed him passes on the door step.

 

The game would eventually get to a 3-3 tie due in large part to the smelly kid in net for the Whites, lets call him Skunk, only because of the smell coming from his gear. Skunk used his young legs and a quick glove well as the White boys began to pile up the goals. Johnny Longpants and Romo used their speed and skills to keep the pressure on the Dark skaters and each would score at least one that I remember. When they were on the bench Daddy Pat used his stick like a windshield wiper on the fore check deflecting or knocking down clearing attempts. If all the sticks were lined up outside the locker room one might compare Pat's shaft length to Ron Jeremy's

. Fricker played like he was getting ready for a gluten free Oktoberfest and was not involved in any questionable behavior, but Hockey Dave humped my leg a little.

 The Darkies got drawn into an up and down game which is not their style but played just enough defense to get back in the game as the clock ticked towards zero. Crabby muscled his way to a couple of goals and assists as the physical play picked up. Quiet Brian and Rob "needs a nickname" McCarry kept pushing the pace and chipping at the White lead playing both ends of the ice while Murph patrolled his zone like a guard dog. Then we have Timmy, the only thing that covered more ice was the lights, every shift up and back rushing the puck, crashing the net, back checking, breaking up plays, tipping in a shot (on me, his goalie) and so on. We really nedd him to pick up his play.

Two of our long time all stars have a little more than hockey on their minds this week with the Pope coming to town. Chuck ,who already called out of next Tuesdays skate for Pope duty who just happens to be leaving the city on Monday, and Flounder who has been a nervous wreck since he got the detail. I have found out through a source the pair will be working undercover so if you happen to be inside the Pope Zone on Saturday or Sunday please pretend that you do not recognize these two.

Jay did score the beer frame goal after jumping in to join the rush.
The Milk Carton gang this week included:
Liam, at back to school night ogling all the young teachers
Nick,(Youngblood) waiting on hold to talk to his gumba Mikey Miss for a chance to win tickets to a Flyers game that will be played on a Tuesday night.
Tree, the only guy with a legit excuse, high school coaches meeting
The Commish, posing for a sand sculpture

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Daddy Pat did a nice job with the beers, a fine selection of Harp, Labatt's & some kind of Cider flowed into the night. Delicious!!!!

Till next week!

WEEKLY UPDATE

Another TNHL season is upon us, as usual opening night doesn't disappoint that is unless you were hoping to see some quality hockey.
The game was as close as you could get with the White boys scoring in OT for the win. Crafty opened the scoring for the pale fellows cashing in on one of his many breakaways on the night, I was getting the feeling he missed me, several more goals would follow. The Dark side managed to keep it close never falling behind by more than three goals getting most of them from new comer Dean Youngblood in purple, Nick would end the night with just about the same amount of goals as Crafty.

 

I'm not sure of the final score but I know it was Spongee scoring the beer frame goal, crashing the net and cashing in on a juicy rebound. Tree did a great job between the pipes for the white, his glove save on Chuck could end up being the save of the year. this should come as no surprise to anyone that watched him working out over the summer.

Shooter and Crabby looked as smooth as ever which may come as a surprise to some considering the have about 8 hips and counting, with Hockey Dave in the mix we might have to add some WD40 to the beer list. Liam appears to have completely gotten
 over his American Girl Doll fetish from a few years back, he didn't find the net but he had some good chances he can tell girls about in the next video. Romo leaves me very little to write about with his play, he steadily goes about the game frustrating dark forwards and picking up goals and assists, plus I need to borrow some tools off of him.
The darkies struggled to find the net early on but they managed to keep things close the whole game, Tim was the offensive catalyst using his speed to rush the puck out of trouble I hope I'm around to see that guy slow down. He also was an unwitting cast member of The Ice Capades version of Brokeback Mountain when Fricker rode his back like he had changed his view on same sex marriage.

Chuck, or Sugar Daddy as the ladies were calling him

 played his usual chaotic style and had far more success Tuesday night than he did Friday at Tovola's. Its always good to get your first start of the season behind the ageless wonder Murph, the man is amazing, he's about 106 years old and never takes a shift off and probably slams beers between shifts.

 Murph picked up a beauty of an assist during a dark surge. Rob McCarry was also a big part of the comeback picking up the tying goal late in the game while slowly turning into a bruise after taking a few bumps out there. The score could have been favoring the dark side around this time if not for the duo of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder botching a two on none in front of Tree, Quiet Brian and the Commish each handled the puck at least two time and could not complete a four foot pass let alone a shot on goal, oh well first week.

 For me personal it was great to be back with the boys, its hard to believe how much has changed with the rink. Removing the old door and replacing it with two that open without a speed bump in between might be the best thing they have ever done and the boards are in a race with the Commish to see who can get the most ink. Speaking of the Commish he did a nice job on the beers supplying the boys with some cold Labatt's on a warm night. Only Quiet Brian was left without a beer after Skate-do" Lord Of The Rink"threw out what he felt was a suspicious package, turns out it was a gluten free bomb.
Till next week