Post by Old Bucks Admin on Mar 25, 2011 22:11:22 GMT -5
Blue was up to its usual highjinx Sunday night, exceeding their quota of one pair of yellow socks per team by a factor of two, and immediately throwing Red off their game. They jumped out to a 6-2 lead, but mostly on goals that wouldn’t make the highlight reel of a Belarus squirt league. The only exception was Steve Thomas’s goal which may become the only time an Old Bucks player has won the hanger award based on single play. But Red was clearly rattled and rallied only after a few blistering harangues from Steve Nanfava on their lack of intestinal fortitude. The turning point came at the bottom of the hour when Jim Heffern, proving the old adage that while there’s no “I” in team, there is an “M” and an “E” scored with a wraparound goal that made it 6-3. Blue was knocked on their heels, a point from which they never recovered. By the time the score was 6-6, Marty’s son had joined him in goal and Kip Thomas was on the verge of commandeering the zamboni in order to end the game early. Craig Allen on Red had one last chance to break the tie, but somebody in locker room 3 cracked open a Yuengling just as he was teeing one up in the slot, and the shot, which on any other occasion would have found the five hole, went careening off Marty’s blocker. Thus the game ended knotted at six and everyone hit the showers, or the beer, or both, satisfied with the thrill of it all.