Post by Jim H. on Jan 16, 2022 21:44:21 GMT -5
A mixed bag of players showed up for Week 18, eleven skaters and two goalies. We didn’t keep score; the final tally reflects the fact that Red won 6 skaters to 5 because they got the extra man, a disparity for which Blue has retained the services of Pond LeHockey to contest. Back from COVID hiatus was Jim Heffern, the trendsetter, who first made wearing pajamas in public a byword of fashion to the extent that teenagers everywhere now follow his example. Paul Egan was back from his ski trip but has since been “placed on protocol” not because of COVID but because he still thinks voting for Biden was a good idea. He will not be allowed to skate again until he has cancelled his subscription to the New York Times and Ronna McDaniel’s picture is on the home screen of his iPhone.
Because Blue only had five skaters, there was no choice but to play 4 on 4. In the NHL this means more cycling the puck, more odd man rushes, and more scoring chances. In Old Bucks this means more utter confusion devoid of anything resembling hockey. The best way to sum it up is “Anything Red can do Blue can do worse.” Ed Conrad gets credit, not just for bringing his friend Dave, but for playing for Blue and shattering the NHL record of 71 saves in a single game set by none other than Ronnie Bag O’Tugnutts.
Every twenty minutes play was stopped, skaters rested, and the score was checked of the Dallas Niners game. We tried to talk hockey but no one had watched the Flyers Rangers game because the Flyers have been deemed “unwatchable”. Ed Conrad thinks publicly traded companies should not own sports teams because their desire for profit comes at the expense of winning. We concur. The next time Blue loses we will taunt them thus, “You guys played like you were owned by Facebook.”
The after party was skipped because of the foul weather. Wives were called ahead of time with the news so they wouldn’t be startled.
Finally there’s something poetic in imagining Bill McDowell now with Angie in some sort of celestial version of Old Bucks. Perhaps they can now play on the same team, a privilege, as they were the club’s two septuagenarians, denied them on earth. But even if they’re no longer rivals on the ice, it would not be wrong to imagine their friendly disagreement over politics endures. To quote from the blog one month before the November 2008 election:
Those who retired to Locker Room 1 were treated to a political dust-up, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Watergate. It all began with Angie announcing, seemingly out of the blue, “Obama is a muslim!” and Bill MacDowell denying it. “Obama is a muslim!” Angie kept repeating over Bill’s denials and referred to Obama’s parentage and Islamic custom to claim it was a “genealogical truth”. Angie’s credibility slipped, however, when he referred to Obama’s running mate as “Obiden” and we had to conclude that he was just another bitter American who would rather cling to his hockey stick for comfort than recognize a great leader in his midst. No wonder Bill regretted treating him to a can of beer.
Perhaps Angie is now treating Bill to that same can of beer.
Because Blue only had five skaters, there was no choice but to play 4 on 4. In the NHL this means more cycling the puck, more odd man rushes, and more scoring chances. In Old Bucks this means more utter confusion devoid of anything resembling hockey. The best way to sum it up is “Anything Red can do Blue can do worse.” Ed Conrad gets credit, not just for bringing his friend Dave, but for playing for Blue and shattering the NHL record of 71 saves in a single game set by none other than Ronnie Bag O’Tugnutts.
Every twenty minutes play was stopped, skaters rested, and the score was checked of the Dallas Niners game. We tried to talk hockey but no one had watched the Flyers Rangers game because the Flyers have been deemed “unwatchable”. Ed Conrad thinks publicly traded companies should not own sports teams because their desire for profit comes at the expense of winning. We concur. The next time Blue loses we will taunt them thus, “You guys played like you were owned by Facebook.”
The after party was skipped because of the foul weather. Wives were called ahead of time with the news so they wouldn’t be startled.
Finally there’s something poetic in imagining Bill McDowell now with Angie in some sort of celestial version of Old Bucks. Perhaps they can now play on the same team, a privilege, as they were the club’s two septuagenarians, denied them on earth. But even if they’re no longer rivals on the ice, it would not be wrong to imagine their friendly disagreement over politics endures. To quote from the blog one month before the November 2008 election:
Those who retired to Locker Room 1 were treated to a political dust-up, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Watergate. It all began with Angie announcing, seemingly out of the blue, “Obama is a muslim!” and Bill MacDowell denying it. “Obama is a muslim!” Angie kept repeating over Bill’s denials and referred to Obama’s parentage and Islamic custom to claim it was a “genealogical truth”. Angie’s credibility slipped, however, when he referred to Obama’s running mate as “Obiden” and we had to conclude that he was just another bitter American who would rather cling to his hockey stick for comfort than recognize a great leader in his midst. No wonder Bill regretted treating him to a can of beer.
Perhaps Angie is now treating Bill to that same can of beer.