Post by Old Bucks Admin on Nov 12, 2009 22:05:58 GMT -5
Having lost three games in a row, Blue came into Week 8 with team pride at a low ebb. They talked about energizing their base and not relying so much on independents, especially those who caucus with Red. The problem was not much of their base showed up, not the Thomases, the Doughertys, Joe Peugeot, or even Saunders, who was last seen being whisked away by several men wearing white coats. All they had were the two Rich’s—Devlin and Cerbone, Doug Rendell, and Brian Urban. It was up to Kenny to fill in the blanks. He gave them Jim Heffern, Bill Hamill, Angie Jr., and John Lupisella—a total of eight skaters and one less than Red’s nine. John Lupisella came over somewhat grumpily, unhappy with the fact that he was being banished for being a Yankee fan. Curiously Red’s extra skater was Bill MacDowell leading some to speculate that Kenny had been paid off in a “cash for clunkers” deal.
We’re not going to waste a whole lot of ink describing this one. Blue came out with all guns blazing and Red wanted no part of it. Jim Heffern had a hat trick before Kenny had missed his first open net. And Jamie’s five-hole couldn’t have been more chasm-sized, falling prey to several well-aimed shots off Blue sticks. It was thus that Rich Devlin also had a hat trick, and John Lupisella and Bill Hamill both scored twice. Red’s offense was generated mostly by Craig Allen and Greg Wright working in concert—he of the screaming yellow stick feeding passes to he of the screaming yellow socks. Jonathan Millen also had a strong game, notching two more kills on the shaft of his stick. The closest Red came to making a game of it was when Eddie, shooting from BEHIND the Blue goal bounced one in off the scruff of Marty’s neck, narrowing a 9-6 score to 9-7. But then Jamie bungled a play badly. After corralling a dump-in and turning around to clear the puck behind the net, he failed to detect Brian Urban bearing down on him from behind. The puck was still on Jamie’s stick when Brian sneakily poked it in. After that Red was unable to trump or follow suit and so folded. Final score Blue 11 Red 7.
On this date (1996): The Sloan Rangers show up to play—Todd and Flem Sloan, who are notorious for letting their sibling rivalry spill out onto the rink. Todd specifically requests that they be put on opposite teams so he can get back at Flem for running over his boa constrictor with the family quad. Half way through the game he sees his chance: Flem motoring up center ice with head down and puck in tow. Todd lowers his shoulder and flattens him, knocking the wind out of him badly. Kenny arrives on the scene, sees Flem writhing on the ice, unable to breathe, and diagnoses two collapsed lungs. He begins to perform an emergency tracheotomy using the blade of his skate as a scalpel. But because he got his skates sharpened at Ice Land he’s unable to break the skin. Soon the color returns to Flem’s face and he begins to breathe again, motioning to those in the crowd to help him to his feet. The rest of the game passes without incident, though Kenny is subject to some good-natured ribbing in the locker room afterward. He takes it well joking, “I guess I wasn’t cut out to be a First Responder.”
We’re not going to waste a whole lot of ink describing this one. Blue came out with all guns blazing and Red wanted no part of it. Jim Heffern had a hat trick before Kenny had missed his first open net. And Jamie’s five-hole couldn’t have been more chasm-sized, falling prey to several well-aimed shots off Blue sticks. It was thus that Rich Devlin also had a hat trick, and John Lupisella and Bill Hamill both scored twice. Red’s offense was generated mostly by Craig Allen and Greg Wright working in concert—he of the screaming yellow stick feeding passes to he of the screaming yellow socks. Jonathan Millen also had a strong game, notching two more kills on the shaft of his stick. The closest Red came to making a game of it was when Eddie, shooting from BEHIND the Blue goal bounced one in off the scruff of Marty’s neck, narrowing a 9-6 score to 9-7. But then Jamie bungled a play badly. After corralling a dump-in and turning around to clear the puck behind the net, he failed to detect Brian Urban bearing down on him from behind. The puck was still on Jamie’s stick when Brian sneakily poked it in. After that Red was unable to trump or follow suit and so folded. Final score Blue 11 Red 7.
On this date (1996): The Sloan Rangers show up to play—Todd and Flem Sloan, who are notorious for letting their sibling rivalry spill out onto the rink. Todd specifically requests that they be put on opposite teams so he can get back at Flem for running over his boa constrictor with the family quad. Half way through the game he sees his chance: Flem motoring up center ice with head down and puck in tow. Todd lowers his shoulder and flattens him, knocking the wind out of him badly. Kenny arrives on the scene, sees Flem writhing on the ice, unable to breathe, and diagnoses two collapsed lungs. He begins to perform an emergency tracheotomy using the blade of his skate as a scalpel. But because he got his skates sharpened at Ice Land he’s unable to break the skin. Soon the color returns to Flem’s face and he begins to breathe again, motioning to those in the crowd to help him to his feet. The rest of the game passes without incident, though Kenny is subject to some good-natured ribbing in the locker room afterward. He takes it well joking, “I guess I wasn’t cut out to be a First Responder.”