Post by Old Bucks Admin on Jan 22, 2010 20:31:24 GMT -5
It was an unusually quiet Martin Luther King Day Eve for Old Bucks, with both the foul weather and Jets game keeping the number of skaters to a minimum. Kenny’s normally sharp eye for talent was blunted by the absence of key players such as Greg Wright, Bob Freiling, Rich Cerbone, and Mark Herr. The whole selection process, in fact, was marked by the last-minute scrambling of Kenny between locker rooms, trying to figure out who was left, and how many skaters manned each squad. In the end he sent Jim Heffern over to Red, and thought he had made an end of it, until the teams lined up for the faceoff and it was discovered that Blue had seven skaters on the bench to Red’s five. Kenny threw up his hands in disgust and barked, “Just give us somebody. ANYBODY!” For a brief instant, the Blue bench resembled the game show “What’s My Line” where the two impostors exchange glances with the “mystery guest”, and make little feints like they’re about to stand up, before the latter does so. In this case, Joe Peugeot finally stood up and dutifully made his way over to the Red bench, and play was allowed to begin.
Tim White, for Red, scored the first two goals of the game, helped, in part, by Craig “My Niche is Assists” Allen. Blue tied it up on goals by Dan Dougherty and Rich Devlin. Then in the space of about ten minutes Red rattled off five straight goals by: John Quirnales, Jim Heffern, Tim White (for the hat trick), Larry Johnson, and John Quirnales again. Blue’s defense looked putrid and Marty had to contend with blown coverages, bad screens, and generally shabby play all over. The Red bench was laughing as if the more Blue went for the jugular the more they hit the funny bone. Still Blue did not give up, doggedly plodding along for the next forty-five minutes and rattling off three more goals, two by Rich Devlin, giving him a hat trick for the night. Red had not scored again, as they did not see the need to, and so this brought Blue to within striking distance: 7-5. In the meantime, Kenny had left the game with an injury. He was later tight-lipped about what happened, though there were several rumors he had sprained his ass.
Twice Blue came within a whisker of threatening to pull even: once when Brian Urban, by way of some brilliant stickhandling, completely broke down the Red defense, got the goalie way out of position, and dished it to Dan Dougherty who, despite the open goal, rang it off the post. Moments later Dan had a flat-out breakaway but Kenny, the goalie, waffled away his shot with the kind of lightning-quick reflexes reminiscent of Wonder Woman and her bullet-deflecting bracelets. Those were the best chances Blue had to make a game of it. Eddie, for Red, scored at the end of regulation to make the final 8-5.
On this date (1998): Hilary Clinton makes the rounds of the Sunday morning talk shows to blame a “vast right-wing conspiracy” on rumors that her husband has had inappropriate contact with an intern. That night Red is also accused of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” as Mark Egner and Jay Ash combine for ten goals in a 15-5 routing of Blue.
Tim White, for Red, scored the first two goals of the game, helped, in part, by Craig “My Niche is Assists” Allen. Blue tied it up on goals by Dan Dougherty and Rich Devlin. Then in the space of about ten minutes Red rattled off five straight goals by: John Quirnales, Jim Heffern, Tim White (for the hat trick), Larry Johnson, and John Quirnales again. Blue’s defense looked putrid and Marty had to contend with blown coverages, bad screens, and generally shabby play all over. The Red bench was laughing as if the more Blue went for the jugular the more they hit the funny bone. Still Blue did not give up, doggedly plodding along for the next forty-five minutes and rattling off three more goals, two by Rich Devlin, giving him a hat trick for the night. Red had not scored again, as they did not see the need to, and so this brought Blue to within striking distance: 7-5. In the meantime, Kenny had left the game with an injury. He was later tight-lipped about what happened, though there were several rumors he had sprained his ass.
Twice Blue came within a whisker of threatening to pull even: once when Brian Urban, by way of some brilliant stickhandling, completely broke down the Red defense, got the goalie way out of position, and dished it to Dan Dougherty who, despite the open goal, rang it off the post. Moments later Dan had a flat-out breakaway but Kenny, the goalie, waffled away his shot with the kind of lightning-quick reflexes reminiscent of Wonder Woman and her bullet-deflecting bracelets. Those were the best chances Blue had to make a game of it. Eddie, for Red, scored at the end of regulation to make the final 8-5.
On this date (1998): Hilary Clinton makes the rounds of the Sunday morning talk shows to blame a “vast right-wing conspiracy” on rumors that her husband has had inappropriate contact with an intern. That night Red is also accused of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” as Mark Egner and Jay Ash combine for ten goals in a 15-5 routing of Blue.