Post by Old Bucks Admin on Apr 4, 2010 8:30:31 GMT -5
First we’d like to thank Kenny for doing the update for Week 24. It was funny, well-written, and much improved over that incomprehensible mish-mash from Week 13. Granted it took him six hours to write, but he billed all those hours to Medicare so the effort, while praiseworthy, falls short of heroic.
Week 25 saw Red’s most sanguine hopes realized: The Blue tiger tamed, declawed, and neutered. With nine straight games without a victory, Blue stalwarts like Kip Thomas could only stare at the ice with a wry detachment and wonder if it was time to find a new winter sport—like paddle tennis. Still the game, as the last of the season, had a playoff atmosphere, with packed benches and the club’s ladies’ auxiliary sitting in the stands. It was “one for the history books” inasmuch as no Old Bucks team had ever gone ten straight games without a victory.
Kenny played goal for Red and Jamie for Blue. After a brief, convulsive struggle, the game was knotted at three’s. Blue’s lone highlight of the night then took place. Brian Urban, whom we’ve seen thread the needle so many times, lifted the puck over three needles, and bounce-passed to Saunders, who picked the puck out of the air and knocked it in the net. This made it 4-3 Blue but it was the only lead they would hold for the night. The next hour was all Red, with Tim White scoring four goals, Eddie assisting Ben Blankstein, then scoring off a Huck Fairman pass, John Lupisella and Greg Wright netting a couple, and Kenny looking so sharp in net some compared him to a “mini-Vinnie”. On the other hand, Blue looked tired and wrung-out and ready to bow to the inevitable. The only “Carry!” Angie exclaimed all night was when he saw Saunders leaving locker room 1 with a six pack and bag of pretzels. The final score was Red 12 Blue 8.
At the party afterwards, the awards ceremony was fraught with surprises. Larry the Cable Guy took home the Mike the Czech Award, which was controversial in that it was Larry’s first season with the club, and seemed a snub to the much more obvious choice: John Lupisella. Joe Peugeot got the Limp Stick Award—a dead-on decision given that Joe had just completed a season that was almost epic in its futility. Larry Johnson got the Hanger Award—also a good choice though Jim Heffern looked visibly upset. And finally Rich Cerbone got the Old Bucks Spirit Award and even climbed atop a picnic bench to give a little acceptance speech in which he quoted Sally Field, “You like me! You really like me!” Eddie was incredulous, muttering under his breath, “Boy, we’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel now.”
On this date (1976): Angie brings his pet rock to the rink, which he had just purchased at K Mart and named “Rocky” after the eponymous movie starring Sylvester Stallone. During warm-up Angie perches Rocky on top of the boards to get a good view of the ice, and then goes back to the locker room to mix up a batch of Tang for his water bottle. When he comes back out the game has started, only the club is using Rocky in lieu of a puck. Angie’s mood ring turns dark grey with rage and he cancels the live funk band he had scheduled for the post-game party.
Week 25 saw Red’s most sanguine hopes realized: The Blue tiger tamed, declawed, and neutered. With nine straight games without a victory, Blue stalwarts like Kip Thomas could only stare at the ice with a wry detachment and wonder if it was time to find a new winter sport—like paddle tennis. Still the game, as the last of the season, had a playoff atmosphere, with packed benches and the club’s ladies’ auxiliary sitting in the stands. It was “one for the history books” inasmuch as no Old Bucks team had ever gone ten straight games without a victory.
Kenny played goal for Red and Jamie for Blue. After a brief, convulsive struggle, the game was knotted at three’s. Blue’s lone highlight of the night then took place. Brian Urban, whom we’ve seen thread the needle so many times, lifted the puck over three needles, and bounce-passed to Saunders, who picked the puck out of the air and knocked it in the net. This made it 4-3 Blue but it was the only lead they would hold for the night. The next hour was all Red, with Tim White scoring four goals, Eddie assisting Ben Blankstein, then scoring off a Huck Fairman pass, John Lupisella and Greg Wright netting a couple, and Kenny looking so sharp in net some compared him to a “mini-Vinnie”. On the other hand, Blue looked tired and wrung-out and ready to bow to the inevitable. The only “Carry!” Angie exclaimed all night was when he saw Saunders leaving locker room 1 with a six pack and bag of pretzels. The final score was Red 12 Blue 8.
At the party afterwards, the awards ceremony was fraught with surprises. Larry the Cable Guy took home the Mike the Czech Award, which was controversial in that it was Larry’s first season with the club, and seemed a snub to the much more obvious choice: John Lupisella. Joe Peugeot got the Limp Stick Award—a dead-on decision given that Joe had just completed a season that was almost epic in its futility. Larry Johnson got the Hanger Award—also a good choice though Jim Heffern looked visibly upset. And finally Rich Cerbone got the Old Bucks Spirit Award and even climbed atop a picnic bench to give a little acceptance speech in which he quoted Sally Field, “You like me! You really like me!” Eddie was incredulous, muttering under his breath, “Boy, we’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel now.”
On this date (1976): Angie brings his pet rock to the rink, which he had just purchased at K Mart and named “Rocky” after the eponymous movie starring Sylvester Stallone. During warm-up Angie perches Rocky on top of the boards to get a good view of the ice, and then goes back to the locker room to mix up a batch of Tang for his water bottle. When he comes back out the game has started, only the club is using Rocky in lieu of a puck. Angie’s mood ring turns dark grey with rage and he cancels the live funk band he had scheduled for the post-game party.