Fast or Feemin....WTF?

With only 7 skaters we managed to salvage a 2-2 Tie with a determined bunch of White Bastards at the cage.  They had 11 skaters so they fired a D man our way.  Dude played solid for us, no fault there.  We had myself, Hob, Marc (Michaud?), George, and PA upfront with Pierre, Ti-Gas, and buddy from them on D.  
They jumped out to 1-0 lead early and they were all over us like a Fat Kid on Smarties.  They were hustling and getting all the loose pucks.  We finally started to push back and even things out.  PA got us on the board with a Classic PA long bomb up the middle.  He fended off their D and let a solid wrist shot go right on the ice that beat Wally stick side.  We grabbed the lead 2-1 when Hob banged in a loose puck at the side of the net.
 

The play settled in and we definitely spent more time in our end, but we kept them to the outside and Al was solid and really controlled the rebounds.  Not to mention we couldn’t seem to win a faceoff to save our lives.  To our credit we didn’t get a lot of sustained pressure but we had some good quality chances during this stretch but just couldn’t finish.  Hob it the crossbar and I couldn’t corral the puck as it bounced around, Marc missed the top corner by a few inches that would have finished a great play, and others. 

As the game headed into the last 10 minutes we really started to sag, and sure enough, they tied it with about 5 minutes to go.  We hung for the tie….2-2.   

Many adjectives were thrown about to describe our missing team mates, and Pierre in his mighty wisdom described the situation as, “Fast or Feemin!”….right, WHAT!.....Ok, you don’t talk so much anymore, alright.

Skunked!!!

Where's da Muff!

Guest Blogger....Mr. Stache!

OK Doug...

It goes like this.

Had a pretty good lineup with 11 players...Marc, Andy, Ti-Gar, Pierre on D   (since last time with 5 D we sucked, we tried to rotate somebody through the forwards)..Marc, Ken, George, PA, Gilles, Karl, Jeffrey    Well it didn't go so well.  We probably spent more time in their zone than ours, but we couldn't get any shots on net.  I am sure we only shot 4 or 5 times halfway through the game and we were down 3 nothing before we knew it.  My only salvation was when Marc Cormier commented on my - 3 status and then went -2 for the rest of the game and we finished with 5-0 loss.

The absolute highlight of the night and probably a candidate for the Highlight of the Year was when Ti-Gars was trying to hold the blueline and fell ars over tea kettle backwards with nobody within 20 feet of him.   Clearly he had 2 easy choices to make.  Flip the puck in the zone deep from his belly position or get up and flip the puck in the zone.  He chose a third option which few of us would have considered.  He chose to take control of the puck, wait for the offensive guy to get close to him and then try stick handling around the guy using all the speed he could muster from lying on his belly.  Net result 2 on 1 break scores for the green b@$tards... down 3 - 0...  

On another note I have been playing the Move song and have some excellent additions to the list:

• U2...                   One more in the name of Muff
• Supremes....       Stop in the name of Muff
• Clovers                Muff Potion # 9

My personal favorite......

• The Miracles            I am just a Muff Machine...... OOOOOOH YEAH!!

Only seems appropriate that I was home with the "Squirts" while you guys were Shittin' the Bed at the Rink...Zing Pow!

I'm all outta Muff!

We just keep on rolling!  Smoked the Black/Orange Bastards 6-3 last night.  It could have been a lot worse.  We left quite a few goals out there, but give the goalie at the other end some credit, he made some good saves.  It didn’t look good early on, but ya just had that feeling that we weren’t gonna loose this one.

We had myself, Marc, Marc, and Andy on D with Pat, George, Gilles, Hob, Karl, & Ti-Boy up front.

We found ourselves in an early hole down 2-1, when Marc C. took a penalty, which to his defense was a good penalty ‘cause Big Joe was heading in all alone.  We started the PK and they weren’t getting anyting going.  Hob was hustling, forechecking one of their D who had a massive brain cramp and decided to cut in front of his own net.  Hob just poked it off his stick and in the net….Bang.  All tied 2-2.  Later that same shift they coughed it up at our blue line and Gilles scored the second short hander’ to take the lead 3-2.  We extended it to 4-2 and by this point we were all over ‘em.  They got a lucky one to make it 4-3, but it was only a matter of time.  We popped a couple more and it ended 6-3.  I could easily have been 10-3.

The night’s highlight was George, in a moment of weakness, made a HUGE confession……….He’s going to AIR SUPPLY at the Casino! (insert joke here)

Then we played a fun little game, Replace the word “Love” with “Muff” in any song….works every time.

I’m all outta Muff – Air Supply

You give Muff a bad name – Bon Jovi

Addicted to Muff – Robert Palmer

Muff me Tender – Elvis

Baby Muff – Supremes

Can’t buy me Muff – Beatles

All you need is Muff – Beatles

Hello, I Muff you – Doors

Best of my Muff – Eagles

Justify my Muff - Madonna

Muff will keep us together – Captain & Tennille

50 Way to leave your Muffer – Paul Simon

Keep on Muffing you – REO Speedwagon

Crazy little thing called Muff – Queen

What’s Muff got to do with it – Tina Turner

And last but not least…..The Power of MUFF! – Celine Dion


Have fun at the concert George!  Don't forget to buy a T-Shirt!

Not a Good Day for Wally!

Wally NOT Happy!

The White Bastards showed up with only 3 regulars and a bench full of spares.  So we really didn't know what to expect.  The end result was a 7-2 Spanking of the White Pricks and Wally a none to happy camper at the other end.
Started out pretty good, and we slowly got up to 3-0 lead.  Had Marc, Andy & Ti-Gas on D, with myself, Johnny, Ti-Boy, George, Hob, and PA up front.  Then in the same shift, they scored two ...bang...bang....and all of a sudden it was 3-2.  We didn't panic.  They had one good line that would give us some trouble but we kept 'em to the outside and Al was solid controlling the rebounds, while most of the shots were coming from the outside.  We kept it up the boards and nothing to cute up the middle.  We got the fourth one and the route was on...we never looked back.
The Highlight of the night was Andy charging up center cutting off a crossing pass at center ice and barreling in, split the D, deeked Wally slid it between the legs....then DAMN NEAR KILLED HIMSELF crashing into the post!  But it counted. Oh, yeah...Andy was OK too.
The Lowlight was PA cherry picking with a 7-2 lead up at their blue line with less than 5 to go.  Thankfully he missed...
Solid effort by all and we sent the White Bastards home with a swift kick to the groin!

2 for 1...A Tie and a Win!

TIE
Need to catch up.  We tied the Black Bastards 4-4 last Saturday.  We only had 8 Skaters.  The Black Bastards gave us one skater which gave two lines up front and 3 D.  We trailed at one point 2-1 but came back to take the lead 3-2.  We're were getting lots of chances but couldn't finish.  Then they got a couple and we found ourselves down 4-3.  Then, I think it was Gilles, popped one to tie it 4-4.  In the last five minutes Claude had the game on his stick at the side of the net but couldn't bury it.  Then the icing on the cake with about 1 min left with a faceoff in our end, we managed to flip it out and got Pat on a breakaway.  But Little Miss Five Hole stopped hime with 2 seconds on the clock.....Game..Tie 4-4.


WIN
Well again we only managed 9 skaters.  Two lines up front, with myself, Hob, Karl, George, PA, and Gilles with  Marc C., Pierre, and Ti-Gas on the back end.  We started off with a BANG!  Right of the faceoff at center it goes back to Pierre who tries to go across to the other D...BUT....puts it right on the stick of their center who walks right in and scores all in about 3 seconds.  I think Alain was still adjusting his jock or something.  We tied it with a long Bomb pass to PA who was way up ice...I think there's a name for that....anyway he breaks in and pops one stick side...Tie 1-1!


The Green Bastards had two lines with one really strong one with 17 and Kenny B. buzzing all night along with the "Kid" #12 on the point.  Their big line cycled the puck and had us in our own end a lot of the times.  But, we played a solid D and kept them to the outside on the perimeter.  They were getting some long shots but Alain was stoppping 'em and controlling the rebounds.  The boys on the Blue Line had a solid game breaking up a lot of their rushes.  For the most part the Forwards were coming back and clogging up the middle and the points.


We took the lead 2-1 with yours truly popping in a rebound.  Gilles pulled the faceoff straight back to Marc who got off a good low shot on net.  I drove the net and just had to bang it home.  We went up 3-1 with Karl getting one through the Five Hole.  Karl, Hob, and I screwed up a 3 on 1 but managed to dig it out and got it to the front of the net, Karl used the 'Ole soccer feet to kick it up to his stick and put it in.


They got a mystery one to make it 3-2.  A shoot in deflected off Ti-Gas' stick and somehow ended up in the net...but none of us saw it.  Gilles iced this sucker with a goal with about 2 minutes to go.  PA, George, and Gilles had a good shift forechecking and managed a turn over.  It got to the front of the net and Gilles finished it off.  HA!  Game, Set, Match....Ya Green Bastards!

Dropped first of the year

Well that sucked.  I guess 5 D just doesn't work, eh Pierre?  We had two lines up front and, yes, five D.  Just wasn't our night.  The Green Bastards came out hustling and got up on us 3-0 before we started to mount any kind of push back.
We finally started to turn things around and got one to make 3-1.....but we were never able to close the gap to more than two goals.  They got one to make 4-1, we fought back to get to 4-2.  Then they score another quick one to make it 5-2, we fought back again to make it 5-3.
After the midway point we were clearly carrying the play but Rob the Green Bastard was keeping us out.  We pulled Al but with under 3 minutes to play PA mugged some guy behind our net.  Penalty shot.  Of course he scored....it just wasn't our night.  Green Bastards 6, Good Guys 3.
Sonofabeetch!!!