What !! No BEER GUY !!!

No Beer Guy...the Horror!

"What !  No Beer Guy!" It was at that moment that the horror of the situation crashed over Wally like a quick snap shot to the Nads!  
"How can a Team exist without a Beer Guy?"  Ah, yes, the soul crushing question the Lewisville Missing Links have grappled with for the past 3 seasons.  Yes, how do we soldier on without a Beer Guy?
Could it be the drive of competition...ah, no.
Could it be the bond with our team mates...ah, ya right.
Could it be the longing affection for the smell of sweaty jock straps, stinky hockey gear, and stale farts....ah, maybe?
So the search continues, but I digress, with much pain in his heart, Wally took to the ice.
We beat the Orange Bastards 5-3, but it really wasn't that close.  On the back end we had Matt, PA (I had 40 shots), Gauvin, and Marc.  Up front, yours truly, Gilles, Karl, Paul, Rene, Guy, and JP.  They got on the board first to make it 1-0.  We tied it up and stretched the lead to 3-1 at one point.  We totally dominated the play and time of possession.  But tell me if you've heard this before...."We couldn't score!"  Credit where credit is due, the goalie at the other end had a strong game.  Wally, for the most part, was left to himself, with his deep thoughts and cold feet at the other end.  Another treat was we were witness to one of the largest Beer Guts I believe in League History. The tension was real, and the thought that if he exerted himself too much, he might POP and there would be Orange Goo all over the place. Inexplicably, they somehow managed to make it 4-3 late, but we pressed and got a late one to seal the deal.
So take that, ya Orange Bastards, 5-3 for the Good Guys!

Then the Wheels fell off

Dropped one to the Elks 9-4.  We held it close for the the first half and found ourselves down 4-3 about midway through the game. Scotty got a breakaway while we were short handed but couldn't find the back of the net.  Of course you know how the Hockey Gods work...you miss one at one end and they go right down and score.  They popped one on the PP to make it 5-3 seconds later, and that was as she wrote. They're by far the best team we've faced.  Even so we weren't totally outclassed.  We had our chances.  And by Ronnie's own admission it wasn't one of his strongest outings.  So we'll see them again.  On  the back end we had Andy, Pierre, Ti-Gars, and Matt.  Upfront, yours truly, Ti-Boy, Gilles, PA, JP, Rene II, and Scott. 

The Black Army

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Back in the win column with a resounding thumping of the Islanders.  We'll say it was 10-1 but it might have been worse.  For the second time this year all the troops were out. We had three lines and five D.  On the back end we had Gauvin, Ti-Gas, Brian, Marc, and P.A.  Up front we rolled out yours truly, Michel, Rene, Guy, JP, Hob, Karl, Gilles, and "I think I had a mini-stroke" Ti-Boy!
It was never really close.  We scored first and often with all three lines chipping in.  JP lead the charge with 4 goals.  Ronnie wasn't overly busy but did make some solid saves. The old school poke-check on a breakaway was a beauty, and of course he got involved in a few of our break-out plays.
They only had two lines and after about 15 minutes you could tell it just wasn't going to be their night. I for one don't mind having that many guys out now and then, it doesn't happen too often. The Black Army rolled!  Chalk one up for the good guys!
So take that, ya Islanders!

...then Gauvin showed up!

Well after starting the year of with two wins, we've promptly lost three in a row. The last an incredible stinker which I don't think I've ever seen in the 15 years of playing on this team.  We'll get back to that in a minute.

First, last Thursday at the Cage we dropped one 4-2 to the Islanders.  They definitely had the advantage of play, but we weren't out of it.  We got on the board first to make it 1-0.  It stayed that way for a while.  We had a few chances and could have gone up a couple but couldn't bury them. We only had 9 skaters and PA, and I had to play D along with Matt, who spent the better part of the first half in the box. 
They jumped out to a 3-1 lead.  We managed to make it 3-2, but that was as close as we got.  It ended 4-2.  Ronnie was solid and kept us in it.

WTF !!!!!

Really, we were leading 6-1 at one point.....
I don't even know where to begin.  On the back end we had Matt, Jody, Scott, and Ti-Gas.  Upfront we had Guy, JP, Noe, Gilles, Karl, PA, and myself.  Not much to say, we we all over them, and got up 6-1 with about 12 minutes left. Then Gauvin showed up all snotty and congested.  We started taking penalties and the next thing you know our we found ourselves tied at 6-6.  We put a push on and Gilles just missed on a play off the face off in their end.  Then they scored off a face off in our end with about 20 'effing seconds left.
And there ya have it....6 unanswered goals and we lose 7-6.