Save of the year and Shower Pom-Poms

Hey we had 10 skaters!  Shocking, I know.  On the Blue line we had Ti-ga, Marc, Matt, and PA.  Upfront the incredible shrinking, I have no energy, I dream of Glazed Hams Gauvin, Guy, Paul, Karl, Gilles and yours truly.
We beat the Draggins 2-1 in another sloppy affair. It's like we play down to these guys.  We got on the board first and they tied it not long after.  Karl got the winner with a tip in from a feed from Matt at the point.  It was just mess out there, we constantly coughed it up and for what ever reason and just couldn't seem to hang on to it.  They don't forcheck very well and just hang around the neutral zone getting sticks in the lanes and creating turn overs. We had to kill a couple of penalties down the stretch to hang on to the win.
The highlight of the night was Ronnie's save of the year.  Down and out after making the initial save from a point shot, Ronnie sprawled backwards in desperation and snatched one as Buddy was going to bang in the rebound.  Ronnie was solid and was the difference for us.

"It's like a massage", ya, whatever Matt.

Now I'd like to introduce to you Matt's new shower buddy.  The moans coming from the shower as he scrubbed his carcass was awkward to say the leaset.  Email him your favorite colour because he claims, "Ya gotta try it, it's awesome!" and now we're afraid he's going to show up at the next game with a box of them for everyone.
Hey Matt!  I want mine on a stick for those hard to reach places.

Loss and a Tie

First let's deal with last Thursday.  We got smoked by Here for Beer. We only had nine skater...I had to play center, so that should be all you need to know about that.  Upfront we had yours truly, Karl, Ti-boy, Paul, Noe, and Dan (new guy). On the back end we had Matt or Andy, can't remember, Gauvin, and PA. It was ugly.  We lost big.

Yuck!!!

Tie
We tied the Orange Bastards last nigh 1-1.  They had 12 skaters out, which is the most of seen from them in a while.  We managed to scrape together nine. Up front we had Guy, JP, Karl, Gauvin, Gilles and myself.  On the blue line we had Ti-Ga, PA, and Andy. It was scoreless for half of the game until JP got us on the board.  Then JP crashed their goalie on a rush with Guy.  They were none to happy.  Of course "Karma" took over, and they went down the next shift and scored to tie it up.  Ronnie was solid and made some good saves, and we couldn't seem to hit the net.
So there ya have it, a loss and a tie....bleck!

Down go the Bulls

Actually had a decent turn out, 11 skaters!  I know shocking.  I think we found a new left winger for Guy!  Upfront yours truly, Gauvin, Karl, Hob, Guy, Noe, and Paul.  On the back end we had Matt, Brian, Andy, and Ti-ga.  Noe lead the charge with four goals! He was "Johnny on the Spot" all night.  Can't remember the sequence but this one was never in doubt. We had a comfortable lead at 5-1 in the later stages.  Then Ronnie decided to skate over during a shift change to tell us, "Hey, you guys can let them have a few shots". Ok, Sparky! Right after the face off they came down and the first shot was in. Pow! Just like that Ronnie?  Is that what you meant?
We got another one, to make it 6-2, then in the final minutes, Matt decided to make a rush, collided with their D-man at our Blue line with the rest of us already heading up ice. Turn-over, in the net, beauty!
No matter, 6-3 for the Good Guys, take that ya Bulls!

Tough one

Ah, Crap!

Lost a tough one last night at the Cage.  On the blue line we had Matt, Marc, Andy, and Brian.  Up front yours truly, Paul, PA, Gauvin, Guy, Noe, Karl, and JP. Hadn't played at the cage in a while so it seemed like everything was going 100mph.  It was a good pace.  They got on the board first and then we tied it on the next shift to make it 1-1.  They got the go ahead goal to make it 2-1 and it stayed that way for a while.  Ron had a solid night between the pipes and the guy at the other end frustrated us all night.  We had tons of chances but just couldn't bury one.  
We finally got the tying goal to make 2-2 and were definitely carrying the play at this point.  But, they had one guy who wasn't there last time who was pretty much their whole offence. They popped one to take the lead again, and sucked the wind out of us. After that, one guy went coast-to-coast and used our D as a screen and put one Five Hole on Ronnie to make it 4-2.  We got one in the dying seconds but too little too late.  Down we go 4-3 to the Alexandria Mouldy Bastards!

Thought I'd add this little email exchange from Gauvin and Ti-Boy asking how we made out. Can't you just feel the "LOVE"
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Pierre -

How was the couche Ti-Boy.. did you find your remote control?

We lost 4 to 3 but was a close game… couldn’t buy a goal.   Douggie hammered one in on a highly risky insurgence while the whole bench was yelling at him to stay at the blue line to cover for forward/defencemen Matt.  

Then Ronnie did 2 scissors in a row…it’s supposed to be a split but his but is still a foot off the ground…

Then Mark Saulnier had a Go20 night…   -4.

All fun and games…   let us know what happened on the Gilmore Girls!!!

Feel the Love xoxoxo

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Ti-Boy

Loser ,i was freezing my ass off in the Hillsborough arena. Pierre you should go back to our old league where fighting "small  people" was your thing 

Can't make Chicken Soup with Chicken Shit !

Want some Chicken Soup ?

Yup, can't make chicken soup with chicken shit! The Investors Group laid a beating on us 10-3 last night.  I'd like to thank the the eight (8) skaters who shared that wonderful experience.  Ti-ga, PA, Brian, Gilles, Ti-boy, Hob, and Karl.  This was the team we had 6-1 and they came all the way back to beat us 7-6 "Then Gauvin Showed Up"
They had their full squad out, and I asked before the game if any of them wanted some extra ice time, that we were short.  Nope....alrighty then.  It wasn't pretty.  We got smoked. We were gassed barely 25 minutes in and they just kept coming.  On what chances we did get, we managed to flub them up. Ronnie made some great saves, but also had a few "adventures" shall we say.  We weren't much help.
So there ya have it.  After starting the year with 3 wins, we come crashing down hard with that one.  Mark it, we owe them a better effort next time.

Early morning Win!

This is hockey in Floriday, right?

Got an early morning 3-0 shutout on Sunday. Beat the Orange Bastards good.  Should have been worse, only we couldn't score...again.  Out shot them but their goalie was busy and kept it respectable. Jeff guest starred for us between the pipes and pitched a no-hitter!  Didn't have to make a lot of saves but made a few real good ones and earned the doughnut!  Up front we had yours truly, Gilles, Ti-Boy, Noe, JP, Guy, and Karl.  On the back end we had Matt, Gauvin, PA, and Ti-ga.
Not much to say other than it was a beat down.  Being the first on the ice at 8am makes for GREAT ICE!  Not that it improved our game, but it was nice.
So take that ya Orange Bastards, 3-0 for the good guys.
Jeff planted the seed about heading to Florida to play...of course this was upstairs having breakfast and "Pops" at 10am after the game.

That was Oogly !

Well that was Oogly!

Well we made that harder than it had to be.  We beat the Draggins 4-3 last night a UdeM.  On the back end we had Ti-ga, PA, Andy, and Jody.  Up front yours truly, Ti-boy, JP, Karl, Jason and we had a Hob sighting.  John was between the pipes and played a solid game for us. This was by far one of the weaker teams we've faced this year.  They had three full lines so I'm guessing that's as good as it gets for them.  They got on the board first, then we got the next two to take the lead 2-1.  We traded goals to make it 3-2 and then they tied it to make it 3-3.  We got the go ahead goal and that's the way she stayed for the last 8 to 10 minutes.  
It wasn't pretty, we should have put these guys away no problem, but their goalie was solid and without him it would not have been close at all. We played a lazy game and let these guys hang around. So there ya have it, take that ya Draggin Bastards.  A Fugly win but we'll take it, 4-3 for the Good Guys!