Breaking the streak
What Alby Luise needed to break the losing streak was to fill-in for a team that knows how to win. Alby needed a team in front of him that puts balls in the net and plays defensively to support their goalie… unfortunately that team wasn’t his own, but rather the first place HABitual Complainers.
Congratulation to Alby for breaking the streak… but remember the win was meaningless to you and your stats, and fill-in goalies can’t win a weekly award (or can they?) – More on that later.
Sweet Taste of Victory
There are two things members of Consigliere like the taste of… Mom’s good ole’ fashion Italian cooking and the sweet taste of victory... which probably tastes the same as a Cannoli from Mike’s in the North End.
Finally they were collectively able to celebrate their first win of the season against Island of Misfit Toys. This is a huge 2-point swing for Consigliere.., who were on the verge of being mathematically eliminated by Week 8 if they didn’t win.
I am Iron Man
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath wrote it… but Alby Luise displayed it last week. If there was an “Iron Man” award for back-to-back performances we would be handing Alby an award and a photo opt… but since fill-in players and goalies cannot win awards (or can they?)… We’ll just have to give Alby a nice round of applause for posting a 1-day 2.5 GAA double performance.
(Insert Applause Here) Nice job Alby… thanks for the 2-points too!!
No Justice… No Peace
Wait WHAT??? Alby Luise won a “Player of the Week Award”??? For what??
Alby won the Five Guys Lunch Pail Gang Award for;
- Not facing 50 shots - (He actually faced 53, but that's not why)
- Playing back to back games - (Which is unrecognizable, right Jeff Deharo and the Shutout you posted for Broken Promises while filling in)
- Got that damn monkey off his back – (The WHOLE damn team was wearing monkeys on their backs… One more loss and we would have changed the team name to “Planet of the Apes”)
- Made multiple timely saves in the second period - (That’s his job!!)
- Preserve the win – (By only giving up 3-goals??)
Here’s who got screwed… A player that scored a Hattrick and assisted on the other two goals that his team scored during a 5-3 win (Their FIRST of the season). We would like to send our sincerest apologies to Gino Tammaro who now has to buy his own coffee this week, because apparently factoring in ALL (5) Goals is not worthy enough for the Dunkin Donuts POW Award.
Rick Cassano should be the one eating a free hamburger for his (2) goals while Gino enjoys the sweet taste of a new Dunkin Donut’s Hot Macchiato or Espresso with his Biscotti from Mike’s…. while Alby enjoys our cheers (Insert Applause Here).
Another week … (another screwing) … and until we get it right every week. No Justice, No Peace (in the press).
Nice new gloves
Tony Bono must have hit on a scratch ticket… because someone was sporting a nice new pair of gloves. Only problem, our sources witnessed Tony drop his stick and after several attempts to pick it up… he had to remove his oversized glove to retrieve his lumber while play continued around him.
Thankfully he didn’t have to use his team’s timeout and ask the referee for assistance.
Save your receipts
To All Over-30 League Players; After paying your registration fees…save your receipt. You’ll need it if you approached for an overdue balance due (even if you have paid in full).
Normally Assistant League Director and rookie Referee Mike Naczas reserves his bullying tactics for Girl Scout Cookie Season… but last week players were nervous the overzealous ALD was trying to extort money even though they had a zero balance.
So save your receipts… and be forewarned… you WILL be purchasing Girl Scout Cookies next year (January 2016) or else!!
Penalty vs No Penalty
Ok can we all stop the bitching and crying to the refs every time the ball leaves the dek area. Before you open your mouth and cry at the refs for a penalty… here is the”official” rule; “Learn It, Know it, Live it” – Brad Hamilton (Fast Times at Ridgemont High).
A Delay of Game penalty shall be called on any player who shoots the ball FROM THEIR OWN DEFENSIVE ZONE and ABOVE THE PLEXIGLASS surrounding the rink into the perimeter netting, causing a stoppage in play.
No warning shall be given to the offending player and that player shall be given a 1-minute minor penalty for Delay of Game.
If any player shoots the ball directly into the PENALY BOX area or onto the player BENCH AREA, this WILL NOT result in a Delay of Game penalty.
The only exception to this rule is if the player is a goalie who shoots the ball into the PENALY BOX area or onto the player BENCH AREA. If, in the discretion of the referee, if this is done intentionally, the offending goalie will be issued a warning on their first offense, then assessed a 1-minute minor penalty for Delay of Game for any further subsequent offenses. Any Delay of Game penalty by the goalie must be served by one of the players on the dek at the time of the offense.
Over-30 Halloween Costumes
Last week we saw Johnny Mastrocola’s picture online of his Halloween costume.
We’re still waiting for pictures… but we heard some of the players talking about what they were going to dress up as for Halloween following the games last week.
So we thought we’d share what we overheard:
- Mike Surette was going as a “Redwood Tree”
- Gary Goodwin wearing #77 and going as a “Goal Scorer”
- Umberto Biancardi donning his red pants and “Papa Smurf” hat (of course)
- Scott Young as “The Invisible Man”
- Alby Luise as a big hunk of “Swiss Cheese”
- Shaun Miville also wearing #77 but going as the new “Great One”
- Dan Broderick as the “Old Man of the Mountain” silhouette
- Jason Carrien just wore his Over-30 jersey and went as Maurice “Rocket” Richard… and got a bag full of rocks.
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