Week of November 5 (Game 1) – Sour Grapes shocked the Over-30 world by handing Yellow Submarine their first loss, winning 2 – 1, and overheard on the rink were some comments similar to what we heard in the Rocky 5 movie “They're worried! You cut them! You hurt them! You see? You see? They are NOT a machine, they are human." The win gives hope to all the other teams chasing Yellow Submarine. They are perfect no longer. Unconfirmed reports state that the Great One said right after being asked after the loss "WHAT'S THE TRUTH, DAMN IT? and the Great One replied "I'M AFRAID! ALL RIGHT?! YOU WANT TO HEAR ME SAY IT? You want to break me down? All right, I'm afraid. For the first time in my Dekhockey life, I'm afraid.”
As they had done so in their previous games, Yellow Submarine scored the game’s first goal only three minutes into the game as captain Matty Iannello scored, set up by Walter Maslak and Ray Nickerson (questions still have been left unanswered whether or not this was another phantom assist for Ray). Three minutes later, Rick Cassano found himself open on the right wing after being set up by an alert pass by Dan Broderick and beating the goalie to tie this game up.
During a back and forth second period, each team had some scoring chances but came up empty. We should mention at this point that Yellow Submarine’s regular goalie Tim Hickey did not suit up for this game. Instead, Sandra Glista filled in and was doing a solid job. However, with a minute left in the second period, Jason Glista, yes Sandra’s husband took a shot from the parking lot of Walmart across Route 1 that somehow eluded Sandra for Jason’s first goal never mind first point of the winter 2016 season. Sandra can’t say she was screened; she can’t say it was a deflected shot; she can’t say she was distracted when she thought she saw former NHL and Bruins goalie Andy Moog standing on the sidelines watching her. Nope, she simply just got beat. We ask all our Forum readers for their opinion here “was this collusion by Sandra and Jason?” We will let the readers decide.
In the third period, Sour Grapes played committed team defense to shut down the Yellow Submarine offensive attack, limiting their scoring chances. Those that got through were handled by goalie Jeff Deharo.
Week of November 5 (Game 2) – In a pivotal league game, the surging Pylons and the reeling Shark Attack teams squared off with the Pylons emerging with a gritty 3 – 2 victory. This was the Shawn Miville show for the Pylons as he was constantly finding room to get open and unload his devastating shot, accounting for 10 shots on net, a third of the total shots taken by his team. All the scoring for this game was done in the second period.
After a scoreless first period, four minutes into the second period, John Colucciello, after looking around and not seeing Papa anywhere on the rink, jumped up from the point joining the offensive attack finding himself left uncovered in the high slot to bury his shot for the game’s first goal by Shark Attack, set up by brother Mauro and Niko Vramis. Two minutes later, Pat Pirone’s hustle caused a defensive turnover that Pat quickly converted into a wrap-around goal for the Pylons tying the game up. However, only thirty-eight seconds later, it was Niko answering right back, set up by Mike Luise and Mauro, to halt any momentum by the Pylons. With just under two minutes to play in the period, Shawn was sent in on a two-on-one after some heads up passing from Nicky Romano and Jamie Kehoe. Shawn froze the goalie by using his open wing as a decoy before deking the goalie for an easy tuck goal. Not done yet, Shawn was smartly substituted off the bench by captain John Kelleher, playing a hunch, with a faceoff deep in the offensive zone with twenty seconds left. The hunch paid off as Shawn scored an unassisted goal from the left wing on a bomb giving the Pylons a lead they would not relinquish.
The win by the Pylons was their second in a row, moving them into a tie for second place, while the free falling Shark Attack team continues to lose ground going 0-3-1 in their last four games, struggling to win games.
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