Over 30 Hockey League

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Bob Snyder of Last Call.

With his trailing by a goal, needing some momentum to get back into this game, only fifteen seconds into the second period, Bob tried his best to bring some comedy to the moment to relieve the stress.

Bob had the ball in his own defensive zone near the white line on the left side.  As Bob stickhandled up the rink, he stumbled and bumbled and went tumbling down on the rink as he cleared the ball.  No opposing player was even close to him.

It was a classic “blind Steve” moment!  Thanks, Bob, for making this choice an easy unanimous decision this week.

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Shawn Wyatt of Gold Miners.

Shawn has never been known for being fleet of foot, or magical with his hands in stickhandling past an opposing player.  Let’s just say that Shawn plays more of a straight-line game, knocking people out of the way.

However, we couldn’t believe our eyes watching Shawn freeze the defenseman pinching in, making a move inside gaining a step on the defense and was off to the races.

Only problem was Shawn stepped on the stick blade, crashing to the floor and in the process see team mate Mike Luise crash over Shawn taking himself out.

It was a classic “Keystone Cops” moment!

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award for back-to-back weeks is Angelo De Luca of Last Call.

In the second period of a tie game that had a playoff feel to it, Angelo found himself wide open just above the white clearing line.

With visions of putting his team ahead and grabbing the momentum, Angelo forgot the first rule of shooting to keep your eyes on the ball.

Taking a big windup for a slap shot, Angelo came down on the ball and whiffed over it, sending a roller towards the net, as the defense quickly transitioned the other way.

The reaction of Kato was worth the price of admission looking to the ceiling shaking his head.  Kato just remember that Paisano saying ”forget about it.”

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award for back-to-back weeks is Dave Giusti of Omerta.

As he was just settling in less than three minutes into his game, Dave was in position for the second shot he faced coming off the stick of Elder Lopes go high over the net from the left point. 

As the ball went off the plywood behind the net, Dave turned his head to track the ball, when a crazy bounce off the boards caromed off Dave’s mask catching him by surprise, dropped to the rink floor, then rolled into the open net.

Two weeks in a row Dave?  C’mon man.  Those Hockey Gods must have a vendetta against you!

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Dave Giusti of Omerta.

With time ticking down and Dave heading to his second shutout of the season to lead all of his fellow goalies, Dave picked the wrong time to zone out and lose that shutout.

With the game well in hand, and his defense controlling the play in front of him, all Dave needed to do was come out of his crease, cut down the angle and stop a desperation shot by Jamie Kehoe from inside his own defensive zone.

That mental time out cost Dave that shutout as the shot caught Dave not set, hit his pads, and as Dave was contorting while sitting on his backside, the ball rolled through the 5-hole and into the net with 58 seconds left to play.

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Ed Nigro of Omerta.

We know that Ed’s shot still can’t break a pane of glass, but, really Ed?

In the first period of a scoreless game, Ed was set up for a wide-open shot from the right point.  With no one pressuring him, Ed took his time and unleased a lethal “flub shot” that rolled into the slot.

Thanks, Ed, for giving the voters of this award a unanimous decision early in the first game played and making their lives so much easier!

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Ric Aylwin of the referees.

We are suggesting that this was due to refereeing 6-games on back-to-back days and that fatigue was a factor.  Or maybe this was just a case of old age.

After dropping the ball for a face off deep in the defensive zone, Ric started to back pedal to get out of the way as the play started up the other end, when he stumbled over his own feet and feel flat on his backside.

We hear that he looked good falling down on his own, and after a few seconds of embarrassment, Ric got right back up and joined the play.

Don’t worry Ric, many a player have done this before you.  You just made league history as the first referee to do it.  As Naz would say “unreal.”

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Gary Goodwin of Gold Miners.

With his team taking the lead with five minutes to play and having momentum, Gary had a golden opportunity to add an insurance goal right after that.

With the goalie down and out and the rebound finding Gary’s stick in the high slot, Gary misfired as the blade of his stick rolled over the ball, with a wide-open net staring him in the face.

Once again, Gary lived up to his nickname of “Stonehands.”   

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Chris Ducharme of Last Call. 

Chris made a great hustle move to get to the ball in front of the other team’s net, but failed to realize a player on his own team was setting up for a shot on net.

Chris’ momentum caused him to run into his own player, taking him and his team mate out before he could get his shot off.

It was a great defensive play except Chris forgot to remember it was at the wrong net and the player was on his own team.

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Tony Medeiros of Gold Miners.

In a scoreless defensive game, Tony was set up in the high slot staring at a wide-open shot to give his team the early lead.

Instead, Tony’s eyes must have gotten too big and getting ready to celebrate, as he rolled his stick over the ball, flubbing it, and never got off an actual shot.  A prime scoring chance that got away. 

We all know that the real Portuguese Power Dom would never miss this type of scoring chance. 

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Ray Nickerson of ReUnited.  

In the first period of his game, Ray was on the right wing when a pass came his way and Ray did his best Blind Steve imitation, whiffing on passing the ball ahead and falling down on the rink.

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Ray Dow of Omerta.  

With his eyes wide open looking to tee up a slapshot goal, Ray Dow instead fanned and missed his shot with his momentum causing him to fall onto the floor.  C’mon Spanks!  

The winner of the weekly Mortimer and Randolph Gaffe of the week award is Pat Pirone of Loose Cannons. 

Pat set up twenty feet out all alone in the middle, while Dave Parquette’s perfect pass went off Pat’s foot causing Pat to fall over his own feet and never get the shot off. 

Dave maybe next time you might want to take something off that pass as we didn’t realize it was that lethal!