2022-2023 Voting
It’s that time once again to cast your vote for the 2022-2023 Mylec Player of the Year.
This year we are trimming down the field of candidates by removing the useless vote stealing Libertarian & Green Party candidates and focusing on just the heavy hitters.
League officials have begun the ballot process of selecting (4) forwards, (2) defenseman, and (1) goalie for this years voting. Remember it’s not what your candidate did this year (or last year).., it’s for BOTH years.
Stay tuned… Ballots will be released as soon as the Election Officials certify all the signatures on the petitions are from registered voters.
Shenanigans
Looks like Dave Costa is trying his hands at some shenanigans. Dave's challenge is for 5-goals (as a defenseman) and he only has (3) prior to last week's game.
With 5-games left in the season and 2-games that he will miss has elevated his sense of urgency to move up to a forward and switched with Joe Carlton to try and grab two cheap goals in only 3-games.., well that's the plan anyway.
Last week Joe didn’t help the defense as they still lost and dropped a 4th consecutive in the “L” column of the standings. Meanwhile, Dave did nothing as a forward (including missing some juicy attempts) to score #4.., it was probably “karma” that made the saves (or helped him miss the net).
So “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives,”.., and so is Dave’s chances to bury (2) goals with only 6-periods left in his regular season hourglass.
We checked the new WynnBET Sportsbook at Encore this morning for an updated line on Dave’s chances;
3-goals -500 (1/5) $20 bet ($24 payout)
4-goals +100 (1/1) $20 bet ($40 payout)
5-goals +500 (5/1) $20 bet ($120 payout)
6-goals +1000000 (1000/1) $20 bet ($20,020 payout)
Dave you can make a lot of people rich with a hat trick.., but most people will just take the sure bet of staying at 3-goals and settling for coffee money.
Shouldering the Burden
We did a quick stat check and learned the only (1) team has (1) single player on the team that is shouldering the burden for his entire team in the goal scoring department.
Pedro Fontes has 11-goals on the season.., that's (1) more goal than all of the other (6) forwards combined… Don’t believe us, look for yourself;
# Name Games Goals
12 Manny Nunes 8 3
17 Pedro Fontes 11 11
19 John Kelleher 11 3
44 Tim Burke 9 1
38 Joe Carlton 8 2
91 Sergio Costa 3 0
21 Mike Cresta 8 1
To quote a 6-time Superbowl Champion… “Let’s F’king Gooooo!!!” Help Pedro out and start scoring some goals of your own.., Oh! and help Dave Costa bury his last (2) goals, even if they are “ill-gotten”.
Over/Under 2-minutes
Aside from looking at goal scoring stats... we were also reminded about "Momentum Swings" and we did a piece on a few articles back. Vulcan Grip is single-handedly leading that category (and not in a positive way).
After ending the first period down 2-0... Vulcan Grip Forward/Defenseman Joe Carlton scored to make it 2-1. While the team was celebrating their goal Draft Kings was live streaming prop bets on their new Massachusetts betting app for local sports.
We checked the Draft Kings Prop Bets for; "How long before Vulcan Grip gives it right back".., the Over/Under was “2-minutes” (Over -125 / Under +175).., but before we had a chance to bet the "Over”... it was gone in only 18-seconds after going live.
Apparently Goombahs Captain Angelo De Luca also had the same idea and used his iPhone between shifts to place his “Under” bet and made a cool $175 for his efforts.
Down Not Out
Just like a Chinese restaurant menu.., the Over-30 Front Office has declared “No Substitutions” for the last third of the season (unless it’s a goalie or more than 4-players are missing).
Last week Captain’s Mutiny had a goalie and 10-players in the building (but 3) of those ten were spectators appearing on the PUP list. Which left just 7-players to complete against 10-players and a fill-in goalie for Justice League.
After 10-minutes and a 3-0 lead this was shaping up to be a Roadrunners type blowout.., but don’t tell that to Captain’s Mutiny who never let themselves get down and say “woe is me”.., they battled back from a 4-1 deficit to force overtime (and a win!).
Captain Matty Iannello showed those in “Hecklers Row” why he is called “The Great One” by factoring in all 5-goals (2g, 3a) and would have had a hat trick if he didn’t yank his tee shoot into the woods. But, we all know Matty is one of the most prolific passers to play the game and he dished off a couple of beauties to Tony Rolli and Donny Maccini who both played major minutes while their IR teammate(s) Marty Makarewicz watched from the sidelines, Gary Wurlitzer opened the door for shift changes and Jim Barber sat on the bench making sure healthy players had a warm seat after their shift.
Shooting Percentage
We’re not sure what his actual shooting percentage is… but if you ask Donny Maccini he’ll tell you it’s 1000% as he buried another shot that he put on net last week. That’s 2-games in a row that Donny scored with a breakaway and a shot. Now we need to work on his homeless looking playing attire. Didn’t they all buy matching team shorts?
Almost
The Roadrunners narrowly escaped screwing up their bid for a perfect season last week with just a 1-0 win against the Devil’s Disciples who (with their last regular season matchup) came the closest to ruining perfection.., and almost as impressively they were the only team (to this point) to hold the high-powered #1 seed to just (1) goal.
With Mike Duggan out of the line-up for a Coed tournament… the Devil’s Disciples played an excellent game of back-and-forth hockey with both goalies playing outstanding in net.
Aside from the 1-0 win, the good news for the Roadrunners is that Mike is a “2023 Coed A Champion”.., and there are now rumors that Mike is going to try out for Shawn Mulchay, Jason Glista, and Paul White at the next Women’s Team USA Camp.., as a “non-binary-gender fluid-centerperson”.
Defensive Winners
If your name is Joe Shannon or Elder Lopes.., congratulations you are the reason your team won with a “Defenseman Goal” from the point. First Elder who has been playing tireless defense for Captain’s Mutiny buried his OT goal from the point.
Then Joe Shannon showed these young whippersnappers what it means to be a legendary player with an effortless goal-scorers touch courtesy of his patented and never panicking slapshot from the point.
Both players have been playing outstanding for their respective teams all season long.
Fike’s?
Did everyone catch Gary Goodwin and his new sneakers with the backwards Nike swoosh?
Are those new kicks Nike’s or Fike’s? In either case.., they almost cost Gary a trip to Urgent Care when he fell over them taking a shot. But the best comment came from “Hecklers Row”.., “Poor Gary, New Sneakers, Same Hands”
Thanks - Gazoo
First.., before we rip Dave Wilson in the forum (which is our job).., we want to thank Dave for doing (his job) with the USAF before calling it a career and retiring from active service. From the Over-30 League, thank you for your service and sacrifices for our great country. ~At ease!
Now back to our job..,
Nice work Doug Morand just one day into his retirement from the USAF dodging years of military hazards.., the military didn’t prepare Dave to dodge high stick penalties.
Thankfully you caught him just above the eye.., but like all good theater, tragedy quickly turned into comedy when Dave emerged from the beach wearing some weird looking helmet. Unfortunately for Dave his helmet debut was right in front of “Hecklers Row” and someone quickly pointed out that he looked like “The Great Gazoo”
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