Official Newsletter of the Old-Time Hockey Over-30 League
22 Seasons and counting
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Article 243 October 19, 2013
Game results and Player(s) of the Week
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Week of October 12, (Game 1) – Every so often, an Over-30 team will need its second line to step up big and provide a much needed lift, be the catalysts and heroes, for their team. Such was the case last week as the Shooting Stars received a tremendous performance from all three players on their second line in defeating White Lightning, by a 5 – 2 score.
White Lightning, still searching for their first win of the season after five games, came out flying and carried both the pressure and the play in the first period. That pressure paid off as Dave Curcio scored off a rebound, set up by Scott Young and Jim Clarke with just over a minute to play.
Continuing to carry the play, White Lightning created some prime scoring chances. If it wasn’t for the stellar play of goalie Bill Gardynski Sr. in net, this easily could have been a two or three goal lead for White Lightning. Inspired by their goalie, the Shooting Stars used that momentum to take the lead, scoring two goals in a span of 38 seconds. First, John Mastrocola scored off a scramble out front, and then Mark Stickney followed that with a brilliant unassisted goal, as he froze the defenseman to the outside, quickly shifted inside, and angled around another player to score far side.
A minute into the third period, Sergio Costa FINALLY scored his first goal and point of the season after five games played, on a slap shot from the right wing to give his Shooting Stars team a commanding two goal lead. A minute later however, Niko Vramis scored out front as White Lightning picked up the pace to make this a one goal game again. With five minutes to play, John Mastrocola scored his second goal of this game off a rebound as his team mates Sergio Costa and George Medeiros hemmed the defense in. Rounding out the scoring, saw John Desmond score off the left wing with just over two minutes to play, set up by Umberto Baldassarre and Jim Barber, to seal the win.
Week of October 12, (Game 2) – In a battle between the Over-30 league’s two hottest teams, Blame the Girl exploded and ran wild in the third period, thanks to Dominic Defrancisco, to defeat Cuckoo’s Nest by the score of 3 – 1. With the win, Blame the Girl remained undefeated for the season, going five games without a loss.
Halfway through the first period, Mike Fleming scored off a bomb from the point to give Cuckoo’s Nest the early lead. After a scoreless second period, and Cuckoo’s Nest nursing a one goal lead, Blame the Girl finally woke up, specifically, Dominic Defrancisco. It was all Dominic and Blame the Girl in the third period as their relentless running and fore checking finally took a toll on their opponent. A minute into the third period, Dominic was set up on the left wing by Tony Medeiros. Three minutes later, Dominic’s hustle paid off again as he scored out front off a rebound of another Tony Medeiros shot to give his team its first lead of the game. Not letting up the pace by Blame the Girl, soon took its toll on the tired defense of Cuckoo’s Nest as Dominic scored in close to complete his hat trick, set up a third time by Tony Medeiros as well as by John Leite.
How dominant was the third period by Blame the Girl? They out hustled and outshot Cuckoo’s nest by a 14-7 differential. Goalie Bill Gardynski Jr. is having a career season for the ages in net, only giving up 4 goals after 5 games played. He has a real shot of eclipsing Jim Osgood’s modern day record set back in 2006 of playing in at least 10 games and only allowing 14 goals in 11 games played, with a 1.27 GAA and 0.940 save percentage.
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One streak continues… while another one comes to an end. For Golden Oldies, the quest for a perfect season of ties and going 0-0-12 is over… While Blame the Girl continues their dominance and remaining undefeated at almost the halfway point of the season.
We reached out to Golden Oldies Captain Dan Broderick to inquire why he thought his team lost. If you know Dan… he is a true gentleman and never one to blame a player for a team loss. So without naming any players… Dan will tell you what led to his first loss of the season and the unbeaten streak coming to an end.
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Golden Oldies… "just couldn’t put the cat in the hat"
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Blame the Girl is clearly an odds favorite to sweep their way into the playoffs… With Billy Gardynski Jr in goal and on pace to smash the all-time GAA of 1.14 set back in the spring of 1998 by another premier goalie; Denny Beaupre… While Jr. is making space on his mantle for another Leading Goalie Award for Dad to admire, his offense weapon Dominic DeFrancisco continues to shred opposing defensive players and making his way to the top of the leader board… with legitimate goals and not phantom assists
Blame the Girl latest victims were Cuckoo’s Nest and their senior defensemen Dave “The Anchor” Hill. How bad was the 3-1 loss for the former curse. Apparently Dave took to Facebook to announce his retirement.
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We suspect that one of the “Superstars” Dave was referring to was Colleen Sedille as she immediately “Liked” his post… and we can only assume the “7 others” that liked his status were his current teammates.
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It seems Dave was pretty bummed out at the fact that not only was Colleen beating him in the Head-to-Head race… she’s doing it with a goal. Although the league does not recognize Facebook as an official retirement platform, we will wait to see if Dave Hill really pulls up the anchor and sails off into the sunset.
Speaking of Collen Sedille and her… Cough(Laser-beam)Cough… of a shot from the point on Billy Gardynski Sr. (who is claiming he was interfered with), was also the game winning goal in the 2-0 win over the Shooting Stars.
Immediately after Colleen’s… Cough(Blast)Cough… we looked to see the reaction of Shooting Star’s captain Jim Barber who had this reaction;
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Jim Barber's immediate reaction to Colleen's first goal of the season
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Then we decided to look at who Colleen has beaten to lighting the red lamp and highlighted some notables that should have scored by now… but haven’t!!
Name
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Team
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Games
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Goals
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Assists
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Points
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GWG
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Mike Delorey
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Shooting Stars
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4
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0
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5
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5
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0
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Jim Barber
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Shooting Stars
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5
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0
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5
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5
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0
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Ray Nickerson
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Cuckoo's Nest
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4
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0
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4
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4
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0
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Rick Cassano
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Cuckoo's Nest
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5
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0
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3
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3
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0
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Umberto Biancardi
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Golden Oldies
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3
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0
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2
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2
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0
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Dan Broderick
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Golden Oldies
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4
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0
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2
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2
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0
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Carlos Machado
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Blame the Girl
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3
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0
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2
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2
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0
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Mike Hollingsworth
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Blame the Girl
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5
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0
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1
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1
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0
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John Colucciello
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Golden Oldies
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3
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Tony Bono
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White Lightning
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3
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Shawn Wyatt
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Cuckoo's Nest
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4
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Ed Nigro
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Golden Oldies
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3
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Steve Oppedisano
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White Lightning
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5
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Dan Driscoll
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White Lightning
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2
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Jon Pickard
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Blame the Girl
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4
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Alby Luise
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Golden Oldies
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3
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Brien Sullivan
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Cuckoo's Nest
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5
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Jim Clarke
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White Lightning
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2
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Mike Naczas
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Blame the Girl
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Luigi Derenzes
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Golden Oldies
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Mike Pereira
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Shooting Stars
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Mike Caso
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White Lightning
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2013 Winter Season Potential Milestones |
Once the milestone is achieved... the celebetory pitcure will be posted.
2 - down and 9 to go!!
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Joe Shannon
5 goals for 500 career goals
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Joe Shannon
4 points for 900 career points
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Ricky Hudson - 300 Career Points |
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Ricky Hudson
10 assists for 200 career assists
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Ray Nickerson
18 assists for 600 career assists
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Nick Romano - 300 Career Goals |
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Mark Stickney
6 assists for 300 career assists
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Tony Medeiros
9 goals for 200 career goals
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Joe Mancinelli
5 goals for 100 career goals
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