Over 30 Hockey League

Congratulations you’re a Referee

So here’s another case of Cinderella Syndrome in which if the shoe fits… you must be a Princess.  Apparently that same logic has been instituted with the referees… if the ref jacket fits… you must be a ref.   

We need to start seeing referee credentials and/or certificates of successful completion of referee schooling before allowing just anyone to don the referee stripes.

First up… “Fumbles” himself Bill Abcunas filling in for a no show ref.  Fumbling around the rink we witnessed the two left footed ref (twice) be in the middle of a loose ball battle, and his failure to jump up on the glass and “Get out of the way.”

Once “Fumbles” was done… he was replaced by Mike “No Call” Naczas.   Naz who is clearly one of the more agile refs and will make an attempt to get out of the way… but our dismay with the ALD was that he clearly witnessed a raging Billy Gardynski Jr blatantly toss his goalie stick 15-feet in the air and almost hitting Joe Mancinelli on the descent. 

When asked for a comment from Mikey “No Call”… his comment was “that’s not my end.”  Now we are left to wonder if the refs are only paid 50% of their check since they only call 50% of the game (in their end).

Someone gets a sore throat

The one call that was made… was a high-sticking call against Steve Oppedisano who tried to give Matty Iannello a tracheotomy with his blade.  After Matty was down for several minutes we were wondering if we were witnessing another suspended stick bag challenge for the Great One. 

We checked in with the Great One after the game to see how he was doing

No Stonehands… still no win

Two weeks ago we witness Gary “Stonehands” Goodwin live up to his name as on (2) prime scoring chances as Stonehand’s shanked an easy goal opportunity.  Taking a page from the Teenbeat playbook Gary was noticeably absent from their 4^th straight loss… Rumor has it Gary was waiting in line for Hanson Tickets.

Ballot Question 77 in November - Vote to repeal the name “The Great One”

With a slumping 0-4 start to the season Legends Last Stand Matty “The Great One” Iannello is clearly the center of his non-supporting Helicopter Line.  Combine that with the pressure of the “Pink Stick Bag Challenge” and Matt has only (1) goal tallied so far… We are wondering if the “Great One” is still the “Great One” or do we consider the alternative and reassign the nickname to Pat Pirone who not only is the only player to wear #99… but he had (2) goals last and (2) assists week against the (former?) “Great One”

New team name for Legends Last Stand

With Matty Iannello missing games for tween bands… Ray Nickerson missing games for his banquet hall… and Joe Shannon missing games to get some replacement parts… Not to mention that Joe’s once booming shot from the point has been replaced with younger cannon in John LaSalle Jr’s shot.  The consensus is Legends Last Stand was not the appropriate team name for this season.  Gary should have considered “Passed Their Prime” as a more suitable team name. 

Breaking News… Shutdown Talk is brewing

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Trash Talk segment for this exclusive:  An obviously under healed defensive superstar is considering shutting it back down for another month or so.   Legends Last Stand All-Star Defenseman Joe Shannon was heard saying that he might have come back to early.

Part of Joe’s thought provoking shutdown talks started to circulate after seeing Shawn Wyatt and Steve Oppedisano had a 2-on-1 against the hobbling Joe.  Although nothing came of mild offensive threat (after all it was Shawn and Steve)… it made Joe realize he might have come back a little too soon.

Smuck Teams - 10 against 9

It’s common practice to use replacement players of similar caliber and talent to fill-in for a team that is short.  However, we have to use a word from our youth to describe the injustice that occurred last week for Who Needs Superstars vs Goodfellas… “Smuck Teams”

They should have been played with 9-players vs 9-players… however in this conspiracy theory, Goodfellas sitting on a 1-2 record this early in the season did not want to be down 1-3… so they recruited a future Leominster Hall Of Fame Candidate and League Director Bill Abcunas to fill in, thus making it 10 vs 9 players and perhaps an unfair advantage… of having “Smuck Teams”.  After all Goodfellas did get a 4-3 win.  Coincidence they won by one goal while having one extra player

A Future Leominster Hall Of Fame Candidate or Defensive Liability?

He fumbled around as a ref in game one and choked on an attempt to clear the opening faceoff in the “Smuck Teams Conspiracy” game.  His weak and feeble attempt to dump the ball into the offensive zone for Goodfellas resulted if an opening drive goal for Who Needs superstars… As rookie Mike O’Neil made the League Director pay for his mistake (24-seconds earlier) to open the game.  It was also nice to see a little karma as fill-in ref Mike Naczas quickly realized and shouted “That’s a Minus” to the President of the “That’s a Minus” fan club.  So we ask Bill Abcunas: A Future Leominster Hall Of Fame Candidate or Defensive Liability?

A team Captain seeks professional help

With already one Delay of Game penalty on the sheet and another “non-call” blatant Unsportsmanlike… We notice Goodfellas Captain Scott Young taking a page from the Gary Goodwin titled “Reeling in Jr”.