3-0 We have asked around and no team in the league other than Olive Pits has any interest in beating the current #1 team Drama Queens.
With 7-guys and a fill-in substitute the Olive Pits continued their dominance over the Drama Queens buy not only beating them for the 3rd consecutive time this season… they shut them out without their top defenseman Dave Costa.
We looked at the stats and were surprised to learn that half of Drama Queens (24) Goals Against came at the hands of the Olive Pits who score (12) on them and single-handedly inflated Jake Brum’s Goals Against Average to 2.3 GAA
Goals Against
Drama Queens vs League – 1.5 GAA (8-Games – 12 GA)
Drama Queens vs Olive Pits – 4.0 GAA (3-Games – 12 GA)
Goals For
Drama Queens vs League – 4.25 GFA (8-Games – 34 GF)
Drama Queens vs Olive Pits – 1.0 GFA (3-Games – 3 GF)
Next up for the Drama Queens is Snow White and their new “Masked Defenseman”.., Statistically speaking Snow White has their work cut out for themselves as this mathematics shows Snow White losing either 4-1 or 5-2.
Insider Trading With Olive Pits shutout over the Drama Queens… and Dave Parquette getting the #3 Star for his 2-goal performance, Dave now jumps into a tie for the top spot with Ray Nickerson.
(Wait) did we say Ray “Nickerson”… sorry we meant Ray Dow..., it’s just weird seeing Ray Dow’s name on the top of the overall leaderboard instead of the defenseman leader board.
With Dave scoring 2-goals last week and Ray pitching a perfect game (0-goals, 0-assists).., we’re left wondering if there is some insider trading (or collusion) between Jake Brum and Dave Parquette who ride together from the south shore.
Is Dave inquiring about Jake’s weak spots during the drive? Is Jake placing his money on Dave to win the top scorer? Is Jake taking the moneyline on Olive Pits for a “Team Three-peat”?
Although there is no official investigation, the league is monitoring the situation to protect the integrity of the league.
Winning Way Snow White Captain John Kelleher filled in for the shorthanded Olive Pits last week which he used as a recon mission to gain intelligence on how to beat the Drama Queens.
John was part of the Olive Pits 3rd straight win this season against their former championship rivals.
So what did John learn?
- You have to pressure their defense (a lot - and quickly)
- Shut down their top line of Ray Dow, Manny Nunes and Joe Carlton.
- SHOOT!! - Johnny scored a goal from the point.., so Jake is beatable.
- Above all.., have fun and keep it positive because “Fun wins games and Championships!”
Unsung Hero’s There has to be an award category for Alex Leone and Elder Lopez from Olive Pits as these two defenseman have been unsung hero’s in front of the goaltender Dave Giusti.
With Ed Nigro on sabbatical and Dave Costa on IR.., Alex and Elder are logging major minutes and playing some excellent hockey to anchor the Olive Pits defense with whichever forward drops back to defense that week.
Rumor has it that both Ed and Dave will be back for the first week in March after their BYE week.., for their final push and quest for the unprecedented “Team Three-peat” Magic Number With the Jake-O-Lanterns blowing out Snow White last week.., playoff clinching has begun. The most Snow White can get to is 16-points.., with makes 17-points a clincher (without tie breakers). First up on the clinch list is Drama Queens with the league leading 17-points.
That means there are only (3) Golden Tickets still to find. All Fogged Up Last week during the 6:00 game of Drama Queens vs Olive Pits there was a guest referee to fill-in… and if you noticed there was ZERO penalties called.
We were left wondering… was it just that clean of a game? Were the referee’s trying to get home for the Bruins vs Islanders… or was the real reason there was not calls is because of the typical “I didn’t see it” excuse.
Last week… it was a real case of “I didn’t see it”… because guest referee Bill Abcunas (literally) couldn’t see anything through his fogged up glasses.
Not once did we witness Bill wipe his glasses to get a clearer vision of the game… so this week we are starting a GoFundMe page to raise money to purchase our League Director the appropriate eyewear for those cold and foggy games
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