Over 30 Hockey League

Dom-inated
Dominic DeFrancisco will tell you it was a “Team Effort”.., but last week’s 8-1 ass kicking was primarily due to his efforts.  Whatever funk Dominic was in prior is gone.., he came out flying right from the 1^st faceoff until the last. 

Dominic was his old self again flying up and back.., and when your Captain is flying, the rest of the flock will follow. Plus; when you’re flying, you’re also winning, (AND) you don’t throw tantrums and break $100 sticks.  

Bad Parenting Moves
Nobody tell Sandra Glista that her husband Jason Glista took a page from Dominic DeFrancisco’s book “Bad Parenting Moves”.., when he smashed $125 worth of diapers in frustration after single-handedly coughing up 2-goals to Dominic.

Jay’s Vulcan stick took the brunt of his frustration.., and like all premier defenseman, Jay only brought one stick to the rink.

But if “Santa Sandra” is reading this forum we know what you can put under the tree for Jay.., (if) Vulcan CEO and Warehouse Manager John Kelleher still has righty’s in stock?

Shattered
Gary “Stonehands” Goodwin.., said it… predicted it… and then did it!

Last week he officially “Shattered” his 6-goal challenge with 10-goals (per his own words).  Gary has gone from a “Goon” to a bonafide “Scorer”.., so what happened?

We think Gary’s new found scoring touch and his “Softhands” has something to do with a simple household product;

Another League First
We have to check the Over-30 Archives.., but there’s no official way to actually verify (but) we think there was another 1^st in the league 31-year history.

Last week in the 2^nd period of the Roadrunners opening ass kicking of Captain’s Mutiny.., someone threw a white towel unto the dek and put an early request for running time to begin.

With guys on IR, players missing and a 6-1 beating in progress.., timekeeper John Hardy was instructed to let it run.., we’re still trying to determine who requested it (but it was a brilliant strategic move) and another embarrassing loss for purple.

3^rd Place Grip
It looks like Vulcan Grip has a solid grip on 3^rd place (baring any mishaps or miracles) as they beat up on the Justice League last week 5-3 and they kept Rob Sheridan off the game sheet.

Vulcan Grip had to play without their #1 Defenseman Dave Costa.., and you know what that means; “When #1 is out… #2 becomes #1 by default”.., and their #2 Defenseman Brian “Cappy” Capodilupo stepped up and filled Dave’s spot by not only playing great defense for Vulcan Grip.., but “Cappy” also scored a beautiful game tying goal early in the 3^rd period. 

Don’t ask how.., but somehow “Cappy” was waaaaay down low and shooting on Dave Giusti who made the first save.., but he stuck with the play and roofed his own rebound top corner to make it 2-2.

We asked “Cappy” about the goal and if he knew where he was and he said..;

“One minute I’m guarding the blue line and the next I was passing the faceoff dots and battling for my own rebound.., I didn’t even notice that I passed Ray Nickerson’s office on the left.”

Fountain of Youth
We’re not sure if Nick Romano served his 1-minute holding penalty in the “penalty box” or 1-minute in “the fountain of youth”.., because when he existed the box it was like 1992 again.

Nick jumped out of the box and was immediately sent in on a 2-on-0 breakaway with Tony Bono on Devils Disciples goaltender Scotty Rosato.

Scotty, who’s been playing a much improved season, knows the book on “Nick Romano Breakaways”.., he has like a 2% (1 for 50) success rate.  So the book says “Stand there and Nicky will miss on his own”

However, Scotty didn’t read Chapter Two titled “Nicky’s Backhand”.., where Nicky looks off teammate Tony Bono, fakes like he’s going to miss.., and pulls off a backhand move to beat Scotty and get the GWG.

Which leads up to Chapter Three titled “Quietly Celebrate”.., which apparently Nick hasn’t written that chapter yet.

6-Seconds
Nicholas Cage starred in “Gone in 60-Seconds”… and last week Jay Carrien starred in the sequel “Scored in 6-Seconds”.

Last week after another Pat Pirone penalty (I know, another one?).., it took just 6-seconds for Jay to smoke Scotty Rosato who was up the night before reading Jeff Deharo’s new book “Blinking at the wrong time”.., where Jeff writes about giving up a 3-second PPG to Joe Shannon.

Note to Goalies:  When the opposing team is on a powerplay and the faceoff is in your end and one of the league’s premier defenseman are waiting on a draw.., don’t blink!

Playoff Picture
With the exception of Captain’s Mutiny who have locked up the 6^th seed (aka Last Place).., the standings have the other 5-teams all within 2-points of the team in front of them and with 2-games to play this weekend the playoff picture looks like this;

Like a priceless and confusing Picasso Painting we can’t make heads-or-tails as there are just too many “what ifs” going into this weekend’s games.  However the key game of the day to watch is Vulcan’s Grip vs Devils Disciples.

Tomorrow morning we will paint (and post) a clearer playoff picture after today’s game which may decide more certainties in the standings.., and we don’t want to close the door on any potential upsets and surprising moves.

View Submission
Although this is not his official retirement notice.., but “The Great One” Matty Iannello wants everyone to know there is life and more championships after hockey.

So when he’s not burying goals.., posting 20/20 seasons.., winning Mylec Player of the Year.., or Leading in every “All-time Career Stat”.., Matty enjoys a nice round of “Cornhole”.., which makes us wonder;  If he’s a “prink” in the Hockey League.., would that make him an “asshole” in the Cornhole League?

At leaset Matty was kind enough to represent the Over-30 League and not his own MISI brand.  Congrats on another Championship.., now can you focus on Captain’s Mutiny’s playoff run.

Our Apologies
With Hockeytown’s double booking last week.., we apologize to those players who drive there for the 4:30 game only to find out that the games were cancelled due to double booking. 

Thankfully there was enough time to call off the 5:30 and 6:30 games before those players left their houses for the rink.  However there was some talk of letting Captain’s Mutiny show up for their game time and let them play against the Birthday Party rental to help boost their confidence.., but even that game wasn’t a guaranteed win with their banged up team.

We did confirm that this week there is no “Double Booking” this weekend and Captain’s Mutiny can still opt to play another birthday party team if their woes and inability to win continues into next season.

Signing Off
We can’t believe it’s that time again… Another season is almost in the books and the playoffs are on the horizon, which means all the trash talk in the forum must come to an end and we let the games speak for themselves.

So to all the teams… Good Luck in the playoffs and if the recent level of competition continues into the playoffs.., we are in for some exciting hockey.

So until then…