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Official Newsletter of the Old-Time Hockey Over-30 League
32-Seasons and counting...
Article 497 - October 7, 2023
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| "It may not be improper in the first place to inform your Readers, that I intend once a Fortnight to present them, by the Help of this Paper, with a short Epistle, which I presume will add somewhat to their Entertainment."
~ Mrs. Silence Dogood
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| Week # 4 |
Saturday, September 30 |
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| 4:30 PM |
White Lies |
4 |
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Black Magic |
3 |
| 5:30 PM |
Sandbaggers |
3 |
(OT) |
Tealsters Union |
2 |
| 6:30 PM |
Royal Family |
4 |
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Marooned |
5 |
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| 4:30 - White Lies vs. Black Magic |
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| #1 Star Jason Carrien |
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| #2 Star Dominic DeFrancisco |
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| #3 Star Doug Sedille |
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| 5:30 - Tealsters Union vs. Sandbaggers |
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| #1 Star Garvin Chan |
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| #2 Star Dave Giusti |
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| #3 Star Paul Seqeuira |
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| 6:30 - Royal Family vs. Marooned |
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| #1 Star Ray Nickerson |
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| #2 Star Manny Nunes |
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| #3 Star Don Maccini |
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| Truth... Lies... Facts... and Over-30 Fiction |
If you official league photo looks like this =====>>>>
Please see Mike Naczas before the game (with your jersey on) so we can update your image on the website, and remember no "Glamour or Action Shots"
Unless you're wanted by the FBI and wish to remain anonymous, which means we probably don't want you in the league anyway.
Please get your photo updated (or just turn yourself in)
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Powerball Squares
It’s not $1.4 Billion…, but the Over-30 Football Squares Pool wasn’t hit last week for $360 and it will be growing as more players jump in this week (and next). Even if you already have squares (and just like Powerball tickets) you can buy more at anytime to increase your odds of winning.
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| No Winner - Chiefs 23 vs Jets 20 |
The next game is slated for;
Sunday Night October 22nd Miami Dolphins vs Philadelphia Eagles
The odds of you winning Powerball are 1 in 292.2 million…, but the odds of you winning a football square is just 1 in 100…, and you can opt to take the lump sum payout.
See Tony Medeiros $20 per square - Cash only!!
Three More Down
Three more of the mighty have fallen… Goodbye unbeaten streaks to Dominic DeFrancisco, Steve Medeiros and Steve Taddonio. Ironically all three were taken down during the new 3v3 overtime format.
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Dominic DeFrancisco
Mike Duggan
Gary Goodwin
Garvin Chan
Tony Fosco
Todd Bryson
Doug Morand (NP)
| Steve Silveira
Steve Medeiros
Mike Naczas
Steve Taddonio
Joe Shannon (Ret)
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Yes you are forever immortalized as undefeated champions from “Team Perfection”…, but this week you are back to mere mortals with your disappointing losses to the Sandbaggers and White Lies.
Oddsmakers
Looks like the blowout that was supposed to happen when the 1st place team plays the last place team… Didn’t actually happen.
However the Over-30 Odds Makers were right on setting the over/under at 7.5… With the game finishing with a 4-3 overtime loss for the mighty Black Magic
And if you took the over on the Bill Abcunas hamstring prop bet… that paid $100 as the League Director went the distance (except OT) when he benched himself.
Hang Up!!
Hang up the phone…, There was no need to call Toronto for a ruling on Jason Carrien’s GWG in OT.
There was no less than 12-referees watching from “Scoreboards Pub” another 5-referees watching from “Hecklers Row” and those 17-referees agreed with the 1-referee (Mike Dube) who was actually being paid to referee the game.., All 18-referees said it was a “Good Goal” and a “Good Win” for White Lies.
Big Boy Hockey
Bill Abcunas will never admit it.., but deep down inside he loathes at the fact the his 3-0 start came to an end at the hands of Jason Carrien and his Captain Jim Barber.
Jim took great pride in handing Billy his first loss of his “comeback” season and Jason was focused on playing “Big Boy” hockey.
We know you’ve already marked your calendar for Week #9 (October 29th) rematch.
Hunting Season
We all remember this classic scene debating which hunting season it is:
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This October the only hunting season is for the endangered bird of prey..., the “Undefeated Roadrunner”. There is only one left in the world up for grabs.
Who is going to be the lucky hunters to bag the last one in existence?
New Glasses?
We’re pretty sure Gino Tammaro wear glasses are for protection and not prescription..., but man were the fans in Hecklers Row all over him to change his goggles.
He’s been playing like this guy lately:
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Stick Swap
We’ve seen a lot over the years at Hockeytown.., but last week was another first.
Last week we saw a dek tile get dislodged causing a little havoc and during the ensuing chaos Jamie Kehoe and Ricky Cassano both lost their sticks and ended up picking up each other’s opposite hand stick and trying to act natural.
The only question is who stick is better? Ricky currently has 1-goal & 1-assist meanwhile Jamie’s has 0-goals & 4-assists?
Tile Fixes?
Hecklers Row had some great suggestions for fixing last week’s lifted tile;
“Hey Ray Nickerson…, just lay your wallet on it”
and the best..,
“Hey Joe (Shannon) just stand on it…, since you’re in the way anyway”
New Hockey Mantra
Shaun Mulcahy who retired from the US Post Office has a new hockey mantra to follow:
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor lifted tiles of floor stays these players from the swift completion of their appointed games.” #IYKYK
Nose Job
Manny Nunes had a little cosmetic surgery thanks to Angelo De Luca.
Angelo served the first official 2:30 major penalty of the season for drawing blood during Manny’s unintentional nose job late in the 3rd.
3rd Straight Loss
After another week of losing the Royal Family are starting to feel the woes of “the agony of defeat” as they are free falling towards the basement.
We asked Captain Angelo De Luca about the 3rd straight loss and he just reiterated what Bill Belichick was feeling after his 3rd loss of the season and same 1-3 record.
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Sore Winners?
We all know what a sore loser is.., if you need examples just look some of the players that are complaining to the referees after their game when their team losses.
I could name 2-high profile players AXXXXX and DXXXXXX (names redacted by the Over-30 Lawyers who won’t let us name names).
But the Lawyers said we can name a couple of sore winners: Ray Nickerson who scored a hat trick and was pulled late in the 3rd period for defensive reasons walked out early with his team up 5-3. Ray must have figured his job was done…, and if they blew the lead, it was on them.
Meanwhile Mike Surette and White Lies finally won their first game of the season (and it was a big win) but the big guy was upset that he was pulled for a “situational” power play unit (which they scored on). You know Mike is upset when he leaves way before all the beers are all gone.
Missed Opportunity
The Royal Family Defense and their Goalie Jeff Deharo have been giving away goals like candy in an unattended Halloween candy bowl left on a porch with a sign saying “Take One”…, only nobody really takes just one…, but instead pads their stats with easy picking goals.
Mike Duggan missed an opportunity to steal 2 or 3 pieces of juicy candy from a bowl sitting on a porch with the front porch light off.
“Fair” Warning
Congratulations Mike Duggan on your recent engagement last week at the Topsfield Fair…, and the reason you missed a perfect opportunity to get to 10-goals.
But we get it…, it will be nice to have a Mrs Duggan to share all your future hockey accolades with. But remember this “Fair” Warning…, once Rachel Cirinna becomes Rachel Duggan she’s entitled by law to 50% of your assets. So that means 50% of all future Dunkin Donuts Player of the Week and 50% of any Five Guys Awards.
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Congratulations Mike Duggan and Rachel Cirinna
for the Over-30 “Play of the week”
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