Holiday Weekend
It was a holiday weekend upstairs at Hockeytown last week.
So many players were away for the Fitchburg Tournament or other reasons that almost every team (except White Lies) used a hired sub.
Both Scoreboards Pub and Hecklers Row looked like it was closed for the weekend.
Last weekend would have been a good week for Jeff Deharo to play two periods in front of Hecklers Row…, but he too (like LeBron) “Took his talents to Miami” aka Fitchburg.
Season of Giving
Congratulations Rick Cassano as the season of giving back is underway with Ricky winning a $70 gift certificate to the 110 Grill.
The season of giving is made possible by the season of not paying. With Referees Jon Picard and Rick Aylwin on long term IR…, the league is saving on payroll.
We any to thank all the Over-30 Players and Board members who volunteer their time to be a timekeeper, or referee, and/or a salesman. Your efforts are appreciated to keep the games running smoothly and professionally.
You make the call
You’re Ray Dow and your team is tied 3-3 with barely a few seconds left on the clock in the 3rd period. You have a faceoff coming in the offensive zone…, when all of a sudden you hear “Pull the goalie!!”…, What do you do?
We noticed Ray trying to do the calculations in his head:
- If they lose the draw is there enough time to lose the game
- If they win the draw (can we win the game) in the weening seconds.
- Do I take the point or go for the two conversion?
- Why didn’t Rob Sheridan show up so we wouldn’t have to be in this situation.
In the end…, Ray took the safe route and played for the tie.
Two Questions
The players for White Lies had two questions for their Captain Jim Barber after watching him fill in for Marooned as he blew by the defense on a breakaway against the former top goalie Steve Taddonio.
Jim let “Jesus take wheel” on his scoring attempt because there is no way in hell that Jim beats Steve one-on-one (but somehow, he did)
White Lies players want to know:
1) Why are you filling in for Marooned?
2) Why can’t you bury breakaway goals for us?
8 from 8
Ray Nickerson finally had his dream come true in the Over-30 League.
With Jim Barber filling in for Marooned he needed a dark shirt. The solution came from Ray Nickerson who pulled an old Black & Red #8 Red Army jersey from his bag and like “Mean Joe Greene” trading it for a coke, tossed it to Jim to wear for one game only.
Ray finally got to see firsthand what his old #8 looks like in action. Ray’s jersey not only scored a beautiful breakaway goal…, but it also assisted on his 5th goal of the season.
On the scoring sheet Ra’s 5th goals is officially logged as #8 (Ray Nickerson) from #97 (Donny Maccini) from “-----” but Ray knows it was really #8 from #97 from #8 and Ray’s wants the assist on his goal. It’s not a “Phantom Assist” if it came from his #8 jersey.
Like Naz says, “Give ‘em the assist!”
No 30 For You!
Mike Duggan was once predicted to break all kinds of scoring records this season…, but now the young gun missed 2 out of the last 3 weeks..., and the one week he was here, he did nothing.
We thought he was going to break 30-goals..., and now we’re predicting less that 26-goals. Let that be a lesson to the younger players in the league (Dave Norton and Dan Poirier Jr.) getting engaged will diminish your hockey skills. For the old guys in the league…, they play to get away from their wives.
Second Win
Settle down Royal Family…, we know your excited at your second win of the season, but let’s examine it.
Your second win of the season was against the only team in the league that you beat twice…, but more importantly you did it without your “ice cold” goalie.
This week you play Black Magic…, the hottest team with the hottest goalie against the coldest team with the coldest goalie.
In fact, if we were making a billboard sign to promote this week’s game, we’re pretty sure it would look something like this.
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