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| THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY: Game Reports (scroll down to relive past travails) |
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May 30, 2008
Nordiques 3, Maddogs 0
Guest correspondent Elliot "Zdeno Chara" Royce reports: "Dave pounded Rich Bruno. I had a nose-to-nose with my old favorite, Rich Goia. Mike got about 3 penalties, and we ended up skating down for more than half the game. Miles played very, very well but we weren’t able to deliver for him, which is a shame. It was a hardfought 3-0 loss but we didn’t really control the puck." Showing that even a Harvard guy can be rendered mostly mute by a shutout loss.
May 28, 2008
Lightspeed 6, Maddogs 3
Well, it could have been worse. Could have been 12-3, right? A frantically assembled Dogpound endured yet another Marvin Curveball as the game was added last-minute and only our perspicacious Center Greg "Gomer" Pardo found out about it. The jury's still out on our sub goalie, who elected to "celebrate" her 20th birthday with a stint in the Dogpatch. It wasn't so bad after three softies sailed past her early on. In valiant canine fashion the Dogs rallied around their wounded netminder - "OK - Don't let ANYTHING on net," advised the aforementioned Pardo by way of game strategy when the score turned three-nil, demonstrating once again Gomer's "coach potential" that all the league is buzzing about. We kept it close but couldn't overcome the hurdle. Mercifully, player-coach Mike Diem made a cameo, took matters in his own hands and bookended 2 of the Dogs' 3 markers. As we filed back to the locker room, as cheerful in defeat as we are in victory, our 97-pound goalie offered a poignant coda: "I can play well. But I didn't tonight."
May 20, 2008
Bandits 5, Maddogs 2
Not much to say about this loss to the hated Bandits. Forward Kevin "I Don't Answer to the Name Rhino" Kuryla offered, "we ran out of gas," which about sums it up. The Dogs nipped at the Bandits' heels through two periods but couldn't muster enough shots on whoever Keith's new Tier 3 goalie is to take home the bones. They collected three unanswered markers and we collectively started prematurely pining for post-game beverages. A good effort considering we traditionally have trouble with this team, and they were matching six lines to our one and a half. How about upping our turn-out for the next match beyond the current level of six? Hopefully x-factor Max vdG has all his working papers in order - and note that next game is a non-school night.
May 17, 2008
Maddogs 3, Lightspeed 3
Depleted Dogs Take Speed For A Point 3-3; Max van der Griend Status Uncertain
On a night when Marvin’s goons decided to get all Gary Bettman on the Maddogs, kicking out 3 of our ringers (excuse me SUBSTITUTES) during warmups, the dogpatch regrouped to steal a point from the neon-attired Lightspeed. Depleted to 8 skaters, the Dogs began all scattered but then started moving the puck and following the invectives of substitute Captain Patch’s improvised but effective game plan. Goal scorers were led by Center/Left Wing/Right Wing vdGriend (who alternated playing Center and mollifying the sobs of his son Max on the bench. Max’s initiation to beer league hockey was twice-scarred: first by hearing the F-word repeatedly in the pre-game dressing room, second by being told that because he lacked a helmet sticker he could not play. Hopefully “professional help” will not be required to rebuild the boy’s surely ruined self-esteem.) Also lighting the lamp (I think) were quietmen Lee and Martin. The shootout was a good chance for Seaweed to strut his stuff – none of the Dogs could score including this correspondent who tried a move that works great on the driveway but terribly when ice is thrown into the equation. Sub goalie Bill Tenca (somehow spared the zebras’s axe) was almost as good, but did allow one to pass him by. Nevertheless the boys in blue took heart with a valiant come from behind tie. Max was not heard from after departing the ice crestfallen during the second period and we can only hope he was not upstairs trying to talk his way into his first bar beer.
Updated by Jake Elwell/admin, Mon Jun 2, 2008 @ 4:29 PM 0 Comments |
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