Recap Week 2
BTSH WEEKLY RECAP – WEEK 2
by Eli Kazin of Cobra Kai
The weekly recaps are only as good as the information that I am provided with, so if you have anything worth mentioning in these recaps, please let me know. Talk to me at the games, at the bars, or shoot me an email at themajordeegan@yahoo.com. Just make sure I am aware of anything noteworthy by 9:00 P.M. on Monday evenings.
Without further ado, the happenings from the opening weekend of the 2007 BTSH season…
The Games
PLAYING SHORTHANDED, PART I.
The Mathematics, with only eight players in attendance, and Laura MacNeil playing with an ankle injury, held on to beat the Mighty Squirrels, 3-0. Andy Pratt scored the game winning goal early in the first half, and the game remained a one goal affair until the Mathematics added two insurance goals late in the second half. The only shutout of the day belonged to Mathematics goalie Joelle Sedlmeyer.
PLAYING SHORTHANDED, PART II.
Pork Fried Rice, with only seven players in attendance, blitzed Cobra Kai, 9-1. Caley Boyd, in her first BTSH game, tallied two goals and two assists, while Brian Barrett contributed three goals and three assists, and captain Ant Ventolieri netted three goals and two assists. Derek Tagliarino scored the lone goal for Cobra Kai, so he has one goal more than the entire Mighty Squirrels team.
I TOUCH YOU ONCE, I TOUCH YOU TWICE.
Alex Eben Meyer’s two goals lifted the Bad Touch to a 3-2 victory against the reformed Skyfighters.
LES HOOKER-TANTS?
The Corlears Hookers scored the only two goals of the second half, making the unveiling of their shiny, Montreal Canadiens style jerseys a success by a 3-2 score. Caroline Morrissey-Bickerton and Charles DeFranco each scored a goal for the Gouging Anklebiters.
DEMONS WERE POWERLESS TO REHABS.
Ed Lau scored three goals, including two in a fifteen-second span midway through the second half, to lead the Rehabs to a 7-1 victory against the Denim Demons. Anthony Romeo made sixteen saves in the winning effort.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHOWTIME.
Ryan Mills, in his first BTSH game, celebrated Showtime’s birthday by scoring two goals to lead the Unicorns past Fresh Kills, 4-1.
I GUESS THEIR MOOD WAS FILTHY.
Suvin Malik and James Pereira scored goals, but it was not enough to take down the Dark Rainbows, who doubled up Filthy Gorgeous, 4-2.
A BANNER AFTERNOON.
What The Puck celebrated their 2006 BTSH championship by scoring just twenty seconds into the game, and coasted to a 9-3 victory against Mexican Standoff.
75 DEGREES STILL TUQUE WEATHER.
The Tuques pulled off one of the bigger upsets of the day, squeezing by LBS, 4-3.
Nickname Corner With Derek Tagliarino
These people will now be known as the following:
Peter Prohaska of Gouging Anklebiters is now Geech.
Eric DiPierri of Gouging Anklebiters is now El Guapo.
Ellery Gillette of Denim Demons is now The Nature Boy (AKA Naitch).
Power Play/Offsides
(This is where Kudos/Gasface used to be)
Power Play:
– Martin Olson of The Bad Touch. He ripped two orange balls from a child’s hands, thus saving the league a clean two dollars.
– Sharif Corinaldi of Mathematics. He wore the shirt that half the league signed at the 2006 end of season party.
– Tim “Scrappy†Gray of Mighty Squirrels. Helmet? Check. Goalie Stick? Check. Pads? He laughs at goalies who use pads.
– The Rehabs/Denim Demons Chug-Off at Welcome to the Johnson’s. The Rehabs fielded two men and two women, while the Demons fielded two men, one woman, and one Adam “Legend Killer†Rubens. The Demons insisted on half-beers, but then proceeded to spill the beer on themselves. Who won is inconsequential, as everyone at the Johnson’s who witnessed the event came away in better spirits.
Offsides:
– Sharif Corinaldi of Mathematics. The aforementioned shirt likely has not seen the inside of a laundry machine in more than six months, if ever.
– Mexican Standoff has legal issues. Three players were issued tickets for violating open container laws while watching the LBS/Tuques of Steel game at Moffo. At least they waited until after their game to get caught. [A BTSH Drinking Legal Defense fund is under consideration. ed.]
Next Week
April 29th, 2007
3pm Corlears 1 LBS vs. Cobra Kai
3pm Corlears 2 Mexican Standoff vs. Dark Rainbows
3pm Moffo Unicorns vs. Bad Touch
4pm Corlears 1 Pork Fried Rice vs. Filthy Gorgeous
4pm Corlears 2 Fresh Kills vs. Gouging Anklebiters
4pm Moffo GAME OF THE WEEK Mighty Squirrels vs. Denim Demons
– The wagering has already started, as a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon hangs in the balance.
5pm Corlears 1 Sky Fighters vs. Mathematics
5pm Corlears 2 Tuques vs. What The Puck
5pm Moffo Rehabs vs. Corlears Hookers