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Hockey friends,

You are invited to say goodbye to the Moffo hockey rink in style with the last ever one day tournament.  (At the end of this month the rink will be demolished as part the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan.  Boo.)

Sign up HERE.

Here are the current details:

When: Saturday, July 27^th beginning around 1 pm

Where: Moffo rink, dummy

Cost: Free

More information will be released when available.

By Jess and Charlotte

Filthier at Fresh Kills

Ah yes, the two teams nobody cares about. Sorry, let me amend, people care about FK because they’re really good, those multi-year PBR cup winning bastards. Filthier, once again, come hang for a beer- don’t make us beg. Maybe even participate in the beer olympics and show us you’re good at drinking AND hockey. 

Prediction: 4-4 OT with FK getting the win in OT, no shootout, all the heartbreak for filthy. 

Poutine Machine at Gremlins

Wait, didn’t this just happen? Gremlins finished their rain delay with the Pous and won 1-0 but it’s a full game this time, ALEX, and nobody can save you now. It’ll be a tight one and even though the Gremlins are more stylish in play and appearance- and don’t pay $7 for haircuts in China Town (SBJ, looking at you)- Poutine will do their thing and steamroll them. Also Charlotte is allegedly “not cleared” to play but still scored her first BTSH goal last week against Gut Rot whilst on defense. Seems like a ploy for the Gremlins to let their guard down on Poutine’s offensively minded defense, IMO. 

Prediction: Pous wipe the floor with the Gremlins, 4-1.

By Richiehero

While Karen scoring her first career goal in her teams 7-0 victory is great, it’s not star worthy. Yet the dullards at the media continue to reward such mediocrity. It’s time for a throwback 3 Stars. These aren’t the most important 3 occurrences in BTSH history, but they are worthy of some throwback love.

Third Star

Sven creating the HOF

When Sven created the HOF he wanted to put in Alex Eben Meyers socks. He also wanted to put in Romeo and luckily 3 Heroes voted no. While the socks and the beggar were bad ideas, the actual HOF was a great idea. Now there are some who take it way too seriously, and some who only get in because of their model like good looks (Isaac, please put the picture that Julie hates here), but overall a great idea by a HOFer himself, Sven.

By Cat

The latest on the beef beat: Chloe Sevigny versus NYC Parks Department. I am worried that all this Celebri-tay is going to go to our heads – what with an intrepid reporter at mofo games, paparazzi everywhere*

*Not actual paps, but fun fact I did see a photographer carrying around a collapsible stool to stand on, and I was like, wow lifehack should I do that?!

Not that anyone asked me for a pep talk, but look guys, change is hard. It felt like getting dumped this month, and I thought everything was so great between us. I suppose there were warning signs… but that’s not the point. The good news? BTSH is big and it’s organized, and the people who organize can get shit done. It’s been inspiring to see the myriad of ways that people have offered to step up and communicated information across the entire hockey community.

My understanding, as a layperson, is that next season will be somewhere else – and it will be different, and that does mean we will lose some of the great things about being at Tompkins Square Park on a Sunday, but it also means we will gain new great things and in like two years there are going to be some New School BTSHers who will shocked – UTTERLY SHOCKED – to learn it was any other way. So keep calm and carry on and there are plenty of fish/cracked blacktops in the sea/urban hellscape etc.

Sky Fighters ground out a hard win against a formidable Riots team.

The Riots then trudged over to the West Court and played an epic game against Instant Karma that featured 5 ties, 3 lead changes and 12 goals.  The two goals by Alex EM (on loan from Mega) propelled Karma to victory.

Sky Righters remained on the East Court, and briefly in the shade, as they played a whopper of a game against the mighty forces of the Dark Rainbows.  Sky Fighters won again.

LBS, Inc. upended Math’s quest for consecutive Ws.  However, after the game Tadpole and other Mathematicians were invited into the LBS’s Man Tent where they were entertained with spirits and a vintage magazine.

With Ariel’s son and family in attendance Fresh Kills fought back against the Butchers and added two more points to their season total. (Get well, Pete!)

Always a friendly affair when the Pucks and Mega square off.  NOT.  A heavy game that nearly went to OT as the Orange Crush were able to finish off the Touches in regulation.

The Biters’ have been a goal scoring machine this season and rolled Fuzz by hanging 5 on them.

Campbell was back in town for the Squirrels championship and also helped his old dojo thwart a dangerous Habs team. 

Filthier handed the Hookers their second loss of the season causing lots of raised eyebrows around the league.

The Demons against Gremlins game wasn’t exactly, uh, friendly and needed a shootout to decide the victor.  Two points went to House Demons.

The Pous poured more than sugar over Gut Rot by scoring goals.

Both the Pous and Grems played their make-up game which ended up being a nail biter with the Grems taking home bragging rights.

See you next week!