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Week 9 Previews – Part 1
Thursday, June 20th, 2019As we near the halfway point of the season let’s take a look at where teams are standing and what they need moving forward into the summer stretch of the season.
Fresh Kills at LBS, Inc.
Fresh Kills
Where are they? Currently sitting at fourth in their division and ninth overall in the league with a questionable goal differential of +5 goals.
What do they need? Besides Frank, more Tom and Nicole with a lot of what they did in two of their last three games.
LBS
Where are they? Currently sitting atop the league and their division with an unbeaten record and a solid goal differential of +12 goals.
What do they need? Good question. They are the most balanced team in the league, but if we had to nitpick we’d say consistent attendance heading into the summer stretch.
Prediction: This is hands down the Game of the Early Games and as unfathomable as it seems, Fresh Kills will finish the first half the season with four loses. 3-2 LBS.

If the BTSH Teams Attended A Bachelorette Party
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019By Jane of the Jungle
As we all know, the end of August marks the holy matrimony of Hockey and Beach. This realization, combined with the fact I recently attended a rowdy bachelorette party, has inspired me to write a hypothetical piece exploring the question “what if the BTSH teams were attendees of a bachelorette party weekend?” Enjoy!
Anklebiters – Naturally, ever so naturally, Anklebiter is the one who planned this whole shindig. If you think organizing a weekend full of activities for a gaggle of drunk and opinionated party-goers is difficult…. well you are CORRECT. Nevertheless Anklebiter persisted. She somehow managed to lock in a bangin’ Airbnb with a pool (in the hippest neighborhood, no less), secure multiple dinner reservations for a group of 20+ girls, and hand paint (I said, HAND PAINT!) a pin-the-penis-on-the-groom banner. How does she manage to do it all? Like, seriously, how?
Fuzz – Fuzz is the one who wants to know who wants to work out with her in the morning? Does anyone want to hit a pre-brunch spin class? Go for a run? Maybe drop-in to a box? No? That’s fine she’ll just get a WOD in by herself. Afterwards, she’s INSUFFERABLE at brunch telling people how she PR’d her DL 1RM!!! Omg! On vacation no less! It’s fine though because no one else at the table knows what a WOD or a DL 1RM PR even is. They’ve all tuned her out. Eventually when she realizes no one is listening to her, she stops talking about her workout and focuses on the plate of eggs and bacon in front of her, because #gainz.

Happy Father’s Day
Sunday, June 16th, 2019
2018: Playoff Box Scores – Semis and Finals
Sunday, June 16th, 2019For Gil’s son’s dad’s day we offered up a little treat from the jersey shore tournament. Please find the lost box scores from Fuzz’s title win. Sorry Rich, for never getting you the actual gamesheet. Eli said it should go in the BTSH Hall of Fame someday. Not you, but the gamesheet from the finals. Now I’m going to blame 40 people for losing this inanimate object, when really, it was me who was responsible for it going missing. (Sound familiar? It should, it’s an over used – lost trophy – reference, like every other reference in these posts).
On to the final playoff box scores from 2018…(what a father’s day gift, sports scores….goooo sports!!!)
PBR Cup Semi Final 2 v 3 matchup
Pounds 0 @ Fuzz 3
Goalie Loss – Sizzled (2-1, GAA 1.68)
Fuzz – Ryann x2 (2), Teets McGee (1)
Goalie Shutout Win – Goalie Coach (3-0, GAA 1.00)
Game Notes: After handing the choice of gametime/court to the 3 seed (the f*ck is the point of the seed anyways), Pounds completely blew it, falling victim to weak link sport theorem, in which a sexist Fuzz team only covered the males on the team.
More Game Notes: The “gamesheet” transmitted over email reads “Fuzz home team refs are Alex Zed and Alex Eben Meyer“. I’m so glad they didn’t cover up the fact that the ref scheduler picked the referees for their playoff game(s). Yes punctuation is important, but taking it away doesn’t lead to any inaccuracies in this case.
(Good thing we have a rule for that now)
PBR Cup Semi Finals 1v4 matchup
….wait the top 4 seeds ended up in the semis? How boring. Bring back completely wild and random playoff round winners like the 2019 stanley cup playoffs, please! Or like when the Elves won, or the year the Rehabs made the finals and then got slaughtered worse than SeaShell Harambae did by a Shorti in OC (2017 or 2018, take your pick, Rich) by Filthy/Filthy Gourgeous/Filthier (I’m not that much of a sicko, I can’t know which edition of your team won…wait it would have been Filthier in 2015…Rehabs ended up winning when they moved up to D2…. in 2016…….Fuzz obliterated everyone in their first division 2 appearance – relevant – which was in 2016 as in 2017 they got stymied by D1….Fuzz and therefore Karma were teams by then – 2015 – , I think. And Elves and La Familia were no longer. Sicko mantle reclaimed!)
(…But now I just read a write up that mentioned Karma beat Elves, so I really have no clue anymore.)
Yeah I should have just looked here instead, but I was right, like always. (this is my best walker impression/joke for this post….ha!)
Filthier 0 @ Cobra Kai 3
Goalie Loss – Tim K (2-1, GAA 1.68)
Cobra Kai – Olive (1), Liam (2), Eff Gill Ween (2)
Goalie Shutout Win – Campbell #NotMyROY2017 #NotYourTendy2019 (3-0, GAA 0.33)
Game Notes: Having the mule, suvin, denis, mclellan, delia, or literally ANYONE else for I don’t know, the semis and finals might have helped. Filthier were really short and it showed by the fact that OP James had fewer passes than faceoff wins in this game. The Evil Dojo didn’t even need to bring any playoff approved ringers for this one.

More Game Notes: With CK up a couple goals in the second half, alumni association ambassador Altman showed up (to ref a schlitz cup game – whoah, who knew those things would play into the PBR cup storylines) and then CK had a goal waved off…was it a sign of things to come on this day?
More More More Game Notes: Olivier nearly matched his season scoring total in this game.

PBR Cup Finals 1v2 matchup
…wow the top two seeds made it to the finals. see comments above.
Fuzz 3 @ Cobra Kai 1
Fuzz – Alyssa (1), Jeff x2 (4)
Goalie Win – Goalie Coach (4-0, GAA 1.00)
Evil Dojo – JJ Murph (1)
Goalie Loss – Campbell #NotMyROY2017 #NotYourTendy2019 (3-1, GAA 1.00)
Game Notes: When you are dubbed the EviL DoJo, eventually the protagonist will triumph. And for the first time in 2018, a regulation Loss Just happened; a season that will forever fall short of Ariel’s numerous shootout winners in an undefeated Fresh Kills season in 2017.

More More Game Notes: This is where we write something about a foot in the crease or a restart shot in from their own goal line (yes, everyone forgets the one where Olivier scored off a goalie ball) that had no effect on the outcome of this game. Damn those power hungry referees! Who assigns and/or manages these people!!!!!

Happy father’s day to Gil, Gil’s son’s dad, Gil’s son, Gil’s nephew’s uncle, and all the other father’s out there in BTSH land, wherever you are this weekend. This post was for you and your apparent new found interest in the box score writeups.
BTSH Playoff Finals Scoring
T1 – Jeff x4
T1- Sean the Mule x4
T2 – Lots of way tie with a few who managed to grab a brace over the playoff weekends…Liam, Will, Ryann, Alex WM, Sam, Jake from (and banished back to) the Q/E/W, and Tom Rush (how nice of him to score a couple and eliminate my team before going back to retirement).
BTSH Playoff Goalie Leaders
1 – Craig LaC – 0.00 GAA and 1-0-0-1 record; 100% save percentage but for in shootouts
2 – Coach – 1.00 GAA and 4-0-0-0 record
3 – Campbell – 1.00 GAA and 3-1-0-0 record (loss in finals was the first game all season giving up a third goal in regulation)
Oh, and here are the Schlitz cup recaps to skim through too…
Schlitz Cup Round 3
Dank Bows 6 @ Rout Rot 5
Bows – Josh Wags (1), Dan C (3), Wes (1), Ryan (1), Yetter x2 (3)
Goalie Win – Greenwald (3-0, GAA 2.33)
“Gut Rot” – Schmorg (1), Al x2 via Karma, Danilo via Hookers, Jo-Ann via Machine
Goalie Loss – Peter “Not Ed” Parker
Lol: No wonder it was a close game. Look at who subbed!
Mega 4 @ Riots 1
Mega – Julie x2 (2), Joe (1), Alok (1)
Goalie Win – Jeff H (2-1, GAA 1.00)
Riots – Margot (1)
Goalie Loss – Dave GdR (1-2)
Schlitz Cup Final Worst 1 Seed vs Worst 2 Seed
Dank Bows 0 @ Mega Touch 2
Goalie Loss – Greenwald (1-3, GAA 2.25)
Mega – Julie (3), Eric D (1)
Goalie Shutout Win – Jeff H (3-1, GAA 0.75)
Schlitz Cup Scoring Leaders
1 – Julie “MVG” x3
1 – Dan “not Creed” C x3
1 – Yetter x3
2 – Suz x2
2 – Wes x2
Schlitz Cup Goalie Leaders
1 – Jeff “MVP” H – 0.75 GAA and 3-1-0-0 record
2 – Greenwald – 2.25 GAA and 3-1-0-0 record
2019 BTSH All Star Game Recap
Thursday, June 13th, 2019By The Dragon

The All Star Game – Through the bleary eyes of an All Star
In the Black Top Street Hockey League, being an All Star is considered especially honorable. In New York City, the dedicated athletes who strive for this great athletic prowess are members of an elite squad known as the BTSH All Stars. This is one of their stories.
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