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Week 3 News and Notes
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011Surprise! Tim’s The First Star Of The Week
Three Stars of the Week
Third Star: Rachel “A-Korn” Greene, Butchers. In just her first year of organizing the event, Greene ran the highly successful 2011 Rose Charities Street Hockey Tournament. We’re hoping she continues her efforts next season.
Second Star: Dan Hopper, Sky Fighters. The Sky Fighters’ Yinzer captain nearly recorded his first ever hat trick en route to his team’s 4-1 win against Gut Rot. Hopper finished with two goals in the game after already tallying one earlier in the day during his Mofo game. He celebrated the feat with an I.C. Light.
First Star: Tim Brown, Poutine Machine. In what may be the upset of the season to date, Brown shut out last year’s regular season champions, the Denim Demons. This came just a day after he was the winning goalie in the finals of the Rose Charities Street Hockey Tournament (despite the notable handicap of having Rich Glanzer on his defense).
Week 3 Box Scores
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Let’s Go Rangers!
Cobra Kai 2, Mathematics 0
Cobra Kai: Marc Beland (2), Sarab Lalri (1)
Shutout: Peter Lang (1)
Goalie Win: Peter Lang
Dark Rainbows 3, Rehabs 1
Dark Rainbows: Trevor “White Jesus” Tyrrell (3), Jesse Gerstein (2), Josh Wilson (1)
Rehabs: Mike “Cupcake” Bartlett (1)
Goalie Win: John Meyer
Tompkins Square Riots 5, Mega Touch 1
Tompkins Square Riots: Joe Fiore 2 (3), Daniel Burns (1), Caroline Samponaro (1), Craig Thompson (1)
Mega Touch: Eric Devlin (2)
Goalie Win: Dave Gil de Rubio
Corlears Hookers 2, Butchers 0
Corlears Hookers: Matt Zimmerman 2 (5)
Shutout: Dustin “Fake Dutch’s Brother” Olson (1)
Goalie Win: Dustin “Fake Dutch’s Brother” Olson
What The Puck 5, Happy Little Elves 4 (OT-SO)
What The Puck: Darrell “Accurate Bob” Hartman 2 (2), Alex Doucette (2), Tom MacDonald (1)
Happy Little Elves: Ryan Nakahara 2 (2), Gil Valdes (3), Garrett “Ax” Carrino (2)
Shootout: What The Puck wins 2-1. Successful attempts by Mike “The X-Factor” Woodsworth (WTP), Alex Doucette (WTP), and Gil Valdes (HLE).
Goalie Win: Anthony Romeo
Game Notes: Carrino scored the tying goal with one minute remaining in regulation.
Sky Fighters 4, Gut Rot 1
Sky Fighters: Dan Hopper 2 (3), Martin “Ocho Cinco” Cejka (2), Robert Kucera (2)
Gut Rot: Tom (1)
Goalie Win: James Stein
Fresh Kills 6, Gouging Anklebiters 2
Fresh Kills: Ariel Imas 2 (2), Justin “The Boss” Ross (3), Mike Sokolyansky (1), Nick Hobbs (1), Matt Kazior (1)
Gouging Anklebiters: Charles DeFranco 2 (2)
Goalie Win: Patrick Barch
Poutine Machine 1, Denim Demons 0
Poutine Machine: Kevin MacDonald (1)
Shutout: Tim Brown (1)
Game Notes: MacDonald scored the game-winning goal with three minutes remaining in regulation.
Goalie Win: Tim Brown
LBS, Inc. 3, Filthy Gorgeous 1
LBS, Inc.: Lawrence Goldstein (3), Karsten Pichon (2), Sam Anthony (1)
Filthy Gorgeous: Suvin “The Guru” Malik (1)
Goalie Win: Seth Wachtell
Unicorns 1, La Famiglia 0 (OT)
Unicorns: Chris (2)
Shutout: Craig “Ug” LaCombe (2)
Goalie Win: Craig “Ug” LaCombe
Week 3 Preview
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Everyone Loves The Whale!
GAME OF THE WEEK
Cobra Kai (1-0-1) at Mathematics (1-0-1)
Location: Tompkins West, 4:30 PM
All-Time Series: Mathematics lead 6-2
Game Notes: The once intense rivalry between Cobra Kai and the Mathematics has lost most of its luster over the past few seasons. With heavy turnover on both squads and the two teams sent packing to different divisions, their lone battle last season (a 4-3 OT win by the Dojo) seemed more like a formality of the schedule than a legitimate grudge match. However, with Cobra Kai and the Mathematics each making a strong push in the first couple of weeks of 2011, this feud may be ready for a resurrection. Although Cobra Kai could only muster a 1-1 tie against their Donohue Division foe, La Famiglia, on Opening Day, the team stunned the Rehabs 2-1 last week. Perhaps most notable about these two wins is the team’s vast improvement in defense in holding both opponents to just a goal. Last year, the team surrendered 56 goals during the regular season, which was third most in BTSH. The Mathematics also opened the season with a dissatisfying draw, 1-1 against Poutine Machine. However, like the Dojo, Math rebounded in Week 2 with an impressive 4-1 win against the Butchers. As Cobra Kai and the Mathematics both look to stay undefeated, which team will continue its upward trend, and which will come crashing back to Earth?
Keys To The Game:
1. Cobra Kai goalie Peter Lang has allowed one goal in each of his team’s first two games. However, the offense has only scored three goals. Until the offense steps up, Lang will need to maintain his stellar play.
2. The Mathematics’ injury-waiting-to-happen Bradley Schmidt has scored three goals in the team’s first two games, all in the second half. The team will once again rely on a clutch performance from him late in the game.
3. The anonymous Mathematics general manager has already warned the team to keep an eye out for Cobra Kai’s resident pie expert, Anita Khar. He stated in an e-mail to the team, “Anita can be a very dangerous scorer, so we have to keep her covered at all times. Of course, I’m much better than she is at ‘skeet ball.'”
Watchability: 4 Smiths. Rich Glanzer is very happy about this rating scale.
Week 2 News and Notes
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011Will There Be A Lockout?
As the BTSH collective bargaining agreement between team owners and players nears its expiration date, pundits have begun to talk seriously about a potential work stoppage.
Before signing a new agreement, team owners are pushing for four major changes. First, they want to extend the BTSH regular season by an additional two games. In exchange, pre-season scrimmages would be eliminated. Second, they would like a rookie wage scale. This would basically be known as the “Nick Hobbs Provision,” as Fresh Kills was forced to sign Hobbs to one of BTSH’s most lucrative contracts before he even played a game. As a result, his compensation has crippled their salary cap maneuverability for several seasons. Third, the owners demand a greater share of all league revenue. Tensions on this matter intensified when league manager Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta arrived at Tompkins Square Park in Week 1 driving his new Maserati. Fourth, owners would like to repeal players’ bonuses for breaches of contracts. This issue came up recently after noted Mathematics defender Justin “Ballard” Perras missed his team’s game last week, which violated the terms of his contract.
Week 2 Box Scores
Monday, April 4th, 2011Get Craig Some Sunglasses
Unicorns 2, Mega Touch 1
Unicorns: Luke (2), Krish (1)
Mega Touch: Harvey Jaswal (2)
Goalie Win: Craig “Ug” LaCombe
Mathematics 4, Butchers 1
Mathematics: Bradley Schmidt 2 (3), Ali Corsi 2 (2)
Butchers: Ben Bloom (2)
Goalie Win: Joe Boshko
Happy Little Elves 8, Tompkins Square Riots 4
Happy Little Elves: Rob “Smash” Muggeo 3 (3), Gil Valdes 2 (2), Trevor Beauclair (1), Melissa Budnick (1), Garrett “Ax” Carrino (1)
Tompkins Square Riots: Patrik Blohmé 2 (2), Alexandre Frenette (1), Joe Fiore (1)
Goalie Win: Shaun deLacy
Poutine Machine 4, Gouging Anklebiters 2
Poutine Machine: Ashish Nagpal (2), Marcus Bonnee (1), Tracy Ng (1), Vincent Tracy (1)
Gouging Anklebiters: Alex Derhohannesian (1), Phil “Sandy” Donohue (1)
Goalie Win: Tim Brown
Game Notes: Ng scored her first BTSH goal.
Cobra Kai 2, Rehabs 1
Cobra Kai: Marc Beland (1), Mark Talercio (1)
Rehabs: Rob Blandi (1)
Goalie Win: Peter Lang
La Famiglia 5, Filthy Gorgeous 1
La Famiglia: Denis Miciletto (2), Jon Fidge (1), Dmitry Gurvits (1), Shafiq “Off-Black” Perry (1), Ant “Father Time” Ventolieri (1)
Filthy Gorgeous: Susannah Pasquantonio (1)
Goalie Win: Kevin Au
What The Puck 5, Gut Rot 2
What The Puck: Oliver Hartman 2 (2), Salvatore Malguarnera, Jr. (2), Alex Doucette (1), Brian Vroom (1)
Gut Rot: Gilligan (1), The Other Gilligan (1)
Goalie Win: Corey “Chongo” Winters
Sky Fighters 4, LBS, Inc. 3 (OT)
Sky Fighters: Mark Bloom (1), Martin “Ocho Cinco” Cejka (1), Dan Hopper (1), Robert Kucera (1)
LBS, Inc.: Karen Erickson (2), Tommy Capatosta (1), Karsten Pichon (1)
Goalie Win: James Stein
Game Notes: Bloom scored the winning goal in overtime.
Dark Rainbows 3, Fresh Kills 2
Dark Rainbows: P.T. Walkley 2 (2), Jennie Brown (1)
Fresh Kills: Justin “The Boss” Ross (1), Alice Bertoni (1)
Goalie Win: John Meyer
Game Notes: For a review of this game, go here.
Corlears Hookers 7, Denim Demons 3
Corlears Hookers: Matt Zimmerman 2 (3), Brendan “Dutch” Kearney (3), Gavin “Dutch’s Brother” Kearney (1), Peter “Purple Rain” Putka (1), Noelle “Slapshot” Safar (1), Josh “Doc” Sadlier-Brown (1)
Denim Demons: Dave Fraser 2 (2), Jeff Kamen (3)
Goalie Win: James Stein (on loan from Sky Fighters)
