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Long Weekends Make The Planet Smile

With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start to the summer season, the holiday is traditionally associated with barbeques, parades, family gatherings, and sporting events.  Thus, as BTSH approaches this highly anticipated weekend, the media conducted a league-wide survey to gauge people’s plans for their day off from hockey.  Some of the notable responses are after the jump.

1. Kevin “The Planet” Foster (Fresh Kills) will be vacationing at his family’s compound on Nantucket.
2. Mike Smith (Mathematics) will be attending auto racing’s signature event, the Indianapolis 500.
3. Anita Khar (Rehabs) is planning a massive party at her beach house on the Connecticut shoreline.  According to her, “There’s gonna be pie!”
4. Eric “El Guapo” DiPierri (Happy Little Elves) will have a quiet weekend at home with his mom.
5. The Peter Wilson (La Famiglia) has been chosen to serve as grand marshall of the Memorial Day parade in his hometown of Westfield, NJ.
6. Lisa Harrington (What The Puck) is looking forward to seeing musician Jesse Malin perform at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.
7. Mega Touch will be hanging out on goalie Mike Tuckman’s rooftop.
8. “Gentleman” James Pereira (Filthy Gorgeous) will be acting in a staged reading of The Crucible in Central Park.
9. Caroline Morrissey-Bickerton (Gouging Anklebiters) will bring her world famous potato salad to a barbeque, where she will most likely drink a lot of beer.
10. Josh “Doc” Sadlier-Brown (Corlears Hookers) is intently anticipating the Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami marathon on E!
11. Robert Kucera (Sky Fighters) has no plans.

Congratulations, Gina!

Written by Gina Hackett correspondent Anthony Romeo
It is with utmost respect and pride that the Rehabs are pleased to announce their infamous All-Star defender, Gina Hackett, is now a famous All-Star Emmy Award winner! For her production of the documentary, History of the Boston Bruins, Gina was recognized this past weekend and honored for her hard work. When reached for comment, Hackett said, “The only thing that would make me happier than winning this award would be for me to stick it inside one (or more) of the Denim Demons.”

Photo of Gina with her Emmy here.

Dirty Laundry

Written by Fashion Correspondent Abigail Meisterman

If you were to travel to England today, your not-so-Almighty Dollar would only get you about 7/10 of a British Pound. This is a depressing thought and has convinced me that until I get a higher paying job, I will resign myself to watching Merchant Ivory films or anything starring Colin Firth to get my UK fix. However, this weak economy has not kept LBS, Inc. from procuring a new wardrobe. Breaking with tradition, the team’s game jerseys no longer sport the traditional preppy collar. To commemorate theirs and BTSH’s inception, the new t-shirts have only the insignia over their hearts, flanked by the numbers 1 and 0 (for ten, not for on and off in Binary, you nerd). The most notable addition to their 2010 Spring line is a navy-blue cardigan with the pound sterling symbol embroidered in white. Two things come to mind when I see these sweaters: 1) “I just got it last night at the Limited.” and 2) yacht wear. I get the feeling it’s more of the former when it comes to LBS, Inc., but you never know… maybe Ken and Karsten will take on the roles of Gopher and Isaac and we’ll all be making another run.

Know Your Neighbor

Name: Nick Hobbs
Team: Fresh Kills
Suggested Nickname: The Natural
Rejected Nicknames: Nick The Stick, JR, The Moon, Tiny
Origin: Oak Park, IL
College: Lehigh University
Early Aspirations: To sing the national anthem at a Chicago Blackhawks’ home game
Current Aspirations: To write a “Drunk Story of the Week” feature on btsh.org
First Job: Selling lemonade for 25 cents a cup
Current Job: Structural Engineer for a firm in Connecticut
Hero: Ray Kroc
Reason to Love Him: He always buys his BTSH opponents a pitcher of beer after the game.
Reason to Hate Him: He does not provide cups.
Fast Fact: Nick’s linemate is Detroit native, and avid Red Wings fan, Justin Ross.  Captain Dave Sokolyansky describes the pair as “perfect strangers”.
Favorite Things: Chicago Blackhawks, deep-dish pizza, guitars, Ireland
Favorite Chicago-Based TV Show: Punky Brewster
Least Favorite Things: Lafayette College, Billy Goats, shoddy engineering, the New Haven line of Metro North
Best Known For: Being the kid with the backwards Blackhawks’ hat
Hockey Comparison: Ed Olczyk
Non-Hockey Comparison: Hobbes
Things The Media Will Continue to Overhype About Him: His roommate (and Fresh Kills’ goalie) Patrick Barch is miles ahead of him in consideration for Rookie of the Year.
Down the Road: Nick mistakes Kevin “The Planet” Foster’s water bottle for his own during a mid-August game against Poutine Machine.  With Foster unable to replenish his fluids, Fresh Kills loses the game.

Tags: 2010 season, Fresh Kills, lbs inc, news and notes, Rehabs

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