{"id":1503,"date":"2009-07-21T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T03:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2009-07-21T22:50:49","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T03:50:49","slug":"week-13-news-and-notes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-13-news-and-notes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 13 News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>A Closer Look At The Rubens Division<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/rubensdiv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1575      aligncenter\" title=\"Rubens Division\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/rubensdiv.jpg\" alt=\"Rubens Division\" width=\"450\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/rubensdiv.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/rubensdiv-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most people consider the Rubens (often misspelled &#8220;Reubens&#8221;) Division to be the toughest of BTSH&#8217;s three divisions.\u00a0\u00a0It boasts the 2008 league champion (Fresh Kills)\u00a0and runner-up (Corlears Hookers), as well as the only team that has yet to lose in regulation (Denim Demons).\u00a0\u00a0Players such as Jason Eitel, Jeff Kamen, Chris &#8220;Crush&#8221; O&#8217;Neil, Meredith &#8220;Danberg&#8221; Ficarelli, and Rem &#8220;Canadian Strongman&#8221; Garavito are just a few of the stars who populate the\u00a0Rubens Division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Division Namesake:<\/strong><br \/>\nFew names can polarize the BTSH community into feelings of\u00a0vitriol and\u00a0adoration as much as that of Denim Demons captain Adam &#8220;Legend Killer&#8221; Rubens.\u00a0 However, whether you love him or hate him (or are just indifferent), you&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find anyone who\u00a0can match his dedication and contributions to BTSH.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 282pt; table-layout: fixed;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"375\">\n<colgroup span=\"1\">\n<col style=\"mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4571; br: 94pt;\" span=\"3\" width=\"125\"><\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"width: 94pt; height: 12.75pt;\" width=\"125\" height=\"17\"><strong>Current Standings:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 94pt;\" width=\"125\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 94pt;\" width=\"125\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;\" colspan=\"3\" height=\"17\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\"><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\"><strong>Divisional Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\"><strong>Overall Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Denim Demons<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-0-0-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">8-0-2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Rehabs<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-1-0-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">6-4-0-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Happy Little Elves<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-2-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">5-6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Corlears Hookers<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">8-2-1-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Fresh Kills<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">5-6-0-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Cobra Kai<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">0-4-1-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">2-8-1-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Key Upcoming Games:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc\">\n<li><em>Denim Demons vs. Rehabs (7\/26)<\/em>: BTSH&#8217;s most heated rivalry takes center stage in the sweltering heat of the\u00a0last weekend of July.<\/li>\n<li><em>Happy Little Elves vs. Denim Demons (8\/23)<\/em>:\u00a0 The much improved Elves get another chance to prove themselves against the divisional namesake.<\/li>\n<li><em>Denim Demons vs. Corlears Hookers (9\/13)<\/em>: The winner of this game should have the inside track\u00a0to the best overall record in the division.<\/li>\n<li><em>Fresh Kills vs. Rehabs (9\/27)<\/em>: Some of the fastest players in BTSH will be featured, including Fresh Kills&#8217; Dave Sokolyansky and the Rehabs&#8217; Bryan &#8220;Stork&#8221; Welch.<\/li>\n<li><em>Fresh Kills vs. Corlears Hookers (10\/4)<\/em>: Emotions will run high in this title game rematch.<\/li>\n<li><em>Happy Little Elves vs. Rehabs (10\/4)<\/em>: The Elves look to sweep the Rehabs in their final regular season game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Divisional Traditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc\">\n<li>Before every home game, all Denim Demons rub &#8220;Rubens Rock&#8221; for good luck.\u00a0 The tradtion began in 2007 when captain Adam Rubens announced, &#8220;Give me 110% or keep your filthy hands off my rock.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Cobra Kai keeps a life-sized portrait of former captain Peter &#8220;Ski&#8221; Oblamski in their locker room to motivate them before they play.<\/li>\n<li>After every Corlears Hookers goal, the team celebrates by blasting &#8220;We Like To Party&#8221; by the Vengaboys over the Tompkins PA system.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to the opening faceoff of every Fresh Kills game, captain emeritus &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; Jeff Lesser rides a horse into Tompkins and\u00a0plants a flaming spear at center court.<\/li>\n<li>The pre-game festivities for every Happy Little Elves-Rehabs matchup include a heated staring contest between each team&#8217;s current captain.\u00a0 The tradtion began in 2008 when Ben Chadwick of the Elves and Bryan &#8220;Stork&#8221; Welch of the Rehabs went face-to-face to see who&#8217;s taller.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Congratulations Elves!!!<\/h4>\n<p>This past Sunday marked the second leg of the battle between the Happy Little Elves and Cobra Kai\u00a0for ownership of the illustrious Barnacle Bowl, a traveling trophy\u00a0named after former Dojo and Elf great, Jonathan \u201cThe Barnacle\u201d Levine.\u00a0 By virtue of their Week 6 overtime\u00a0win in the first leg of the series, the Elves held the inside track, as a victory in the second leg was the only way for the Dojo to obtain the Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The Elves, who were looking to secure possession of a traveling trophy for the first time in franchise history,\u00a0entered the game\u00a0with an extra kick in their step, as\u00a0Chris &#8220;Crush&#8221; O&#8217;Neil&#8217;s team-leading 11th goal of the season put them in front in the game&#8217;s opening minute.\u00a0 The Elves, however, were unable to maintain this fast start.\u00a0 Their play became sloppy, and it was clear to both spectators\u00a0in attendance that the Elves were becoming disorganized.\u00a0 Some attributed this lack of focus to dissension in\u00a0the ranks, claiming that many\u00a0Elves were actually upset about the\u00a0possibility of winning the Bowl.\u00a0 Others asserted that the Elves were thrown off their game by the last minute addition of a BTSH media member to the officiating crew.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason, Cobra Kai took advantage of this disarray, tying the game late in the first half.\u00a0 The Dojo took their first lead of the game when Ray &#8220;Domino&#8221; Chan&#8217;s goal put them up 2-1 with three minutes remaining in regulation.\u00a0 The Bowl was\u00a0at their fingertips.\u00a0 The Elves would not give up without a fight, however,\u00a0as the newest Elf, Eric &#8220;El Guapo&#8221; DiPierri, tied the game at two with just ten seconds left in regulation.\u00a0 With overtime and a shootout unable to break the tie, the Elves were awarded the Bowl by virtue of the three points they earned in this two-game series.<\/p>\n<p>The Elves have announced that they will place the Bowl in the center of their trophy case, directly behind a crude and simplistic drawing of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/cupchamps.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Fairy Tale Cup<\/a> they claim to possess.<\/p>\n<h4>Know Your Neighbor<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1548  aligncenter\" title=\"Sal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sal.jpg\" alt=\"Sal\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sal.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/sal-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Salvatore Malguarnera, Jr.<br \/>\n<strong>Team:<\/strong> What The Puck<br \/>\n<strong>Nickname:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n<strong>Suggested Nickname:<\/strong> Agent Orange<br \/>\n<strong>Rejected Nicknames:<\/strong> Tall Adriano, Short Brian, Sally,\u00a0Junior<br \/>\n<strong>Origin:<\/strong> Miller Place, NY<br \/>\n<strong>College:<\/strong> Emerson College<br \/>\n<strong>Early Aspirations:<\/strong> To catch a predator<br \/>\n<strong>First\u00a0Job:<\/strong> Loofah scrubber at the Sea Water Spa in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gurneysinn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gurney&#8217;s Inn<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Current Job:<\/strong> Director of Photography at <a href=\"http:\/\/silverridgegroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silver Ridge Group<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Hero:<\/strong> Francis Ford Coppola<br \/>\n<strong>Reason to Love Him:<\/strong> Every night, he checks to make sure there aren&#8217;t any monsters under Corey &#8220;Chongo&#8221; Winters&#8217; bed.<br \/>\n<strong>Reason to Hate Him:<\/strong> He was one of\u00a0Larry &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Zimmer&#8217;s key acquisitions during the offseason.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact:<\/strong> Sal has collected more than 200 different sea shells from the Miller Place Beach.<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Things:<\/strong> Long Island Sound, Denis Potvin, the <em>Karate Kid<\/em> trilogy, Long Island iced tea<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Pasta:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-is-armoniche-pasta.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Armoniche<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Least Favorite Things: <\/strong>Long Island Expressway, Mike Milbury, Johnny Lawrence, bad lighting<br \/>\n<strong>Best Known For:<\/strong> His recipe for\u00a0homemade spaghetti sauce<br \/>\n<strong>Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> Mark Messier<br \/>\n<strong>Non-Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/picard.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Jean-Luc Picard<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Things the Media Will Continue to Overhype about Him: <\/strong>He is a central figure on Mad Dog&#8217;s Orange Juggernaut.<br \/>\n<strong>Down the Road:<\/strong> Sal teams up with Jock Paul to enter the National Badminton Invitational of Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 Together, the two cruise through the early rounds of the competition, but run into trouble in the semi-finals when they meet the formidable tandem of Arthur &#8220;Lil Weezy&#8221; Revechkis and Georgine &#8220;Mulva&#8221; Paulin.\u00a0 Revechkis and Paulin eventually win the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Closer Look At The Rubens Division Most people consider the Rubens (often misspelled &#8220;Reubens&#8221;) Division to be the toughest of BTSH&#8217;s three divisions.\u00a0\u00a0It boasts the 2008 league champion (Fresh Kills)\u00a0and runner-up (Corlears Hookers), as well as the only team that has yet to lose in regulation (Denim Demons).\u00a0\u00a0Players such as Jason Eitel, Jeff Kamen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[123,30,42,126,8],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-notes","tag-2009-season","tag-happy-little-elves","tag-news-and-notes","tag-rubens-division","tag-what-the-puck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1582,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}