{"id":1508,"date":"2009-08-05T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T04:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2009-08-08T10:32:38","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T15:32:38","slug":"week-15-news-and-notes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-15-news-and-notes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 15 News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>A Closer Look At The Woodsworth Division<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/woodsworthdiv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1660    aligncenter\" title=\"Woodworth Division\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/woodsworthdiv.jpg\" alt=\"Woodworth Division\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/woodsworthdiv.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/woodsworthdiv-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While not known by any one defining characteristic, the Woodsworth Division can best be classified as a traditional group of BTSH teams that pride themselves in their classic styles of play and good sportsmanship.\u00a0 Teams like What The Puck, Filthy Gorgeous, and the Unicorns\u00a0harken back to the roots of hockey, emphasizing the team over the individual.\u00a0 Although the other members of\u00a0the division have struggled this season, they are also widely recognized for their strong work ethic and the\u00a0joy for the sport that they bring to every game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Division Namesake:<\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps no one personifies the &#8220;old time hockey&#8221; menatality of this division better than bilingual What The Puck forward Mike &#8220;The X-Factor&#8221; Woodsworth.\u00a0 His style of play is rooted in fundamentals, his tenacity is unmatched, and he has\u00a0tremendous\u00a0respect for the game&#8217;s\u00a0history.\u00a0\u00a0In addition,\u00a0he has always maintained a modest air and is known for his excellent sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 293pt; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"390\">\n<colgroup span=\"1\">\n<col style=\"width: 105pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5120;\" span=\"1\" width=\"140\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"width: 94pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4571;\" span=\"2\" width=\"125\"><\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"width: 105pt; height: 12.75pt;\" width=\"140\" 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\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Divisional Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl24\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Overall Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Filthy Gorgeous<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">5-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">9-3-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Unicorns<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">4-2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">8-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">What The Puck<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">4-2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">11-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Tuques<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">4-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Mathematics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">1-2-1-2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-7-1-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">\n<td style=\"height: 12.75pt;\" height=\"17\">Mega Touch<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">0-4-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl25\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3-10-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Key Upcoming Games:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc\">\n<li><em>Mathematics vs. Filthy Gorgeous (8\/9)<\/em>: The first meeting, just a mere three weeks ago, was an overtime thriller.<\/li>\n<li><em>Unicorns vs. What The Puck (8\/9)<\/em>: The Unicorns handed What The Puck its first loss of the season in week 11.<\/li>\n<li><em>Tuques vs. Mega Touch (8\/16)<\/em>: Two of the lower ranked teams will look to jumpstart the last part of their seasons.<\/li>\n<li><em>Mathematics vs. Unicorns (8\/16)<\/em>: In this Hockey Night in Tompkins matchup, the Mathematics seek revenge\u00a0for a week 2\u00a0shootout loss to the Unicorns.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><em>Filthy Gorgeous vs. What The Puck (8\/23)<\/em>: The two highest scoring teams in the division should put on an offensive showcase.<\/li>\n<li><em>Tuques vs. Filthy Gorgeous (9\/27)<\/em>: Tuques hockey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Divisional Traditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc\">\n<li>Before every home game, the Tuques&#8217; marching band leads the team on to the court and forms a giant <em>T<\/em> for the team to run through.<\/li>\n<li>Whenever there is cause for celebration in the Mega Touch community, the players festoon the trees surrounding Tompkins with toilet paper.<\/li>\n<li>Unicorns players show up to the court a little while before every game.<\/li>\n<li>Based on a memorable scene in <em>Little Big League<\/em>, the Mathematics collectively solve a word problem prior every game to sharpen their mental aptitude.<\/li>\n<li>What The Puck captain Larry &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Zimmer and Filthy Gorgeous captain Monica Russo place a small wager on every game against each others team.\u00a0 Zimmer puts up his homemade razzleberry pie against Russo&#8217;s handmade jewelry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Rain Fears Clean Up<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0VM8fdJrloY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0VM8fdJrloY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h4>Know Your Neighbor<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/workman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1659    aligncenter\" title=\"Workman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/workman.jpg\" alt=\"Workman\" width=\"400\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/workman.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/workman-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Matt Workman<br \/>\n<strong>Team:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous<br \/>\n<strong>Suggested Nickname:<\/strong> Maestro<br \/>\n<strong>Rejected Nicknames:<\/strong> Hard Work, Ashy Matty, Black Pants, Booger<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toonopedia.com\/augie.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2277dd;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><strong>Origin:<\/strong> Berkley, MI<br \/>\n<strong>College:<\/strong> Western Michigan University<br \/>\n<strong>Early Aspirations:<\/strong> To swim across all five great lakes<br \/>\n<strong>First\u00a0Job:<\/strong> Delivery boy for Little Caesars.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glendale_Cemetery,_Bloomfield\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #bb4411;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><strong>Current Job:<\/strong>\u00a0Director for Manhattan Concert Productions<br \/>\n<strong>Hero:<\/strong> Tim Allen<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Bunsen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2277dd;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><strong>Reason to Love Him:<\/strong> He sings like an angel.<br \/>\n<strong>Reason to Hate Him:<\/strong> We&#8217;ve never actually heard him sing.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact:<\/strong> While attending Western Michigan, he enjoyed a stint as Buster Bronco, the university mascot.<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Things:<\/strong> Steve Yzerman, Filthy&#8217;s 2006 lime green jersey, Dan Cortese, Pontiac<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Peninsula:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lower_peninsula\" target=\"_blank\">The Lower Peninsula<\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #bb4411\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Least Favorite Things: <\/strong>Claude Lemieux, the 2008 Detroit Lions, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Kennedy_Montgomery\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy<\/a>, Acura<br \/>\n<strong>Best Known For:<\/strong> Pointing out where he&#8217;s from on the back of his left hand<br \/>\n<strong>Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carsoji01.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Carson<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Non-Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> Billy Corgan<br \/>\n<strong>Things the Media Will Continue to Overhype about Him: <\/strong>His workmanlike style of play<br \/>\n<strong>Down the Road:<\/strong> After a long and fruitful BTSH career, Matt moves back to suburban Detroit to puruse his true passion: tools.\u00a0 With the help of his BTSH companion and fellow Detroit area native, Chris &#8220;Big Sexy&#8221; Shumaker, he produces a regional cable program centered on home improvement.\u00a0 As the show grows in popularity, Matt begins to invite several of his former Filthy Gorgeous teammates to help out as special guest hosts.\u00a0 One particularly memorable episode features Matt and &#8220;Gentleman&#8221; James Pereira competing in a lawnmower race.\u00a0 Pereira wins after Workman tries to equip his mower with &#8220;more power&#8221; but destroys the engine in the process.\u00a0 Hilarity ensues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Closer Look At The Woodsworth Division While not known by any one defining characteristic, the Woodsworth Division can best be classified as a traditional group of BTSH teams that pride themselves in their classic styles of play and good sportsmanship.\u00a0 Teams like What The Puck, Filthy Gorgeous, and the Unicorns\u00a0harken back to the roots [&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":[123,32,42,87,128],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-notes","tag-2009-season","tag-filthy-gorgeous","tag-news-and-notes","tag-rain-fears","tag-woodsworth-division"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508"}],"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=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1682,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}