{"id":18212,"date":"2018-06-04T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=18212"},"modified":"2018-06-04T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:58:43","slug":"know-your-sky-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/know-your-sky-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Sky Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Mia<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18215\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/new-sf-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18215\" class=\"wp-image-18215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/new-sf-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/new-sf-18.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/new-sf-18-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 Sky Fighters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since the season started, people have been buzzing about the Sky Fighters\u2019 new talent. Yeah, we\u2019ve added a few new players\u2026 or, a lot a new players. But that happens when a team has been around since at least the early 2000s (winning the championship in 2008, I\u2019ve been told). So, BTSH, please give a warm welcome to Emily, Aliza, Katie and Carlin, Matt, Christian, Young James, Sean, David and Joseph! Here are a few things you should know about the 2018 Sky Fighters:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>We Are Smart<\/strong><br \/>\nFour of us are currently at Columbia University:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carlin: Master of Arts, Oral History<\/li>\n<li>Avs Cap Sean: Dual degree in Urban Planning and International Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Homepage Katie: Masters, International Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Aliza: Third year Law, muthaf*ckas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_18217\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-sf-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18217\" class=\"wp-image-18217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-sf-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-sf-18.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/katie-sf-18-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie played for almost a year on the Columbia club team till the hockey po-po\u00a0discovered she was NCAA during\u00a0undergrad and kicked her out.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>We Continue To Attract Canadians<\/strong><br \/>\nAliza is from Vancouver and used to favor The Canucks like OG James. Then she started using her attorney skills to question why, why? Now she\u2019s undecided. David is from Toronto. He\u2019s a Maple Leafs fan like Emily and Co-Captain Greg.<\/p>\n<p>(Side Note: Greg was the subject of a \u201cKnow Your Neighbor\u201d article some years back. He shot to fame like Kim Kardashian circa the sex tape, receiving marriage proposals, endorsement deals\u2026 the fame went straight to his head.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18219\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/christian-sf-winter-classic-ca-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18219\" class=\"wp-image-18219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/christian-sf-winter-classic-ca-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/christian-sf-winter-classic-ca-flag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/christian-sf-winter-classic-ca-flag-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/christian-sf-winter-classic-ca-flag-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/christian-sf-winter-classic-ca-flag-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian is not from the Great White North; however, his\u00a0high school hockey team got to hold Canada\u2019s flag at the\u00a0Winter Classic in Philly a few years back. That\u2019s him by the stem.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17248\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crazy-lady-takes-faceoff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17248\" class=\"wp-image-17248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crazy-lady-takes-faceoff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crazy-lady-takes-faceoff.png 637w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/crazy-lady-takes-faceoff-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026And here givin it to a pregnant lady.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Our Goalie Is Fertile and Wise<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cAlways refer to rule #1 \u2018Don\u2019t be a Dick!\u2019<br \/>\nWhen the opposition\u2019s captain offers you a post-game beer, drink it.<br \/>\nWhen the captain of the opposing team that lights you up for 9 goals<br \/>\noffers you a post-game beer, DRINK ALL THEIR GODAMMED BEERS!\u201d<br \/>\n-OG James, father of 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Are Tall (And Small)<\/strong><br \/>\nSix team members are over 6 feet tall: Matt \u201cYellow Shorts\u201d, Christian, Joseph, Greg, OG James and Jake.<br \/>\n(MattYS is 6\u2019 4\u201d or the height of Mia on Emily\u2019s shoulders)<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Are Resourceful: Hockey Life Hacks<\/strong><br \/>\nEmily suggests using a hockey stick to get things off the top of the refrigerator.<br \/>\nKatie puts a winter boot on her stick to kill bugs from a respectful distance.<br \/>\nCarlin once leveled a bed by placing it on hockey pucks.<br \/>\nMia uses hockey tape to block computer cameras and to wrap frayed iPhone charging cables.<br \/>\nCo-Captain Caroline tagged her blue Frontier stick with a label maker so people wouldn\u2019t mistaken her stick for theirs, yet it still gets stolen from the bar!<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Are Romantic<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth Joseph and Jake are engaged! Neither of their fianc\u00e9es is in the league, but Bob W\u2019s wife plays for The Tompkins Square Riots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Are Folk Poke Woke<\/strong><br \/>\nJake has been folk poked by a Butcher who tattooed a prize ribbon and a sunset on his ankle, machine-free. Emily is scared of needles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Are One \u2013 \u201c23 and Mia\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nI broke it down with 23-year-olds Carlin (from New Hampshire) and Young James (from upstate New York) to unscientifically unveil their connections to the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you start playing hockey?<\/strong><br \/>\nCarlin: I\u2019ve been playing organized hockey since 5th grade. I grew up skating since I was two because my mom grew up playing hockey (and still plays).<br \/>\nYoung James: I think I only started playing when I was 7 or 8 and it was actually my younger brother who started first. After I went to his first practice, I knew I had to play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s your favorite stretch?<\/strong><br \/>\nCarlin: The pigeon.<br \/>\nYoung James: I\u2019m not much of a stretcher (Editor\u2019s Note: Just you wait.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18220\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-fav-stretch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18220\" class=\"wp-image-18220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-fav-stretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-fav-stretch.jpg 2580w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-fav-stretch-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-fav-stretch-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-fav-stretch-1024x561.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MattYS\u2019 favorite stretch.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>True or False: There was a killer who chopped up his roommate, turned her in to soup, then served her to homeless people in Tompkins Square Park.<\/strong><br \/>\nCarlin: False<br \/>\nYoung James: True<\/p>\n<p>(Author\u2019s Note: Both are correct. There was a killer in the late \u201880s called the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park who chopped up his roommate over an apartment squabble. He reportedly ate a bit of her brain, but officials are not sure that he served her to the homeless. Let\u2019s just say he did.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you typically eat before BTSH?<\/strong><br \/>\nCarlin: Just about anything.<br \/>\nJames: PB&amp;J crackers and milk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18222\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/carlin-sf-18-eat-anything.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18222\" class=\"wp-image-18222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/carlin-sf-18-eat-anything.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/carlin-sf-18-eat-anything.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/carlin-sf-18-eat-anything-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">25% young, 70% hungry, 5% cannibal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>And Lastly, We Are Enthusiastic<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cBTSH is a great community even though I\u2019m still getting used to the intricate rules.\u201d \u2013 David &amp; Aliza who pretty much said the same thing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI smile while playing cuz I\u2019m probably thinking about grasping a frosted can of Labatt Blue, the cold aluminum sending tingles to my palm like angel kisses or a low-five.\u201d \u2013 Avs Cap Sean<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love seeing all the gloves doubling as beer koozies! Everyone has been great to us rookies. It&#8217;s been a blast playing with and against everyone\u2014looking forward to summers full of ball hockey for years to come!\u201d\u00a0\u2013 MattYS<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18223\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-sf-w-llama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18223\" class=\"wp-image-18223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-sf-w-llama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-sf-w-llama.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mattys-sf-w-llama-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MattYS and one hot llama.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mia Since the season started, people have been buzzing about the Sky Fighters\u2019 new talent. Yeah, we\u2019ve added a few new players\u2026 or, a lot a new players. But that happens when a team has been around since at least the early 2000s (winning the championship in 2008, I\u2019ve been told). So, BTSH, please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18212"}],"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\/6355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18212"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18226,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18212\/revisions\/18226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}