{"id":1920,"date":"2009-10-08T22:39:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T03:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2009-10-08T22:42:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T03:42:25","slug":"playoff-preview-opening-round-part-iii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/playoff-preview-opening-round-part-iii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Preview: Opening Round (Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Filthy Plans To Be A Thorn In The Anklebiters&#8217; Side<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/filthybiters.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1933  aligncenter\" title=\"Filthy vs. Anklebiters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/filthybiters.JPG\" alt=\"Filthy vs. Anklebiters\" width=\"450\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/filthybiters.JPG 756w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/filthybiters-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 Filthy Gorgeous (15-5-1) vs. #12 Gouging Anklebiters (8-11-2)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 2:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>All-Time Series:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous leads 5-2<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Result:<\/strong> Week 11 \u2013 Filthy Gorgeous 5, Gouging Anklebiters 3<br \/>\n<strong>Game Notes:<\/strong> Although Filthy Gorgeous enters this game with the league&#8217;s second ranked offense, Gouging Anklebiter forward and notorious trash talker, Charles DeFranco, is not scared.\u00a0 He had the following to say about his opponents:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chris can&#8217;t bake, Ali smells, Joe E. stinks, Fran has no business on a hockey court, Jean is French-Canadian, Dana dates a foot, Homin needs to shave, Suvin cheats, Ashley is ashy, Sunny is kind of a downer, Lindsay is unrecognizable, Becky caters to the fans too much, Matt N. does not cater to the fans enough, Dan has no goals this season, James is ungentlemanly, Joe P. leaves much to be desired, Jon lives in North Carolina, Monica uses too much profanity, Liza smiles too much, and\u00a0Matt W. looks down on others&#8230;but Paul is okay in my book.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When reached for comment, a seething Monica Russo snapped, &#8220;Fuck him!\u00a0 We&#8217;re going to light up that motherfucking scoreboard!&#8221; [citation needed]\n<p><strong>Eli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous.\u00a0 Them&#8217;s fightin&#8217; words.<br \/>\n<strong>Derek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous.\u00a0 I make this pick reluctantly as Anklebiter Zack &#8220;Cryme Tyme&#8221; Weiner is now on a goal-scoring streak.<br \/>\n<strong>Watchability:<\/strong> 3.5 League Degenerates<\/p>\n<h4>No, That Is Not Dee Brown On Fresh Kills<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainbowskills.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1937  aligncenter\" title=\"Dark Rainbows vs. Fresh Kills\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainbowskills.JPG\" alt=\"Dark Rainbows vs. Fresh Kills\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainbowskills.JPG 858w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainbowskills-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#6 Dark Rainbows (14-6-0-1) vs. #11 Fresh Kills (9-10-1-1)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 3:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>All-Time Series:<\/strong> Dark Rainbows lead 6-2<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Result:<\/strong> Week 8 \u2013 Fresh Kills 5, Dark Rainbows 4 (OT)<br \/>\n<strong>Game Notes:<\/strong> Former champions collide in this first round matchup, as the 2007 champion Dark Rainbows face the defending champion Fresh Kills.\u00a0 The Rainbows are red hot right now, having scored 21 goals in their last two games.\u00a0 Veteran forward and noted singer P.T. Walkley has come alive\u00a0with hat tricks in each of these two games.\u00a0 His linemate, John Nielsen, leads the team with 20 goals on the season, including three\u00a0against Fresh Kills in week 9.\u00a0 Although Fresh Kills enters the playoffs as just the 11 seed, the team has thrived on being the underdog in the past.\u00a0 Last season, as the 10 seed, Fresh Kills rattled off four straight upsets en route to the championship.\u00a0 Despite the team&#8217;s\u00a0mediocre stats during the regular season, ranking\u00a0just 11th in offense and 7th in defense, Fresh Kills proved\u00a0it can still win\u00a0in big games.\u00a0 The\u00a0team has claimed wins from\u00a0LBS, Inc., the Corlears Hookers, and this weekend&#8217;s opponent, the Dark Rainbows.<br \/>\n<strong>Eli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Fresh Kills.\u00a0 Until someone sends them packing, they are still the defending champs.<br \/>\n<strong>Derek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Dark Rainbows. They are too hot to lose in the opening round.<br \/>\n<strong>Watchability:<\/strong> 4.5 Townsends.\u00a0 This could be the best game\u00a0of the\u00a0weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Vicky&#8217;s Sister Says Hello<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/skyunis.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1935  aligncenter\" title=\"Sky Fighters vs. Unicorns\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/skyunis.JPG\" alt=\"Sky Fighters vs. Unicorns\" width=\"450\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/skyunis.JPG 806w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/skyunis-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#7 Sky Fighters (14-7) vs. #10 Unicorns (10-11)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 3:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>All-Time Series:<\/strong> Unicorns lead 5-4-1<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Result:<\/strong> Week 22 \u2013 Sky Fighters 5, Unicorns 1<br \/>\n<strong>Game Notes:<\/strong> If this matchup seems familiar, it&#8217;s because these two teams played last week.\u00a0 Although the Sky Fighters won this game by a comfortable margin, they appeared lost at the onset without the presence of captains Dan Hopper and Amy Lott.\u00a0 As a result, the Unicorns took an early 1-0 lead.\u00a0 However, the Sky Fighters&#8217; spirits lifted once leading scorer Martin &#8220;Ocho Cinco&#8221; Cejka arrived several minutes into the game.\u00a0 While the Unicorns kept the flamboyant superstar off the board, his leadership and general good looks buoyed his team to the win.\u00a0 The Unicorns hope to avoid a similar fate in the playoffs.<br \/>\n<strong>Eli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters.\u00a0 If they run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/rink.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Martin&#8217;s play<\/a>, they can&#8217;t lose.<br \/>\n<strong>Derek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t see this resulting much differently from last week.<br \/>\n<strong>Watchability:<\/strong> 3 Czech Republics<\/p>\n<h4>Will The Elves Black Out The Rehabs?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rehabselves.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1936  aligncenter\" title=\"Rehabs vs. Elves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rehabselves.JPG\" alt=\"Rehabs vs. Elves\" width=\"450\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rehabselves.JPG 821w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rehabselves-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#8 Rehabs (11-6-1-3) vs. #9 Happy Little Elves (10-10-1)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 12:00 PM<br \/>\n<strong>All-Time Series:<\/strong> Happy Little Elves lead 2-1<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Result:<\/strong> Week 8 \u2013 Happy Little Elves 3, Rehabs 2; Week 22 &#8211; Happy Little Elves 2, Rehabs 1<br \/>\n<strong>Game Notes:<\/strong> For the third straight season, the Rehabs enter the playoffs as the 8 seed.\u00a0 This season, they will face their friendly Rubens Division rival in the Happy Little Elves.\u00a0 While relations between these two teams are generally good-natured, they took a decidedly nasty turn this week when Happy Little Elf Rich Glanzer called for a &#8220;boycott&#8221; of the Rehabs.\u00a0 Elves captain Ben Chadwick enthusiastically agreed to the proposal, despite its lack of clarity and direction.\u00a0 Unsurprsingly, the Rehabs do not seem to be too upset with this.\u00a0 Current Rehab and former teacher, Stacy Kehoe, noted, &#8220;My elementary school students have a better understanding of the English language than Glanzer and Chadwick.&#8221;\u00a0 Of course, these comments never reached the Elves due to the boycott.<br \/>\n<strong>Eli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Rehabs.\u00a0 $howT!m3&#8217;s unretirement should give them a boost.<br \/>\n<strong>Derek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Rehabs.\u00a0 Ben specifically told me not to pick the Elves.<br \/>\n<strong>Watchability:<\/strong> 4 Muggeos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filthy Plans To Be A Thorn In The Anklebiters&#8217; Side #5 Filthy Gorgeous (15-5-1) vs. #12 Gouging Anklebiters (8-11-2) Location: Tompkins West, 2:30 PM All-Time Series: Filthy Gorgeous leads 5-2 2009 Result: Week 11 \u2013 Filthy Gorgeous 5, Gouging Anklebiters 3 Game Notes: Although Filthy Gorgeous enters this game with the league&#8217;s second ranked offense, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[123,115],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-playoff-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920"}],"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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}