{"id":2242,"date":"2010-04-03T10:17:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T15:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2010-04-03T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T15:17:47","slug":"season-preview-what-the-puck-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-what-the-puck-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: What The Puck"},"content":{"rendered":"

What The Puck: A Decade Of Excellence<\/h4>\n

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Color:<\/strong> Orange
\nYear Founded:<\/strong> 2001
\n2009 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 16-5 (2nd place)
\n2009 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to Sky Fighters in championship game
\nConference:<\/strong> Weyersberg
\nDivision:<\/strong> Rubens
\nHome Arena:<\/strong> Elks Lodge 878
\n2009 Leading Scorer: <\/strong>Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta, 20 goals
\nKey Additions:<\/strong> Lisa Harrington (Tuques)
\nKey Losses:<\/strong> Ant “Father Time” Ventolieri? (Old Age)<\/p>\n

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It seems almost fruitless to write a new preview for What The Puck every season, because so little changes on a year to year basis.\u00a0 The past three seasons have been nearly identical for Larry’s Orange Juggernaut: a fantastic run in the regular season (with the exception of a few losses when grizzled veteran Tom MacDonald is in Nova Scotia) followed by a heartbreaking loss in the playoffs.\u00a0 With that in mind, What The Puck is always expected to outperform the rest of the league, and anything less than a title run is considered a disappointment.\u00a0 Captain Larry “Mad Dog” Zimmer responds, “Our consistency can be attributed to a continuous reign in captaincy that has always stressed a team first mentality, as well as a consistent core of players with a very special bond that has led to great productivity and success on the court.”<\/p>\n

This season is no different.\u00a0 What The Puck enters its tenth season in 2010, holding league records in total team wins and goals (source: What The Puck Office Of Statistical Records).\u00a0 With minimal offseason turnover, the team is once again an odds-on favorite for the BTSH championship.\u00a0 Zimmer comments, “[Our success] is a direct result of our team chemistry, familiarity, and philosophy.\u00a0 Two thirds of our team will playing our sixth season together.”<\/p>\n

At this stage, What The Puck’s only weak point\u00a0may be its players’ average age.\u00a0 With only a handful of players under the age of 30, there is a sinking feeling among a few of the players that any season could be the team’s last shot at playing together.\u00a0 Nevertheless,\u00a0What The Puck continues to forge ahead every season, unaffected by Father Time (the metaphorical one, not Ant).\u00a0 Zimmer notes, “After all the time and mileage on the old treads, we still ain’t too bad!”<\/p>\n

Professional Wrestler They Closely Resemble: <\/strong>John Cena<\/a><\/em>. They are truly\u00a0one of the most polarizing forces in the league, with fans loving them for their tenacity and\u00a0folksiness\u00a0or hating them out of spite and jealousy.\u00a0 However, regardless of anyone’s opinion, they continue to march to the beat of their own drum and\u00a0compete at the top level.
\nFast Fact: <\/strong>Corey “Chongo” Winters’ favorite professional hockey teams are the Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Colorado Avalanche, New Jersey Devils, Manitoba Moose, Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Modo, Phoenix Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars, and Carolina Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

ROSTER<\/strong>
\nAdriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta
\nRoderick “Guy LeDouche” Cruz
\nMichelle Doucet
\nCeline Dujeux
\nAmy Farley
\nLisa Harrington
\nDarrell “Accurate Bob” Hartman
\nOliver Hartman
\nKevin Lutsky
\nTom MacDonald
\nSalvatore Malguarnera, Jr.
\nKristi Molinaro
\nHannah Stark
\nSusanna Tenney
\nBrian Vroom
\nCorey “Chongo” Winters
\nMike “The X-Factor” Woodsworth
\nLarry “Mad Dog” Zimmer (C)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What The Puck: A Decade Of Excellence Color: Orange Year Founded: 2001 2009 Regular Season Finish: 16-5 (2nd place) 2009 Playoff Result: Lost to Sky Fighters in championship game Conference: Weyersberg Division: Rubens Home Arena: Elks Lodge 878 2009 Leading Scorer: Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta, 20 goals Key Additions: Lisa Harrington (Tuques) Key Losses: Ant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[132,18,8],"class_list":["post-2242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-team-previews","tag-2010-season","tag-team-previews","tag-what-the-puck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242"}],"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=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2539,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions\/2539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}