{"id":2253,"date":"2010-04-07T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T18:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2010-04-10T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T03:38:09","slug":"season-preview-cobra-kai-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-cobra-kai-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: Cobra Kai"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Will Doesn&#8217;t Like His New Teammates<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cobrakai2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2594  aligncenter\" title=\"Cobra Kai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cobrakai2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cobrakai2010.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cobrakai2010-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> Camouflage<br \/>\n<strong>Year Founded:<\/strong> 2006<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 5-13-1-2 (14th place)<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to LBS, Inc. in first round<br \/>\n<strong>Conference:<\/strong> Schumacher<br \/>\n<strong>Division:<\/strong> Donohue<br \/>\n<strong>Home Arena:<\/strong> The Dojo<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Leading Scorer: <\/strong>Will Kuhns, 14 goals<br \/>\n<strong>Key Additions:<\/strong> Laura Suchoski, Mark Kleinkecht, Max Maier, Peter Lang,<br \/>\nShep Halsey, Scott Rice (All Free Agents)<br \/>\n<strong>Key Losses: <\/strong>Kevin Au (Tuques), Brian &#8220;The Flashlight&#8221; Morrison<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After another sub .500 season in 2009, Cobra Kai underwent a\u00a0radical makeover this offseason, with the team adding a slew of rookie free agents.\u00a0\u00a0However, as these rookies learn the ins and outs of BTSH, they\u00a0join a team that is still assimilating\u00a0many mid and late season additions from last year.\u00a0 As a result, Cobra Kai&#8217;s 2010 opening day roster barely resembles the opening day roster from 2009, and only three players remain from the team&#8217;s inaugural game in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>One of Cobra Kai&#8217;s focal points this season will be to stabilize\u00a0its goaltending situation.\u00a0 After last season&#8217;s revolving door of goaltenders, which included Paul &#8220;P.J.&#8221; Lopez, Minkus, Enayet &#8220;Retail&#8221; Rasul, Kevin Au, and one game with no goalie,\u00a0the Dojo\u00a0is hopeful that rookie Peter Lang can return the team to the\u00a0consistency of the Stefanie Volanto era&#8230;although there are no current plans to change the team&#8217;s name to &#8220;Lang&#8217;s Heroes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Wrestler They Closely Resemble: <\/strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CM-Punk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">CM Punk<\/a><\/em>. Despite some extremely impressive wins in the past, we&#8217;re still waiting for them to unleash their full potential. However, if and when they do, they could legitimately be a top contender.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact:<\/strong> Rem &#8220;Canadian Strongman&#8221; Garavito finished third in his\u00a0second grade spelling bee when he added the letter <em>u<\/em> to the word <em>labor<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROSTER<br \/>\n<\/strong>Gregory &#8220;Lysol&#8221; Altman (C)<br \/>\nAra &#8220;6-1-9!&#8221;Arnn<br \/>\nLaurie Chakel<br \/>\nDavid Cicirelli<br \/>\nMorgan &#8220;Secretary Of Defense&#8221; Doninger<br \/>\nRem &#8220;Canadian Strongman&#8221; Garavito<br \/>\nShep Halsey<br \/>\nMark Kleinkecht<br \/>\nWill Kuhns<br \/>\nPeter Lang<br \/>\nMax Maier<br \/>\nLeah Mollin-Kling<br \/>\nJ.J. Murphy<br \/>\nMariko Nakatani<br \/>\nBecky Pear<br \/>\nDiana Pincus<br \/>\nEnayet &#8220;Retail&#8221; Rasul (C)<br \/>\nScott Rice<br \/>\nLaura Suchoski<br \/>\nJoe Smith<br \/>\nMark Talercio<br \/>\nChristina &#8220;Mojito&#8221; Verigan<br \/>\nFaye Wells<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Doesn&#8217;t Like His New Teammates Color: Camouflage Year Founded: 2006 2009 Regular Season Finish: 5-13-1-2 (14th place) 2009 Playoff Result: Lost to LBS, Inc. in first round Conference: Schumacher Division: Donohue Home Arena: The Dojo 2009 Leading Scorer: Will Kuhns, 14 goals Key Additions: Laura Suchoski, Mark Kleinkecht, Max Maier, Peter Lang, Shep Halsey, [&hellip;]<\/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":[132,22,18],"class_list":["post-2253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-team-previews","tag-2010-season","tag-cobra-kai","tag-team-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253"}],"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=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}