{"id":235,"date":"2008-04-22T22:31:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T03:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/2008\/04\/22\/week-2-news-and-notes\/"},"modified":"2008-04-23T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T11:50:10","slug":"week-2-news-and-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-2-news-and-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Trenton Makes, Rachel Takes<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/newjersey.jpg\" title=\"NJ Turnpike\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/newjersey.jpg\" title=\"NJ Turnpike\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/newjersey.jpg\" title=\"NJ Turnpike\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/newjersey.jpg\" title=\"NJ Turnpike\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/newjersey.jpg\" alt=\"NJ Turnpike\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>New Jersey&#8217;s Exports: Precious Metals, Industrial Machinery, and Tommy Mayoros<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter struggling with the goaltending tandem of Rob Gorden and Tim &#8220;(S)crappy&#8221; Gray last season, the Mighty Squirrels seem to be a different team this year.\u00a0 With new goalie Tommy Mayoros in the net, they&#8217;ve been walking with a new found swagger&#8230;some might even say an air of confidence.\u00a0 They are now 1-0-1 after facing two tough teams.\u00a0 Captain Rachel Greene was sure to note, &#8220;People often ask us where we got our awesome goalie from, and the answer is simple.\u00a0 We got him from New Jersey.&#8221;\u00a0 New Jersey was offered Scrappy in exchange, but it politely declined.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/rachelandhector.jpg\" title=\"Rachel and $howT!m3 in the bathroom\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/rachelandhector.jpg\" title=\"Rachel and $howT!m3 in the bathroom\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/rachelandhector.jpg\" title=\"Rachel and $howT!m3 in the bathroom\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/rachelandhector.jpg\" title=\"Rachel and $howT!m3 in the bathroom\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/rachelandhector.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel and $howT!m3 in the bathroom\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>A Quarter Century of $howT!m3<\/strong><br \/>\nTo celebrate his 25th birthday, Hector &#8220;$howT!m3&#8221; Melendez partied into the wee hours of the night\u00a0at the Johnson&#8217;s.\u00a0\u00a0As is customary with all BTSH functions, things began to deteriorate as the evening wore on.\u00a0 $howT!m3 was eventually caught on (a phone) camera\u00a0modeling the Sky Fighters&#8217; new skirt.\u00a0 Apparently, there were three other people in the bathroom at the time of the above photo.\u00a0 Good times were had by all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whatever You Say, Monica<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;More people would like to have sex with Filthy Gorgeous, than with the Corlears Hookers.&#8221; &#8212; Monica Russo.\u00a0 Obviously, Monica&#8217;s never seen Dutch walk through Times Square.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Huh?\u00a0 A Legitimate Note?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Con&#8221; Ed Lau&#8217;s\u00a0third annual\u00a0tournament to benefit the American Cancer Society raised more than $3,200.\u00a0 Thank you to all who participated or made a donation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Are These Masked Men?<\/strong><br \/>\nFor a variety of reasons, Sunday saw an inordinate number of starting goalies out of action.\u00a0 As a result, several teams were forced to pursue backup options:<\/p>\n<p>Spurred on by the Boston Bruins&#8217; thrilling Game Six victory, Ant &#8220;Father Time&#8221; Ventolieri recorded the win in his What the Puck debut.\u00a0 Father Time seemed to enjoy donning the mask, as it hides his white beard.<\/p>\n<p>With regular goalie, &#8220;Quiet&#8221; Mike O&#8217;Connor absent, the Gouging Anklebiters were forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel by using Bob &#8220;Olmec&#8221; Weyersberg in the net.\u00a0 Although giving up four goals to the Mighty Squirrels is by no measures a bad game, giving up any goals to Tim &#8220;(S)crappy&#8221; Gray most assuredly is.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Chernoski registered the shutout for the Denim Demons in his first goaltending appearance in a BTSH game.\u00a0 Adam &#8220;Legend Killer&#8221; Rubens is proud of him.<\/p>\n<p>The Tuques played with no <em>official<\/em> goalie against the Unicorns.\u00a0 Despite this disadvantage, they still managed to hold the Unicorns scoreless in the first half and take the game to overtime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brent&#8217;s Back!<\/strong><br \/>\nThose who made it to the Johnson&#8217;s after Sunday&#8217;s games were greeted by a familar face.\u00a0 Everyone&#8217;s favorite slutty bartender, Brent Smith, manned the bar like it was 2007.\u00a0 Although it&#8217;s arguable how much he was actually working, he plans to serve drinks and mingle\u00a0every other week.\u00a0 He also plans to &#8220;accidentally&#8221; spray water on <em>your<\/em> shirt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another Gratuitous Quote<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Sky Fighters played a very good game.\u00a0 Martin [Cejka] got lucky, but that won&#8217;t ever happen again.&#8221; &#8212; Hector &#8220;$howT!m3&#8221; Melendez, on the Rehabs&#8217; overtime loss to the Sky Fighters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Captains&#8217; Commendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad Touch<\/strong>: <em>Michael Tuckman<\/em> kept the game close with stellar goaltending.<br \/>\n<strong>Cobra Kai<\/strong>: <em>Paul &#8220;PJ&#8221; Lopez<\/em> was amazing between the pipes.<br \/>\n<strong>Corlears Hookers<\/strong>: <em>Amy Goegan<\/em> played solid\u00a0defense and stymied the Filthy Gorgeous offense.<br \/>\n<strong>Dark Rainbows<\/strong>: Goalie <em>Trever &#8220;White Jesus&#8221; Tyrrell<\/em> is the Chosen One.<br \/>\n<strong>Denim Demons<\/strong>: <em>Danny Polinsky<\/em> came directly from the airport to help the Demons win.<br \/>\n<strong>Filthy Gorgeous<\/strong>: <em>Jean Hebert<\/em> was spectacular on defense.<br \/>\n<strong>Fresh Kills<\/strong>:\u00a0Since she does not know any of her teammates&#8217; names, Amy Jones commended &#8220;<em>teamwork<\/em>&#8220;. Next time, we&#8217;ll just ask Tiny instead.<br \/>\n<strong>Gouging Anklebiters<\/strong>: <em>Matt Tsiang<\/em> &#8220;ran around like a chicken with its [expletive deleted] head cut off&#8221;, according to acting captain Jeremy Schumacher.<br \/>\n<strong>Happy Little Elves<\/strong>: <em>Charlotte Villamil<\/em>&#8230;good work, Charlotte!<br \/>\n<strong>LBS<\/strong>: <em>Tommy Capatosta<\/em> arrived promptly at 4:00 for his 3:00 game.<br \/>\n<strong>Mathematics<\/strong>: <em>Gungsadawn &#8220;Gunner&#8221; Katatikarn<\/em> has a really long name&#8230;and played well on D.<br \/>\n<strong>Mighty Squirrels<\/strong>: Goalie <em>Tommy Mayoros<\/em> earned his first BTSH win.<br \/>\n<strong>Rehabs<\/strong>: <em>Hector &#8220;$howT!m3&#8221; Melendez<\/em>, because it was his birthday.<br \/>\n<strong>Sky Fighters<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>Samantha [Lee]<\/em> looked really hot!&#8221; &#8211; Amy Lott<br \/>\n<strong>Tuques<\/strong>: <em>Rui Domingues<\/em> acted as the team&#8217;s goalie, despite having no padding.<br \/>\n<strong>Unicorns<\/strong>: <em>Allison<\/em> created a lot of opportunities on offense.<br \/>\n<strong>What the Puck<\/strong>: All the Mad Dog could offer was\u00a0&#8220;<em>Jen Hale &#8216;Storm&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0was swarming.&#8221;\u00a0 Thanks, Larry, and that nickname is not sticking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trenton Makes, Rachel Takes New Jersey&#8217;s Exports: Precious Metals, Industrial Machinery, and Tommy Mayoros After struggling with the goaltending tandem of Rob Gorden and Tim &#8220;(S)crappy&#8221; Gray last season, the Mighty Squirrels seem to be a different team this year.\u00a0 With new goalie Tommy Mayoros in the net, they&#8217;ve been walking with a new found [&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":[47,10,50,42],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-notes","tag-howtm3","tag-2008-season","tag-more-squirrels-than-necessary","tag-news-and-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"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=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}