{"id":266,"date":"2008-05-14T22:51:11","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=266"},"modified":"2008-05-14T22:51:11","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T03:51:11","slug":"week-5-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-5-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hercules!\u00a0 Hercules!<\/h4>\n

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GAME OF THE WEEK<\/strong>
\nDenim Demons (3-0-1) vs. Fresh Kills (1-2-0-1)<\/strong>
\nLocation: <\/strong>Corlears North, 4:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series: <\/strong>Fresh Kills leads 5-2
\nGame Notes: <\/strong>The Denim Demons are clicking on all cylinders this season,\u00a0averaging four goals for and one goal against per game.\u00a0 They boast one of the most lethal offensive arsenals in the league, featuring Michael Pereira, Micael Holmstrom, Lena Moy-Borgen, and Adam “Legend Killer” Rubens.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, the Demons\u00a0have scored more goals in one game (eight vs. Mexican Standoff) than Fresh Kills has all season (seven).\u00a0 It will be up to Kevin “Tiny” Foster, Dave Sokolyansky, and Alexandre Frenette to rejuventate this sputtering offense.\u00a0 However, this veteran squad cannot be overlooked,\u00a0as last season’s deep playoff run demonstrates.
\nKeys To The Game:<\/strong>
\n1. Michael Pereira was Adam “Legend Killer” Rubens’s sleeper fantasy pick for this season.\u00a0 He currently leads the team with five goals, so–as usual–Rubens was right.
\n2.\u00a0The last ten minutes of this game will be crucial for Fresh Kills.\u00a0 Against both the Sky Fighters and Cobra Kai, all of their goals came after the forty minute mark, but they also allowed four goals in the final ten minutes in their loss to Filthy Gorgeous.
\n3. Fresh Kills enforcer Heidi “The Maple Leaf Muscle” Karst is one of the most feared and intimidating players in BTSH.\u00a0 She has already been ejected from three games, including one for a karate chop to Jon “Dinner Plate” Feldman’s esophagus.\u00a0 Her presence will keep the Demon goons in check.
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> Fresh Kills.\u00a0 If I didn’t pick them, Heidi would beat me up.
\nDerek’s Pick: <\/strong>Denim Demons.\u00a0\u00a0The Fightin’ Rubens plan to unveil a new jersey for this game (for a sum total of about\u00a0twelve), so they’ll have extra motivation for the win.<\/p>\n

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Mathematics (2-2) vs. Unicorns (2-2)<\/strong>
\nLocation: <\/strong>Corlears South, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Unicorns lead 2-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The Mathematics are very excited to welcome new additions Jeff “The Hawk” Hawkins (seen above) and Lorrie Grace McCann to the most racially diverse team in the league (thanks, Sharif!). According to a scientific survey of league members, the Unicorns suffer from having the least attractive goaltender in\u00a0BTSH (Minkus was a distant second).<\/p>\n

LBS (3-1) vs. Mighty Squirrels (2-0-2)<\/strong>
\nLocation: <\/strong>Corlears North, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series: <\/strong>LBS leads 4-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0LBS stumbled last week, suffering their first loss of the season to the Unicorns, while\u00a0the Mighty Squirrels needed late-game heroics from Arthur “Lil Weezy” Revechkis to salvage a tie against the Happy Little Elves.\u00a0\u00a0The last time these teams met, LBS scored nine goals on Mighty Squirrels goalie, Tim “(S)crappy” Gray.
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> Mighty Squirrels.\u00a0 They’re not giving up nine this time.
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong> LBS.\u00a0 They’ll get back on track with their toughest win yet.<\/p>\n

Happy Little Elves (1-2-1) vs. Mexican Standoff (0-3-1)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Moffo, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> First Meeting
\nGame Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0There are no game notes for this matchup.
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> Happy Little Elves
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong> Happy Little Elves<\/p>\n

Corlears Hookers\u00a0(3-1) vs. Sky Fighters\u00a0(3-1)
\nLocation:<\/strong> Corlears South, 4:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers lead 1-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0Although both of these teams have the same record thus far, the Corlears Hookers and Sky Fighters differ tremendously in leadership styles.\u00a0 Hookers captain Peter “Purple Rain” Putka always brings a well-prepared and\u00a0well-disciplined squad to the court, all while managing to keep his team’s jealousy and\u00a0in-fighting in check.\u00a0 Sky Fighters captain Amy Lott has gone on record in saying that she doesn’t know what she’s doing.
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers.\u00a0 They have never lost two games in a row.
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers
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\nCobra Kai (0-3-1) vs. Gouging Anklebiters\u00a0(0-4)
\nLocation:<\/strong> Moffo, 4:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Gouging Anklebiters\u00a0lead 4-0
\nGame Notes: <\/strong>Cobra Kai is still yet to beat the Gouging Anklebiters in the short history of this bitter rivalry.\u00a0 However,\u00a0their most recent matchup was the closest to date, as\u00a0the Anklebiters needed overtime to eliminate Cobra Kai from last season’s playoffs.\u00a0 This could be Cobra Kai’s best chance to end the drought, with new goalie Paul “P.J.” Lopez between the pipes.
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> Cobra Kai
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong> Gouging Anklebiters.\u00a0 The history is there, and the Anklebiters are due to start turning their season around.<\/p>\n

What The Puck\u00a0(4-0) vs. Tuques\u00a0(1-3)
\nLocation:<\/strong> Corlears North, 5:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong>\u00a0What The Puck leads 7-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> What The Puck captain Larry “Mad Dog” Zimmer has guaranteed victory, much to the chagrin of Corey “Chongo” Winters.\u00a0 Is What The Puck getting a little too cocky?
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> What The Puck.\u00a0 Mad Dog cannot tell a lie.
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong> What The Puck<\/p>\n

Bad Touch\u00a0(0-3-1) vs. Dark Rainbows (3-1)
\nLocation:<\/strong> Corlears South, 5:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Dark Rainbows lead 6-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0With Alex “Coop” Eben Meyer celebrating his birthday on Saturday with an extravagant gala, will Bad Touch have enough gas in the tank to take on the defending champions?
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> Dark Rainbows.\u00a0 Captain Sean Reynolds is hard at work baking a cake, just so he can throw it in Coop’s face.
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong>\u00a0Dark Rainbows<\/p>\n

Media Records:<\/strong>
\nEli:<\/strong> 19-13
\nDerek:<\/strong> 20-12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hercules!\u00a0 Hercules! GAME OF THE WEEK Denim Demons (3-0-1) vs. Fresh Kills (1-2-0-1) Location: Corlears North, 4:00 PM All-Time Series: Fresh Kills leads 5-2 Game Notes: The Denim Demons are clicking on all cylinders this season,\u00a0averaging four goals for and one goal against per game.\u00a0 They boast one of the most lethal offensive arsenals in […]<\/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":[10,66,65,67,308],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2008-season","tag-legend-killer","tag-maple-leaf-muscle","tag-the-hawk","tag-weekly-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266"}],"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=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}