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<\/a><\/p>\nGAME OF THE WEEK<\/strong> <\/p>\n Cobra Kai (5-3) at LBS, Inc. (2-5-0-1)<\/strong> Mathematics (1-5-0-2) at Gouging Anklebiters (4-3)<\/strong> Happy Little Elves (4-3-0-1) at Poutine Machine (3-4)<\/strong> Gut Rot (2-5-0-1) at La Famiglia (2-5)<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous (5-2-0-1) at What The Puck (7-0)<\/strong> Rehabs (4-3-0-1) at Sky Fighters (5-3)<\/strong> Butchers (1-5-0-2) at Fresh Kills (5-2-0-1)<\/strong> HOCKEY NIGHT IN TOMPKINS (National Telecast)<\/strong> HOCKEY NIGHT IN TOMPKINS (Regional Telecast)<\/strong> Adriano Bratta (WTP) – Happy Little Elves Who Doesn’t Enjoy A Good Popsicle? GAME OF THE WEEK Denim Demons (7-1) at Corlears Hookers (5-2) Location: Tompkins West, 3:00 PM All-Time Series: Corlears Hookers lead 3-1 Game Notes: In the short time since the establishment of the Corlears Hookers in 2007, the Denim Demons have become one of their fiercest opponents.\u00a0 The rivalry […]<\/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":[132,26,19,308],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2010-season","tag-corlears-hookers","tag-denim-demons","tag-weekly-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011"}],"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=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3054,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions\/3054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDenim Demons (7-1) at Corlears Hookers (5-2)
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers lead 3-1
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> In the short time since the establishment of the Corlears Hookers in 2007, the Denim Demons have become one of their fiercest opponents.\u00a0 The rivalry took off in 2008 when the Demons became the first team to hand the Hookers a loss at Moffo.\u00a0 In 2009, the animosity intensified even further when league scheduler Jeremy “The Foot” Schumacher assigned both teams to the same division (later named the Rubens), forcing them to face off twice in the regular season.\u00a0 The Hookers took the first of these games in Week 2, when they squeezed past the Demons with a 3-2 win in a shootout.\u00a0 In Week 19, the Hookers completed the season sweep with a 4-1 win.\u00a0 However, the Fightin’ Rubens had the last laugh, as they ultimately won the Rubens Division title and were the top seed in the playoffs.\u00a0 With both the Denim Demons and Corlears Hookers once again in the Rubens Division, they will duel twice more this season, with the second matchup taking place on September 26.\u00a0 As this rivalry opens a new chapter in its history, expect an intense game from both sides.
\n Keys To The Game:<\/strong>
\n1. After a string of four successive one-goal victories, the Demons won another close game last Sunday, 4-2 against Mega Touch. Their ability to come through in high-pressure situations will only serve them well against the veteran and talented Hookers.
\n2. Due to excessive absences and freak injuries, Jason Eitel has been a very small part of the Hookers’ offense this season.\u00a0 However, proud parent of Dutch’s niece, Gavin “Dutch’s Brother” Kearney has picked up the slack and leads the team with eight goals.
\n3. Congratulations to Denim Demon Steve Chernoski, who will be tying the knot on Saturday. Although he is happy to have several of his teammates in attendance for this joyous occasion, he may be in for an unexpected surprise. Unfortunately, when Chernoski requested to have “Rubens’ Rock” at the wedding, the DJ misunderstood him and will thus be playing only Steely Dan.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers.\u00a0 I’m not quite sure what the state of the Demons will be after an intense night of partying.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Denim Demons.\u00a0 An intense game in the summer heat goes to the team with the deeper bench.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 5 Chernoskis.\u00a0 May your first child be a masculine child.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> LBS, Inc. leads 3-2
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> These teams last met in the opening round of the 2009 playoffs when LBS, Inc. blanked Cobra Kai 4-0.\u00a0 However, just a few weeks prior, the Dojo stunned the Corporation with a shootout win in Week 19 of the regular season.\u00a0 Cobra Kai’s Will Kuhns scored the tying goal with six seconds remaining in regulation and was the only player to convert his shootout attempt.
\nEli\u2019s Pick: <\/strong>LBS, Inc.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Cobra Kai.\u00a0 With the addition of several new players in the last few weeks, they have looked extremely impressive.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4 Chernoskis<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Mathematics lead 4-2
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> With a full moon expected on Saturday, the Mathematics can breathe a sigh of relief as known Anklebiter\u00a0werewolf\u00a0Charles DeFranco\u00a0will not have his super-human strength, speed, and sense of smell available on game day.\u00a0 Regardless, Mathematics big-game hunter Mike Smith has vowed to load his blunderbuss with silver bullets should DeFranco get out of hand.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 3 Chernoskis.\u00a0 The better show may be on Saturday night when DeFranco car surfs on his new stepvan, the “Wolfmobile”, and leads his basketball team against the rival Dragons.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> First Meeting
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Despite a valiant effort to come back from a 4-0 deficit, the Happy Little Elves suffered a heartbreaking\u00a05-4 loss last week against Hackett Division rivals, the Dark Rainbows.\u00a0 Worse yet, the loss shattered all hopes the Elves\u00a0once had of finally\u00a0capturing their first\u00a0Fairy Tale Cup.\u00a0 Likewise, Poutine Machine lost a tough division game to the Tompkins Square Riots, as the\u00a0Riots scored the game-winner with 2:30 remaining in regulation.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Happy Little Elves.\u00a0 At least they still have the Barnacle Bowl.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick: <\/strong>Happy Little Elves
\nWatchability: <\/strong>2.5 Chernoskis<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> First Meeting
\nGame Notes: <\/strong>Gut Rot won in a shootout last week.\u00a0 La Famiglia did not.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> La Famiglia
\nDerek\u2019s Pick: <\/strong>La Famiglia
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 2 Chernoskis<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous leads 3-2
\nGame Notes: <\/strong>Thus far, both of these Rubens Division teams have met the lofty expectations they had on Opening Day.\u00a0 What The Puck has cruised through the competition, scoring a league-leading 36 goals, while allowing the fewest (12).\u00a0 Filthy Gorgeous has also excelled, as the team boasts the second best goal differential in BTSH.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> What The Puck.\u00a0 They were missing a lot of players last week and still won by four.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick: <\/strong>No pick.\u00a0 Derek will be reffing this game.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4 Chernoskis<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 4:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Sky Fighters lead 5-3
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The Sky Fighters saw their five-game winning streak snapped last week at the hands of the Unicorns, but still hold a share of first place in the ultra-balanced Hackett Division.\u00a0 The Rehabs, who also lost last Sunday, are tied for third in the division, just one point out of first place, but also sit just one point out of last place.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters
\nWatchability: <\/strong>4 Chernoskis.\u00a0 With just two points separating first from last place in the Hackett Division, all divisional games take on an extra level of importance.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 4:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Fresh Kills lead 1-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> In the Week 4 meeting between these two Donohue Division foes, Fresh Kills rookie goaltender Patrick Barch notched the second of his three shutouts to date.\u00a0 Dave Sokolyansky and Ariel Imas scored the only goals of the game,\u00a0giving\u00a0Fresh Kills a\u00a02-0 victory.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Fresh Kills
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Fresh Kills.\u00a0 There’s good potential for Barch to record his fourth shutout of the season here.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 2.5 Chernoskis<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Hockey Night in Tompkins Correspondent Jesse Kalb<\/em>
\nDark Rainbows (4-2-0-2) at Unicorns (4-3)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 5:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Unicorns lead 6-4
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> A traditional rivalry that former league commissioner SB used to call something we can no longer print on the league website. Seriously, when did BTSH get so corporate? Back in the day, we played in the rain (we sure as hell didn\u2019t sit in Doc Holliday\u2019s mewling about getting water in our shoes like these kids today), and Unis goalie Craig LaCombe would streak the All-Star game with his 2.5 inches of glory flapping in the breeze. Ahhh, 2004. What a time.
\nVegas Line:<\/strong> Pick-em
\nJesse the Greek says:<\/strong> Unicorns. They are finding ways to win the close ones.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> A classic matchup. 5 Shockers.<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Hockey Night in Tompkins Correspondent Jesse Kalb<\/em>
\nTompkins Square Riots (5-3) at Mega Touch (2-6)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 5:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> First Meeting
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Perhaps it\u2019s time to start taking the Riots seriously. They lead the MacNeil Division (arguably the worst in the league, but still), and while they are technically a new team, the roster is loaded with BTSH vets. And what exactly is Riots captain Amy Jones toting around in that wheelie suitcase every week? HGH? Whizzinators? Whatever it is, it\u2019s working.\u00a0 Also loaded with BTSH vets, but sputtering with a 2-6 record and a minus-6 goal differential, we have Mega Touch. They\u2019re not the North Korean soccer team of BTSH (I\u2019m looking at you, Mathematics), but Cameroon or Honduras seems about right.
\nVegas Line:<\/strong> Riots by 2.5
\nJesse the Greek says:<\/strong> Give the points. Riots will be all over this one.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 2 coach class boarding passes. This one will be over by halftime.<\/p>\nSurvivor Pool<\/h4>\n
\nBen Chadwick (HLE) – Gouging Anklebiters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"