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<\/a><\/p>\nTop Ten Storylines From The First Half Of The Season<\/strong><\/p>\n 10. A BIG NAME CHANGE.\u00a0 Unhappy with his original nickname of “Tiny”, Kevin Foster of Fresh Kills petitioned the media for something new, claiming (in somewhat of a non-sequitur) that he’s “really just a sensitive guy.”\u00a0 After hours of intensive research and brainstorming, the media officially decreed Kevin’s new\u00a0nickname to be\u00a0“The Planet<\/a>“, due to his all-world talent.\u00a0 The Planet is extremely satisfied with the change.<\/p>\n 9. ANOTHER DUTCH.\u00a0 The media is happy to announce that there is yet another Dutch in the annals of BTSH.\u00a0 Congratulations to Gavin “Dutch’s Brother” Kearney on the birth of his daughter, “Dutch’s Niece<\/a>“.<\/p>\n 8. NEW TEAM IN BTSH.\u00a0 After an impressive victory in their inaugural game, the Happy Little Elves<\/a> seemed destined to make a big splash in BTSH this season.\u00a0 Unfortunately, despite the accolades by the media and their peers after the first weekend, they have yet to win a game since.\u00a0 In addition, to add insult to injury, an anonymous member of Filthy Gorgeous is quick to\u00a0comment on their new uniforms: \u201cThat\u2019s the same color we had in 2006.\u00a0 Then we realized it was really ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n 7. TWO MAD DOGS?\u00a0 It’s no secret that everyone wants to be like What The Puck, but few teams actually succeed in doing it.\u00a0 The Mathematics, however, found a way<\/a>.\u00a0 In what may be the best league prank of the season, several Mathematics dressed like the iconic team in orange.\u00a0 Humorously, one unnamed What The Puck member actually thought the Mathematics were her real teammates and sat with them prior to the game…no one had the heart to tell her the truth.<\/p>\n 6. MIGHTY SQUIRRELS FIND A NUT.\u00a0 After finishing in fourteenth place last season, Mighty Squirrels captain Rachel “A-Korn” Greene knew she had to make some adjustments.\u00a0 This season, with a new found all-star goalie and Greene’s patented “fundamentals first” style of play, the Squirrels find themselves nestled snugly in the top tier of the standings.\u00a0 Now, if the Squirrels can just find a way out<\/a> of Tim “(S)crappy” Gray’s seven year contract, they’d be golden.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5. MEDIA IN TROUBLE.\u00a0 In the spirit of competition, Sky Fighters captain Amy Lott and Happy Little Elves captain Ben Chadwick agreed on a friendly wager for their early season battle.\u00a0 With the Sky Fighters victorious, they won a case of beer and the right to rename the Happy Little Elves for a week.\u00a0 Never one for restraint, Amy opted for an offensive and crude name that was censored within an hour of being announced in the week’s news and notes.\u00a0 It probably didn’t help that the media ran this picture<\/a> in the same post for an unrelated story.\u00a0 Good luck in Pittsburgh, Stacy!<\/p>\n 4. A WORTHY PREDECESSOR.\u00a0 After impressive performances by Sharif “The Chocolate Buzzsaw” Corinaldi and Minkus in the first two Sharif Corinaldi Memorial Hot Legs Competitions, the bar had been set extremely high entering this year’s event.\u00a0 However, Jason “The Hamburglar” Rosenstock of Mexican Standoff more than met the challenge<\/a>.\u00a0 One can only imagine\u00a0how far\u00a0the contest will go next year…<\/p>\n 3. WEST IS BEST.\u00a0 In an effort to generate buzz and ratings, the annual BTSH All-Star Game<\/a>\u00a0featured a new East vs. West format this season.\u00a0 With teams divided geographically (as opposed to randomly), the Manhattan\/New Jersey squad bested the Brooklyn\/Queens squad by a final score of 4-1.\u00a0 Thus, the real winners of the day were the Manhattanites, as both their team was victorious, and they did not have to travel back to Jersey.<\/p>\n 2. LBS GOES CORPORATE.\u00a0 No longer content to be recognized solely as just a “team”, LBS officially changed their name<\/a>\u00a0and image to LBS, Inc.\u00a0 With CEO Sascha Puritz in charge of this reorganization, LBS, Inc. looks to take their business and marketing sense to make a strong run in the second half of the season.\u00a0 Better yet, rumor has it that Seth Wachtell was finally promoted out of the mail room.<\/p>\n 1. TRICYCLE RACE CONTROVERSY.\u00a0 In conjunction with\u00a0the\u00a0Women’s All-Star Game, five entrants competed in the (potentially) First Annual BTSH Tricycle Race<\/a>, an homage to the event from Revenge of the Nerds<\/em>.\u00a0 Although it seemed like nothing could possibly go wrong with people binge drinking and riding undersized vehicles on a slick, sloped\u00a0surface, the contest ended in controversy.\u00a0 With the winner unclear for several weeks, another rogue video<\/a> finally emerged to end all doubt.<\/p>\n Know Your Neighbors<\/strong> Name: <\/strong>Peter Prohaska Captains\u2019 Commendations<\/strong><\/p>\n Bad Touch:<\/strong> Mike Tuckman<\/em> paralyzed a rat by running it over with his bike. Oh No! Not Another Clip Post! Top Ten Storylines From The First Half Of The Season 10. A BIG NAME CHANGE.\u00a0 Unhappy with his original nickname of “Tiny”, Kevin Foster of Fresh Kills petitioned the media for something new, claiming (in somewhat of a non-sequitur) that he’s “really just a sensitive guy.”\u00a0 After hours of […]<\/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":[10,105,104,106,42],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-notes","tag-2008-season","tag-clip-post","tag-geech","tag-many-links","tag-news-and-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366"}],"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=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nTeam: <\/strong>Gouging Anklebiters
\nNickname:<\/strong>\u00a0Geech
\nSuggested Nickname:<\/strong> Cousin Merle
\nRejected Nicknames: <\/strong>North Star, Polaris, Juno, The Body, Sandy
\nOrigin:<\/strong> Duluth, MN
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nEarly Aspirations:<\/strong> To bring NFL football<\/a> to Duluth for the first time since 1927.
\nCatchphrase:<\/strong> “Hey buddy, how ’bout a brew?”
\nReason to Love Him: <\/strong>He ranks a nine out of ten on the “Huggability Scale”.
\nReason to Hate Him:<\/strong> Even though he’s from Minnesota, he’s a Packers fan.
\nBest Known For: <\/strong>Winning the 2003 Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, which is held annually in Duluth.
\nFast Fact: <\/strong>CBS’s television flop, The Louie Show<\/em><\/a>, was loosely based on the Prohaska family.
\nFavorite Things: <\/strong>Ice fishing, the North Stars, the John A. Blatnik Bridge (especially at night), lakes
\nHero: <\/strong>Kent Hrbek
\nHockey Comparison:<\/strong> Sean Hill (minus the steroids…we think)
\n<\/span>Non-Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> Seth Rogen<\/a>
\nReason the Media Will Continue to Overhype Him:<\/strong> He keeps offering the media brews.
\nDown the Road:<\/strong> Peter attempts to form the first BTSH team comprised only of Minnesotans.\u00a0 However, after realizing that very few league members are from the North Star State, he recruits the cast of The Mighty Ducks<\/em>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, when opening day arrives, his team loses badly to the Happy Little Elves.\u00a0 Apparently, the players in The Mighty Ducks<\/em>were only actors pretending to be hockey players and are not actually as skilled as they seemed in the movie…except for Danny Tamberelli, who scores a hat trick.<\/p>\n
\nCorlears Hookers:<\/strong> The Denim Demons<\/em> hustled and played a great game.
\nDark Rainbows:<\/strong> John Nielsen<\/em> was\u00a0great in goal, despite a sprained ankle.
\nDenim Demons:<\/strong> Abby Meisterman<\/em> saved a shot off the goal line, which was the “play of the century”.
\nFilthy Gorgeous:<\/strong> Joseph Pereira<\/em> was fabulous in his last game with Filthy Gorgeous.
\nGouging Anklebiters:<\/strong> Jenny Miyasaki<\/em> saved a goal.
\nHappy Little Elves:<\/strong> Jason Fate<\/em> is a good goalie.
\nLBS, Inc.:<\/strong> Seth Wachtell<\/em> had an amazing game in goal.
\nMathematics:<\/strong> Sarah Torneten <\/em>registered an assist in her first BTSH shift ever.
\nMighty Squirrels:<\/strong> Rob Gorden<\/em> played an awesome game\u00a0in goal.
\nRehabs:<\/strong> Kami Moore<\/em> scored her sixty-fourth goal of the season.
\nSky Fighters:<\/strong> Chris “Big Sexy” Shumaker<\/em> had a shutout.
\nUnicorns:<\/strong> John Mark<\/em> took one for the team.
\nWhat The Puck: <\/strong>With Larry unavailable, Michelle Doucet commended herself<\/em> for showing up and being ready to play at 4:15…for a 3:00 game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"