{"id":445,"date":"2008-09-17T22:41:05","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T03:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=445"},"modified":"2008-09-18T00:19:12","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T05:19:12","slug":"week-15-news-and-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-15-news-and-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 15 News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Say No More (Mon Amour)<\/h4>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/szvt8iWJ0oo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/szvt8iWJ0oo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s Rex Manning Day!!!<\/strong><br \/>\nA buzz was in the air last weekend. Although, on the face of it, Sunday seemed like it would just be a normal day of BTSH hockey, league commissioner Bob &#8220;Olmec&#8221; Weyersberg had other ideas. Through his extensive\u00a0connections in the music industry, Weyersberg arranged for famed recording artist Rex Manning to appear at Welcome to the Johnson&#8217;s.\u00a0He dubbed\u00a0it &#8220;Rex Manning Day&#8221;. Despite the long lines this created at BTSH&#8217;s favorite hockey bar,\u00a0everyones excitement level was sky-high\u00a0for a chance to meet the British pop star. One BTSHer, Filthy Gorgeous&#8217;s Monica Russo, even fainted upon meeting the icon, when Manning gave her a light peck on the cheek. What The Puck&#8217;s Corey &#8220;Chongo&#8221; Winters described the spectacle, &#8220;This was truly the happiest day in my life. I have all of his albums, so to finally meet Rex Manning in person is a dream come true, eh?&#8221; The best news of the day came at the end of the evening, when bartender Brent Smith announced that the event had raised enough money to prevent the Johnson&#8217;s from turning into a Music Town.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A (Far Too Early) Conversation With $howT!m3<\/strong><br \/>\n$howT!m3 (7:35 AM): Good morning sir, I have a wager for Ellery [&#8220;The Nature Boy&#8221; Gillette]&#8230;<br \/>\nMedia (7:35 AM): Okay&#8230;<br \/>\n$howT!m3 (7:36 AM): Whichever team loses next week, either him or I must cut off our &#8220;Puerto Rican goatees&#8221; on the spot.<br \/>\nMedia (7:37 AM): Interesting&#8230;he agreed to this, or you&#8217;re challenging him?<br \/>\n$howT!m3 (7:37 AM): A challenge.<br \/>\nMedia (7:38 AM): Okay&#8230;<br \/>\n$howT!m3 (7:38 AM): Villano [Alex Zabala] may want in on this.<br \/>\nMedia (7:39 AM): We&#8217;ll see what happens&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something Good About the Happy Little Elves<\/strong><br \/>\nHappy Little Elves captain Ben Chadwick provided the following (unsolicited) summation of his team:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the last two weeks you have witnessed the turning of a dark corner, much like when the Washington Capitals hired Bruce Boudreau. And I have a feeling we just might squeak into the playoffs, also like the Capitals&#8230;now if we could just get another &amp;@#%&amp;*!@% win.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, I don&#8217;t know if this is journalistically worthy of the BTSH Daily Herald, but today was &#8216;We Love Rich Day&#8217;. The first Rich Glanzer to arrive at the game received a free beer and a lot of cheering from his fan section, who are known as &#8216;Rich&#8217;s Bitches&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Know Your Neighbors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/abby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-452 aligncenter\" title=\"Abby\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/abby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Abigail Meisterman<br \/>\n<strong>Team:<\/strong> Denim Demons<br \/>\n<strong>Nickname:<\/strong> Abby<br \/>\n<strong>Suggested Nickname:<\/strong> Dewey<br \/>\n<strong>Rejected Nicknames:<\/strong> Jersey&#8217;s Finest, The Scarlet Knight, &#8216;Gail, Cherry<br \/>\n<strong>Origin: <\/strong>Collingswood, NJ<br \/>\n<strong>College:<\/strong> Rutgers, State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick<br \/>\n<strong>Early Aspirations:<\/strong> To read a book from beginning to end&#8230;in that order.<br \/>\n<strong>First Job:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Town<\/span> Borough Crier.<br \/>\n<strong>Current Job:<\/strong> Media Specialist for the New York Public Library<br \/>\n<strong>Reason To Love Her:<\/strong> She&#8217;ll give you things for free and allow you to return them on the honor system.<br \/>\n<strong>Reason To Hate Her:<\/strong> She&#8217;ll shush you if you don&#8217;t use your &#8220;indoor voice&#8221;.<br \/>\n<strong>Best Known For:<\/strong> Being the\u00a0only player in BTSH with a decimal point in her uniform number.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact: <\/strong>Abby once served as the Beer Baron of Collingswood, which does not license any establishments to serve or sell alcoholic beverages inside borough limits, a policy that dates back to 1873.<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Things: <\/strong>Swamps, jug-handle turns, literacy, the smell of freshly cut grass<br \/>\n<strong>Hero:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johannes_Gutenberg\" target=\"_blank\">Johannes Gutenberg<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Movie:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0339034\/\" target=\"_blank\">From Justin to Kelly<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Hockey Comparison: <\/strong>Miroslav Satan (he&#8217;s a Demon, get it?)<br \/>\n<strong>Non-Hockey Comparison:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dewey_(Malcolm_in_the_Middle)#Dewey\" target=\"_blank\">Dewey<\/a> from <em>Malcolm in the Middle<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Reason The Media Will Continue to Over-hype Her:<\/strong> We know\u00a0a few people who can\u00a0read.\u00a0 We know a few people who look at the blog.\u00a0 She does both.<br \/>\n<strong>Down The Road: <\/strong>After a successful career spent entirely with the Demons, Abby moves back to Collingswood, NJ.\u00a0 After all, as the town motto claims, &#8220;It&#8217;s Where You Want To Be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Captains&#8217; Commendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad Touch:<\/strong> <em>Alex Gross<\/em> is a real Frenchman and not one of those &#8220;bullshit&#8221; French Canadians.<br \/>\n<strong>Cobra Kai:<\/strong> <em>Ara &#8220;6-1-9!&#8221; Arnn<\/em> was solid on D and did his job quietly without much fanfare.<br \/>\n<strong>Corlears Hookers:<\/strong> <em>Gavin &#8220;Dutch&#8217;s Brother&#8221; Kearney<\/em> was all over the court making things happen for the\u00a0 Hookers, who had no male subs.<br \/>\n<strong>Dark Rainbows:<\/strong> <em>Trevor &#8220;White Jesus&#8221; Terrell<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong>Denim Demons (1):<\/strong> <em>Dave Shyu<\/em>\u00a0fought through illness.<br \/>\n<strong>Denim Demons (2):<\/strong> &#8220;Props to <em>all the Demons<\/em> for keeping their heads high and coming back strong after the earlier loss.&#8221; &#8211; Adam &#8220;Legend Killer&#8221; Rubens<br \/>\n<strong>Filthy Gorgeous:<\/strong> &#8220;<em>All the people who were out<\/em>until four in the morning last night, including Suvin [&#8220;The Guru&#8221; Malik], Matt W[orkman], [Liza] Watts, and me [Monica Russo]&#8230;even though I was only out until two.&#8221; &#8211; Monica Russo<br \/>\n<strong>Gouging Anklebiters:<\/strong> &#8220;<em>Naomi [Gabay],<\/em>for taking balls to the throat (like she normally does) and still playing.&#8221; &#8211; Phil &#8220;Sandy&#8221; Donohue<br \/>\n<strong>Happy Little Elves:<\/strong> <em>Melanie Pessin<\/em> played defense for the first time and did a &#8220;damned good job of it&#8221;.\u00a0 She also took one for the team and lived to tell the unhappy little tale.<br \/>\n<strong>LBS, Inc.:<\/strong> &#8220;<em>Seth [Wachtell]<\/em>was three goals away from a shutout.&#8221; &#8211; Sascha Puritz<br \/>\n<strong>Mathematics:<\/strong> <em>Adam Langer&#8217;s<\/em> animalistic\u00a0intensity buoyed the entire team&#8217;s spirits.<br \/>\n<strong>Mighty Squirrels:<\/strong> <em>Megan Bailey<\/em> played in her first BTSH game.<br \/>\n<strong>Rehabs:<\/strong> <em>Anthony Romeo<\/em> had a shutout.<br \/>\n<strong>Sky Fighters:<\/strong> &#8220;<em>James [Stein]<\/em> had so many shots on him, it was insane&#8230;like a pinball machine.&#8221; &#8211; Amy Lott<br \/>\n<strong>Tuques (1):<\/strong> <em>Nik Nikolaidis<\/em> played well in his first game.<br \/>\n<strong>Tuques (2):<\/strong> <em>The whole team<\/em>\u00a0made it through\u00a0two games in a row in hot and muggy conditions.<br \/>\n<strong>Unicorns:<\/strong> <em>Sara<\/em>, on defense.<br \/>\n<strong>What The Puck:<\/strong> &#8220;<em>All Pucks past and present<\/em>who celebrated our seven year anniversary at our What The Puck reunion this weekend.&#8221; &#8211; Larry &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Zimmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say No More (Mon Amour) It&#8217;s Rex Manning Day!!! 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