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<\/a><\/p>\nGAME OF THE WEEK<\/strong> <\/p>\n Gut Rot (2-12) at Poutine Machine (10-2-1-1)<\/strong> What The Puck (8-5-0-1) at Rehabs (3-7-1-3)<\/strong> Sky Fighters (8-2-2-2) at Dark Rainbows (7-6-0-1)<\/strong> Denim Demons (8-5-0-1) at Filthy Gorgeous (8-6)<\/strong> Mathematics (6-5-2-1) at Tompkins Square Riots (2-11-0-1)<\/strong> Happy Little Elves (7-4-1-2) at Gouging Anklebiters (4-10)<\/strong> Butchers (7-6-1) at LBS, Inc. (9-4-0-1)<\/strong> HOCKEY NIGHT IN TOMPKINS (National Telecast)<\/strong> HOCKEY NIGHT IN TOMPKINS (Regional Telecast)<\/strong> Alfred Still Doesn’t Understand The Rex Manning Video GAME OF THE WEEK La Famiglia (10-1-1-2) at Corlears Hookers (9-5) Location: Tompkins East, 1:00 PM All-Time Series: Corlears Hookers lead 5-0 Game Notes: Division leaders clash this Sunday as BTSH hockey resumes (hopefully) after a lengthy sabbatical.\u00a0 However, La Famiglia and the Corlears Hookers enter this […]<\/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":[153,26,141,308],"class_list":["post-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2011-season","tag-corlears-hookers","tag-la-famiglia","tag-weekly-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744"}],"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=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4774,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions\/4774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLa Famiglia (10-1-1-2) at Corlears Hookers (9-5)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers lead 5-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Division leaders clash this Sunday as BTSH hockey resumes (hopefully) after a lengthy sabbatical.\u00a0 However, La Famiglia and the Corlears Hookers enter this inter-conference matchup with very different mentalities.\u00a0 With an assist from Hurricane Irene, La Famiglia has clinched the Donohue Division and the third seed in the playoffs.\u00a0 The Corlears Hookers, on the other hand, are just one point up on the Happy Little Elves and the Denim Demons, and two points up on Filthy Gorgeous, in the tightly packed Rubens Division.\u00a0 While their record isn’t spectacular, the Hookers’ goal differential of +21 ranks third in the league, and goaltender Dustin “Fake Dutch’s Brother” Olson leads BTSH with a 1.09 goals against average.\u00a0 However, La Famiglia has looked even more impressive.\u00a0 David Ladanyi’s Family boasts the league’s top-ranked offense with 53 goals and has the best goal differential with +25.\u00a0 Despite having nothing at stake, Ladanyi vows that his team will put forth a full effort, as anything less would be against the spirit of the league.
\nKeys To The Game:<\/strong>
\n1. La Famiglia’s offense features the top two goal scorers in BTSH in Denis Miciletto and Shafiq “Off Black” Perry.\u00a0 Although Miciletto’s 20 goals make him a near lock to finish first in the league, Perry remains closer to the pack with 13, as the duo pushes for an impressive 1-2 finish.
\n2. The Hookers’ Jason Eitel is also among the league scoring leaders with 10 goals.\u00a0 However, the bulk of these goals came in a couple of 4-goal outbursts in games his team won in blowout fashion.\u00a0 Should the Hookers take a late five-goal lead, La Famiglia will have to be wary of Eitel’s garbage time prowess.
\n3. Although Ladanyi has vowed to field a competitive squad, he is also being cautious about overusing his goaltenders.\u00a0 He has already rotated between Kevin Au and Jamie Batuwantudawe throughout the season, but this Sunday, he will introduce a third netminder, Diane Johnston, in order to rest the other two for the playoffs.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers.\u00a0 They have never lost to the Tuques\/La Famiglia franchise, primarily because former Tuques Brendan “Dutch” Kearney and Gavin “Dutch’s Brother” Kearney know all of Ladanyi’s strategies.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> La Famiglia.\u00a0 Yes, it’s true, La Famiglia has never beaten the Hookers, but then again, this will be the first time they play them with Ant “Father Time” Ventolieri on the team.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4 Batuwantudawes.\u00a0 Who will succeed as the league’s top offense faces the league’s top goaltender?<\/p>\n
\nWritten by media intern Shaun deLacy<\/em>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Poutine Machine leads 3-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> In this MacNeil Division matchup, division bookends Poutine Machine and Gut Rot face off in what is sure to be a stomach turning affair. It was revealed during the offseason that Gut Rot’s namesake comes from its historic inability to beat Poutine Machine, as well as Peaches’ historic inability to stomach such a gut bursting concoction of grease and gravy. Now Gut Rot seeks to force an economy-sized bottle of Tums down the collective throats of Poutine. Can the team solve Poutine goaltender, Tim Brown? Can Peaches’ finally claim victory over Patrick “Sven” Larsen after failing to best him in last year’s Johnson’s Olympics love poem reading? Despite the fact that Gut Rot is only a game removed from one of its two winning efforts this season, the Machine is warmed up and rolling through the stretch run on a five-game winning streak. In short, I believe the answer to both of those questions is “no.”
\nShaun\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> The delicious and artery-clogging combination of fries, cheese curds and sweet, sweet gravy.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 3 antacid tablets<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Tuques beat reporter Rich Glanzer<\/em>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> What The Puck leads 10-6
\nAhhhhhh the game that the whole BTSH has been waiting for. Or at least me. For the past four winters Rehabs captain Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli and WTP captain Larry Zimmer have gone out for dinner. Four years ago, MDF humiliated Larry when she said, “Hey look over there, its a nuclear bomb,” and by the time Larry looked back at his plate, half his fries were eaten. However, the last three dinners have been dominated by Larry, as he has pulled the same trick, and instead of stealing her fries, he’s stolen, Sal, Skuse, and Romeo, among others. This game would have been easy to pick the first five or six weeks as WTP was rolling and the Rehabs were sucking. But the summer brought a reversal of fortunes for both teams as the Rehabs are climbing, and WTP has fallen. Expect a hard fought game this week. Pray for the refs. And in the end, the Rehabs will come out on top 4-3 in OT.
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Rob Blandi, MDF, and Kehoe don’t return my calls anymore
\nRich\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Tuques 3, Hookers 2
\nWatchability:<\/strong> A rarely given 5 out of 5 Melendezes<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Sky Fighters lead 6-5
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The Dark Rainbows handed the Sky Fighters their worst loss of the season on Opening Day, a 4-0 shut out on the strength of two goals from Trevor “White Jesus” Tyrrell. Since then, however, the Sky Fighters have clamped down defensively, allowing just 18 goals over a 13-game stretch. This defense, which now ranks third in the league, has led the Sky Fighters to within a point of Hackett Division leader Fresh Kills.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters.\u00a0 It’s fall, so the Czechs will probably be back.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 3.5 Batuwantudawes<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Rubens Division correspondent Abby “Tayne” Meisterman<\/em>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Denim Demons lead 5-2-1
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> There was this thing I used to do on Sunday afternoons… Many, many weeks ago. God, what was that? I think it involved an orange ball. Maybe a wooden stick? There was beer, that\u2019s for sure. Something about red shirts is coming to mind as well. Huh. Weird.\u00a0 So, I asked Dez Penascino what it was we were doing before she left for Morocco. The first thing she listed was drinking. I called her out on the past tense: we were still drinking! (She cooked dinner, I brought wine, as per usual<\/a>.) The next thing she recalled was going to see Murder By Death<\/a> in concert. Is there such a thing as \u201ctoo early for whiskey?\u201d If there is, I\u2019m betting it\u2019s Sunday afternoon. So that wasn\u2019t it. Then Dez said we used to play street hockey and sometimes our team did pretty well. Maybe not so much in the recent past, but at some point this year we won games. And that Filthy Gorgeous was a damn fine team that we always had tough, but good, games against. This all sounds pretty familiar, actually.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m still not convinced we weren\u2019t just going to church<\/a>.
\nAbby\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Rain Fears
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4 Irenes<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Donohue Division correspondent Monica Russo<\/em>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Tied 1-1
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Monica is watching the Saints play the Packers.\u00a0 Preview coming soon…<\/p>\n
\nWritten by MacNeil Division correspondent Sven Larsen<\/em>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 4:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Gouging Anklebiters lead 3-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The stat above is all you need to know about this one. He may have won a BTSH championship and the prestigious (yet imaginary) Fairy Tale Cup, but Elves Captain Rich Glanzer still has a pain in his heart that can only be cured by a victory over the team who’s motto is “it’s a lot more fun to be spoilers than frontrunners.” Rich and his co-captain Ben Chadwick will surely do their best to rally the troops but Amy Barrett’s deep and abiding hatred for everything that he stands for may be a hard obstacle to overcome. Just be glad it’s not an arm wrestling contest, Rich.
\nSven\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> It could go either way but the fact that the Elves are in a heated race for the division title makes me think they’ll push a little harder and win this one.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 4 junkyard dogs. Empires will rise, empires will fall. Nothing will ever be the same. Deli – how is this not game of the week?<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 4:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> First Meeting
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> These two teams enter this inter-conference matchup with very different motives.\u00a0 While, LBS, Inc.\u00a0 is just two points out of first place in the ultra-competitive Hackett Division, the Butchers are fighting to earn the all-important bye on the first playoff weekend.
\nEli’s Pick:<\/strong> LBS, Inc.\u00a0 They’ll be energized after the annual August corporate retreat to the Poconos.
\nDerek’s Pick:<\/strong> LBS, Inc.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 3 Batuwantudawes<\/p>\n
\nWritten by Hockey Night in Tompkins Correspondent Jesse Kalb<\/em>
\nUnicorns (7-5-0-2) at Cobra Kai (5-6-1-2)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 5:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Unicorns lead 5-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> Just 3 games left until the playoffs, and several divisional races are up for grabs. The Donohue Division is not one of them. La Famiglia has the division title locked up, and a Unicorns win this week will almost surely lock up second place for them. Their 5-year pattern of not being able to score much combined with great overall defense equals a lot of close games, which is when a lucky bounce or dinged crossbar can be the difference. The always-scrappy Cobra Kai have scratched out 5 wins and 2 OT losses, and can actually make things interesting in the Donohue Division with a W this week.
\nVegas Line:<\/strong> Unicorns by 1
\nJesse the Greek says:<\/strong> Take the point. The long layoff increases entropy. More variables=better for the underdog.
\n Watchability:<\/strong> 3.5 Rick Perry corn dogs<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWritten by Hockey Night in Tompkins Correspondent Jesse Kalb<\/em>
\nMega Touch (4-9-1) at Fresh Kills (10-3-1)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 5:30 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Fresh Kills leads 7-3
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> All 5 Hackett Division teams are within 5 goals scored of each other. That is weird. Not surprisingly, it’s a 3 team horse race for the division title (Sorry WTP, that four-game losing streak is sinking you). The difference is FK has only let in 22 goals, good for second best in the league and the 4th-best point differential. Mega Touch, always a fan favorite, usually puts on a good show but just doesn’t have the horses to keep up with the league’s top tier.
\nVegas Line:<\/strong> FK by 3
\nJesse the Greek says:<\/strong> Lay the points.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 2 Jobs Recovery speeches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"