{"id":709,"date":"2009-03-16T21:12:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T02:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=709"},"modified":"2009-03-25T22:51:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T03:51:12","slug":"season-preview-happy-little-elves-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-happy-little-elves-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: Happy Little Elves"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Ben And Rich Plan To Turn The Elves\u00a0Around 360 Degrees<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/elves2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-860 aligncenter\" title=\"Elves 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/elves2009.jpg\" alt=\"Elves 2009\" width=\"450\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/elves2009.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/elves2009-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/elves2009-1024x885.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/elves2009.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> Kermit The Frog Green<br \/>\n<strong>Year Founded:<\/strong> 2008<br \/>\n<strong>2008 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 1-14-1-1 (17th place)<br \/>\n<strong>2008 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to Mexican Standoff in play-in game<br \/>\n<strong>Division:<\/strong> Rubens<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Marketing Slogan: <\/strong>&#8220;It can only get better.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Key Additions:<\/strong> Chris Adrahtas (Free Agent), Peter Benedetto (Free Agent)<br \/>\n<strong>Key Losses:<\/strong> Jonathan &#8220;The Barnacle&#8221; Levine (Boston)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Happy Little Elves\u00a0 were an expansion team in 2008, and as a result, they struggled mightily throughout the entire season.\u00a0 After winning their inaugural game against the Tuques, they failed to win again until they defeated the Bad Touch in a consolation game.\u00a0 Additionally, in seventeen regular season games, they only managed to score 21 goals, two fewer than league scoring champion Adriano &#8220;Muscles Marinara&#8221; Bratta.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of these growing pains, captain Ben Chadwick has overhauled the roster to ensure that the Elves show improvement in their second season.\u00a0 He has added some talented new free agents\u00a0and trimmed some of the bulk from last season&#8217;s massive lineup.\u00a0 Of course,\u00a0according to Chadwick, several players had actually been off the team since last season, but through some glitch in the system were still listed on the roster.\u00a0 So&#8230;he fixed the glitch.<\/p>\n<p>With the new, streamlined Elves team, Chadwick is very optimistic about the upcoming season.\u00a0 He notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Elves this year will be the team to watch.\u00a0 Indeed, we would be hard to miss, as our patented Day-Glo uniforms are visible from points beyond the moon.\u00a0 Last year our motto was, &#8216;The best team in BTSH (except by the numbers).&#8217;\u00a0 This year we will be the best team in BTSH *including* by the numbers.\u00a0 So watch out, Rehabs!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Food They Closely Resemble:<\/strong> <em>Penny Candy<\/em>.\u00a0 Also referred to as \u201cpick \u2018n\u2019 mix\u201d in Britain, this is really just an umbrella term for a number of unrelated, yet lowly regarded entities.\u00a0 However, with modern times, they are bonded together more often than they once were, resulting in a\u00a0collective synergy throughout the group.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact: <\/strong>Demetri Adrahtas has competed in several World&#8217;s Strongest Man\u00a0competions over the past few years, and still holds the world record in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fQ1VjQdL-kM\" target=\"_blank\">fingal fingers (in white)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROSTER<\/strong><br \/>\nChris Adrahtas<br \/>\nDemetri Adrahtas (A)<br \/>\nPeter Benedetto<br \/>\nMelissa Budnick<br \/>\nGarrett Carrino<br \/>\nBen Chadwick (C)<br \/>\nNicole DePontbriand<br \/>\nRich Glanzer<br \/>\nMarisa Marcellino<br \/>\nCourtney McBride<br \/>\nRob Muggeo<br \/>\nRob &#8220;Gnarls&#8221; Nitschke (A)<br \/>\nChris O&#8217;Neil<br \/>\nMelanie Pessin<br \/>\nJerome &#8220;Hornswoggle&#8221; Ramos<br \/>\nShoshana Rudnick<br \/>\nEliza Sadler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben And Rich Plan To Turn The Elves\u00a0Around 360 Degrees Color: Kermit The Frog Green Year Founded: 2008 2008 Regular Season Finish: 1-14-1-1 (17th place) 2008 Playoff Result: Lost to Mexican Standoff in play-in game Division: Rubens 2009 Marketing Slogan: &#8220;It can only get better.&#8221; Key Additions: Chris Adrahtas (Free Agent), Peter Benedetto (Free Agent) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[123,30,18],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-team-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-happy-little-elves","tag-team-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"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=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}