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<\/a><\/p>\nColor:<\/strong> Orange <\/p>\n What The Puck\u00a0cruised through the 2008 regular season, leading the league in scoring and finishing first in the overall standings.\u00a0 However, for the second straight season, the team crashed back to\u00a0reality with a heartbreaking\u00a0defeat in the playoffs.\u00a0 After losing\u00a0in the 2007 semifinals to the Corlears Hookers in a shootout, the Pucks’ 2008 season ended\u00a0with a stunning double overtime loss to the eventual champion Fresh Kills.<\/p>\n Of course, by now, it’s a well known fact that captain Larry “Mad Dog” Zimmer is never one to have a quiet offseason.\u00a0 Despite his goofy and sheepish exterior, he is actually quite ruthless and shrewd when prepping his roster\u00a0during the winter.\u00a0 This year was no different.\u00a0 After scouring reams of data, Zimmer claims to have added several players who will mesh with his juggernaut squad, based on\u00a0a “sabermetric formula for street hockey.”\u00a0 His first major acquisition occurred early in the offseason, when he snapped up Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta from Cobra Kai.\u00a0 Bratta led BTSH last season with\u00a023 regular season goals, and his addition gives What The Puck four of last season’s top nine scorers.\u00a0 Never satisfied, Zimmer shocked the league in early March when he officially added\u00a0one of BTSH’s\u00a0most dynamic two-way players, Sal Malguarnera, from the Rehabs.\u00a0 Zimmer is also rumored to have used his cunning wiles to coax team cancer Ant “Father Time” Ventolieri into retirement.<\/p>\n With few major losses, What The Puck is primed to destroy the competition once again.\u00a0 Only time will tell if they can seal the deal come playoff time.<\/p>\n All joking aside, the team is dedicating the season to former player Kat Barrett, who is recovering from serious health issues.<\/p>\n Food They Closely Resemble:<\/strong> Poutine<\/em>.\u00a0 This is the quintessence of Canadian comfort.\u00a0 With so many varied and unique parts, it doesn’t seem like it would all mesh so well in the end, but somehow, it always comes out great. ROSTER<\/strong> Larry\u00a0Is Big Brother Color: Orange Year Founded: 2001 2008 Regular Season Finish: 13-3-0-1 (1st place) 2008 Playoff Result: Lost to Fresh Kills in quarterfinals Division: Woodsworth 2009 Marketing Slogan: “Yes, we have work visas.” Key Additions: Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta (Cobra Kai), Sal Malguarnera (Rehabs) Key Losses: Jen Hale, Ant “Father Time” Ventolieri? (Retirement)<\/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":[123,18,8],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-team-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-team-previews","tag-what-the-puck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720"}],"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=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYear Founded:<\/strong> 2001
\n2008 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 13-3-0-1 (1st place)
\n2008 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to Fresh Kills in quarterfinals
\nDivision:<\/strong> Woodsworth
\n2009 Marketing Slogan:<\/strong> “Yes, we have work visas.”
\nKey Additions:<\/strong> Adriano “Muscles Marinara” Bratta (Cobra Kai), Sal Malguarnera (Rehabs)
\nKey Losses:<\/strong> Jen Hale, Ant “Father Time” Ventolieri? (Retirement)<\/p>\n
\nFast Fact:<\/strong> Corey “Chongo” Winters trusts that the media had a good offseason, and he hopes to catch up with them socially fairly soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAdriano “Muscles Marinara”\u00a0Bratta
\nRoderick “Guy LeDouche” Cruz
\nMichelle Doucet
\nCeline Dujeux
\nAmy Farley
\nDarrell “Accurate Bob” Hartman
\nOllie Hartman
\nLaurissa James
\nKevin Lutsky
\nTom MacDonald
\nSal Malguarnera
\nKelly McPherson
\nTiffany Sinder
\nHannah Stark
\nSusanna Tenney
\nAnt “Father Time” Ventolieri
\nBrian Vroom
\nCorey “Chongo” Winters
\nMike “The X-Factor” Woodsworth
\nLarry “Mad Dog” Zimmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"