{"id":7562,"date":"2013-06-12T16:49:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T20:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2013-06-13T09:04:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T13:04:28","slug":"week-9-game-previews-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/week-9-game-previews-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 &#8211; Game Previews &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h15m87WsCHQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Most of you have probably already seen this footage of Gregory Campbell killing off a penalty while skating on a broken leg:<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It actually started a meme on Twitter #iamgregorycampbell where people at first seriously (and then comically) described their own struggles\/courage in the face of adversity. My favorite was the Dallas Stars tweeting &#8220;Had Sean Avery on our team #iamgregorycampbell&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>So the ORG&#8217;s crack reporting team got to talking and wondering who on BTSH might deserve that hallowed hashtag. Our initial thought was to give it to anyone who&#8217;s ever written for the ORG, been league commissioner or shared a long car ride with Suz. But then author provocateur Ben &#8220;the American Zdeno Chara&#8221; Chadwick threw down the gauntlet and told us all to get a bit more creative.<\/p>\n<p>And no one picked it up with more gusto than our own Abby Meisterman. Herewith, for your reading pleasure, BTSH&#8217;s first ever &#8220;tweetalogue&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cobra Kai at Fresh Kills<\/strong><br \/><strong>5:30 pm, Tompkins Square West<\/strong><br \/><em><em><strong>by Abby &#8220;Pushing the Boundaries&#8221; Meisterman<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Scott Lee\u00a0@hairlesscat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@SokolOne What time is the game this week? And v. who?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><br \/>Dave Sokol\u00a0@SokolOne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@hairlesscat We have the late game,\u00a05:30, vs. CobraKai.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kevin F@ThatsNoMoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@hairlesscat @SokolOne CobraKai? I give those guys major credit. Goalie\u2019s an angry dude.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><br \/>Jerry Chavez\u00a0@GoHawks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@ThatsNoMoon @SokolOne It\u2019s true; we are long suffering. #iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Pete Lang\u00a0@SIbikedude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@GoHawks @ThatsNoMoon Hey now! I\u2019m right here. You guys should feel bad, you\u2019ve a sucky \u201cBond\u201d on your team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kevin F @ThatsNoMoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@SIbikedude You\u2019re thinking of Roger Moore; our guy is Patrick Moore, @btsh008<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Pete Lang\u00a0@SIbikedude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@ThatsNoMoon Wait? Then who\u2019s your goalie?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kevin F @ThatsNoMoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@SIbikedude That\u2019s Patrick Barch, @BarchBeer. How long have you been in this league!?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Jerry Chavez\u00a0@GoHawks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@ThatsNoMoon See what I mean? #iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Claire Friedman\u00a0@NJDevilsgurl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@PearDream We\u2019re on a team with these guys?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Becky Pear\u00a0@PearDream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@NJDevilsgurl \u2018Fraid so. It boggles the mind. #iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><br \/>Mike Sokol\u00a0@SokolTwo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">@PearDream @ NJDevilsgurl You know nothing, Jon Snow. Trying having your brother as captain. #iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><br \/>Alice Bertoni\u00a0@ItsAleechayDammit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>@SokolOne So, wait&#8230; What time\u2019s the game?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corlears Hookers at Butchers<\/strong><br \/><strong>1:00 pm, Tompkins Square East<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>Even after all these years, Dustin refuses to block Peter Putka&#8217;s email account. #iamgregorycampbell<br \/>Ben Bloom puts up with Arthur Revechkis&#8217; off key rendition of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Fear the Reaper&#8221; every time Ben scores a goal\u00a0#iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p>The Hookers aren&#8217;t looking quite as unbeatable as they were early in the season and the Butchers are one of those teams that&#8217;s always good for an upset pick. However, both teams start to struggle with attendance between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend. If it&#8217;s six Hookers against ten Butchers bet on the Misfits.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>La Famiglia at Lbs.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>2:00 pm, Tompkins Square East<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/strong>One of our earliest memories of the league is Ant Ventolieri taking one for his team. For you newbies, Pork Fried Rice was the first of the BTSH &#8220;superteams&#8221; (modern equivalent-Corlears Hookers or Fresh Kills), an all-star team constantly supplemented by players from other teams or leagues. Universally despised by the rest of the league, they won the championship in 2005. Ant selflessly steered attention away from his teammates by bum rushing the stage at the end of season party and encouraging the crowd to yell &#8220;asshole&#8221; for over ten minutes. He&#8217;s also a Bruins fan so this will have special meaning for him. Ant =\u00a0#iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of different candidates for Lbs. but none have shown the courage of Dustin Shutes. He&#8217;s had that same hairstyle since 1982.\u00a0#iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p>LBS are steamrolling everyone right now and don&#8217;t expect that to stop this week. 3-1 for the Preppie Puckhandlers.<strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy Little Elves at Skyfighters<\/strong><br \/><strong>3:00 pm, Tompkins Square East<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>No matter who we pick on the Elves, Glanzer is going to disagree with us. So f**k it. We&#8217;re giving this one to Sarah Torenten. Sarah suffered through weeks of the standings page being messed up and even though she was dying inside she never complained publicly (unless you count the Elves Facebook page as a public forum). Sarah Torenten=#iamgregorycampbell.<\/p>\n<p>James Stein singlehandedly revived the Molly Jacobs tradition of courtside vomiting.\u00a0#iamgregorycampbell<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going with our traditional pick of Elves in a shootout (since we&#8217;re assuming that 85 degree heat will cause Rammstein to throw up in his mouth a little).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denim Demons at Mathematics<\/strong><br \/><strong>4:30 pm, Tompkins Square East<br \/><em>by Rich &#8220;My Posts Gets More Obscure Every Week&#8221; Glanzer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before we get to the theme lets get to the hockey. Both the Demons and Math are coming off incredibly uninspiring efforts, though Math was able to pull out a win vs. Scott Lee and his Riots. Meanwhile, the Demons got thumped by the Lbs. I still don&#8217;t know how y&#8217;all let these guys who make Kevin Foster look as young as Sean McClain win the championship last season. I mean I know Karstan is deadly with his cane but still. (Ken Poulin, I joke, I know you guys are good. I got your emails, texts and Myspace messages telling me that you&#8217;re good. Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/k9uhdrc\" target=\"_blank\">Ken&#8217;s Myspace page<\/a>.\u00a0<b>)<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anyways, while the Demons have the edge in talent, Math will have the edge in desire. The Demons will walk into this game and the best they can hope for is two points. Math realizes a win vs. a team like the Demons (and Adam this is a compliment) will let the league know that they arrived. And just so Derk and Elly will understand, it will turn you from jobbers that sometimes win (think Santino) into mid-carders that often lose, but every once in awhile can beat the upper mid-carders (Kofi).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But what it will really come down to is the parenting. Look, its no secret I&#8217;m torn. I&#8217;m a huge Papa Tink fan. The guy comments, loves his son, loves his Demons, and I&#8217;m pretty sure even likes me. But then there&#8217;s Mama Norris. Mrs. Norris is an amazing woman. She birthed at least three of the four Norris&#8217;s including that chick #66 who is into \u00a0cages, staying to play on 3 different teams after her Math game, and middle aged men who look like <a href=\"http:\/\/media.cleveland.com\/wfny\/photo\/9546434-large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Hargrove<\/a>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While I&#8217;d love to give the edge to Papa Tink since its Fathers Day, I call it like I sees it. And I see Mama Norris asking me out to the Sadie Hawkins BTSH Prom so I&#8217;m going with Math 4- Demons 3. (That&#8217;s if Math is smart and covers the male player who is sitting above the slot without the ball and don&#8217;t chase the guy with the ball like a 5-year-old playing soccer)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As for the I am Gregory Campbell Awards.<\/div>\n<div>For Math its easy, Justin Perras #isGregoryCampbell. The dude is a classy guy, who has to put up with Zach&#8217;s egotistical ego, Delusional Derek, out of control Amy, and Elly talking in a British accent telling everyone to raise his hand.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>For the Demons, Coach #isGregoryCampbell. While Son Tink, That Blonde Chick, Kamen, the Fake Periera, Blue Tracy, and the Lifter of Chadwick, get all the pub around here, Coach just minds his business, gives up two or less goals, all, while mourning the loss of his beloved Barbara Streisand. You&#8217;re in a better place Babs, where there is BTSH 7-days a week.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Coach, you know you love this preview.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of you have probably already seen this footage of Gregory Campbell killing off a penalty while skating on a broken leg: It actually started a meme on Twitter #iamgregorycampbell where people at first seriously (and then comically) described their own struggles\/courage in the face of adversity. 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