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<\/a><\/p>\nGAME OF THE WEEK<\/strong> <\/p>\n Sky Fighters vs. Mega Touch<\/strong> Corlears Hookers vs. Tuques<\/strong> Mexican Standoff vs. Gouging Anklebiters<\/strong> Mighty Squirrels vs. LBS, Inc.<\/strong> What The Puck vs. Mathematics<\/strong> Cobra Kai vs. Filthy Gorgeous<\/strong> Denim Demons vs. Happy Little Elves<\/strong> Unicorns vs. Dark Rainbows<\/strong> \u00a0 This season, in addition to the media’s picks for game winners, the weekly previews will also include a survivor\/suicide pool among several distinguished league members.\u00a0 Here are the picks for week 1<\/em>:<\/p>\n Ara Arnn (CK) – LBS, Inc. Rub A Dub Dub, Three Men In A Tub GAME OF THE WEEK Rehabs vs. Fresh Kills Location: Tompkins West, 4:00 PM All-Time Series: Tied 4-4 Game Notes: This Rubens Division contest pits the defending champions against one of the most loquacious teams in BTSH.\u00a0 Despite winning the BTSH title game last year, Fresh Kills […]<\/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":[123,308],"class_list":["post-984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-weekly-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984"}],"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=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRehabs vs. Fresh Kills<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 4:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Tied 4-4
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> This Rubens Division contest pits the defending champions against one of the most loquacious teams in BTSH.\u00a0 Despite winning the BTSH title game last year, Fresh Kills was an average team\u00a0throughout the regular season.\u00a0 However, this year, they open the season with a lot more confidence and are determined to prove last year’s playoff run was more than lighting in a bottle.\u00a0\u00a0Even\u00a0after\u00a0a disappointing finish to the 2008 season, the Rehabs also enter this game brimming with confidence.\u00a0 Rookie sensation Sean “$howJu” McClain gloated, “Boy, is it gonna be good to hand the defending champs their\u00a0first loss of the season!”\u00a0 Will this statement motivate $howJu’s new team or will it simply serve as bulletin board fodder for the defending champs?
\nKeys To The Game:<\/strong>
\n1. Due to a previous commitment, Rehabs captain Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli will miss her team’s opening game.\u00a0 In her absence, assistant captains Gina Hackett and Kami Moore will run the show.\u00a0 It is speculated that Bryan “Stork” Welch will chime in as well.
\n2. Although he continues to garner less fanfare than some of the other BTSH goalies, Fresh Kills netminder Dave Gil de Rubio remains a key component of their defense. His reliability and consistency enable them to be a lot more aggressive on offense.
\n3.\u00a0 While he is always up for spirited and good-natured competition, Fresh Kills captain Kevin “The Planet” Foster does not care for the trash talking preceding this game, as he is really just a sensitive guy.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Rehabs.\u00a0 This is the type of game they usually thrive on.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Fresh Kills.\u00a0 I underestimated them throughout the entire 2008 playoffs, so I’m making it a point to pick them on opening day.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Mega Touch leads 5-3
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The Sky Fighters look to spoil the debut\u00a0of\u00a0a rebranded Mega Touch team that is beginning a new chapter in its franchise’s history.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Sky Fighters<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 1:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers lead 2-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> It has now been three years since several players defected\u00a0from the Tuques to form the Hookers.\u00a0 The Tuques continue to seek revenge.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers.\u00a0 They have been stewing over their title game loss for five months and will take\u00a0out their aggression on\u00a0the Tuques.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Corlears Hookers<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Gouging Anklebiters lead 8-4
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> This Schloeder Division matchup features two teams that struggled immensely last year.\u00a0 Both will look to begin the season on the right foot.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Gouging Anklebiters
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Gouging Anklebiters.\u00a0 And that “right foot” is Schuie.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> LBS, Inc. leads 4-1
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The Mighty Squirrels enter this Schloeder Division tilt on an 11 game losing streak.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> LBS, Inc.\u00a0 Make it 12.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> What The Puck leads 3-1
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> What The Puck will have extra motivation to win this Woodsworth Division battle, since the divisional namesake will be suiting up\u00a0for them.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous leads 3-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> This game is being dubbed by some as the Ashy Larry Classic, as it will feature two of his former teams.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Filthy Gorgeous.\u00a0 Cobra Kai lost a lot of firepower in the offseason, and the free agents will take a few games to assimilate.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 4:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Denim Demons lead 1-0
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> The Happy Little Elves are currently undefeated on opening day.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Denim Demons.\u00a0 They get the early jump in the Rubens Division.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Denim Demons<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 5:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Tied 4-4
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> This game will be the first leg of the triangular series among the Unicorns, Dark Rainbows, and Happy Little Elves for the pretigious (yet imaginary) Fairy Tale Cup.\u00a0 The Unicorns are currently in possession of it (or would be, if it existed).
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Dark Rainbows.\u00a0 John Meyer in net and White Jesus on offense…it’s like the Rainbows of old!<\/p>\n
\nBTSH Survivor Pool<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCaroline Currie (FK) – What The Puck
\nMeredith Danberg-Ficarelli (REH) – Gouging Anklebiters
\nPhil Donohue (GA) – Gouging Anklebiters
\nAlex Eben Meyer (MT) – Denim Demons
\nRich Glanzer (HLE) – What The Puck
\nRachel Greene (MSQ) – Filthy Gorgeous
\nCraig LaCombe (UNI) – What The Puck
\nAbigail Meisterman (DD) – Sky Fighters
\nHector Melendez (REH) – Sky Fighters
\nAndy Pratt (MATH) – Mexican Standoff
\nEnayet Rasul (CK) – Sky Fighters
\nSean Reynolds (DR) – Denim Demons
\nAdam Rubens (DD) – Sky Fighters
\nMonica Russo (FG) – Dark Rainbows
\nJosh Sadlier-Brown (CH) – Denim Demons
\nMatt Spedalari (TUQ) – What The Puck
\nJames Stein (SKY) – Denim Demons
\nCorey Winters (WTP) – What The Puck
\nLarry Zimmer (WTP) – What The Puck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"