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Game Rosters

Dark Team	White Team
JB	Johnny
Jared	Brett
Ron	Eric
Nick	Brendon
Griff	Mike D
Mike W	Billy T
Brian	Jacque
Elliot	Andrew
	Bradley
Bobby (G)	Joe (G)

 

Enjoy this rare treat from the desk of PPP
Another week of Saugus hockey in the books and after a quick review of the tape, it looks like everyone had a good time. Looking over the rosters it looked like JB picked the winning team even before the ball dropped. After it was all said and done JB's team won the first 3 games, each of them decided by a goal or two. There was a 4th game that went for 20 minutes, and team Johnny saved face, winning the finale 2-0.

The middle game was the closest of the night, needing overtime to decide the victor. There was some contentious moments, in overtime, when Johnny kept digging for the ball, eventually getting it to cross the line. However, since Johnny was the only one celebrating, it went to the replay booth. The goal was disallowed as Bobby had it covered up for a couple seconds before Johnny dug it out.

There were a couple high sticks thrown around tonight. JB was working Billy over for position and JB's stick caught Billy in the head. Fortunately, Billy was only hit in the face and not in any sensitive areas. Billy shook it off and played through it. Way to go Billy. Then, during the very next shift there seemed to be some retaliation when Brett took on JB for possession of the ball. Brett's stick deflected off JB for another high stick to JB's upper body. However, after the play was over it became clear that it was not retaliation and completely unintentional.

The 1st star of the game was Jared. He had a workmen like night and that's all it takes for him to shine brightly in Saugus. However, he's the #1 star for scoring the overtime winner in game 2. Nice shot Jared, off the post too gets you bonus points.

The 2nd star was Ron, the old dog is proving to still have a few tricks up the sleeve. Did he have a bone to settle with being labelled as a "can't pass player" by WPR last week? Maybe, but either way it's going to be interesting to see just what WPR has to say in his report this week. I'm sure he'll have a surprise in store for us.

The 3rd star is JB. His steady hand on D kept his team confident. When he transitioned to play power forward, he made great plays in the passing game as well as being able to bury the shot when his team needed it. Whether on D or playing forward, JB is always a threat to make a deciding play.

The white team had two players worth mentioning. Johnny played a solid game, scoring goals and hustling for loose balls. Johnny kept playing hard, fighting to keep his team in contention all night. He effectively used an extra curricular wrestling move after a play stopped hoping to fire up his team. Kudos to Johnny, you get the the 4th star, but unfortunately you don't get to come out and wave to the crowd.

Jacque also was a bright spot for Johnny's team. He showed off a terrific wrist shot that found the back of the net. Despite fading a little towards the end of the night, he was able to move pretty quickly with the ball showing some good stick handling ability. Jacque takes the 5th star.

But where oh where was Brett and Eric tonight? Eric scored some goals, and Brett might of had 1 or two, but for this dynamic duo much more was expected. They failed to deliver the goods tonight. Was it just an off night? Perhaps, but you have to wonder if the Brett and Eric team are still the odds on favorites to win the Haverhill cup on April 6. After tonight's performance, the odd's makers in Vegas are probably going to rethink the numbers. There's no doubt the other team captains took notes tonight.