Hockey This Sunday INSIDE 6-8

Inside was a must this week just so the goalies wouldn't die.

Players in are Borges, Nick, Brett, Warren, Billy T, Mike D, John, Ron, Andrew

Players most likely in are Jared

Goalies are Jack and Griff

Make it happen tonight baby!

Got to love that seamless line change by Chara!

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Hockey this Friday 7-9 Outside.  All the cool kids will be there.

Please choose from the list below and respond.

The "Zack Leighton" word is my bond 100% in -  Nick, MVW, Johnny, Brett, (G) Darrin, (G) Steve, Billy, Griff, JB

Most Likely -

Meh-

If there's literally nothing else to do-

Probably not, but maybe- Joe

Doubtful-

Fat kid in Dodgeball- Reggie, Tony, Brendon

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No Hockey in Saugus Sunday

The rink is closed on Sunday but we could always play in Lawrence if everyone wanted to. Depending on the weather. We have 2 goalies: Darrin and Tony. And 9 players: John, Jared, Borges, Griff, Nick, Eric, Brett, Reggie, Mike W. I'll make sure Griff's team gets the extra sub. The extra sub means everything to him. And of course stats would have to count.

Palin, Silverman, or Savage?

Do you know what the hardest thing to do in Saugus is? Beating Tony in net? Beating Nick on defense? Shutting a Riley down in the slot? Getting mad at a inadvertent Frendon whistle? Nope. Nope. Nope. 

Nope.

It’s Picking Teams. Its a hassle. Its a nightmare. Its the worst. There is no one that wants to do it. There is no one that is comfortable with it. There is no one capable of picking fair teams. I say we just throw sticks. Its more fun (funner) and frankly we are probably better off. “Captains” cant seem to get it right anyways.

The only time it works out is if you’re picking teams with MVW. Thats when it becomes a good time, right Griff?

So on we go! Another week of Saugus is in the books. Some said it was the last week until the Fall but that only seems to be the case for Jared...is the scoring title now within reach? Im sure I could get there if I wasn’t so good at messing  up “high probability scoring chances”.

Game 1: Does anyone have any nice pens I can destroy for no reason whatsoever?

Awful Game to be on the losing end of. Did you hear how horrible Nick was? Did you know the reason the dark team lost 5-0 was because Nick decided to do his best Mike D impression all night? Which, as you can imagine, was not a good thing because the dark team also had Mike D on their team. On a 3 on 2 (though why let the facts get in the way of good story? Lets just say it was a 1 on 1 battle just because its better for the narrative) So the story goes like this: Everyone was out of the play, 1 on 1 battle. Cindy got the ball, by chance, and started streaking toward the infallible Tony. Nick, upon seeing this, began to panic. He managed to be deked around not once but twice, fell down into Tony, taking him completely out the play giving Cindy the easy tap in. Wow. Burned by a Riley (and it wasn't even Johnny but that doesn't seem surprising, did he even play?). I should have turned my stick in at that moment. A Frendon led White Team steamrolled their way to 5-0 victory.

Game 2:  Survival Rope

The White Team continued its dominance in Game 2 taking a 4-0 lead. It was going to be another shellacking. But after an unprecedented “break” after the fourth goal Jared and Borges decided to demote themselves to defense. Nick moved to center, MVW and Reggie were on the left and right wings. With a Selke like presence and a complete domination of the face-off circle from center the Dark teams offense finally started to click. 3 goals in a row. A 4-3 game. But all hopes of a comeback where slashed by Ron picking a corner on Tony. 5-3 Final.

Game 3: Are we allowed to shut the AC off???

This was the most boring 5-4 game ever. The most memorable part of this game was a streaking winger crashing (guess who, its kind of a theme) into Jack causing a huge collision, two contusions and a broken stick. The White team managed another uneventful 5-4 win.

Game 4: Its a cloth that cleans my phone.

This really was the best game of the night because the dark team avoided a disastrous Saugus hockey sweep. A week on your stat line that takes weeks to make right. The game was a 5-4 final but it didn’t end without some controversy. With the game tied at 4 Frendon made an attempt to get the ball out of the zone but he was tripped by Nick. Knowing full well that you have to call yourself on penalties and understanding what my intent was on the play, it was decided that no call would be made. I mean, would it have been called in OT in the NHL playoffs? The ball was dumped back into zone while frendon cried for the tripping call. After some cycling the ball squeaked its way to Jared who missed a wide open shot but  was quickly given a second shot by JB for the game winner.

Teams:

Jared

JB

Nick

Mike D

MVW

Reggie

Andrew

Ron

Johnny

Brett

Griff

Billy T

Frendon

Cindy

Weekly Power Rankings

5-19-13

Never Playing Again. Ever

10 Nick (-7) – PhweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9 Billy T (E) – Played decent. Actually I thought he played really good in game 1 with Griff on the other side. The rest of the night was ok. Stays at 9 just due to new players showing up……..and being a whole lot better than him.

8 Johnny (E) – Johnny crabbed about missing weeks of easy stats and then, when he gets the chance to shoot on Tony in rare form, he squanders it. Even while stat grubbing(shame on you for sinking to Brendon’s level). Did you see that acceleration though? When JB didn’t catch him at the blue line I knew he never would.

7 Brendon (-2) – Vintage Brendon tonight. Dropping on the rankings is also vintage Brendon.

6 Ron – Maybe could have even been higher this week if he didn’t blow game 4 by being a puck hog and trying to impress us all with his age defying puck handling. Your moustache is impressive enough.

5 Mike W (+2) – Is there some workout or stretching routine to make someone’s right arm 3 feet longer?

4 Jared (+2) – Good rebound week. Unfortunately Jared’s word is his bond (bang-a-rang) and he won’t be showing his face in Saugus for the rest of the year. All this while so close to that coveted scoring title.

3 Griff (+1) – Jared’s archenemy. Brendon thinks he can get under Jared’s skin? He’s not even close to Griff’s level. But the thing I love about Griff is that he knows when to take a little something off his shot to make sure he gets it on net.

2 Borges (E) – Sick of seeing his defense get torched over and over again, JB hopped back on defense, with Jared, and turned the tide of game 4.

1 Brett (E) – Brett’s winning percentage was way too low. Saugus has a way of making everything right in time.

Honorable Mention: Jack “The Brick Wall” Riley – He’s gotta be the oldest goalie to record a shutout. Brendon can you update the records page when you get the chance?

Newcomers: Ron

Drop-Offs: Andrew

Weekly Power Rankings

5-12-13

Chicken Caesar Salad

10 Andrew – Same stats on the night as Jared. Is that a compliment for Andrew or an insult to Jared?

9 Billy T – First time in net was a memorable one. He was better than Johnny though. Remember when people thought Johnny was a decent goalie? Good times.

8 Johnny (-1) – 27.4% Guess what this number represents. And mind you, this includes the shutout.

7 Mike W (+2) – Johnny still doesn’t know how Mike scored on him. The answer lies above.

6 Jared (-5) – WOW! Just wow! Not only does Jared pick terrible teams himself, he also gets picked onto terrible teams. An inspiring effort in game 1 quickly faded to embarrassment, comical mischief and the inability to get by Nick for the breakaway even though Nick didn’t hold him. And to top it off, I hear he wasn’t responding to numerous efforts to get in touch with him through text messaging. How’s Scott doing by the way?

5 Brendon (+5) – If you’re looking for someone to dissect the other team and locate their weaknesses, Brendon’s your guy. Did you see the way he was able to score that wrap around goal, knowing that Billy didn’t possess the necessary lateral movement to make the stop? Or the way he again shot on a 3 on 1 like he did last week? He wasn’t trying to stat grub at all. He just knew it was the right play against the right goalie at the right time. Maybe next time you can share your insider information with your teammates so they can take advantage of what you see as well.

4 Griff (+1) – You can only hope to get the Griff we got last night every week. Not many people can throw their stick 3 times in one play and not get a penalty. At least he was accepting of the teams. After all they did have the sub.

3 Nick (+1) – Hitting the net with consistency. A problem that had plagued Nick for years is finally behind him. Who needs a wrist shot when you can pick incredible teams? All I know is that he’s never getting laid.

2 Borges (+1) – Don’t count this guy out of the scoring race. I think he’s finally realized what a waste of time playing defense is.

1 Brett (+1) – The coveted spot that few others have had the honor of gracing. Brett finally took over the top spot from Jared and he could have it for a while. But I doubt it.

Honorable Mention: Mike D – That is a thick beard we’re all very very jealous of.

Newcomers: Andrew, Billy T

Drop Offs: Ron, Reggie – WPR is getting less and less compassionate for those that miss weeks.

Weekly Power Rankings

5-5-13

Stare down

10 Brendon (E) – It use to be that Brendon was the only one to celebrate like a fool by himself after a goal with his legendary “Gamewinner” cry. Those moments are happening very few and far in between these days.

9 Mike W (E) – One of these days he’s gonna harness that speed and make it useful. I think he runs fast at the wrong times.

8 Reggie (E) – I didn’t mind Reggie on defense last night actually. He did better than anyone else who played back there except Nick. The giveaways need to be reduced, but who doesn’t have a couple of those every now and then. There’s no panic in his game, he just makes the rest of his team panic.

7 Johnny (-1) – Poor Johnny. I heard he went out for drinks after. Cool. I’m guessing the baby is coming soon and that could actually mean Johnny dropping off the Rankings if he misses two weeks.

6 Ron (+1) – I love how defenseman back off Ron like it’s his blazing speed they have to respect. Just a little heads up, the scouting report on Ron has been out for, oh I don’t know, a couple decades now and surprisingly he likes to shoot. He also loves picking corners on open nets with 100MPH slapshots.

5 Griff (-1) – Played ok.

4 Nick (+1) – Played ok. Flip flopped Nick and Griff just because there was too little movement this week.

3 Borges (E) – 3 unassisted goals on the night and a goal for the ages where he undressed and outworked Jared and whipped a shot on net that went by a less than spectacular Darrin. Something to really be proud of Borges. Puff that chest out a little more.

2 Brett (E) – What more can I say about this kid? Jared and he combined for 17 points, while the rest of the team combined for 2. Brett’s just hoping Jared and Johnny’s wives have their baby’s at the same time. Just close your eyes and imagine the roster when those two are out.

1 Jared (E) – Has a pretty solid grip on the scoring title.

Honorable Mention: It worth mentioning that Darrin didn't make the Rankings even though he played. Be ashamed Darrin.

Newcomers: None

Drop-offs: None