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