Patriots win!

Patriots 2 Komets 1
Patriots defeat their demons win their first championship in franchise history. It wasn’t the Patriots best performance of the season, by far, but it was certainly enough to beat the komets. It was the final I league appearance for both Chris Gallagher and Nate Hodges who both had their retirement press conferences following the game, a tearful moment for both guys. This game was blessed by the presence of several of the Mayhem squad who made it their point to boo Hodges whenever he touched the puck. For the Komets, Chris Gallagher was the force that he always is, as he briefly stunned the patriots by getting the first score of the game. However the patriots roared back, only problem was they hit post after post and missed open net after open net. Many of the patriots believed the hockey gods were again, against them. However the patriots finally struck on a Greg Helenbrook goal on a Butch Hutchinson assist. A glorious goal in which shredded Komet defenders and humbled Komets goalie Brent Bryant. The patriots continued to dominate play but could not seem to get the goals to fall. In the third period, the game was still tied at 1-1, when Butch Hutchinson scores off the draw for the go ahead marker. Patriots then for the rest of the period dominated play but couldn’t get any more insurance markers. Komets then threw everything they had in Gallagher, Nation and Baldree, but not even that solid line could crack the solid Patriots defense. As the clock hit 0.00, all of America rejoiced as the Patriots lifted the keg, and silenced the haters. Jeff Vaughan smiled, a crippled Dallas Lehr laughed, and Tom Yockey was pissed as he had to hug Hodges at the presentation ceremony. The MVP of this game was by far Butch Hutchinson whose play was near perfect on the night and was a force on the bench. Right next to him was Steve Benefield who was a backchecking warrior and was hungry like the wolf whenever the puck was near him. Truly, a glorious season for the Pats. Amen.

Btw…we were inspired by the Patriots shutout win over Mayhem…
(all pictures taken from EulessHockeystop's unofficial photographer Brian Bergman)

Chris DeBaene leads the crown in a terrible version of the national anthiem Dallas Lehr with his third Championship

Patriots swarm the Komets Zone.





Ryan "Screaming like a demon from hell" Smith hoped to bring the spirit of mayhem to the game.

Philip Talley standing tall in net.

Nate Hodges flys away from the Komets aka the Phantoms

Greg Helenbrook's game tieing goal.

Surgio Castillo crashes the zone. (Get better soon dude)

Ice Holes 1 Black Widows 0
This would have made an excellent keg game as well, not to mention the fact many thought one of these teams should have played the Pats for the keg…but that’s another story for another time. Ice Holes get their winning goal from “Graves” (we can’t wait for friggin pointstreak)…and that was all they needed for the win. Goalie Doug Taylor shut down the team of hot spiders chick, while the hottest one, Melissa Munn, could not score…some say her being mentioned on this blog has cursed her…we beg to differ. Both teams, if they keep the same people, should be EXCELLENT contenders next season. From the way the black widows were partying upstairs...you would have thought they won the keg...

Puckers 7 Leftovers 2
This wasn’t much of a game, puckers were in control of this one since the beginning of time, and just freaking obliterated the leftovers. From coach bobby sirkis, “Damn, this team sucks.” Puckers had goals from their stars as Rob Constantine nets the hat trick, Ryan Rintala scores twice, while Kevin Luchenhoff and “Ward” scored in the route. Leftovers did get a couple just to be competitive from Chris Gallagher (who randomly was playing in this one) and the great Junior Lindamood who finished the season leading the team in scoring. Rumor has it the leftovers may be dissolved next season.

Spiders 7 Blue Devils 3
Blue Devils end what was the worst season in their existence by not only having almost no one show up for their game, but getting obliterated at the same time. The Spiders showed they were for real and hopefully will be a contender next season as they showed excellent offensive prowess and skills in defeating the shorthanded BD. Chris Gallagher had two goals and two assists, Brian Conture has two goals, while Andrew Patti, Pete Clark and a mysterious spider also score in the route. While the collapse of the blue devils this season has been expected, no one thought it would really happen. The answer is clear…the Blue Devils need Mike Drago to resurrect the empire…

Stickmen 2 Brewzers 1
We are basing this entire recap off one Jesse Henderson’s recap via text messages…
“I was the hero of this game for the most part. David Blubaugh played excellent in net, but needed his offense to score some to bail him out at the end. We won 2-1 baby, Steve Daniels missed being a hero for the Brewzers by about one second as he scored right after time had expired. This can only be explained by the fact that Steve is still the second best player from Granbury (behind me of course). Glory is mine!”

Nice.



Snipers 3 Warriors 1 (or so we hear) no score sheets on the books….all we know is that bobby sirkis is pissed.

FINAL STANDINGS....

Look for an email from yockey concerning next season