This is it? Weak Too

And what a weekend it was. Underdogs were vindicated, amazing playmaking, new heroes were born, and dynasties were quashed... and we got to play some hockey on Saturday. The games were mostly exciting and certainly unpredictable (none of mine panned out). Let's see what happened.

My three stars:

Ryan (insert last name before posting) 2 goals, 2 assists

Eric Johnson 2 goals

Patty Greco 1 goal, 1 assist

Goalie of the week:

Patrick Donaghue .968 save percentage, 31 shots

ATM 2, Pats 1

Listen, do you hear? That is the sound of ultimate suffering. My heart made that sound when Ryan Smith buried the keg winner, Sabrina makes it now.

Before the game Dallas said he saw Ellis tapping the net with a chicken foot and muttering. The Monkeys just couldn't get a break, the puck just wouldn't go in. A.J. finally netted one in the second but the Patriots nuetralized it before the end of the period. The third was a deadlock, the tension building into a deluge of penalties. The resulting five on three Pat's powerplay was the turning of the game. On a cleared puck, Sean Griffin scores the shorty off of back checking Sabrina York's stick. The Patriots never recovered.

Warriors 5, Snipers 0

What a display of dominance. The Warriors are on a quest for perfection, looking to repeat, and running up the score on everyone in the way. Michaelides logs an unimpressive shutout, while Nick Murphee and the rest of the Snipe are assaulted in a Discovery Channel fashion. Two goals in the first, two more in the second (both to Eric Johnson), and one final score to rub the nose in it. Frank Casperson is the playmaker tonight as he dishes out three assists. The only catagorey the fiesty Snipers lead is penalties, you can't score from the box. This motley crew needs to do some serious soul searching (that is quite an alliteration!) before next week.

Spiders 2, Brewzers 1

On a night when Nina was dragging (cough medicine?), almost allowing a clearing attempt into the net she still manages to eek out a win. A very tight game until the third, when the almost forgotten Patty Greco makes her impression on Mike "Snakebit" Moore. She throws a shot into his stick and Lynn Kresta drives the rebound home, high, stickside. Then Patty, still hungry, takes advantage of the same hole herself, a shot that crawls right up his stick and over the blocker. I knew that the Spiders would win but I didn't see it this way. Great Caesar's Ghost, Mike, it's Patty Greco! The scorer for the Brewzers is Nadil "not Jamil" Jabri.

Blue Devils 5, Gravediggers 2

What the douche? The Diggers dig a hole starting with the first shot. Then Ryan (I can't remember your surname) scores two more, interupted by Sergio Castillo's goal. The second period saw the Diggers bring it within one but the momentum could not be wrestled back, and the Blue Devils make a mockery of the GD goalie (Jon Ellis, guess that chicken foot wore out) with two more tallies. That brings the grand total of 9 goals against for the Gravediggers in the first two games. Is there a league below I?

Stickmen 2, Iceholes 1

Blubaugh turns out another spectacular performance with a .960 save percentage. And the Sticks are putting in some timely goals. The Iceholes cannot expect to win many games scoring a goal every other week. It all started with missed defensive assignments allowing Stickman Brad "Spaz" Bynum to pop it in uncontested on Jayson Jones' back door. A hooking call by Stickmen bad girl Val Kuntz allows the Iceholes to even it up. Now pointstreak claims that Raul "bad" Galbreath netted this one but Blubaugh says it was on a screen and tipped by his own defense (I gotta agree with my fellow netminder since I can't remember the last time this guy scored). The game goes to the Sticks when Larry "Old Canuck" Wade picks up the savory rebound in the closing throws of the game.

Puckers 4, Komets 2

This game was not as exciting as I had hoped it would be. The Mother Puckers put out a fantastic scoring performance and are backed up by a monumental Donaghue, boasting a .968 on 31 shots. The Komets never even got close. The penalties were even tame, the two game suspension for Casey Jenkins was from a dispute over face-off etiquette between he and the linesman, I can't believe it, where has all of that Pucker attitude gone? I thought their would be bodies on the ice. No repeat scorers in the game and it looks like Ginger is on the scoresheet again this week, I can't say if she actually scored this goal or not but I am not going to dispute it, I would like to stay on her good side. The Komets faced a monster here but still have a lot more potential than they are exhibiting so far this session.

Put it behind you, two games, it means nothing. The prize comes to those who can make the long run, unless you lose it all in the playoffs. Whatever...

bcIII