Participants - Maciej, Dylan, Tommy, Robbie and Neil vs. Jordan, Patrick, Ezra, Johnny, and Taylor.
Played at - Gareena.
Offensive Player of the Game - Jordan; did things that confused France.
Defensive Player of the Game - Ezra; on his game, times 10.
Notable Absentees - Alex, James, Matthew C., Peter, Josh, Ben.
Best Shotblock/Save - Ezra stopping a one timer from Robbie from the high slot. Threw out a glove hand that stymied the Dash lookalike, and had Tommy wondering when the cows were going to come home.
Best Goal - Johnny, scoring one a rebound shot that was...actually pretty nice. Some speed, some curve, good accuracy. A goal of ages.
Best Goalkeeper - Ezra, hands down, outdueling the Maciej/Dylan combo.
Best Deke - Maciej, faking an inside out move on Patrick, then tucking it behind his leg and firing a pass over to a wide open Tommy. Ouch, hear those fat lips deflate!
Best Pass - Everyone but Jordan. Seriously though, Robbie firing a rink wide pass from the left to right side, finding a pinching Maciej who had a gaping net to score on.
Biggest 'Robbie' - Johnny, after scoring his goal, fired a shot that hit the goalpost. Oh, the highs and lows of hockey are delicious!
Biggest 'Jacob' - Neil, firing a shot off of Jordan's stick, out of the rink, over the fence, into the grass.
Best Fashion Sense - Dylan; had the whole 'white gansta' look going.
Worst Fashion Sense - Neil; that hat has seen better days.
The James Moment - Johnny. The guy never played hockey before, and had one hell of an adventure in what may be his only appearance of the season. He scored a beautiful goal, stickhandled past three players without really knowing what he was doing, cut the palm of his right hand, hacked Tommy's shin, and tied a bag around his hand.
Convo of the Day -
Robbie - Tommy, finish a couple!
Tommy - 3 enough?
Robbie - Quank!
Notable Watchers - White dog and owner, some guy with cigarette, two kids standing by majestic Garden tree, some basketball players.
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
Dylan - 8; Not bad at all, made some good saves minus a stick.
Neil - 8; Worked the ball near the wall.
Patrick - 7; Didn't step it up after a great start.
Maciej - 8; Worked well, wrister was hot and cold.
Tommy - 7; Should've buried more than he did.
Robbie - 8.5; Got opportunities off an awesome forecheck.
Taylor - 6.5; Floated like Sundin in meatball stew.
Johnny - 6.5; As good as can be expected. Decent debut all in all.
Jordan - 9; Worked his way up through a maze of sticks.
Ezra - 10; Wow, where did that come from?! Man of the match.
