Participants - James, Patrick, Taylor, Neil and Jordan vs. Alex, Tommy, Robbie, Maciej and Peter.
Played at - Gareena.
Offensive Player of the Game - Robbie; worked well along the sides.
Defensive Player of the Game - Peter; stepped up in the neutral zone.
Notable Absentees - Matthew C., Josh, Ben, Ezra.
Best Shotblock/Save - James, snagging a one timer from Robbie with his glove hand, outstretched like Cujo on a summer beach.
Best Goal - Maciej, deking past three opponents before getting goaltender James to commit to the shot, and firing a pass over to a wide open Rob. All he had to do was fire it in. He did, top shelf. Gorgeous stuff.
Best Goalkeeper - James, outdueling counterpart Alex. Although Alex had his moments, James' was beyond belief at times, a la Luongo, keeping his team within striking distance.
Best Deke - Maciej on Patrick, at least three times, the same move, under the outstretched stick and behind his back.
Best Pass - Neil acting quickly to fire a pass that found Jordan, who despite running in on a breakaway, decided to pass back to a covered Taylor. But the pass was not to blame....tape to tape.
Biggest 'Robbie' - Jordan, who after having Alex in a ridiculous starfish position, flipped a backhand over the crossbar. Ouch.
Biggest 'Jacob' - Neil, firing a clearance out of the rink to end the game.
Best Fashion Sense - Alex, wearing the Trashers jersey with queel.
Worst Fashion Sense - Peter; a white teeshirt, in April? What is this, May?
The James Moment - The lack of a ball. The only person to bring a ball was Jordan. After finally getting the goaltenders ready to rock, Jordan decided on a shot that hit the bottom of the fence, leaped over the other side and got stuck under a green patio deck. It was then decided that Robbie, on a bike, be the one to search for a replacement orange ball at his homestead. He did, and subsequently bought himself ball-bringing respect. Side note - Everyone must now bring a ball with them to hockey, even if only a tennis ball, so as to avoid situations like those.
Convo of the Day -
Maciej - (after razzing of shot-happy Jordan had escalated) Alright boys, he feels bad enough for losing the ball.
Peter - No he doesn't. Look, he's smiling. Does that look like despair to you?
Maciej - I see. Razz on, fellas.
Neil - Woot!
Notable Watchers - Kid beside tree, family of said kid, three crackers playing burban, two gangsters watching on cursed patio deck, kid with pops, passersby, 3 basketball players, many on Garden's awesome based field.
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
Robbie - 9.5; Learning to score on a goalie. Effort up the wazoo.
Peter - 9; Did pretty much what was expected. Shot getting lethal.
Neil - 6.5; Way off the pace.
Patrick - 8; Late surge after poor start.
Maciej - 7.5; Makes things interesting.
Tommy - 6.5; Shot good, floating bad.
James - 10; The only reason his team was even in existence.
Jordan - 6.5; Failed to propel team forward.
Taylor - 6; Held after early goals.
Alex - 7; Not a lot of work.