Participants (goalies in gold) - Jordan, James, Patrick, Matthew C., Ezra, Josh, Maciej and Neil.
Played at - Gareena, home of the leafy corners.
Offensive Player of the Game - Josh; plus 41, he's far from done.
Defensive Player of the Game - Neil; worked hard for no money.
Notable Absentees - Tommy, Peter, Robbie, Ben, T-bone.
Best Shotblock/Save - Maciej, faking a move towards the cross-crease pass, anticipated the shot and whipped out a reverse glove-hand that skinned the ball over the crossbar.
Best Goal - Josh, from behind the tree, top shelf, near corner. A bullet.
Best Goalkeeper - Ezra over Maciej. Although he let in one extra goal, Ezra was the better goalie, looking sharp after the much needed half-time water break.
Best Deke - Josh, backhand flip under the stick of a flailing James and Pat duo. One move, and he was gone.
Best Pass - Neil, cross-rink to a streakin'/breaking away Josh.
Biggest 'Robbie' - Matthew C. fanning on a wide open opportunity. He didn't like himself after that one. His stick took the brunt of his aggression, flying wildly into the chain-fence.
Biggest 'Neil' (note the name change; rejoice Capn' Crisco, rejoice) - Neil (who else), slow backhander under the fence, accompanied by the natural grunt of disgust.
Best Fashion Sense - James; he's the best dressed Wright Avenue dude.
Worst Fashion Sense - Matthew C; U of T? Terrible school. I should know.
The James Moment - Josh's turn at ol' shit for brains. God speed, boss.
Convo of the Day -
James - (to Maciej, after yonder took a piss) You're done already?
Maciej - Guy, do I have to time my pisses for you?
James - (to Maciej, after he drank half of water bottle) You're done already?
Maciej - What, do I need to piss and drink for 22 hours?
Notable Watchers - the FHL rivals (shakes fist), woman who got the ball for us when we were too lazy/hot to get it, her kids, some baseball players, T-bone, some black woman on the playground.
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
James - 8; Got back to help in his own zone, but disappointed on offence.
Jordan - 9; He's aiming for 300 goals this season.
Patrick - 8.5; Ran from back to front with relative ease.
Maciej - 7.5; Flashes of class. Struggled without shade.
Ezra - 8; Kept his team within strikin' distance.
Matthew C. - 7.5 Has had better days. Still banged in a few.
Josh - 9.5; He's all over the place, even in Mercury-like weather.
Neil - 8.5; The last line of defence more than once.