Participants - Alex D., Maciej, Robbie, Patrick, Tommy and James.
Offensive Player of the Game - James; Scored a lot of goals but also made some incredible deking runs. What a Berezin and a half!
Defensive Player of the Game - Alex D.; Was able simply to stop more shots than anyone else by positioning himself in front of every shot. In lay terms, this means Alex was goalie. And good goalie he be, too me laddy.
Best Shotblock - James and Tommy stopping a sure goal from Maciej right by the near post. Maciej's backhand was oh so nice, but both managed to divert the ball away with well placed stickage.
Best Goal - Maciej, who got a sweet pass from James, to end a game with top shelf effort. Although he didn't need to roof it, the emphasis was needed, as if saying, "Put da shee in the ho'." Roughly translated that means, "take your mama to the wastebasket, this one is over."
Best Deke - One and all had a few good dekes, but James' mazy runs up the side of the rink are getting more interesting (and subsequently more effective) as times goes on. On one such play, he put the ball under the stick of Tom and worked it past Patrick before holding the ball away from Maciej and firing it over to Robbie. Robbie of course missed, but what else is new.
Best Pass - Alex D. to James. Alex waited until Jams McCaul was in perfect position in front of the net on a 2 on 1, and whipped it neatly over Maciej's outstretched stick. Jams made no mistake. Beauty.
Biggest Whiff - Anyone of Robbie's thousand misses. The most notable one being a shot that somehow (seriously, how) hit the crossbar and then post before bouncing out. Mind you, he was more open than a 24 hour a day milk festival.
Best Fashion Sense - Alex D., looking snappy in the vest shirt combo.
Worst Fashion Sense - James, who can't afford a jacket.
Bogus Moment - Patrick sliding out of nowhere and taking Tommy's legs from under him. I don't know if Patrick intended to take the ball or just take Tommy out, but he only succeeded in the latter. Both lay on the ground, relatively unhurt, but in states of shock and awe.
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
Tommy - 7.5; Had a good game overall, but was coming off an illy wick that had him hacking coughs like an old lady. Did manage a few goals here and there, and also met ass with ice more than once. Enjoys pidgeons.
Robbie - 6.5; Looking more and more like a Nikolai Antropov to be honest. Has to be one of the most inconsistent players ever; one day he's good on offense, the next he's awful. Today was singlehandedly one of the worst shooting performances ever, but his defence was pretty damn good.
Alex D. - 8.5; Played like a Bulin wall today, stopping shots without pads and also hustling up for some key offensive contributions. Forechecks well and dekes were there too. Saw buds Owen and Lenny, or as they are known on the west side, Owenny Spagenni.
Maciej - 7; One of his falls led him over the boards and out of the rink.
Patrick - 7.5; Gave the ball away a lot and should probably think about passing a lot sooner. However, did have some good stops and one can't question his forechecking ability. Able to nearly always dig the ball out of the corner, like some sort of dog-based archaelogist. Yay.
James - 8; Is really coming into his own, in a sort of Sergei Berezin way. If only he gained some cool to go along with his silky skills and he'd be good enough for a beer drink or two. Came back to make some key defensive stops too and probably fell the least of all players involved.