Participants - Patrick, Maciej, Robbie, James, and Ben vs. Ezra, Jordan, Tommy and Josh.
Offensive Player of the Game - Josh; figurative waterbug in the rink.
Defensive Player of the Game - Maciej; got back to hack.
Notable Absentees - Peter, Neil, Taylor, Matthew C.
Best Shotblock/Save - James, throwing out a paddle to deny a sneaky-wrister from a streakin' Jordan.
Best Goal - Maciej, picking up a loose ball, deking past Jordan and Josh, holding off Tom and putting a shot upstairs on a butterflyin' Ezra.
Best Goalkeeper - Ezra, outdueling James. Although James was good, Ezra was better, making the key save to keep his very lazy squad in it.
Best Deke - Patrick, head faking Jordan, making the Italian spin in a way that he had never spun before.
Best Pass - Maciej, one that found the seam between three defender sticks, to a pinching Patrick, who fired an ineffective one-timer on Ezra. One of many gorgeous passes on the day.
Biggest 'Robbie' - Any of Robbie's escapades. At least 15 on the day.
Biggest 'Jacob' - Josh, firing the first (and only) shot over the back fencing.
Best Fashion Sense - Josh; blue is a color of fabric-concious ways.
Worst Fashion Sense - Tommy; looks as lost as a beaver in an apple pie.
The James Moment - The knuckle-ball goals. There were at least three on, all on James, that bounced off sticks, shoes, hockey blades and ankles on their way into the net.
Convo of the Day -
Maciej - (after Rob's 40th miss) How about you bury one of those today?
Robbie - No thanks. I like being terrible.
Notable Watchers - Passersby, 3 guys on bench with ciggies, kid with hockey helmet but no stick.
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
Robbie - 7; Effort was there.
Jordan - 8; Scored his fair share.
Patrick - 8; Floating and gloating.
Josh - 9; A class above despite injury.
Maciej - 8; Flashes of wowzer-ship.
Ezra - 9; Not a thing wrong.
Tommy - 9.5; Came to play.
Ben - 7; Clogged up the neutral zone.
James - 8; Fought the ball all night.