No Quit in Blue!

What looked to be a route by Green turned into one of the greatest comebacks in the long storied history of the Blue Green rivalry that dates back to 1883 when the two teams first met on the lower pond at St.Pauls School. Midway through last night's contest fans of the hometown Green began celebrating a seemingly easy win for their hockey club. The celebration was premature as the visiting Blue squad mounted a comeback that would soon quiet the Green faithful that packed the fabled Everett Arena. The Blue comeback was led by Blue's second line of Walsh, Luker and Painchaud who manufactured two goals in one shift that set the Blue comeback in motion. The line of Tilly, Casavaugh and Barkman followed suit and added a couple of their own and soon Green found themselves desperately trying to hang on, but Blue goaltender Kenny Bradley put up a force field around the Blue goal that left Green's talented squad scratching their heads. Meanwhile, at the other end of the ice Blue found ways to exploit a flat footed Green defense and capitalize on their opportunities. The Everett arena crowd watched in shock at the meltdown. With two minutes to go Green pulled beleaugered goaltender Sean "Fordy" Ford who had been called up from the minors earlier in the day to replace Kenny "Dino" Dean who was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation after his outburst in the court room at the White's Pond Duo trial(see photo)

. The move proved to be the final nail in the coffin of Green as Blue netted two empties which sent the crowd headed to the exits. Dunc "Coach" Walsh spoke with reporters just before boarding the team bus and said, "I called a time out and I told my teammates, "Blue doesn't quit! Let's stop doing rink turns for the sake of doing rink turns and focus on getting the puck deep and outworking Green." "Coach doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk", said teammate Tom "Shemp" Champagne. "When he picked up his game, we all began to tell ourselves that we can do this", said Gregg "Moose" Moffet. "You have to play the full sixty minutes", added veteran defenseman Ryan Brandt. Apparently Green thought they only had to play thirty. The Thursday Nighters will shut down for a week to prepare for the upcoming Pond Hockey Championships.