Thursday Night Puckers to Open Season in Europe

Officals from Thursday Night Hockey announced yesterday that they would be opening the season on September 8th in Copenhagen, Denmark where defending champs Green will take on long-time rivals Blue. The two teams will then travel to Brussels, Belgium where they will play on the 15th before returning to "the Doug" where they will meet again for the first time since Green defeated Blue in the finals last march. "We are very excited about this", said Joe "Joe" Farrelly, the head of the players association who went to Denmark last month in order to put this deal together. Karl Largerhead, the president of the Danish Sports Adminstration and an admitted admirer of Thursday Night Hockey made the announcement on Danish TV. "Vee ur hoppy to heve Turdee Neet Honky ply un der mutterlund", he said. I bet you are Karl! The league also sent Tom "Philby" Philbrick to Belgium to arrange game 2 there because of Philby's long ties with that country and the fact that he is fluent in Belginium. Philby's wife is from Belgium. The two met while Philby was playing minor league hockey for the Bruges Bruisers. He also convinced the team's owner to purchase Anheuser Bush. I'm sure he's glad he took Philby's advice on that! Tickets are available for a package deal that includes airfare, hotel and tickets to the games at the Everett Arena box office.