Green Climbs Back On Top

Behind the stellar performance of Kenny "Don't Ya Love Em Madley" Bradley, Green moved back into first place with a road victory over rival Blue. This was the last game of a four game road trip that saw Green earn wins over Yellow, Red, Teal and Blue and move back on top of the league standings. "We didn't start the season the way we would have liked", said Mike "Hipshake" Farrelly, whose efforts earned him second star of the game, but, we are back to playing good solid two-way hockey and it is paying off". The league experimented with a new two referee system, but league officials nixed the idea immediately following the game. "It was AWEFUL!", said Dunc "Coach" Walsh, about the officiating. "Phil doesn't work well with others", he added, "never did, never will". Much to the surprise of everyone, that "other" ref was none other than Dave Maznek, the oft-missing former player of Thursday Night Hockey. It had been rumored that Maznek was buried under the new floor of the Doug, but last night's appearance has many people now thinking that perhaps there is no validity to that claim. Maznek's long absence from the game was parodied by officials from the Black Ice Tournament with a game called "Where's Maznek" in which people are urged to find him somewhere in the crowd on the new Black Ice poster. Hint: He's not with Waldo. Last night's game however, had so many missed calls that it led many to wonder, where's Phil? The game was chippy and it came close to getting out of hand after an blatant hit-from-behind on Andy "BTO" Bachman, the speedy Green winger. "It was obviously intentional", said Tom "Berg" Bergault. "This guy Rudz has been getting away with kind of crap for years and his brother Moe always bails him out of any suspensions." "What is it going to take before the league does something about these kinds of hits", said Tom "Philby" Philbrick. "We looked at the tape many times last night and we saw nothing illegal about the hit", said Ray Charles, the head of league officiating. "That's BULLSHIt!", remarked Jim "Heathy" Heath after learning of Ray's assessment. Heathy was named the games number three star last night. Things went from bad to worse when Dave "Tilly" Tillotson began abusing both officials about what he perceived as a missed offsides call that led to a Dunc Walsh goal that pulled Blue to within one. " You don't talk to the ref that way no matter what you think the call should be", said Walsh. "It's uncalled for and I think he owes Phil an apology", he added. Walsh told reporters, "We should've beaten these guys. They are the softest team we've played". The remark raised the ire of Tilly who replied to it by saying, "For a guy who has never won anything other than six state championships, he should probably keep him mouth shut and his head up". Despite the ugly incidents that occurred, we can't over look the entertainment value of last night's game. Blue's comeback was halted when Heath put a perfect tape to tape pass on the stick of sniper Mike "Little Cummy" Commorford who caught Kenny "Rebel Without a Rebound" Dean off guard and fired the puck past the surprised goalie. The goal took the Blue crowd out of the game. Green called up rookie defenseman Dave "Don't Call Me Kent" Carlson who had been playing down in the Manchester Stick & Puck program. "I was little nervous at first", Carlson said, "but playing alongside veteran Ryan "Silky" Brandt made the jump to bigs much smoother." "I was happy with the way the kid played", said Gary "Toe" Blake. "I believe this kid will make his mark in this league someday", he added. Time will tell.