Sandy Blows Doug

On monday night Hurricane Sandy made her presence felt in the Capitol City. Just when you think you cared about the NHL lockout, you realize that there are a lot more important things that affect people's lives. In week five of CCHL, the unthinkable became a reality. The CCHL commissioner Jeff "HurriCain" Cain had to pull the plug on monday's match up that was to feature undefeated Alan's versus The Windmill. "We lost power at The Doug, but players were willing to wear headlamps in order to play this game", Cain said. After careful consideration Cain opted to cancel the game because he feared the soft ice could be severely damaged and that could affect Thursday's big match between rivals Blue and Green of the NAHL. Cain, who has vested interest in both leagues, said,"I have to do what's best for the city of Concord and what's best for hockey in North America". No rematch has yet to be announced. On tuesday the CCHL resumed it's season when Cheers took on winless Cimos. Could Sandy blow Cimos into the win column? That was what their leading scorer Tom Carroll (no relation to "TC") was hoping for. Carroll did his part by lighting the lamp twice, but it wasn't enough to overcome a powerful Cheers squad. Corey "The Cockroach" Laroche continued his goal scoring tear, registering a hat trick that moved him into first place in the CCHL goal scoring race ahead of Clint "The Edge" Edinger who was idle this week due to Sandy's lap dance. Chris Roberge also had three goals as Cheers routed Cimos 11 to 6. Even after getting blown by Sandy "The Doug" held it's ground and hockey was saved in the Capitol City. However, not everything was spared; the skate house at White's Park was carried away by the hurricane winds of Sandy (see photo). Concord Mayor Jim Boulay and Park's supervisor Dave Gill met in an emergency meeting with Chris "Brownie" Brown who serves as the head of the Black Ice Pond Hockey Committee. Brown pledged that Black Ice Pond Hockey would build a new skate house at White's Park to replace the old one which landed on Donald Fehr of the NHLPA who resided in Oz. Mr Curtis was was found inside the skate house along with Dorothy and Toto. Mr. Curtis is now the fourth member of The Lollipop Guild. Black Ice will present architectural drawings of the proposed skate house at their next board meeting in November. Moe Rudz (pictured) and everyone here at The Pucking Files would like to wish you a very Happy Halloween.