Three In Row For Blue

Blue dodged a Green comeback last night at The Doug and the win moved them into a tie with their rival Green for second place in the Eastern Conference. It's three in a row for Blue over Green which has left many fans feeling blue and coach "Toe" Blake scratching his head. "We got off to a terrible start and tried to play "ketchup" all night", said a frustrated coach Blake. Our first line played well, but they had no support from the second and third lines". Blue took a 3-0 lead into the locker room after the first period. Mike "The Little Cum" Commerford finally got Green on the board in the second, but Blue came right back when Dave "Tilly" Tillotson scored. Blue had a 5-2 lead going into the third and they had taken the Green crowd out of it. "It was so quiet in there that you would have thought the place was empty", said Dave "JP" Palisi. Green ramped it up in the third as the line of Commerford, Rudz and "BTO" Bachmann lit the lamp several times to close the gap and Blue began to feel the pressure. A pivotal moment came when referee Billy "Hawkeye" McDougal awarded Green a penalty shot. Green coach Gary "Toe" Blake looked down to the end of the bench and called out Russian badboy Alexander Rudulov who has seen little ice time since joining the NAHL. Rudulov came through with a "Savardian spin-o-rama that brought the crowd to it's feet and brought Kenny "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradley to his seat. "I thought he was headed off the ice to vomit or something", said Bradley, "but then he just turned around and stuffed it in". "Are you allowed to do that?, he added.

The goal pulled Green within one and on the very next shift Andy "BTO" Bachmann scored to tie the contest with two minutes remaining in regulation. The Green crowd was delirious as the clock was running down, but, Dave "Motor' Carlson (pictured) rained on their parade when he ripped a boomer past Andy "Gump' Doherty which deflated the crowd. Clint "Eastwood" Casavaugh drove the final nail in the Green coffin with a top shelf wrist shot and the jubilant Blue squad headed to the locker room victorious. Mike "The Little Cum" Commerford was named third star of the game for registering five points in the loss. Dave "Motor" Carlson was named second star for scoring the winning goal in the Blue victory, but it was Tom "TC" Carroll who was sidelined with a groin injury he suffered at Zumba class in Bidderford, Maine who was named first star of the game for bringing six pizzas into the locker room after the game. "He is going to make people forget "The Kaiser" with moves like that", said Tom "Philby" Philbrick. "He's a team player", added league leading scorer Phil "Commish' Stuart. "One thing that "Badger Bob" taught us at Wisconsin is that if you can't contribute on the ice then contribute off the ice", said a humble Carroll after learning he was named star of the game.

Blue brought up rookie John Reagan to replace Kurt "Kaiser" Gillies on the blue line after Gillies announced his retirement in order to pursue his dream of competing in the Kentucky Derby. Reagan (pictured just before the hazing) was relieved that Blue was able to skate away with the victory and the traditional rookie hazing wasn't as bad as he expected. "The guys heated up a skate blade with a torch and burned the letters NAHL on my buttocks and then made me run through the gauntlet while slashing me with their hockey sticks. It really wasn't that bad he told reporters as he was wheeled out on a gurney to the waiting ambulance. It's great to be part of the team!"