Blue Stymied

Team Green played a solid defensive game and capitalized on mistakes made by a frustrated Blue squad to earn a 7-4 victory at The Doug. Green played a complete game in all three zones and Blue was left scratching their heads. Despite getting excellent goaltending from Kenny "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradley who turned away sixty five shots, Blue couldn't come up with an answer for the Green game plan. "If it wasn't for Bradley the score could have been a lot more one sided", said Jack "The Jackhammer" Fraiser who was overwhelmed by the Green forecheck all night. On the other end however, the Green defensive pairings were flawless. Ryan "Silky" Brandt and Brian "Tilly" Tillotson along with Jim "Heathy" Heath and John "Bigfoot" Reagan stymied the Blue attack for much of the evening and when Blue did get scoring opportunities Andy "Gump" Doherty was there to save the day. Blue called for a measurement of Doherty's catching mitt, but referee Phil "The Whistle" Lacasse would have no such measurement.
Andy "BTO" Bachmann opened the scoring on the first shift and later added another. Jim "Heathy" Heath put the final nail in the Blue coffin when he jumped up into the play and wristed one past Bradley. Any "Gump" Doherty made the save of the game on Dave "Tilly" Tillotson who looked to have Gump down and out. Doherty reached his big mitt out somehow and kept the puck out of the net. "I was still sorta tired from dragging my nine point buck out of the woods, explained Tilly (see photo).

Green is now in sole possession of first place in the eastern conference. In the western conference it is Magenta leading the pack. Yesterday the NAHL announced it's 2012 inductees for the Legends of Thursday Night Hall of Fame. Topping the list of vote getters was Vic Stanfield who hung up the skates three seasons ago to focus his career on color commentary for The Beanpot. In the referee category, the Legends is pleased to welcome in Steve "Po" Potazak also known for his entertaining style as the announcer for Concord Crimson Tide hockey. The three other player selections to round out this year's class are Dave "JP" Palisi, Tom "TC" Carroll and Tom "Berg" Bergault. They will be inducted immediately following the game on December 13th at the Doug. Tickets are $20. at the door or $30 on line at www.thepuckingfiles.blogspot.com. All proceeds will be donated to Hockey Fights Obesity.