Legendary!

This week both Blue and Green travelled to the west coast to play  their annual  game against a Western Conference opponent. Because of the late start (Pacific Time) we are unable to bring you the scores. Blue takes on Chrome while Green faces off against Rust. Next week however, Green will take on Blue at the Doug on "Legends Night".  Following the game this year's new inductees will be inducted into the Legends of Thursday Night Hall of Fame. They will join previous Legends Joe "Joe" Farrelly, Greg "Hernia" Fournier, Dave "Tilly" Tillotson, George "Dumpin" Chase and Kurt "Kaiser" Gillies.  New inductee Vic Stanfield will join Gillies as the only two players to be inducted in both the Legends of Thursday Night Hall as well as the German Hockey Hall of Fame. Both players are fluent in german slang, have been shut off at Octoberfest and have been featured on the cover of Blitzkrieg Magazine (which is the German equivalent to GQ).  Steve "Po" Potozak will be the first member to enter the Hall in the referee and officials category.  He will be remembered for awarding a  penalty shot  to Chris McCloughlin  in game 4 of the 2008 playoff finals. McCloughlin scored what turned out to be the winning goal for Blue. Potozak needed a police escort to leave the Doug. A replay of the call proved that "Po" made the right call even though the home town crowd didn't agree. He was a man of principles. He is actually a principle of a school. Go figure. The other three new inductees are current players who will be playing in the game on thursday (provided the coach puts them in the line up).  Tom "Berg" Bergault, Tom "TC" Carroll and Dave "JP" Palisi all learned the game on the ponds and lakes of their hometowns.  By the time they were teenagers they had learned to tie their skates by themselves.  All three came into the NAHL the same year. They came from storied programs such as the University of Wisconsin under legendary coach Badger Bob Johnson and Bishop Brady and their legendary coach Bud Lukern. All three players have made it to the finals every season since entering the league. Carroll and Bergault have also won Hobey Sticks at the Black Ice Pond Hockey Championships and Palisi made it to finals in 2011.  "TC" won "The Swoop" award for most goals in a season.  Dave Palisi won "The Murph" 7th player award and "Berg" won the coveted "Dick Pinch" award for most fun in the shower.  Although they are highly decorated, all three remain humble, god fearing men of modest means.