Black Ice Hangover

 The 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship
took it's toll on the NAHL this week. What is commonly known as the Black Ice Hangover has once again reared it's ugly head. The only thing more important than 1883 Black Ice may be the Thursday Night playoffs. Yet fatigue from last weekend's pond hockey has shortened the benches for the two greatest teams in the NAHL. It's game one of the finals and you would think that real men would suck it up and don the Blue and Green no matter how tired and worn their bodies felt. Eddie Shore would have. So would've Gordie Howe and Rocket Richard. This is an era of pampered, overpaid guys who sit out a playoff game simply because their TIRED.  Thank god

there are still some players out there with the moxie to play through it because they know what is at stake. Capital City's Tom "Berg" Bergault, Andy "BTO" Bachmann and Jim "The Big Cum" Commerford (pictured at left).  Oak St. Boozer's Jeff "Hurricane" Cain or  Mike  "The Little Cum" Commerford of CHS 92. Clint "Eastwood" Casavaugh and Brian "Big Till" Tillotson of Cheers. , John "Bigfoot" Reagan of the Concord Hockey Club. Ryan "Silky" Brandt, Mark Rudz and Tom "Shemp" Champagne of the Turkey Pond "Assholes". Jim "Heathy" Heath of the Budmen. These are the names of the guys who gave it all they had at Black Ice and still brought it to game one of the NAHL playoffs. And no one brought it more than Mike "The Little Cum" Commerford (pictured above). He carried Team Green  to a game one victory, scoring six of Green's seven goals and assisting on the other. He blocked shots, forechecked, backchecked and filled the water bottles for his thirsty teammates. He earned first, second AND third star of the game honors. After the game he went up to Concord Hospital and visited a number of guys who had checked in immediately after the Black Ice tournament. A Little Cum goes a long way when it's playoff time.
This weekend, look for the CCHL week 16 wrap up along with final thoughts about the 2013 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championships.