Blue Takes Game Four

"Joe" Farrelly clears puck away from "The Big Cum".

On Thursday Night fanatical hockey fans saw Blue climb back into the series with a 8-7 victory over long time rivals Green. It was Green's Jim "The Big Cum Commerford who was the first player this season to reach the fifty goal mark but, he  missed a wide open net late in the third period that would have tied the game, so league officials took his first goal away from him and he now has 49 thus far. Younger brother Mike "The Little Cum"Commerford lit the lamp twice for Blue which pushed his goal total to 49 plus he added an assist which puts him as the front runner for the Leebo Trophy for most points in the season. Phil "Commish" Stuart did not score a goal and drops from third to thirty eighth in scoring. Tom "Shemp" Champagne got back in the race with a goal and two assists and he moves into fourth behind Tom "TC" Carroll who carried Green with two goals and two helpers breaking the fifty assists barrier. Tom "Berg" Bergault had nine breakaways and failed to convert on any of them. He was struck in the cranium with a puck shot by Joe "Joe" Farrelly of Blue while Bergs sat on the bench with helmet in hand, combing his long flowing locks. "It was a wake up call for me", said Bergs. "If I had a chance on a tenth breakaway, I'm sure I would've buried it this time", he added. Heathy continues to lead all defenseman in scoring as he added a goal and three helpers to his resume. Dan "Lucky" Luker scored for Green and won 60% of his face offs against Mark Rudz compared to 90% that he won against Rudz in game three. Lucky failed to win a crucial draw at center ice following a Blue goal which caught the Green bench napping with only one defenseman on the ice for the face off. Rudz batted the puck with his glove to speedy winger Dan "Too Late" Early who DARTED into the vacated area with the puck and shot a bullet into the net passed Kenny "Rebel Without a Save" Dean. The goal moved Early from 134th place in the scoring race to seventh.  Early had replaced Dunc "Coach" Walsh in the line up. Walsh was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. "He has to do more", said Blue coach John "Stuffy" Stevenson. "I know what he is capable of but I'm not seeing it lately", said Stevenson. Will he dress for game five? "We'll see. It'll be a game time decision", he added.

CCHL Week Nineteen

Last monday Buffalo Wild Wings defeated Cheers 19-14. The Wings led by Clint "The Edge" Edinger
who found the back of the net seven times, which in hockey math equals two hat tricks and a sweat band. Kevin "Karate Kid" Karales added four goals, equal to one hat trick and a sweat band. Zac "Geisha" Guercia made his only save of the game for Cheers in the waning seconds of the game. It prevented B2W from reaching the twenty goal mark which would have earned them all free boneless wings across the street at B2W headquarters. Guercia is now the new manager of that restaurant. Cheers was led by "Green" Acres with five goals, "The Timinator" and "The Cockroach" with three apiece.
On tuesday The Windmill beat Cimo's 8-4. After being kidnapped last week, Mick Mounsey surrounded himself with reinforcements for this week's contest.  Cimo's dressed ten skaters for the game but failed to defeat the Mill despite the deep bench. "You Betcha" Faretra led Windmill with a hat trick while "Gang Bang" and Famiglietti each had a pair.  Alex Smith had all four goals for Cimos. With the trade deadline looming, there is talk that GM Brian Burke may send Joel "The Arsenal" Arsenault  to Vancouver for Roberto Luongo's autograph.
CCHL Standings
1.B2W
2. Windmill
3. Cheers
4. Girl Scouts
5. Cimo's

Goal Scoring Leader
1. Tim Walsh       41
2. Chris Acres      39
3. Cockroach       38
4. The Edge         38
5. Ed Caron         31
5. Travis Banga   31

Players with 40 Less goals than Tim Walsh
38. Jeff Cain
38. J. Stallsmith
38. C. Boylan
38. K. Marceau
38. Bloody

For the Love of the Game

Love was in the air at the Doug last night. Green fans were feeling the love for their beloved team as they took the series lead over rival Blue 8-6. It was the grind line that lifted the fans out of their seats. Coach Gary "Toe" Blake showed his confidence in his fourth line by giving them extra ice time and the move proved once again the genius of Blake. The line of Tom "Berg" Bergault, Phil "Commish" Stuart and Mark Rudz accounted for five of Green's eight goals and was a plus seven. "They are a checking line and whenever you get goal production out of them it's a positive", said Toe. "They may not be the most talented or the best looking players on the team, but they give an honest eighty percent everytime they're on the ice" , said team captain Joe "Joe" Farrelly. "They bring the lunch pail game in and game out. Sometimes they bring ham and cheese and other times it's tuna fish. There is always twinkies for dessert", said Andy "BTO" Bachmann of his fourth line teammates. "Tonight they brought roast beef and mash potatoes with gravy and tiramisu for dessert", he added. The trio earned fist star honors. Dave "Motor" Carlson was named

"Berg" shoots and he scores!

second star of the game for his spirited play at both ends of the ice. He had a goal and two assists. Jim "Heathy" Heath was named the third star of the game with four assists. He no longer holds the record for the hardest shot in the league however.
For Blue, Jim "The Big Cum" Commerford had two goals and two assists and he moves into first place in scoring with 49 goals and 48 assists. His brother Mike "The Little Cum" Commerford scored a goal for Green and has 47 goals to go along with 49 assists for second overall in the league scoring race. It is the first time that brothers have been first and second in scoring in the NAHL since the Philbrick brothers did it in 2007. Prior to that you had to go way back to 1938 when Pike and Barney Colgan were one and two. Tom "Shemp" Champagne who was sidelined with a pulled groin returned to the Blue line up but was held scoreless and has dropped down to 42nd place in the scoring race. Phil "Commish" Stuart had a goal and three assists and has moved up to 3rd place.
NAHL Point Scoring 
Player              Goals      Assists   Points
1. Big Cum        49          48         97
2. Little Cum      47          49        96
3. Commish        12          81        93
4. Tilly                45          47        92
5. TC                  43          48        91
* seventeen players are tied for sixth in scoring.      

Whatever It Takes: CCHL

Captor describes SI Swimsuit issue to Cimo's players. Cruel!

Buffalo Wild Wings were willing to do whatever it takes to get back in the win column. Even though they were taking on the cellar dwellers of the league, they decided to not leave anything to chance. Last monday night unidentified B2W players abducted Cimo's captain Mick Mounsey and several of his teammates and blindfolded them and brought them into the cellar at Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurant (named after the hockey team) where they bound them to some chairs with duct tape (possibly hockey tape).  At game time, only three players for Cimo's were at the Doug, so league officials had no choice but to declare a forfeit. "It was a good win for us", declared Clint "The Edge" Edinger. Unfortunately for "The Edge" and teammate Edward "Scissorhands" Caron, they earned no points in the goal scoring race and have fallen further behind the trio from Cheers of Walsh, Laroche and Acres.
On tuesday night Cheers went toe to toe with the Windmill in a battle for second place. It was a seesaw battle with Cheers battling from behind several times until the score was all knotted at nine apiece. With under a minute left in regulation Travis "Gang Bang" Banga scored his fourth goal of the game and that sealed the deal for The Mill. Teammate Gavin "You Betcha" Faretra had the hat trick. Cheers captain Tim "The Timinator" Walsh and Jamie Cotnoir each had three goals for Cheers. The victory moved The Windmill into second place and only two games out of first overall in the CCHL.
CCHL Goal Scoring Leaders
1. Walsh           38

Kate Upton on Lake Winnes

2. Laroche        35
3. Acres            34
4. Edinger         31
5. Caron            29
6. Banga            29
7. Carroll            28
8. Karales           26
9. Faretra            25
10. Robert          24
11. Arsenault      21
12. MacDougall  15

CCHL Week 17: Cold Wings and Geisha Love

The losing streak for B2W has hit four straight games as they dropped a nail biter to Windmill 6-5. Travis Banga led The Mill with a hat trick and Gavin "You Betcha" Faretra added two. Clint          "The Edge" Edinger scored twice for B2W.  Mark Crowley made 54 saves in goal for Windmill.
Ed "Scissorhands" Caron was held scoreless in his  return since serving a suspension.
On tuesday Cimo's almost made it win three for the season, but their bid fell short as they lost to Cheers by a score of 8-7.  Cheers has the top three scorers in the CCHL in their line up. Tim "The Timinator" Walsh and Corey "The Cockroach" Laroche each had a hat trick and Chris "Green" Acres had a pair. Tom Maher, who was called up from the UHL, scored twice for Cimo's.  Zack "The Geisha" Guercia earned the win in net despite making less than ten saves. A Geisha girl once showed Cuercia the five hole and then took it away.  "You contwol webound and I wuv you wong time". WHAT!  Sushi?

Game Two: A Tale of Two Penalty Shots

 It was referee Phil "The Whistle" Lacasse who played prominently in game two of the NAHL finals last night at the Doug. Controversial? Without a doubt! Blue had a one goal lead with two minutes remaining in the second period when Lacasse called a "Too Many Men on the Ice" penalty against Blue. Curiously, Lacasse awarded a penalty shot to Green. Green choose reliable sniper Jim "The Big Cum" Commerford to take it.
Cummy did not disappoint as he beat Kenny "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradly high glove side to tie the game. Blue defenseman Ryan "Silky" Brandt was incensed over the call and gave "The Whistle" an earful and was ejected from the game. He then challenged the Green bench, but could get no takers. Blue moved speedy winger Mike "Hipshake" Farelly back to defense to replace Brandt to start the thrid period. "Hipshake" wondered if he was actually "too sexy" to play defense.
 If you think he is too sexy to play on the blue line then you should write your congressman and let her know. Apparently Dave "Tilly" Tillotson didn't think so as skated around "Hipshake" and scored to give Green the lead. Minutes later, Tilly' stick whacked Blue's Andy "BTO" Bachmann in the mouth and knocked out five of Bachmann's teeth. Curiously, Lacasse awarded a penalty shot to "BTO".  Kenny "Rebel Without a Rebound" Dean stopped Bachmann who later admitted he was preoccupied with his company's dental plan while moving in on Dean. That was the difference in the game. "Tilly" added an empty netter to seal the deal for Green. The hometown Blue crowd let Lacasse know how they felt. "The Whistle" had to be escorted to his car by police. The first star of the game went to Jim "The Big Cum" Commerford for his success on the penalty shot. The second star was awarded to Dave "Tilly" Tillotson who had the hat trick and two assists. The third star went to "Kenny" who made forty one saves. Mike "The Little Cum" had a goal and two assists and takes over the league scoring lead ahead of Tom "Shemp" Champagne who left game one with a groin pull. He pulled his groin several more times and was unavailable for game two. Shemp dropped from first to thirty seventh in the scoring race. Dave "Tilly" Tillotson moved up fourteen spots into second place while steady Jim "The Big Cum" Commerford remained in third, one point ahead of Tom "TC" Carroll and sixty points ahead of Dan "Too Late" Early and seventy three points ahead of Dave "JP" Palisi.  Andy "BTO" Bachmann is in fifth, just one point ahead of Dunc "Coach" Walsh who is six points ahead of Ken McKinnon and Red Adams on the all time point scores list. Gregg "Moose" Moffet is in seventh , but Dan "Lucky" Luker is moving in on him. He moves into eighth, tied with Tom "Berg" Bergault, Phil "Commish" Stuart, Tom and Todd "Philby" Philbrick and George "Dumpin" Chase. "It's anybody's race to win", said Jack "Jackhammer" Fraiser. "It comes down to who wants "The Swoop" the most."
When it comes to the scoring race; find out if "The Timinator" can surpass "The Cockroach in the CCHL scoring race. Look for the week 17 CCHL recap tomorrow on the Pucking Files.

CCHL Week 16: Back From Black

What's going wrong with B2W? That's the question that is now buzzing around the Doug.
Buffalo Wild Wings has lost three in a row after a tremendous undefeated run for most of the season.
Following Jack Edward's Teeth threepeat perforrmance at Black Ice, the boys from Cheers defeated B2W 13-11. It was hat trick night at the Doug as hats rained down on the ice all night. Cheers got tricks from Tim "The Timinator" Walsh, Corey "The Cockroach" Laroche, Corey Cotnoir while Kevin "Karate Kid" Karales and Taylor Labell each had tricks for B2W. Jeff "Hurricane" Cain led Cheers with six saves from the D position and Zac "Geisha" Guercia had the other four saves. It should be noted that Cain also won the Vezina trophy at Black Ice, stealing the honors from Peter Tufts of Exeter. B2w missed suspended super sniper Ed "Scissorhands" Caron who is sitting out a two game suspension for not cutting along the dotted lines.
In the offense starved game two last week, Windmill defeated Cimo's 3-1. Craig Carrier scored to put Cimo's up one to nothing as Cimo's set the Mounsey trap and waited for their prey. Windmill was able to wear down the shorthanded Cimo's squad to earn the victory. Gavin "You Betcha" Faretra had a pair of goals and Dan "Ain't" Arndt sealed the deal with an insurance goal. John "King Tut" Tuttle made 64 saves for Cimo's, many were shots from outside the Mounsey trap.


CCHL Standings
1. B2W       12-4
2. Cheers       9-7
3. Windmill   9-7
4. Cimo's      2-14

Goal Scoring Leaders
1. Corey Laroche   32
2. Tim Walsh         32
3. Chris Acres        30
4. Ed Caron            29
5. Clint Edinger      29


The 2013 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship was a huge success. The cold weather was perfect for ice conditions. Many thanks to the city workers who prepared the ice for this great event. Many thanks to all the volunteers who put in many hours of service to the weekend's festivities. As always, a tip of the hat to Chris "Brownie" Brown for another spectacular pond hockey extravaganza. I feel sorry for anyone who had to play at the Winnipesaukee tourney. Dude takes your money and says, "there's the lake, go play hockey on it". No ice maintenance of any kind; No boards; No Hobey Sticks; No nothin! We are lucky to have the best pond  hockey tournament on the planet.
It was great to see the White's Park hockey rink finally restored to decent condition. The addition of the liner and the backstop fence was fantastic. Having the youth hockey games was terrific. I'm looking forward to the Concord/Brady game there sometime in the future. By the way; the ice is still in very good condition over at the park. There is some concern however that too many Hobey Sticks are leaving town. The Agawam team has been warned about the "high life". They will show a lot more class next time or else return the Hobey Stick.