Blue Smoke, Green Choke

Rebel Dean celebrates with Hipshake

 With the odds and the DECK stacked against them, Blue silenced their doubters by employing a smothering defensive system to shut down a potent Green attack and take home the NAHL Championship "Mobey Stick". It was Blue netminder Kenny "Rebel Without a Rebound" Dean who took home the first star of the game and given the "Mobey Faker Award" as playoff MVP.  "The Rebel was in the zone", said Joe "Joe" Farrelly, the wily veteran defenseman for Blue. "I think the nap that he took in game 6 helped him rest up for game 7", said Tom "Philby" Philbrick. "We just couldn't solve the Rebel's riddle tonight", said a dejected Mike "The Little Cum" Commerford. "It was my night! I coulda been a pretenda, but I'm a champion now.", Dean told reporters. Green started a formidable starting line up of Dave "Tilly" Tillotson centering Mike "The Little Cum" Commerford and Tom "TC" Carroll. They were backlined by Jim "Heathy" Heath and Jeff "Hurricane" Cain. Coach John "Stuffy" Stevenson countered with Mark "No Moe" Rudz centering Jim "The Big Cum" Commerford and Tom "Shemp" Champagne on wings and Dave "Motor" Carlson partnered with John "Bigfoot" Reagan on the backline. Blue held the dynamic five of Green to just two goals both of which were scored by Tillotson. The two goals gave "Tilly" fifty one for the season. Tom "Shemp" Champagne scored his fiftieth of the year which gave Blue a two goal lead right after Todd "Philby" Philbrick opened up the scoring for Blue. Dave "JP" Palisi gave Blue a three goal lead early in the second period and Blue seemed in complete control of the game. But, midway into the second period "Tilly" slashed "Rudz' stick in two which forced Rudz to go to the locker room to borrow another stick from "The Commish". It was then when "Tilly" got Green on the scoreboard firing a shot past Dean. Blue fans littered the ice with debris believing that Tillotson should have been penalized for the slash. Minutes later, the Blue faithful were lifted out of their seats as Tom "Philby" Philbrick scored to put Blue up 4-1. Green got back in game when Tom "Berg" Bergault scored to close the gap to just two goals. Blue answered as Dave "JP" Palisi scored his second of the game to put Blue up 5-2. Palisi earned second star of the game honors with two goals and an assist. Green, however, would not go away and with five minutes remaining Dave Tillotson scored HIS second goal of game when Blue failed to exit their zone with the puck. The goal gave new life to Green who pressured Dean. "Tilly" hit the goal post, but Dean kept focus and made a spectacular toe save on "The Little Cum". Green coach "Toe" Blake pulled goaltender Kenny "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradly in favor of an extra attacker, but Tom "Philby" Philbrick stole the puck and passed to brother Todd who shot into the vacated net and sealed the deal  for Blue. "It was a great win for us", said coach "Stuffy" Stevenson. "The Philbrick brothers played a huge role. That is why we made the deal at the trade deadline to get "Todd" back in our line up". Todd had been traded to Rust last summer, but when Rust realized they were not going to make the playoffs, they traded Philbrick back to Blue for two draft picks.  Todd and Tom "Philby" were both awarded third star of the game.

"JP", "Shemp", "Rudz"

"It was a complete team effort", said Dave "Motor" Carlson. "Everyone had a job to do and Green just couldn't find much room to operate out there".  Green fans were so confident that they would bring home the Mobey Stick that they scheduled a victory parade on Sunday. The parade will still go on however, so look for the Green crowd. Blue has scheduled their own victory celebration for today at 1 pm in front of the State House. Mayor Jim Boulay will be giving coach "Stuffy" the keys to the city. Downtown will be very crowded, so be sure to car pool.

Quill's Ministers of Defense

Last night in CCHL semi-final action, Buffalo Wild Wings defeated Cimo's 3-1. In this defensive struggle Chad Puzzo opened the scoring for B2W. Wings never looked back as Cam "Heathy Jr." Heath and Ian "2B or Not 2B" Hamlet each netted goals. Nate "Rainman" Raimo had Cimo's only goal. In game 2, The Windmill crushed Cheers 9-1. Chris Doherty, Bill "Hawkeye" MacDougall and "Gang Bang" Banga each had multi-goal games. Tim "The Timinator" Walsh scored Cheers lone goal. The finals will be Sunday night at 6 pm. at "The Doug".