Halloween Slasher Strikes at The Doug

One could sense something sinister lurking inside The Doug last night. It took about ten minutes before Halloween reared it's ugly head in the match up between Green and Blue. In a game that featured the return of Dave "Tilly" Tillotson and Gregg "Moose" Moffet, fans were on the edge of their seats, which is usually the case when these two teams get together.  Green jumped out to an early lead, but Blue clawed their way back into the game. Green held a slim 4-3 lead when "The Slasher" struck.  Fans and players watched in horror as "The Slasher" targeted his victim Mark Rudz and slashed his $200. stick in half. Referee Phil "The Whistle" Lacasse was in a state of shock and did not have the presence of mind to call the penalty.   Splinters of kevlar littered the ice as fans screamed in horror. Blue coach John "Stuffy" Stevenson said, "I was sickened by what I saw out there. It was a brutal and ruthless attack and I had all I could do to not vomit." Minutes later Lacasse made a questionable call and awarded a penalty shot to long time sniper Tom "Berg" Bergault.  Berg slowly moved in on netminder Kenny "Don't Ya Love Em Madly" Bradley. Bergault pulled the puck back between his legs and flicked the puck passed the stunned Bradley. "It was black magic or voodoo or some kind of hocus pocus deal", claimed Bradly. Whatever you call it, a curse seemed to be placed on team Blue as Green had their way with Blue for the rest of the contest. Bradley faced two hundred and thirteen shots on the night. Every player on Green had two goals including goalie Kenny "Rebel Without a Rebound" Dean. Blue defenseman "Moose" Moffet also blocked forty three shots. "Wow, that was impressive", said Dean. "I didn't know Moffet could do that. Was he a goalie or something?" Referee Lacasse made his best call of the night when he evoked the mercy rule with one minute remaining in the game. Green starts the season at  four and oh. Blue drops down to 4th in the NAHL's eastern conference.
In the CCHL this week, The Windmill was handed it's first loss of the season, losing to B2W 6-5. Neither team ever led by more than one goal in the tight checking battle. "Flyin" Ryan Williamson had the hat trick. Travis "Gang Bang" Banga scored two and Mike Richards added the other for BWW. Windmill had five different goal scorers in the losing effort. Mike Spillane and James Mozkos had 44 saves apiece.  Earlier in the week, Cheers emerged victorious over Cimo's by a score of 8-6. With the score knotted at six, Cheers got the go-ahead goal with just minutes remaining. They added an empty netter to seal the deal. Cheers top line of Walsh, Laroche and Rackett led the way for Cheers. "The Cockroach" and Joe "What's That" Rackett each had a hat trick.  "The Timinator" scored a goal and five helpers. Tom "The Badger" Carroll scored twice for Cimo's as they came "oh so close" to that elusive first victory.  Matt Nadeau's search for his first CCHL win continues next tuesday against first place Windmill.
CCHL Goal Scoring
1. Gavin Faretra      10
2. Ryan Williamson  9
3. Corey Laroche     8
4. Mike Richards     8
5. Tim Walsh           7
5. Travis Banga       7