Blue Finds Their Mojo

It took eight weeks, a new coach and a new gm, but Blue finally got a win this season. Getting off to their worst start in franchise history, Blue ownership decided it was time to overhaul the team and it paid dividends immediately. Former Blue standout Tom "Painch" Painchaud was behind the bench for the first time since replacing John "Stuffy" Stevenson. New gm Mike "Garbo" Garafalo shuffled the deck and put a new faster line up on the ice. Green was used to having their way with Blue this season. Green seemed to be in shock as they watched Blue skate around them all night long. Goaltender Kenny "Rebel Without a Rebound" Dean faced seventy shots and stopped sixty one of them. Dean saw more rubber than an assembly line worker at a condom factory. Down at the other end of the ice, Kenny "Don't Ya Glove Em Madly" Bradley was stellar between the pipes. Bradley was flashing the glove all night long, robbing point blank shots from "TC" Carroll, Clint "Eastwood" Casavaugh and Jim "Heathy" Heath. It wasn't until the third period that Green finally broke the shut out bid when Joe "Joe" Farrelly rifled a slapshot from the point to light the lamp. Bradley earned first star of game for his stellar play. Ryan "Silky" Brandt was named second star of the game. Brandt had two goals and two assists and played shut-down D all game long. Chris "Brownie" Brown also scored a pair from his blue line position and his rough physical play kept Green away from Bradley's crease. Brownie's play earned him third star honors. Blue got off to an early 2-0 lead, but they blew the game wide open when Phil "The Whistle" Lacasse called Green for "Too Many Men on the Ice". Blue went to work on the powerplay and moved the puck with ease around the offensive zone. They scored to go up 3-0. "It just seemed to open the flood gates for us", said new coach Tom "Painch" Painchaud. Blue piled it on as Green was back on their heels for the rest of the game. Green added a couple of meaningless goals at the end to make the score 9-3. "If it wasn't for Dean, we could've have scored twenty last night", said Andy "BTO" Bachmann. "It felt good to get that first win under our belts", said Painch. "There is still plenty of time left in the season to get back into the playoff hunt", said new GM Mike "Garbo" Garafalo. Tom  "Thumb" Flanders suffered his first loss as a coach in the NAHL. "I think we learned that you can't take a night off in this league. It's just not an option". .............................................................................

  

Week 9 in the CCHL saw Cimo's win streak come to an end. After an amazing one game run, Cimo's finally came back down to earth when Matt "Nads" Nadeau was reinserted into the line up. "Nads" is still searching for his first career CCHL victory. The story has grown so big now that it's like a media circus whenever Nads takes to the ice. In Russia he is known as "Nadia". In North Korea he is called "Wong Chi" which translates to "man without victory".  In Saudi Arabia he is referred to as "Abu Saha" which means "no wind".  BWW made it four wins in a row by defeating Cimo's 8-4. BWW has won four in a row and are unbeaten in their last seven. "Flyin" Ryan Williamson found the back of the net four times and league leading goal scorer Mike Richards scored twice. For Cimo's it was Phil "The Whistle" Lacasse and Tom "Badger" Carroll eaching lighting the lamp twice. BWW sits atop of the CCHL standings.
In game two, fans were treated to a nail-biter. Windmill hung on to defeat Cheers 4-2. Both teams got stellar goaltending from their backstoppers. The veteran Mark "The Wall" Crowley was solid for Cheers and James "The Wizard of Moz" Mozkos was equal to the task for The Mill. Captain Gavin "You Betcha" Faretra had a pair of goals for Windmill including an empty netter to seal the deal in the waning moments of this tight checking affair. "Hawkeye" MacDougal and "Slick" Nick Lacasse also scored for The Mill. For Cheers, it was "The Timinator"  and "The Cockroach" who found the back of the net. "The Wizard of Moz" showed a little magic in the final minute of the game by keeping the puck out of the net during a scramble in front just before Faretra put the game on ice by scoring into the vacated Cheer's goal.

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CCHL Standings
1. BWW     13 pts
2. Windmill 12 pts
3. Cheers      9 pts
4. Cimo's      2 pts

Goal Scoring
1. Richards   21
2. Faretra     21
3. Williamson  20
4. Laroche   18
5. Walsh  13