UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

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Bruins En Fuego again 4-1 over Tuck

I'll give you threee guesses as to who was the Bruins' best offensive player this week. I'll even give you a few hints. He is above average in hockey stature, but not against gravity. He is probbaly the single most improved player in the UVHL over the first three seasons. Seriously. And he won two Player of the Week awards in a row in December. Yep, that's right. Tony DeFelice, AGAIN! And that's Mr. EnFuego to you, fuckers! The funny thing is is that I think JT nominated Greg Hadley but not DeFelice for POW, although BOTH deserved nominations this week. Hadley shut down Tuck after letting in the first goal from Matt Waterbury at 10:55 of the first assisted by his linemates Gary Hunter and John Fox, Tuck's Super Trio and most dangerous combo. DeFelice answered at 7:46 on a goal from Bruins on-ice captain Jay Smith and defenseman Mike Harrington. Tuck's tenacious D got their first of 3 penalties in the game in the first period on Tim Weld's bodychecking penalty at 9:55, but the Bruins were denied on the ensuing PP. In the second it was only Big Daddy's freight train that found the net as Alec Jessiman scored a classic unassisted juggernaut goal at 9:14 charging in from the right point. It was only 2-1 for the Bruins at the start of the third period, and there were chances at both ends and saves at both ends. For some reason, still unbeknownst to this author, Tuck's center Gary Hunter was called for tripping at 12:49 while he had the puck in control on his stick for upending Don Powers. It was a phantom call at best, and the refs tolerated mild protests from the Tuckies, but were met with much worse after Mr. EnFuego absolutely RIPPED a slapper from outside the circle on the ensuing PP over the shoulder of Meg Becker fed to his fiery stick from Andy Holland. This changed the game, unfortunately for good, and not to the advantage of Tuck thereby negating any opportunity of a comeback. Waterbury added a hooking minor at 9:44 to his first period goal, protested (I didn't see it, so I have no comment), but his teammates shut down Mr. EnFuego and company to keep it at a 2-goal deficit. The second tenacious D penalty came to Alex Roomet at 7:14, which was fine, but there was an equally illegal non-call on the Bruins just beforehand. Luckily Tuck shut down the Bruins attack yet again. The last penalty tested the patience of all the players, fans, and the hockey knowledge of the Referee-In-Chief as Alex Tatum was given a tripping call purely on a technicality at 3:00. Tatum dove to block a shot and in the process of doing so took out the offensive player. As per USA Hockey rules, and I didn't know this either, the player is automatically assessed a tripping minor. Tatum went to the box shaking his head and lamenting, but Gove calmly explained the call and tried to ease Tatum's pain. Unfortunately for Tuck, Mike Harrington scored for the Bruins on the resultant PP at 1:21 from, guess who, DeFelice, and Jay Smith.

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
TCK	00:00	Goal	Waterbury, Matthew(1)	Assist(s): Hunter, Gary(1) Fox, John(1)
GMB	00:00	Goal	DeFelice, Tony(1)	Assist(s): Smith, Jay(1) Harrington, Mike(1)
GMB	00:00	Goal	Jessiman, Alec(1)	Assist(s): none
GMB	00:00	Goal	DeFelice, Tony(1)	Assist(s): Holland, Andy(1)
GMB	00:00	Goal	Harrington, Mike(1)	Assist(s): DeFelice, Tony(1) Smith, Jay(1)
TCK	00:00	Penalty	Weld, Timothy(1)	2 minutes for body checking
TCK	00:00	Penalty	Hunter, Gary(1)	2 minutes for tripping
TCK	00:00	Penalty	Waterbury, Matthew(1)	2 minutes for hooking
TCK	00:00	Penalty	Roomet, Alek(1)	2 minutes for hooking
TCK	00:00	Penalty	Tatum, Alex(1)	2 minutes for tripping

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