UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

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Potter ends Brewers dominance with a 4 goal 3rd in 6-5 win.

What a game this one was, as the undefeated Alcoholics(Brewers 4-0-0) faced off against an inconsistent Potter squad(1-3-0). It was a showdown for the ages and at times a bit of a circus act as some tempers were flaring, balancing on a teeter-totter of goal scoring. Potter got some solid play from Trey "Big" Schaft, who returned from an undisclosed injury for his first game of the season and contributing a goal and 2 assists in the win. Potter also received some solid goaltending from a Potter offspring as Matty Potter's Nephew, yes I don't know his first name, as the high schooler turned away 30 saves in his Mens League debut. Other Potterian contributions were from Bruce "The Moose" Hathorn(1g, 1a), "Wet" Willy Meyer(2a), Gary "The Goon" Smith(1g, 1a & 4 PIMs) and "Slick" Scotty Shaw.

The Brewers were one man deep tonight as "Dr. McSelfish" Nick Bayley "skated in circles and tried to do everything himself" as one referee put it. That may have been due to the fact that Christian "Roid Rage" Isaac was too busy scrapping it up with the other team and sitting in the box for 6 minutes with 3 roughing minors. The Brewers did receive some scoring help from Chris "Turtle" Johnson, Isaac & Chris "The Dish" Adams. Rumor has it that Chris Johnson hasn't slept since scoring his goal and has been sitting in a chat room reliving the entire play over and over again. The Brewer's netminding was excellent for the first 41 minutes as Peter "Swiss Cheese" Bartline turned away shot after shot. Then his mind must have wandered to some computer game back at home, or the internet porn he couldn't wait to get back to.....or maybe just visions of Bayley were dancing in his head. Regardless Bartline sucked balls for beer money in the last 4 minutes, with absolutely no help from his defensive corp of Danny "MASSHOLE" Charrette, Kevin "Cro Magnon" Calder, Garren "Sin Bin" Poirier & Joey "Death Threats" Lyle.

Potter started the night off on the right foot.....as opposed to the left...ha ha ha, that was gay. Anyways, Potter took a 1-0 lead exactly 10 minutes into the game while on a power play due to a Mike "Hooky" Hickey hooking call. The goal was scored by Kevin "Gullible" Guillbault goal, assisted by Hathorn and Schaft. That's all there was in the first, one penalty and one goal, but I'm pretty sure Willy Meyer was going 94 MPH all over the ice, Alfonse "The Fonz" Sorrentino was going about 38 MPH, Charrette was probaby only getting 2 miles per gallon of beer out there and Gary Smith was pissing off everyone on the Brewers team including their dead relatives.

END OF THE FIRST: Brewers 0, Potter 1
SAVES: Bartline(BRW) 8, Potter(PTR) 6

Try Schaft put Potter up 2-0 with 11:37 to go with an unassisted goal, that I'm sure probably resulted due to a turnover at the blue line by Charrette. The Brewers got the final 2 of the period behind great individual efforts and unassisted goals from Adams & Bayley. The remainder of the period was filled with 8 penalties; 5 roughing, a tripping, holding & interference. Things got a bit ugly and the Co-Commish had to remind players that it was Men's League hockey and NOT the NHL. Guys have to go to work the next day, and nobody needs a broken wrist. That seemed to work a bit.

END OF THE SECOND: Brewers 2, Potter 2
SAVES: Bartline(BRW) 14, Potter(PTR) 8

The 3rd period was initially DOMINATED by the Brewers as thye peppered Potter with 17 shots, many of which coming in the first 10 minutes with NOTHING to show for it. Potter added 11 of their own, but not until the last 4 1/2 minutes did they come out of their drunken stupor to play some hockey. Bayley started the scoring in the 3rd as he took a pass from Charrette up the middle, cut across the circles and beat Potter with a quick wrist shot high glove. Christian Isaac made it 4-2 just 7 seconds later, when Bayley won the faceoff at center ice through the centerman's legs cut into the zone and found Isaac back door with a nifty pass. Isaac handled the hard pass perfectly in what looked like the nail in the coffin for Potter. The nail was jarred loose only 13 seconds after that goal, 4:08, when Smith let a scorcher go from the blue line that beat Bartline through his gaping 5-hole. Bartline fired the puck into the stands at an unnamed heckler who continually chanted "BARTLINE, BARTLINE, YOU SUCK!!!"

The Brewer's Chrisian Johnson put his team back up by 2 off of a Joey Lyle pass and 3:15 to go. AGAIN, it looked like the game was over, that the Brewers were on their way to an undefeated season, but the feisty Potterians hammered home 3 more including the game winner with just 33.1 seconds remaining as the Brewer's absolutely fell apart. Potter's "Danimal" Dan Ammel struck with 2:15 to go to make the score 5-4, followed by a Hathorn goal assisted by Meyer adn Matt "Porta Potty" Potter with just 1:19 to go to tie the game at 5 apiece. I personally thought we were going to get our first shootout of the Mud Season until Potter's Scotty Shaw turned a defenseman and beat Bartline with a quick snap shot from the face off dot.

It wasn't a pretty game from either team, as both teams ruled an iron fist in their defensive zones through the first 2 periods. I'm not quite sure if it was an agreement by both captains to stop playing "the trap" or if the defensive units were just exhausted, but the last 4:28 of this game produced 7 of the 11 goals and it was AMAZING to watch. Should these two teams face-off again in the playoffs, I'll definitely be on the sidelines to watch.

END OF REGULATION: Brewers 5, Potter 6
SAVES: Bartline(BRW) 9, Potter(PTR) 17

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
BRE	06:24	Penalty	Hickey, Michael(1)	2 minutes for Hooking
PTR	05:00	Goal	Guilbault, Kevin(3)	Assist(s): Hathorn, Bruce(2) Schaft, Trey(1)
2nd PERIOD
BRE	09:37	Penalty	Isaac, Christian(2)	2 minutes for Roughing
PTR	08:55	Penalty	Smith, Gary(3)	2 minutes for Roughing
BRE	08:55	Penalty	Poirier, Garren(6)	2 minutes for Roughing
BRE	08:18	Goal	Adams, Chris(3)	Assist(s): none
PTR	07:44	Penalty	Potter, Matt(4)	2 minutes for Tripping
BRE	06:08	Penalty	Isaac, Christian(3)	4 minutes for Roughing
BRE	05:06	Penalty	Poirier, Garren(7)	2 minutes for Holding
PTR	04:15	Penalty	Smith, Gary(4)	2 minutes for Interference
PTR	01:37	Goal	Schaft, Trey(1)	Assist(s): none
BRE	00:44	Goal	Bayley, Nick(6)	Assist(s): none
3rd PERIOD
BRE	04:28	Goal	Bayley, Nick(7)	Assist(s): Charette, Dan(2)
BRE	04:21	Goal	Isaac, Christian(4)	Assist(s): Bayley, Nick(16)
PTR	04:08	Goal	Smith, Gary(3)	Assist(s): Shaw, Scott(2)
BRE	03:15	Goal	Johnson, Chris(2)	Assist(s): Lyle, Joe(5)
PTR	02:15	Goal	Ammel, Robert(5)	Assist(s): Schaft, Trey(2)
PTR	01:19	Goal	Hathorn, Bruce(2)	Assist(s): Meyer, Will(7) Potter, Matt(6)
BRE	01:05	Penalty	Charette, Dan(1)	2 minutes for Holding
PTR	00:33	Goal	Shaw, Scott(5)	Assist(s): Meyer, Will(8) Smith, Gary(3)

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hkydoc WRJ, VT Registered: Jan 2004 Posts: 517	Ha ha ha ha! This write-up is AWESOME! Apr 14th, 2008 08:09 PM PARK! I'm not even halfway through this write-up and I had to get up out of my computer porn chair three times laughing! HILARIOUS, and I'm not even done yet! Hey, where can I get a splash guard?
hkydoc WRJ, VT Registered: Jan 2004 Posts: 517	Best nicknames yet! Apr 14th, 2008 08:14 PM This write-up features the BEST nickname assignments yet in the history of the Kelly Park write-up era! BRILLIANT! I loved the "only gettin' 2 miles per gallon of beer", too. Great job, Park! Worth the wait, as always!