UPPER VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE

ODDS:	Brewers by 2 goal
OVER/UNDER:	8 goals

Ahhhhh, it's a classic in the UVHL...Brewers vs. Nordiques. The Brewers have gotten 3 of their 9 wins much to the dismay of the Nordiques. They have put a 3-0 clinic on with only 6 skaters & beat up the Nordiques 5-2 & 5-3. They are gritty & smart and their goaltender Pete "The Meat" Bartline only seems to play well against the Nordiques, and it seems as though it's some sort of sword fight with the Nordique's Johnny "Temper Tantrum" Turner.

The Nordiques will be without "Super" Jordy McGee who will be on a wonderful binge drinking tour of the south. Without McGee, they lose a ton of speed, but the Nordiques may be lifted by the fact that they don't have to watch McGee miss on 8-10 breakaways in this one.

Look for the Brewer's Garren "The Hook" Poirier to draw a couple of calls, adding to his league leading 63 penalty minutes and almost double of any other player in the league.

The Nords are offensively challenged, despite putting up 7 on Hadley & the Dead River team last week, but honestly, if you don't put up at least 7 on him, YOUR TEAM SUCKS.

We're going with consistency here....Brewers 5, Nordiques 3

The Brew Crew & Nords faced off for the fourth time this year in another classic battle between two teams battling for the 3rd seed in the playoffs. The Nordiques(9-7-2) had lost all 3 previous meetings to the Brewers(9-9-0) this year.

The Brewers showed up with 8 skaters, which usually benefits their offense, but they were stymied tonight by a solid 10 man unit at the other end of the ice. This game had a nice flow to it with only one penalty call since the "PIM KING" Garren Poirier was out of town attending the "Ogie Ogelthorp Sportsmanship Conference." Also missing for the Brewers were Billy "The Kid" Fletcher & Matty "The Crowbar" Crowson.

The Nordiques were also missing a very important cog to the Nordique Machine, as Shawn "Wings" McDermott was on the can all night due to 3 cases of bad Buffalo Wings that he devoured in one sitting the previous night. Also out of town were Poli "The Nightmare" Nightengale & "Super" Jordy McGee.

The first period was tightly played with no penalties and each team potting a goal. The Brewer's took their only lead of the game when Nick "Gayley" Bayley struck first at 11:12 on a pass from his BFF, "Dr. McNoPass" Christian Isaac, who's only passing target is Bayley. The Nordiques tied it up on a nice D to D pass that let Mikey "Le Menage A Trois" O'Neil walk in to the hash marks and ring the post high blocker side on the Brewer's Pete "Loveline" Bartline. The ricochet off the post went right on the stick of the Nord's Ian "The Grin" Coates who fired it under a diving Bartline. Bartline was good in this one, but an unnamed source has stated that he has recently fallen head over heels in love, and that his dedication & 15 straight nights of light petting may be affecting his game.

The Nordiques struck in the first minute of play to start the second period on a faceoff to the left of Bartline. Ian Coates won a faceoff cleanly back to his left defenseman Kelly "Ankles" Park who fired off a lame duck of a knuckle puck shot that squeaked under the arm of Barty. The Brewers tied it up at 9:32 on an Aaron Mancuso to Jason Yehle goal. I can't remember this one, so if anyone can give me some feedback, fill me in. The Nordiques took back the lead at 6:17 on a turnover at center ice that Alex "The Canuck" Brands picked up. Brands stormed down the near boards on his off wing, made a quick cut back at the tops of the circles and fired a laserbeam of a shot under the crossbar of Bartline's glove side. Granted it was an amazing shot, and Brands used the defensemen as a screen, but it looked as though Barty was napping, possibly day dreaming about his future wife.

The Brewers opened up scoring in the 3rd period when Chris "Little" Johnson gave the puck to Alfonze "Fonzie" Sorrentino at the hashmarks. The Fonz made a nice move to his backhand and fired a 13 MPH backhander at Turner who was confused by the speed and atypical gyration that Al put on the puck.....we're going to call it a gyro-puck shot. Needless to say, the wicked backhander snuck through a gaping hole in Turner's chest to tie the game yet again, this time at 3 apiece. This is when the wheels started to fall off for the exhausted and short benched Brewers. Roger "The Dentist Drill" Phillips showed how dental school teaches you two things, Patience & Precision, as he scored an unassisted goal coming off the near boards on his forehand. Phillips, juked 3 Brewers cutting across the near circle and into the slot, dropped his shoulder, making Bartline drop his drawers, and continued on his way to the far faceoff dot where he had a clear shot at the open net for the eventual game winner and a 4-3 lead and 10:27 to play.

The Nordiques continued to dominate for the remainder of the period adding two insurance goals from Kevin Dwyer in the last couple of minutes. The first came when Park pinched in from the point and found Dwyer at the top of the crease all alone. Dwyer took the pass, faked a move to the far post, and brought it back to the near post as Barty slid out of position. The final goal was an empty netter with 29 seconds on another nice play from a Nord's defensemen, Drew "Back Fat" Crapser.

The Nordiques finally beat the Brewers, and earned a solid win here. They did it without leading goal scorer, Jordy McGee & defensive ANCHOR, Shawn McDermott. Yes, he holds everyone down!

 

Team:	Time:	Type:	Player:	Details:
1st PERIOD
BRE	11:12	Goal	Bayley, Nick(18)	Assist(s): Isaac, Christian(3)
NDQ	07:55	Goal	Coates, Ian(7)	Assist(s): O'Neil, Michael(3) Park, Kelly(15)
2nd PERIOD
NDQ	14:00	Goal	Park, Kelly(5)	Assist(s): Coates, Ian(9)
BRE	09:32	Goal	Yehle, Jason(1)	Assist(s): Mancuso, Aaron(5)
NDQ	06:17	Goal	Brands, Alex(9)	Assist(s): none
BRE	05:02	Penalty	Mancuso, Aaron(5)	2 minutes for Body Checking
3rd PERIOD
BRE	13:30	Goal	Sorrentino, Alfonse(3)	Assist(s): Johnson, Chris(17)
NDQ	10:27	Goal	Phillips, Roger(7)	Assist(s): none
NDQ	03:51	Goal	Dwyer, Kevin(8)	Assist(s): Park, Kelly(16) Brands, Alex(12)
NDQ	00:29	Goal	Dwyer, Kevin(9)	Assist(s): Crapser, Drew(2)

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JTStally Hanover, NH Registered: Posts: 159	No Jordy, No Joking Feb 23rd, 2010 01:11 AM Sure, he might miss 8-10 breakaways a game, but the 2 that he finishes could be the difference between winning and losing. He's also contributed to exactly half the team's goals, which means that if the Nords want to win this week, Big Sid needs to fill some big shoes and put up another week worthy of a POW Nomination.
The Dark Canuck Fairlee, VT Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 340	Big Game tonight Feb 23rd, 2010 09:51 AM Boys, huge game tonight, with playoff implications. The Brewers are officially our daddy. We need to man up, get that shovel out of the shed, and plant one RIGHT in the middle of their forehead. Nords win tonight...5-4 in a close one
hkydoc WRJ, VT Registered: Jan 2004 Posts: 517	HA HA HA HA! Mar 1st, 2010 12:18 PM Funny, funny, shit! I loved the one about me being sick from eating 3 servings of wings the night before, and the one about Bartline's 15 straight nights of light petting! HA! Great job, Nords! McD