06/07/2019
PIHA SHINNY ROUND-UP FRIDAY JULY 5th, 3019
It was a pretty frustrating night of hockey. It appeared by the online sign-up that we had plenty of players. 2 late cancellations and a no-show later, left us shorthanded, with only 7 skaters and 1 goalie. Yours truly was further annoyed when Dennis, while admiring my skates, noticed that one of my blades was cracked all the way through.
We split up into two undermanned teams. DJ was the loan goalie. Team Black had 3 players, made up of Mike, Clint and Bomb. Team White had 4 skaters consisting of Dennis, Naka, Adiraek and myself.
Team White’s extra man should have given them a significant advantage in the 3 on 3 action, as we had the spare skater, and were able to get some rest while Black had nobody on the bench.
Mike obviously had some tricks up his sleeve. The earlier mentioned broken skate blade may not have been an accident!! After the game we also checked Naka and Adiraeks sticks. We discovered 2-way hinges had somehow been installed on the blades of both, explaining why every single pass to the tape to both of them had slipped straight thru!!
The game was an absolute slaughter as Black destroyed the White team, which could not overcome the handicaps imposed on them by the crafty German.
Naka brought the crowd to its feet with numerous fancy circular skating moves always in the opposite direction of play. While Adiraek showed gritty determination by trying to stickhandle thru the whole Black team every time he touched the puck. Impressive but annoyingly futile for a hockey beginner.
Anyway we’ll be doing a pre-game equipment check from now on. Hopefully we’ll have a better turnout next Monday.
Player/Saboteur of the Game: Michael Nakvachara Devious manipulation of the opponents equipment led to an easy lopsided victory. Well played sir!!
