The Thunder opened the season on a day when there were few supernatural signs not to play -- other than the day-long torrential rain, the bruised tailbone to "I'm not Stewart" Copeland via falling on his stairs (due to said rain), the blown out tire for new D-man Irv, the blown out back of Martin "Decoy" Jansky, and the pre-game passing-out-while-urinating of yours truly, the Original Jansky.
So, whistling our way through this Biblical hurricane, er, Thunder, we opened our season with only two lines. But we scored four times -- two of them shorthanded!
Revelations from the game included:
Stenson's once-in-his-lifetime 35+mph slapshot (pounded home by Hoagland The Greater) preceded a whole game's worth of spinning and fending off attackers with his butt.
A very productive "Hoagland Sandwich" line centered by Adam, back from his nasty ankle injury. Each Hoagland netted a goal, which is slightly rarer than each Molina brother stealing a base in the same...season.
The dawn of a new approach to passing from Eric "Not Baby Lindros" C. Quoth Eric: "I found this new thing where if I look up when I pass, it helps dictate where it's going."
Feldmann got a shutout. That is not a typo: Feldmann got a shutout. And a damn-well-deserved one at that, though it pains Wiggins to admit it.
Newcomer "Sloppy" Rob defied the East Side scouting report on his sloppiness, and he even set me up for two home-run breakaway goals (that always earns the good graces of the recap writer).
The return of Mike "the nice" Kurtzeborn from a one-year hunting expedition. Quoth Mike: "I didn't catch nothing, but I can still pass you the puck."
After a summer of threatening to retire from organized hockey *as well as* banking, Jim "Where's My" Walker looked sharp and, according to Stenson, didn't fan on a single pass. But then again, Stenson is Walker's plumber now and is probably just seeking a good tip. Consider the source.
Wiggins' game has yet to show any ill effects from acquiring a girlfriend this summer. Give it time, give it time.
In all sincerity, Kev' truly did play outstanding in goal, and everybody hustled in one syncrhonized flow. Nice game, fellas.
It behooves me to mention that Mouser served game one of his two-game suspension for the incident last season when he compared a clueless referee's existence to what can only be euphemized as the act of intercoursing female genitalia. Apparently this is frowned upon in HNA, though I've yet to find the rule that spells it out.
Also missing, or at least missed, was Garrett with his offseason wrist surgery (but he still showed for pre-game rub-downs), and Warger, who obviously we're all just happy is still alive. Finally, team comic relief Spenard, who is now just a sub *sniff sniff*, was away at goalie fantasy camp (though he showed for post-game drinking and abuse).
However, all is not for naught, as Spenard's camp instructor Vinny Riendeau tells us "He's definitely the best North County-native, St. Charles resident, self-cursing keeper we've had this year...Or at least close to it, definitely."
With that, we hereby bring this initial recap to a close. Next game: 10:30 Tuesday, Oct. 24, Kirkwood, vs. Ice Men
Comments (1) for "Hell Freezes: Rammer Opens w...
4-0! I cant believe the Stingers or any team for that matter sucked quite that much! You must have mostly benched the Old Man D-Line of "hand me my" Walker and I'm Wiggen(s) "cause I'm finally getting some regular tail." Nice win regardless. I've always had the utility player's paranoia of getting cut, but now after that win, from the DL, I feel even more useless than a winger on one of Dom's launch into hyperspace breakaways, if that is possible. See you on the next one. Ah, right? Any one?
By Martin "Decoy" Jansky, the other white meat - 10/18/2006 12:47 PM
As you may have noticed, the site has changed. Sampa, the free-site host, did a version 2 of some sort.
Despite an FAQ that made it sound like allowing one's site to go through v.2 surgery would be okay, there were several flexibilities that surprisingly disappeared with the click of a button. (e.g. I cannot believe sidebars like this one are even narrower than before.)
And I'm told -- miraculously! -- that the conversion cannot be undone. Truth be told, I'm actually quite pissed. But free is free. Sampa has otherwise been good to me.
So I need to sort through site "features" to see how I can make do. Except that I don't have the time at the moment, in the middle of graduate classes and Lighthousehockey.com. (btw, I've removed that Lighthouse RSS feed so that you're not clogged with random Islanders hockey gibberish).
But I promise to touch up the accessories when I get a chance, and return to irregularly scheduled blogging.
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