Suds circle drain....self inflicted loss.

Schlitz(5) vs Tigers
Tuesday June 12th 10:00pm Hingham A
3-1 Loss.

Another tough night at the rink in a season that is quickly turning sour for our heroes in Yellow. By all accounts a very tight game with strong efforts by everyone involved. It seems the Schlitz led the game 1-0 for most of the evening. A few penalties here and there but nothing major, a number of scoring chances but (reccurring theme alert) no finishing touch.
Skating with the lead with about 9:00min remaining the Tigers gained an odd man rush and scored to tie the game. That is apparently when the (reccuring theme alert 2) Gamma Bomb went off.
Apparently immediately after advising M.Campbell to "Be Cool" Pete Capraro ran into some difficulty. Several eyewitness accounts couldn't describe the origin of the incindent but everyone saw the result. "Yard Sale" Capraro went toe to toe with a big defenseman from the Tigers.
Here's one acocunt:
"I see Capraro skating towards their guy swinging his fists like a Rock'Em-Sock'Em, landing body and head blows. "

Here's another:
"...but he did his best impression of a Hanson Brother. A tossed stick, a take down and a kick later; he was escorted to an early shower."

Ok lets here from (hmm cant decide if "Yard Sale" or "Gamma Boy" is better) the man himself. I personally like the "talk like Hulk" bit.... Here it is from a day after email:
"Jump off bench, skate toward zone, freight train slams my body, feet far
above head, back of head hits ice before any body part, come to, attack
other man, other man lands on top of me, I kick him with my skate in
gut, I very mad, I throw stick at wall, I tell ref to call penalty, ref
says we have to work, I say not by allowing freight trains on ice, I
escorted off ice, I pack bags angrily, I come out of locker room, I
throw bag against glass, I leave.
I come to about 1:31PM this afternoon."

Excellent recap. Unfortunate timing. The Tigers score the go ahead on the ensuing powerplay, then add an empty netter in the waning minutes. Once again we die from a self inflicted wound. A tough one to take in what sounded like a winnable game. In all seriousness we really need to remember to keep our heads and stay on the ice if we want to have a chance at winning some of these games. We all get carried away sometimes(this was just Pete's moment) and its hard with the competitive juices flowing I know(I've been known to say and do some foolish things too), but we need all of our skaters to come away with a W. All we can do is try our best. Lets keep at it.

I'm thinking no stars on this one. But we will give out some Kudos....
1st mention: DWH#39. The only goal....unassisted.
2nd mention: The formerly missing goalie. Again a solid night inbetween the pipes, keeping us in the game. At some point we will muster some run...err goal support for him.
3rd mention: Probably an update in 'Coon's corner this morning.
4th mention: There were several complaints to managment about the lack of beer for this game. The Management of Schlidaver Industries wishes to express a heartfelt apology to all those left thirsty at the end of this game. Watch the blog for a new "Beer Czar/Roster" feature....coming soon.
5th mention: Thanks go out to all contributers to the blog. MC, iJ, KM, ....PC. Your emails are essential to construction of this space.
Better luck next time Suds....lets get this thing together before the season really does circle the drain.