Blue Fin's Bistro Hockey

The Blue Fins hoped to exact a bit of revenge Wednesday night when they skated against the undefeated Ziggy’s team.

Just prior to the season….Mike Meehan chose to leave the Blue Fins ‘to play with his old team’.  Surprisingly though – the first time they played Ziggys this season – and saw Mike Meehan on the ice, his response was – “Well, you guys aren’t good enough.  That’s why I left.”

Despite the fact that Ziggys dropped to the C league because the competition was too tough in their original league, they did not see the irony of going undefeated….

The Blue Fins started the game with a lot of effort.  Every skater wanted to win, but knew it would take nothing less than hard work.

With a bit of razzle, and a dash of dazzle – Ziggy’s made the first two goals like easy – and soon after, scored a third to jump out to a three goal lead.

But thanks to a great poke check, Mike ‘Hammer’ Hofmeister stole the puck from Ziggy’s star player.  He made a quick pass to Dave ‘Move the Salmon’ Berent who slid an off-speed shot past the goalie.  (3-1)

But the Ziggy’s ringer took offense to Hofmeister’s steal, and proceed to put on a show – skating end-to-end and scoring.  (4-1)

 From there, the Fins lost composure and spent – or wasted – too much time trying to ‘even the score’ with the Ringer and Meehan. 

Not even two break-away goals by Jon ‘Youngblood’ Probasco were enough to keep the game close. 

Star players in the losing effort were Matt ‘Pinky’ Pusateri and Captain Mike McGee on the defensive side; while Wes ‘Restraining Order’ Gyure, Chris ‘CSI’ Biley, and Mike ‘Shaggy’ Horne shone brightly on offense.

The Fins’ next contest is Wednesday, 8:45pm, against Vincent’s of Raleigh.

After last week’s disappointing loss, the Blue Fin’s Bistro hockey team was looking to rebound against Carolina Ale House.  Coming into the game with a superior record, the Blue Fins were favored to win it.

The Blue Fins treated the Ale House like a health inspector with an axe to grind.  Jon ‘Mr. Hockey’ Probasco played defense, with an offensive mindset.  He repeatedly skated the puck out of his zone which he converted into the first two goals for the Fins.

 After Mr. Hockey made it look easy, the rout was on.  Wes ‘Choir Boy’ Gyure chimed in with two opportunistic goals.  The second he scored on a rebound - the initial hard blast by ‘Master Blaster’ Biley was too hot for the goalie. 

The rest of the Blue Fins defense played very agressively – Matt ‘Speed Racer’ Pusateri and Dan ‘Lock Box’ Fahey both repeatedly jumped in on the offensive rush. 

Goals were plentiful – Kenny ‘Scooby Doo’ Glanville, Rich ‘Smooth’ Kessler, and Biley all scored goals of their own.  Earlier this season, the Ale House’s regular goalie sudddenly quit – and the pipes were being manned by one of their skaters.  He was obviously chosen for his sheer size.  Unfortunately for the Ale House, his skills as a goalie were about as good as those of his college carousing days.  [single guy, likes Dungeons & Dragons, lives with his Mom]

The man who led the Blue Fins on this historic night, was Mike ‘The Body’ Hofmeister.  Entering this season, he held the record for goals and points scored for the Blue Fins, but his latest scoring drought had extended past a handful of games. 

Hof returned to his scoring ways by skating hard, lowering his shoulder, and crashing the net.  [It's all about hard work, boys and girls.]  The first goal was a blistering shot from the left side.  The second time he turned the light on was a power-play goal; the third was a snap pass from Dave ‘Cheese Fries’ Berent that Hof shoveled through the goalie’s pads.

 The Blue Fins doubled up on the Ale House by a score of 10-5.  They didn’t play their best, but they had more than enough and the game was never in doubt. 

 Their next game is against the Bulldogs – Wednesday night at 8:15 pm.