Blue Fin's Bistro Hockey

Amidst a confusing mix of dark blue and purple jerseys, you had to look hard to notice that there were two different teams on the ice. At times it was difficult to pick out the Blue Fins blue jerseys from the Mother Puckers purple jerseys – but this would prove to be the only trait the teams shared.

The Blue Fins played a complete game against the Mother Puckers with their biggest strength being passing. With nearly double the number of skaters, it made the Puckers short bench seem that much shorter.

Kenny ‘Scooby Doo’ Glanville got the puck to Rusin who wristed a shot directly at the goalie, and somehow it trickled in to give the Blue Fins the lead.

Once the Blue Fins grabbed the lead, they never looked back – scoring 3 goals in each period.

Joining his brother – Kevin ‘Two-By’ Mussler scored two goals and nearly earned a spot on the team

Skating with ‘Two-By’ – the ‘Muscle’ line was the Blue Fins best weapon. Playing one of his best games, Adam ‘Van Dam’ Hoover scored a goal by shooting a rebound high over the goalie’s blocker. Eric Mussler not only scored a goal, but played a tough, physical game that the Mother Puckers couldn’t match.

Regardless of what will finally show up on PointStreak, Mike ‘Stone Cold’ Papst played in goal and played a good game. He faced a low number of shots, and was too tough for the Mother Puckers. They did score two inconsequential goals late in the game – but by this time the game was well in hand for the Fins.

The reason Papst was lonely was thanks to a solid Blue Fin Defense. Dan ‘The Man’ Fahey, ‘Steady Gene Cookmeyer, Wes ‘The Hammer’ Gyure, and Captain Mike McGee not only kept their own zone secure – but they stuffed the neutral zone with traffic and guarded the blue line like a chastity belt on a princess.

Back to the first line – Rusin scored his 2nd of the night when Scooby Doo Glanville darted into the corner after the puck. He fought hard, won the battle, and centered the puck to Rusin. Later in the game, ‘Super’ Dave Berent caught a pass from Rusin and back handed it smartly past the net minder.

Rich ‘Hawkey’ Denisi was responsible for all of the goals on his line. Vlad ‘The Impaler’ Potapoff and Keith ‘White Shadow’ Locker may not have shot the puck in the net, but they fore-checked hard and assisted on both of Denisi’s goals. Denisi’s best goal was a shot from the slot that went top shelf and sent the water bottle flying off the cage.

The Blue Fins easily triumphed by a score of 9-2. Their next game is Monday at 8:45 pm against Chick-Fil-A.

Well after much procrastination and threatening ‘encouragement’, the blog is back…..

The Blue Fins ended last season on a sour note. Losing to Chick-Fil-A in the championship game wasn’t easy – and not in terms of physical exertion. Chick-Fil-A turned chippy and physical and threw in enough taunting to drive the Blue Fins crazy.

The lone bright spot in the game was when John ‘The General’ Allman ‘helped’ not one – but two opponents take a comfy seat upon their own bench. Confused? Well the non-PC version is that John checked two guys at once up and over the boards into their bench. You can imagine how angry this made Chick-Fil-A – especially since John skated away grinning. [Editor's note: This is my second favorite hockey incident ever - and is tied with the famous Twiss fight.]

This was the third game of the season and the Blue Fins were teetering with a 0.500 record of 1-1.

After the long lay-off because of Memorial Day, the Blue Fins looked like they hadn’t skated in 6 months. Luckily, the Nailers looked equally as bad – so the game was very even. Unfortunately for the few fans in attendance – it looked exactly like a C2 level game.

The teams traded goals in the first period. The Nailers struck first to go up 1-0. The Blue Fins responded with hustle and hard work. Dan ‘The Man’ Fahey pinched in from defense to help the scrambling offense. Eric ‘The Juggler’ Mussler finally scooped up the puck and scored.

In the second period, the Blue Fins took the lead as a result of more offensive pressure. The defense made it all happen – they held the blue line like the young dutch boy, Hans Brinker, saved his Holland town many years ago. Unlike Hans though, the defense didn’t need any help. They held the line and more. Rusin grabbed the puck and centered it to Mike ‘The Body’ Hofmeister. Hof fired a point-blank shot on net, but it was deflected. Rusin scooped up the puck from the back of the net and looked up to see Defenseman Allman in open ice. Rusin fired a pass a bit too hard, but Allman hustled over and kept in onsides. He fired and the puck hit the goalie. Rusin gragged it again and bounced it in between the goalie and the post.

The other two defenders kept their zone secure as well. ‘Steady’ Gene Cookmeyer and Wes ‘Eerie’ Gyure stopped several would-be breakaways and odd-man rushes, making difficult poke checks look easy.

Aside from a complete collapse by the skaters that ended in a fortuitous rebound goal for the Nailers – the Blue Fins best player was goalie Mike ‘Stone Cold’ Papst. He stopped a breakaway from the Nailers best, and also stood tall during too many melees in front of his net.

The game and poor skating dragged on and the teams were resolving themselves to a 2-2 tie, lucky to escape such an ugly display of hockey. However, with 30 seconds to go, the face-off was in the Nailers zone. Vlad ‘The Impaler’ Potapoff made a good play to keep the puck in his zone. Then Rusin, like a mule trying to kick his tail, backwards-golfed the puck past the Nailers net-minder to give the Fins the lead.

The Blue Fins win their second game in a row – 3-2. Their next game is Monday at 10:15 pm against the Mother Puckers.

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