Fin’s Still ‘Not Good Enough’ for Benedict Meehan (3/26/08)
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.