Nothing Goes ‘Wright’ for Blue Fins (7/14/08)
The Blue Fins played Carolina Ale House in a battle for first place. Unfortunately, the Blue Fins were decimated by absence and had only three extra skaters on the bench.
The Blue Fins hauled in the first catch of the day when Captain Mike McGee blasted a low slap shot from just inside the blue line.
‘Easy’ E.J. Darisse put on a great show for all the fans in attendance and had several snap-glove saves. E.J.’s play put the Fins in the drivers seat, and allowed them to really control the game in the first two periods.
Ken ‘Scooby-Doo’ Glanville and Stephen ‘The Locomotive’ Tsotsoros teamed up to light the lamp mid-way through the second period. Tsotsoros carried the puck down the left side and drew the goalie to his post. Then he sailed a perfect pass to Glanville who popped it in the cage faster than Shaggy with a Scooby-Snack.
The Blue Fins, like spawning salmon, came out strong – but eventually the short bench began to take its toll. As the Blue Fins tired, so did the visual acuity of the Wright Referees. After finishing second in the ‘Father of the Year’ contest to Hulk and Nick Hogan, these two turned their skills to Hockey and the Blue Fins ‘reaped’ the rewards. After a 5-3 advantage was allowed to tick off the clock, several other infractions were ignored with a simple shrug of the shoulders.
Carolina Ale House handled the scoring for the rest of the game. Slowly, but surely, the Blue Fins lead and grip on first place faded away.
The game was just a few minutes too long for the Blue Fins who just ‘ran out of gas’. They drop their second game of the season and fall into a tie with Labatt’s for second place.
Their next game is Monday 7/24 at 9:15pm against the Weevils.