Ice Hawks Secure Top Seed in the Playoffs with a Whimper

Well it wasn't exactly season defining, but all we needed was a tie to lock up first place in the league and that is exactly what we got, a 1-1 tie with the last place team. Talk about "getting the maximum with the minimum". I tell ya, we are a better team than that.

Our offense has gotten somewhat anemic in the last month and hopefully that will change for the playoffs. 9 Arakaki pumped in our one and only goal for the game and thank the Almighty (no, not you, James, the "other" Almighty) for that. I suppose that much of the reason for our lack of offensive output would be because we spent HALF THE FRICKIN' GAME ON THE PENALTY KILL. The stupid penalties, people, have got to stop. Not only do they put us at a disadvantage, it takes ice time away from people because for every penalty served in the box by the offender, there is someone on the bench chomping at the bit because he/she has to miss a shift and I flippin' hate missing a shift. There are incidental and good penalties to take and there are flat out stupid penalties that are the result of poor discipline or lazy skating and that is what I am referring to. 'Nuff said.

Notable Notes: 10 Lagemann padded his PIM lead by viciously decapitating one of the girls on the Stingrays. Listen Pal, leave the roughing up of the women to 44 Young. You are infringing on his reputation.

Roger has a new lady in his life. Roger also pulled his hamstring early in the game adding more credence to the well documented and scientifically proven fact that women weaken legs. It may well have been a ruse on his part to cut short his hockey night as his relationship is still in the more enthusiastic early stage of the romantic journey. Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge!! Go Roger, Go Roger!!

To all who were witness to the heated exchange betwixt 22 Arsenault and 16 M. Lachtanski (we were discussing the pros & cons of the designated hitter in baseball, for those who missed it), be assured that we have indeed Kissed (Sloppily) and Made Up (Eagerly)!! We're cool.

Richard, it has been real. Sorry to see you go (not as sorry as you are going to be 3 weeks into boot camp!!) Although it seems like a pretty extreme way to address a slight weight issue and if is not that and it is because you feel that you haven't traveled the world enough (they did tell you that you will not accumulate frequent flyer miles didn't they?) you could have tried to hook up with a cruise line. All joking aside, and this is to those who don't know the history of the team, Richard has been a large part of it (not another fat joke!) from the beginning and nobody has come as far in improving his skills and increased his assets to the team as he has. Godspeed Richard and I hope you get as much out of the military as I know you are capable of putting into it. Here's to pushups in the mud and KP!!!

It is playoff time!!! Let's go out and give it our best effort. Keep those shifts short (ahem!!) and keep fresh skaters on the ice so we can out hustle the bums and stick it to them!! Are You Ready? Fired Up? Good!!! Lets go get them.