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Thor Scores 2 legitimate Goals

Romeoville, IL
January 1, 2012

Attendance: 19

Poorest Turn Out Since 2008!
The Czar told the Duffer Teens to stay home because he was certain that our benches would be overflowing since we had 32 players in 2010 and 33 in 2011. Tweedy  was scheduled to play goalie for the AOL (Away On Leave) Anvil.  He reluctantly gave up his duties to Dan Smith, our Pittsburgh goalie.  Tweedy would rather play goalie than skate out with 4 lines, but we were all fooled and had to skate with less than 2 lines. 

We needed three more guys to have two lines. 

The Brain was back and snuffed the rumors that he was away skiing on a bunny hill with the Anvil. He was treated rudely by some of the tired and cranky Red Rovers.  Bill BTW gave him an ice shower when he was down covering the puck.  Later Beak dislodged a partially covered  puck and knocked it behind the net.  Beak quickly (If you can picture that) retrieved the puck and fired it at the Brains pads.  Brian was able to wedge it against the post until Mini Wheezer started poking at it.  That got Brian's "Irish Up" until cooler heads prevailed.  The following Regular Duffers that helped us get to 3 lines in 2010 and 2011 were AWOL: Stump, Fruitcake, Cup Cake, GI Joe, Alien, Bookie, Geno, Thor's Son, Rembrandt, Piggy Back and Dave the goalie.  The following Duffers were missing with legitimate excuses.  Brinks, Drago, Klinger, Knarf and Harvey, who lost his party hat.
It is hard to remember who won, let alone who scored after downing some beers, Crown Royal, Chili, cookies and treats, but
T&A came to the rescue with the following report:  The Czar had 2 goals for the Reds.  The second was a break away that Beak got a helper on when he banged one past a pinching Rags.  The puck hit our little referee, Dillon, who also got an assist.  Greg Z and Bill BTW also scored to give the Reds and Dan Smith  4-3 win.  Thor had 2 goals for the Whites that were set up by Tweedy.  Steve got a weird goal that started when Goalie Smith made a great save on a Tweedy break away.  The puck landed in the crease and Beak pushed it toward the corner, but it hit "The Diver" and headed toward the goal line where our Pittsburgh

goalie grabbed it as it was crossing the goal line. His momentum pushed it across the line. 





The last men standing. It looks like Thor needed a little help and Beak had a Duffer Halo.

I posted more picture on my Facebook Page

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These are the Duffers who can play with a hangover.

These were the last men standing at 3:30.  It looks like Thor cured his hangover with some Crown Royal and Beak got the Duffer Halo for his good behavior.

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Harvey was home looking for his 2007 party hat.

 
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My Brother's New Year's Day DVD just arrived.

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At 8X speed, we look almost as fast as the Hawks.

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Lining up for a team picture is always the toughest task.

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Thanks to Monica for taking the team photo and Dillon for controlling the unruly hockey players.

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Who forgot to turn off the showers and finish his beer?

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Dan has the second best looking hockey bag in the room.

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In the 2000's, two more "holes" were added to the hockey lexicon to define the underarm areas pucks can sometimes sneak through. The six hole is between the stick arm and the body, while the seven hole is between the glove arm and the body. Even though they are two separate "holes" both are sometimes referred to as "the seven hole."

Goals that go through holes 5, 6, or 7 are often considered to be the result of poor goaltending, or "soft" goals.

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Brandy closed the 5 hole.

 

Tweedy's 4 year old son, Luke,  made his first trip around the rink. Video is posted on Beak's Facebook page.

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They Had 2 WODs and a DOD on their team.

WOD=Wife Of a Duffer, DOD = Daughter of a Duffer

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