Weekend 2 - Ellenton, FL
The J.P. Igloo is now called the Ellenton Sports Arena or something. The drive up was rather smooth, if you don't count the traffic up I-75 for absolutely no reason. I was in Munter's car w/ Jake and Necker and they brought a tv and an xbox which would've bankrupted the vehicle of all it's electricity. Instead, they sung along to the religious rock station for the 2nd half of the excursion.
VS Charlotte (D1)
Charlotte has this 50 point scorer named Lorusso. The next best guy on that team has 21 points. This Lorusso guy is a shrimp, but fast (although that describes most of the Charlotte team). We did a wonderful job holding Lorusso to a measly 4 goals, 2 assists, so that was impressive. Alex kept us in this game with 4 or 5 goals (unclear, as you will see, referees no longer give a shit about the rules of hockey nor proper statistic logging). Let's address this issue for a second...a few months back I was surprised to see that both Hartman and his arch-nemesis, Jorge, are both registered with jersey #21. We all know this is George's fault but nobody seems to want to/be able to fix this mishap. A couple of months and 3 phantom George goals later, and Alex is prepared to quit the team. Well, not yet...We lose by two goals in this game, but the game is represented on the SECRHL site as a 7-7 stalemate. Superb.
VS Florida International (D1)
The superfans (Lee, Deana, Whitney) showed up in time for this eventual 11:00PM faceoff. This game almost echoed the scrimmage. We didn't play nearly as badly in the beginning, but we didn't have penetration until well into the 2nd period. SECRHL decided to be fruit roll-ups and didn't post ANY stats, other than the unofficial, 7-3 rape tally. My goal in this one was off of a nice drop pass by one Christopher Falce. Using "the experience" as a screen, I picked the top right corner. Now that the stats probably will never be posted, I may never catch up to Corpse in the scoring race...major props to his SEVEN-GOAL opening weekend. Retarded.
VS Embry-Riddle (DII)
8:00AM. Embry-fuckin-Riddle. They have gotten better (I guess), but few things are worth getting up at 8AM for. It did make us feel better though when we walked into the rink and saw USF and Charlotte tangling along the boards in their 7AM game. ERAU stayed with us for what seemed like an eternity, until insertion was achieved. Although the statistical inaccuracies in this final score were epic, the lone goal in our 1-0 nailbiter was notched by Jake "Flader FLAAAAD!" Flader. I have no complaints.
VS Florida (D1)
We're tired, we're aching, and we're a little regretful for not taking our chance when we had it against Charlotte. Necker's been welcoming blame ever since that game for what was either a post office shot or just a shot he didn't lift over their goaltender. Then in comes Lance. In arguably his shining moment of his brief you-guys-have-only-been-skating-together-for-3-weeks Miami coaching career, basically wants to play the entire game as if we were shorthanded. We're going to play a passive box, let Florida come into our end, and give them no quality scoring opportunities. It feels strange and very uncomfortable playing this passively, but we understood that it must've drove Florida even more crazy. Nobody gets between Falce and Steelers AFC Championship games. As his boys were in the first quarter of their game against Indianapolis, Falce wasted no time putting us on the board. Our bench was pumped, and so was Chris, who following the goal greeted the Florida bench with a good ol' man scream. Why after the first goal? We may never know. Eventually, with help from a couple of odd man rushes and breakaways, we got out to a quick 3-0 head start on the Gators, which we knew we would need. The whole game was dominated by Florida, but their shots were either shot directly at Munter or shot over the net. This was a game up til the very end, because the Gators slowly made up the ground they lost at the beginning of the game, but they were running out of time. With about 4 minutes left, they netted 2 or 3 goals to tie the score with about 1:30 left. At this point, we're just making sure we don't completely hand the game over to them, but the puck makes a good bounce and Necker heads up the court and into their zone. He decides to let one fly and buries it at just about the :42 mark. I remember hearing someone say "That can't be good for his ego". But everyone's amped up anyway. We later found out that the Gators were utilizing their backup goaltender, which would explain why he was leaning on the crossbar at the time Necker shot the puck, as well as why Falce picked the same top right corner breakaway after breakaway and scored on practically all of them. Whatever, we'll take the win. Specific stats not available courtesy of SECRHL, but the final score was correct: 7-6 Miami.
VS Charlotte (D1)
Charlotte has this 50 point scorer named Lorusso. The next best guy on that team has 21 points. This Lorusso guy is a shrimp, but fast (although that describes most of the Charlotte team). We did a wonderful job holding Lorusso to a measly 4 goals, 2 assists, so that was impressive. Alex kept us in this game with 4 or 5 goals (unclear, as you will see, referees no longer give a shit about the rules of hockey nor proper statistic logging). Let's address this issue for a second...a few months back I was surprised to see that both Hartman and his arch-nemesis, Jorge, are both registered with jersey #21. We all know this is George's fault but nobody seems to want to/be able to fix this mishap. A couple of months and 3 phantom George goals later, and Alex is prepared to quit the team. Well, not yet...We lose by two goals in this game, but the game is represented on the SECRHL site as a 7-7 stalemate. Superb.
VS Florida International (D1)
The superfans (Lee, Deana, Whitney) showed up in time for this eventual 11:00PM faceoff. This game almost echoed the scrimmage. We didn't play nearly as badly in the beginning, but we didn't have penetration until well into the 2nd period. SECRHL decided to be fruit roll-ups and didn't post ANY stats, other than the unofficial, 7-3 rape tally. My goal in this one was off of a nice drop pass by one Christopher Falce. Using "the experience" as a screen, I picked the top right corner. Now that the stats probably will never be posted, I may never catch up to Corpse in the scoring race...major props to his SEVEN-GOAL opening weekend. Retarded.
VS Embry-Riddle (DII)
8:00AM. Embry-fuckin-Riddle. They have gotten better (I guess), but few things are worth getting up at 8AM for. It did make us feel better though when we walked into the rink and saw USF and Charlotte tangling along the boards in their 7AM game. ERAU stayed with us for what seemed like an eternity, until insertion was achieved. Although the statistical inaccuracies in this final score were epic, the lone goal in our 1-0 nailbiter was notched by Jake "Flader FLAAAAD!" Flader. I have no complaints.
VS Florida (D1)
We're tired, we're aching, and we're a little regretful for not taking our chance when we had it against Charlotte. Necker's been welcoming blame ever since that game for what was either a post office shot or just a shot he didn't lift over their goaltender. Then in comes Lance. In arguably his shining moment of his brief you-guys-have-only-been-skating-together-for-3-weeks Miami coaching career, basically wants to play the entire game as if we were shorthanded. We're going to play a passive box, let Florida come into our end, and give them no quality scoring opportunities. It feels strange and very uncomfortable playing this passively, but we understood that it must've drove Florida even more crazy. Nobody gets between Falce and Steelers AFC Championship games. As his boys were in the first quarter of their game against Indianapolis, Falce wasted no time putting us on the board. Our bench was pumped, and so was Chris, who following the goal greeted the Florida bench with a good ol' man scream. Why after the first goal? We may never know. Eventually, with help from a couple of odd man rushes and breakaways, we got out to a quick 3-0 head start on the Gators, which we knew we would need. The whole game was dominated by Florida, but their shots were either shot directly at Munter or shot over the net. This was a game up til the very end, because the Gators slowly made up the ground they lost at the beginning of the game, but they were running out of time. With about 4 minutes left, they netted 2 or 3 goals to tie the score with about 1:30 left. At this point, we're just making sure we don't completely hand the game over to them, but the puck makes a good bounce and Necker heads up the court and into their zone. He decides to let one fly and buries it at just about the :42 mark. I remember hearing someone say "That can't be good for his ego". But everyone's amped up anyway. We later found out that the Gators were utilizing their backup goaltender, which would explain why he was leaning on the crossbar at the time Necker shot the puck, as well as why Falce picked the same top right corner breakaway after breakaway and scored on practically all of them. Whatever, we'll take the win. Specific stats not available courtesy of SECRHL, but the final score was correct: 7-6 Miami.
posted by Eric at 1/24/2006 07:05:00 PM
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