This is the 111th posting of the news articles from the Beer and Pretzel Hockey League written by the beat writer that covers the league. He calls himself Dickie Dunn - his true identity is unknown.
Greetings hockey fans and welcome to the first 2024 edition of Hockey News BPHL: Special Edition Vol: 6.01. It has been a year since the last post from this publication but our subscriber numbers have not suffered. Dickie Dunn has been a busy guy and to be honest, there was not much to write about for the Silver squad.
The 2022-23 season ended without much fanfare. I would like to tell you that after their first game of 2023, which resulted in an absolute rout of the Double Snot Bubbles, Silver went on to win every game for the rest of the year, including a BPHL Championship, but that isn't what happened. Black and Gold won a lot of games and then played each other in the finals to see which cared the most about the glory days. The "Run for One" was dashed again.
The start of the 2023-24 season is well behind us and the 2nd year GM/Owner, the Natty Daddy, made some serious off-season roster moves. Lock-down D-man Jeff Evans opted out of the season, which was certainly a blow to the blue line. We were given this official statement from Evans' agent, "This is not the end of hockey for Jeff, he will be in tip top shape during the offseason and will be ready to come back at a moments notice." When asked if he meant physical shape or beer drinking shape, the agent only shrugged with a wry smile saying, "I think you know the answer to that." A couple other roster changes have seen the departure of a pair of Mikes and Adam Collette.
The Natty Daddy backfilled those losses with at least one Midland Warrior and a couple other promising young players. The full-time goalie position was awarded to CJ Tate as late season fill-in Angus the Irishman got deported. Veteran D-man, Dustin Gangelhoff, has also relegated himself to only play Thursday games.
Silver opened up the new season with a dismal 1 - 8 record, getting outscored 41 - 82 in those games. It turns out all they needed was a long weekend and some turkey dinner to get things moving in the right direction. Silver caught fire at the end of November and have rattled off seven straight victories - a club record. Last Thursday they capped off the DECEMBER to REMEMBER, beating Red 8 - 5. The score was a lot closer than the game.
Scoring opened up quickly at 22 seconds with Gangelhoff springing Maas for a semi-breakaway, where he finished by sending the netminder's water bottle soaring into the frosty air. Red answered and kept it close in the first, but Silver opened the floodgates starting in the second, scoring five unanswered to make it a 7 - 2 lead well into the third. Red got their third goal with just over 4 minutes to play. Silver tacked on one more insurance goal before giving up two goals late. There was some speculation about the lax defense late in the game, maybe some betting interests were involved as the O/U was 12.5.
The PLARSHMT & OBMASLF were awarded to Branden Maas who netted a hattrick. Despite winning zero draws, Alex Cooper won the Faceoff Chain. His fine from last year for attending a male cheer-leading event instead of a game is still outstanding and has accrued a sizeable amount of interest.
Stars of the Game
Silver is back in action on Thursday, 4 January at RALSTON Arena at 8:30 PM. Silver matches up against Double Snot Bubbles going for their club record eighth straight win. Silver surprisingly leads the season series at 2 - 1 but is five points back in the standings. Come on down to the Ralston Arena, bring the kids! We've got entertainment for the whole family.
Remember, Dickie Dunn wrote this, so it's gotta be true
Since 2/14/19:
Silver ATS 69-38-1
Silver Money Line (as favorite) 33-12-0
Silver Money Line (as underdog) 17-45-1
Silver Games O/U 51-56-1
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