Eighth 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 another article of Hockey News BPHL: Special Edition. Silver team shocked the world again Monday, beating a Red team that had won or went to overtime with Silver in all previous 2018-19 regular season meetings. That's right folks, it looks like the old cliche isn't really a cliche at all. It's based on real life and Silver is showing that "jelling at the right time" is exactly what a team needs to finish off a season in style.
The on-ice action was tight all night, having as many lead changes as penalties called by the new officiating crew (well almost - hard to have 37 lead changes). It used to be hard to have 37 penalties, but our league it seems has been changed forever. Blake Koster, a Lady Byng trophy hopeful prior to the contest, suddenly found himself out of the running last night after a vicious trip in the corner left his stick broken. The typically hard-working, yet mild-mannered "Bah-LOCK-eh" (as he's known by his teammates) was asked to comment on the call after the game, but surprisingly opted to let the call speak for itself. It's a shame that PIMs are no longer tracked because the league total would already be approaching a BPHL season record, despite this crew being in action for a mere six games.
As the game was winding down in regulation, Silver found themselves in dire straights trailing by a goal AND (shockingly) shorthanded. This reporter couldn't hear the rousing speech given by Mitch "4" Staiger from the cozy seat in the press box, but could certainly see the fire in his eyes and feel the passion in his heart. "WIN A BATTLE BOYS!" was the likely outburst as he skated out to hopefully kill the penalty and keep Silver's chances alive. Nobody in the Silver dressing room was shocked to see him do his team one better, winning a battle for a loose puck along the wall near the defensive blue line and streaking to a semi-breakaway with a Red defender hot on his skates. Eventually he pulled away and faked Slattery into the corner, bagging the game-tying-goal. Silver's Robbie Barton went ballistic on the bench and chirped Charbuff as he skated passed, luckily avoiding an unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty and game ejection (probably).
With the massive momentum shift, Silver had no trouble taking the lead behind a bomb clapper from Dustin "Big Show" Gangelhoff (ending an enormously long scoring drought) - he still acted like he'd done it before, skating back to the face-off circle as if nothing happened. Jeff "Catch Me If You Can" Harris added another insurance goal from an impossible angle (typical) to ice the victory and put Slattery in a right foul mood (Bednarz speared his giggle stick earlier in the game, soliciting a violent reaction from him - no call on either play). Sources reported that Slats skipped work today in order to have some "me" time and reflect on the game (unconfirmed).
Stars of the Game
1) Mitch "4" Staiger
2) Paul Bednarz
3) "Dakota" Mike Klingbeil
Silver takes on Black this Thursday, 14 March 2019 at RALSTON Arena. The puck drops at 8:30 PM CT. This is the second time in as many match-ups that Silver is coming off a two-game win streak to take on an undefeated Black squad, which will be prepping for their very next game against Gold. Maybe that explains why Black insists on trying to score 50 goals against Silver.
Remember, Dickie Dunn wrote this, so it's gotta be true
Gambling Corner
Since 2/14/19:
Silver ATS 6-1-0
Silver Money Line (as favorite) 2-0-0
Silver Money Line (as underdog) 2-3-0
Silver Games O/U 4-3-0
Silver/Red Recap
Silver +190
Red -160
Over 12.5 (-140)
Under 12.5 (-110)
Silver +2.5(-110)
Red -2.5 (-110)
Silver/Black Odds
Silver +11000
Black -25000
Over 15.5 (-110)
Under 15.5 (-110)
Silver +7.5 (-110)
Black -7.5 (-110)
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