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Roadsters overcome Legend-ary confusion

On one of the nicest days of the year, one of the game's most senior players, The Living Legend, was noticeably absent, needing time off to tend to familial duties. The abscence of the long time roadster caused a bit of confusion amongst the assembled cast, as some people wondered aloud whether or not it was indeed Sunday. Further speculation and rumours ran rampant, had Legend run off to form a new league? was he suffering from an undisclosed upper or lower body injury? had the roguesters kidnapped him? until Kid and Bird let on that the Legend had other commitments to attend to.

The game was delayed slightly as the two goalkeepers, Gump and Ottoman, took their sweet time donning all the heavy equipment. Gump taking extra time as he was still feeling the effects of a long night of drinking, and Ottoman taking extra time because he's just slow.

There was even further delay to the start of the game, as the stick pull produced two teams which one side declared was too stacked, and negotiations commenced to balance out the two teams as Lak Attack was exchanged for Cowboy Bill. One has to wonder whether or not these two delays, would have taken place had the commisioner been able to supervise the events. Would the commish even have allowed such a trade to happen? Does the trade tarnish the tradition of the stick pull?

With the trade , the lineups now looked like this:
Gump (G), Wink, Elvis, Nibs, Rudy, Wendel, Cowboy Bill
Ottoman (G), Bird, Kid, Beetle Boy, Colonel, Billy Idol, Lak Attack

Both sides featured well rounded lineups, but chemistry and effort would play a rather large factor in the outcome of this game. Time and time again a pass from Rudy, Wendel, or Cowboy would not find it's way through, while Bird, Kid and Beetle looked like they knew exactly where each other would be, or Elvis would be found yelling for Nibs to keep after the ball, to dig for the rebound that Ottoman is known to give up, and on the other end Billy Idol would dig hard in the corners and come out with the ball for a quick pass out to Colonel or Lak Attack.

One bright spot for Gump's side was the hard work and persistance shown by Rudy, which was capped off by one of the prettiest goals of the year, a snapshot that was picked out of the air off a bounce, that went wide past a challenging Ottoman and found the top corner of the net.

There was also a brief scare midway through the game, as a wild Colonel slapshot caught the unprotected throat of Gump, who went down quicker than a Surrey girl. The shot which ended up leaving a very bright red mark on Gump's neck did little to throw him off his game however, as a few moments later he was seen flashing the leather with a big windmill style glove save, the likes of which have not been seen since Grant Fuhr retired. Unfortunately for Gump, that highlight reel save wasn't enough to pump up his teammates, as they ended up succumbing to a final score of 20 to 14.

*****

The game marked the last for the month of April. We are now one month away from the start of the Stanley Stick Championship Series.