February 13, 2006

Bird goes balls out

In arguably the best game of the New Year, Bird made
the difference. With his team down 12-10, and
struggling to keep pace, Bird potted a natural hatrick
to take the lead and eventually win the game 20-17.

But his mid game heroics were overshadowed by an
unfortunate event.

Attempting to tally yet another goal past beleaguered
goaltender Gump, the Bird perched himself in front of
the net waiting to pounce on a rebound from a Cowboy
Bill point shot. Showing his distaste for the recently
Oscar nominated film, "Brokeback Mountain," the
Cowboy took out his frustrations on the evil orange
ball as he directed a slap shot at the net.
Regrettably, Bird got in the way.

After taking the blast in the crown jewels, Bird
performed his famous "Bird-Dance'" as he rolled around
the road hockey court in obvious pain.

"I felt for him," said Gump, "I've been hit there at
road hockey before, and it‚s not a pretty sight."

The Bird showed his true feathers though, after
sitting out the next few shifts to attend to his
injury, he scored yet another crucial goal, top
corner, for his team leading them to victory.

"All and all, I thought Bird was their best player
today," said Gump. "If he keeps playing like he did on
Sunday, he'lll have two cups in his future, The
Stanley Stick and the one he better go buy at Canadian
Tire this week."

Posted by jaysuburb at February 13, 2006 08:04 PM
Comments

Scoobie, it's a Road Hockey custom that the new guy(s) play net when there's a goalie crisis. All you have to do is play once, suck really bad, and they'll never ask you to play goalie again. At least, that worked for me.

I won't be there tomorrow but expect to be there next week.

Posted by: wendel at February 18, 2006 11:28 AM

I won't be there for the next two or three weeks because I have a soccer tournament. I suck at goalie, and I would need a heck of a lot of padding to go in there.

Posted by: Scooby at February 17, 2006 09:44 PM

It looks like I'll be away for this Sunday's game. I may also be away for the following Sunday as well.

Have a great game on Sunday!

Posted by: Beetle Boy at February 16, 2006 01:12 PM

I should be back on sunday, unless my brother in law has another child...

Posted by: lobsterboy at February 15, 2006 03:20 PM

I'll be away for 2 weeks on vacation. I think PFG's away too, so Paul One, Idol, Nibs, you better be prepared to strap em up! Is Scoob a goalie??

Posted by: Gump at February 15, 2006 11:12 AM