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Here we snow again

A midweek snowstorm cost the roadsters an unprecedented third game. But at least one veteran player says the toll was even higher.

Staring out across the frozen tundra on an otherwise sunny and dry Sunday, Lak Attack could only shake his head at what could have been.

"It's nice, flat, you could make some nice moves," said the veteran roadster, who was joined at the courts Sunday by only Kid and the Living Legend. "It's great for sliding around, it's beautiful."

But one thing it wouldn't be was the site for a game. And for that, the wily speedster blames the new generation of players who don't seem to share the work ethic of the veterans who built the game no matter the weather or court conditions.

"I'm not sure what's happened with this new generation of roadsters," said Lak Attack, wistfully recalling many winter Sundays shoveling snow or chipping ice to ensure the game would go on. "They just don't know what it means to come out and work hard and then reap the rewards of that hard work."

While Wednesday's freak snowfall and subsequent frigid temperatures had cast doubt on Sunday's game, the snow had been stomped and smoothed enough in the interim days that a game seemed possible.

"Today would have been a really fun day for everybody," said Lak Attack. "It would have brought us back to what road hockey is all about."

But too many players seem to have lost the fire to play no matter the conditions, to put the game before their own comfort, said Lak Attack. "I think a lot of roadsters have lost their way. I think they've gotten weak."

Never before have the roadsters lost three games in a single season to snow. In December a Sunday snowstorm and subsequent big freeze kept all but a handful of roadsters away from the court for two weeks.

Unabomber has been placed on Injured Reserve after jamming his wrist when he fell heavily to the concrete in a game two weeks ago.

The Paul One watch continues. The veteran roadster has yet to play a game this season. In December he refuted speculation he'd retired and vowed he'd be back in the lineup in the new year.

Posted by jaysuburb at January 14, 2007 01:18 PM