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Gump's winning ticket

The cop got Gump for speeding before Sunday's game. Afterwards, he could have nabbed him for robbery.

The veteran shotstopper shook off a speeding ticket he got en route to the road hockey court to steal a 20-15 win in a game that was a goaltender's duel until the decisive final period.

Making his first start in three weeks, Gump was an impenetrable wall, turning back sharpshooters like Lak Attack and the Colonel while his teammates struggled to find their own scoring legs.

"With Lak Attack and the Colonel on the other team, you know they've got a lot of skill," said Doo, who scored the winner with a seeing eye bullet into the top corner. "Gump was huge. We couldn't have done it without him."

In fact, for more than half os Sunday's game there was little to choose between Gump and his rival at the other end, Twizzler, who's emerged as a Sunday Morning stalwart since escaping afternoon obscurity. With the score tied at eight, and each team flush with fresh legs, it was clear the side that could first crack the opposing creaseminder would romp to victory.

"Twizzler played great, but if you just keep firing it, you'll get the rebounds, and when everybody is hustling, you'll get the goals," said Doo.

Which is just what he and his mates started to do. After spending most of the first two periods firing shots straight into Twizzler's padding, Doo started to find the corners. So did Kid, Scooby and Cowboy Bill. Even the Living Legend contributed with a rifle shot to the top right corner. The tight creaseminder's contest suddenly ballooned to a 19-11 romp.

"Doo needed some real seeing eye shots and he found the corners," said Gump. "To be honest, when we watched (Twizzler) play, that's where the holes were, in the corners."

"We let the small mistakes become big mistakes, and you can't do that when you've got a lot of guys with good hands and good speed," said Lak Attack of his side's second half collapse.

A late lull by the leaders made the score closer. But it was too little too late.

"It was a little frustrating to let in a few more," said Gump. "But the bottom liine is we came away with the win."

Posted by jaysuburb at November 23, 2008 09:57 PM