deGame 3 of the season pitted us against the Magnums at the recently (Hockey Day in Canada) renovated Enoch Rec Center.

Oooooh, the Magnums… You cant tell but I’m doing that with sarcastic fingers.

Note these guys did not have a Tom Selleck emblem on their jerseys OR moustaches so first off, they can take a long stroll off a short pier cause:

Number A: This is beer league

Number 2: There is no B

Number C: None of them were rocking any Easton Synergy skates either.  I think I spent too much time focusing on that, which is why I got scored on in what felt like the first 2 shots.

So now that we’ve established our goaltending was suspect this game could easily be salvaged by the full compliment of actual defensemen that we had last game right? RIGHT?! (that was done in a truly concerned tone, like when you were promised ice cream as a kid, and you’re worried that they forgot about it… We’re getting ice cream right?!)

Wrong, no ice cream, no sherbet, no gelato either.  Well, maybe gelato, we had Ressler and Hutch as a solid base.  Fill in other defense pairing with the most likely defense minded forwards and the 10 Gators that showed up then went to work.

First period saw the Gator claw back that early deficit and end the period with bingos from Teske, Aylward and some filthy moves by the bionic man Culby that lit some lamp.  Shots were 13-10 Gators

Second period saw 3 straight Magnum goals put up on the Enoch arena scoreboard.  Gators drew back 2 via beauty snipes by Hutch, and Teske.   Gators were firing, just maybe not so much on the net.  We showed that back glass a thing or two.  Collectively we ascertained that one of Aylwards shot probably would have physically pushed the goalie into the net on account of he can put some mustard on his stick.  Period ended tied 5-5, shots were now 25-21 Gators

Third saw us do something we hadn’t in the first 2 games… keep pressuring.  Nobody want to go home on a Monday night with an L on the record.  Although another early period Magnum goal could make a person wonder.  Easily solved by a goal, or two, or three.  Hell, may as well make it four.  Gord, Jordo, Trace and New Kevin put this game in the books.  Gators take this shootout 9-6

Travis Overton tans his way to #GatorOfTheGame with a goal and an assist

Culby and his bionic arm was overlooked again with a 1g 3a effort.

Spencer was absent but still managed to go -6

Other Gator News:

Long list of absent Gators, of which McRae is one... he was looking a little dehydrated last game.  #PrayForMcRae

Rivière Qui Barre, although a hamlet, was compared to Cleveland in our locker room.  I think I actually kind of agree with the analogy.

Michaels got new shin pads.  “when I blocked a shot and the puck just fell to my skate, I new it was time to replace”.  Full disclosure, his shin pads, by weight, were more clear tape than anything

And finally, the picture of a flat ass was used because Neil has a flat ass.  So strange on account of you need glutes to skate fast, and he skates very fast.  Also haha, made you read all the way to the end, heehaw heehaw