Check Your Local Forecast

By Dickie Dunn

I’ve been a writer for FNH for several years now and one may say that my articles tend to have a favoring flair towards the White team.  Some may even say that the White team’s exploits have been exaggerated to a slight degree by this writer’s pen (or in this day and age, keyboard). I have written of the White team’s past glories which have forever immortalized them in amateur hockey’s (insert double cough here) hall of fame.

My wife has this saying when she’s about to give her opinion to me or give me words of truth and wisdom - she always starts her sentence with, “well here’s the thing.”  So let’s give it a try, what do you say? Ok - Well here’s the thing my friends and faithful followers of FNH hockey, the Black squad brought the thunder, the lightning and the rain last night.  At some point or another they even threw in a bit of hail as they stormed into the White zone like a hurricane, tsunami, or blizzard – pick your favorite storm and insert it - that’s what they resembled.  In short, someone should have checked the forecast because bad weather was settling in over the O’Brien this past Friday.

For the first time in weeks it wasn’t just a “team Earl” exercise for Black. Other dark shirt players made their contribution as they potted pucks into the White net.  To quote one Black team player - “Black’s on fire,” and that they were. There was very little White could do to extinguish the flame.  White team goalie Chucky did all he could do to stop the onslaught - he even tried using his face to make a save, but it wasn’t enough and rumor has it that Chucky has since checked into family counseling. Prognosis – shell shock.

The White team did make attempts at responding to the Black barrage by netting a few – I say a few - at the other end of the ice.  The majority of shots taken sounded like this…ding, ding and clang.  When the puck didn’t ding or clang it made a soft thud as it hit Black team goalie, Kevin, in the chest. 

Now while things weren’t going well for White, they did have the opportunity to win it with a last goal during the waning seconds of the contest.  A White team player who I wish not to name (Duke) attempted to wrap the puck into the EMPTY net.  The puck slid off his (insert expletive here) stick allowing Kevin to pounce on the loose biscuit and end the game. 

My final thoughts, the White team should have brought umbrellas.