The Cuppa Joe Grinders

Saturday evening was an evening to remember as the Grinders took it to the Shockers with full force. In typical fashion the Shockers got chippy and it was the usual suspects in numbers 27 and 17 that were causing most of the problems. Nearing the end of the game it was number 17 who lost it and ended up scraping his stick along side Andy’s nose. He got a hooking call…and suspended indefinitely.   Yet on the unusual side it was acquaintances Triggsy and Tosh that had the major mix-up of the game. With accusations of being speared, Triggsy, intent on exacting retribution on the one-time Grinder spare released a series of blows to the helmet of Nishimura, and a couple to the chin. Initially both players got 5 for fighting, 2 for roughing and a 3-game suspension. But after a diplomatic phone call from Gordie to the league office the sentence has been reduced to 7 for roughing and a 1-game suspension.We still love you Tosh. You can come spare with us anytime.

The 17 PIMS that Triggsy amassed has catapulted him out in front of Gordie as team leader in PIMS with 29. Gordie, with 2 minutes for holding in that game, is still within reach of the season title with his current 24 PIMS.  With 5 games remaining and Schmidt averaging just over 1minute per game, he may well achieve it.

It was Gordie who started the scoring in this game, apparently he didn’t have a Burn game immediately following because he was putting in a full effort this night. The surprise is that he only came out with a single point from the game. Frank Williams paid his dues in full (thanks for the case) and then potted the teams second of the night with an assist from Andy.   The game winner came from Triggsy (says unassisted on the score sheet).   The fourth of the night was a gift courtesy of a Houghton blast off the back boards to a sure-sticked Trainor who hit the dead center of a wide open net as the Shocker goalie floundered out of position.   The fifth of the night was a coast-to-coast rush from Andy on the power play. Carrying the puck the length of the ice Andy released a wrist shot from the short right side and then picked up his own rebound for the goal.   And then it was Bob finishing off the trouncing with his 2nd goal of the year with a shot from the point. Gordie in front providing the screen to help seal the deal.

The first goal of the game came off the powerplay from left winger, Mr Frank Williams, with assists from PSP and Gordie. This set the tone for the game as it was hard work and a determination to be the first to puck that resulted in the tally. The rest of the team followed suit for the rest of the game. Unfortunately the refs interpretted our grit and hustle as cheating and called wayyyy to many borderline penalties. This resulted in Andy being ejected from the game because he amassed 3 minor penalties within the first one and a half periods.  Ooo that nasty Andy and his darn interferencing.

The penalties slowed the Grinders down and the Toques were able to come back and tie the game 2-2 after the second but the CJB’s were not going to let this game slip by them. Trainor fumbled and bumbled his way (Didn’t I ever tell you about Bumbles? Bumbles bounce. ) to an assist to a wide open Gord and wide open net to put the Grinders up by one shortly into the third period.  Triggsy got the insurance marker with an assist from Toller Cranston with only 3 minutes left in the game.  The Toques pulled their goalie (snicker) in an attempt to pull off a miraculous comeback but Grinder fore-checking and an eager Gordie potted the empty netter to seal the game’s fate with 11 seconds left on the clock.

Go to the locker room to vote for your three stars

Game Summary coming later today……….

While you’re waiting, go to the locker room and vote for the game’s 3 Stars.

As you are all now aware, there have been some changes attempted in terms of getting people to sign up for each game etc etc.  we are trying out PointStreak’s Locker Room.  Thanks go out to Tim for signing us up for this and getting us started.

I have added a Locker Room image and link to the site for you. Look to your right and go down, look way down Rusty, right below the Beer Fines image. Click on that and it will take you our PointStreak Locker rom or Login page. Please start using this Locker Room to indiate your status for each game. The Grinders website will still be as active as ever, with Grinder Girl updates, game summaries and chats.

Due to the snow load on the roof of 8-Rinks tonight’s game at 9pm has been postponed.

All this time we’ve been creating our own Grinder Girls and there’s been an original Grinder Girl out there all along at GrinderGirl.com