The Cuppa Joe Grinders

The CuppaJoe Grinders held the Ass-hats to only 14 shots in last night’s tilt and outscored them 3-1 to take Game 1 of the Playoffs. Although it ended as a spirited affair the game got off to a slow pace with each team playing defensive and keeping the game simple. The first period saw no goals, no penalties and no shots on net (ok I’m making that part up). But then 37 seconds into the 2nd frame its was Trainor and Frank connecting with Mr Williams making good on a lead pass, taking it hard to the net and slipping one past the Ass-hats’ goalie.

Most impressive, however, was Frank’s post goal celebration: caught on tape:

Then as Geiber sat in the sin bin for a tripping penalty it was Jay who capitalized on assists from Tidy and Troy (his second A of the night).

The third period started off a little scary as Trainor left an Ass-hat open in front of Tim to receive a pass from behind the net and bury it. But that was a quick wake-up call and the Grinders resumed their tight checking puck controlling game thereafter.  The Ass-hats started to get grumpy and cocky, getting dearly agitated from both Jay and Geiber throughout the night. The Ass-hats ended up taking 14 minutes in penalties in the third period and had 3 gentlemen ejected from the game.

The CuppaJoe Grinders took full advantage of the penalties and killed time through puck possession. PSP doing much of the work skating, controlling the puck, drawing penalties and then assisting on Ashworth’s Ass-hat Killer third period goal.

Well done boys.

See you guys next Friday April 17th at 6:45pm when we will win our second game of the playoffs.