Grinders fall hard (7-2) during the first game. Next game is Saturday at 7pm. A must win game for the Grinders who are facing elimination.

SAAAASSSSSSY!!!
Man to man on 85. shut him down and they have nothing! I once heard a quote from a famous band member of the Wiggles say “Hoopty Hoo! You can do it!”

Outstanding work webmaster! If that don’t pump you up….

Stick to 85 like glue. whenever he touches the puck. Even if he doesn’t have it, closest guy get next to him to keep him out of the play…

We can do iiiiitt !!!

Who are we kidding Gordo…it is you and me…why don’t you just phone me and we can talk about Saturdays game….:-)

I’m here too! I come back every once in a while to see if her shirt has risen up any more.
Last game the puck bounced their way. Next game they’ll be cocky and over-confident, we’ll out-hustle the bastards, get some puck-luck and get a win.

I keep coming back to see if this girl and the last will be doing something? Hustle Posistion Shots make life living hell for #85

I think we should shoot as much as possible on the goalie, shoot from everywhere and wingers or centerman or all, crash the net. He let out a lot of nice rebounds. Get to the blue line and fire it in. They have a couple of big d, they won’t be able to pivot and get going fast enough. I know we always say lots of shots, but we never do it. We can’t stick check 85, I think we need to stand in front of him, easier said than done, since he skates like the wind (bastard, I could too if I was his size). Remember too have a light dinner, too much will make you skate slow like me. Any chance you could put me at center on saturday Gord, I was kinda lost on the wing and played too low down in our defensive end, If you have someone who doesn’t mind switching that is.

Goodness gracious, grind me….

Well, remember Troy, the center is also the third defenceman. Your check is the other center….uhh …#85…..

I think it is best to have our speed guys and best playmakers at center for this one. Andy, Triggsy, Geiber all have the speed to get back and help the D, and most importantly for #85, can skate with him…

As a winger, you still have to get back, even more so when you are the highest guy and the center is caught deep on a turnover.
In our end. Just remember to stay close to the dman on your side.

Wow Shaun, 5 Grinders have checked out the site and chimed in….is this some kinda record? That’s a 29.4% participation rate!

BTW great work on your shift lengths Mark!

I am awe struck Gordie! This is something for the records! As far as #85…if he is near me he is going to know about it. I am going to stick to him like Glen sticks to beer.

If he falls on the floor will you shriek and break into tears too???

I know you all were hoping to rely on my manly offensive output (take that however you like), but I found out that I won’t be playing hockey until at least late May.

So Gord, if you’re going to do the summer hockey thing, I’ll definitely go on the spare list.

You guys were in the last game going into the 3rd period. When you get them hemmed into their zone, they start to fall apart.

D, watch their transition - it’s ridiculously fast. One guy hang back a bit.

Forwards, gain the zone and get shots. If you’re not carrying the puck, GO TO THE NET! This goalie lets out big rebounds, particularly on low shots. He also goes down really quickly, so a rebound goal is one of our best chances. He’s good with the glove, so stay clear of it.

Everyone be aware when 85 and 17 are on the ice - 17 is looking to set up 85 all the time. Watch for the guy posted about 4 feet from the post to Peter’s right, he’s looking for a one-timer. They tried that play 3 times, and scored on one of them.

Anyway, wish I could be out there.

Its only Wednesday and I’m already primed to play!
Shaun did you find out what time The Wiggles concert is? Maybe you’ll see Jason there and you guys can have a sing-a-long.

Wow Jason! I can’t tell if you are more productive on or off the ice! Will you be on the bench to point these nuances out to us during the game?

We are going to be a different team saturday. Shut down their big guns, skate our bags off…and they’ll be overconfident from their win! We’re gonna kick some Cougar ass!

Real fucking funny Glen…There is nothing wrong singing along with Dorothy the Dinosaur or Wags the Dog! to answer your question it starts at 3:30 so all should be good as long as Captain Feather Sword doesn’t fuck around with the schdule…

By the way, I totally know which dancer Shaun’s talking about when he says “the hot one”, and he’s right. Y’all are jealous, we know you are.

No no Jason you are misunderstanding…he’s talking about his mother…You fell into a conversation between Troy and Shaun…

Ya! Hot wiggles dancer! Fuck you guys!

Oh Gordie…gotta start with the Mom jokes again…don’t get me started…

“Hot wiggles dancer! Fuck you guys!”
Thats the funniest thing I’ve ever heard! I’m busting a gut here!

Your mom and the Wiggles….I don’t know how you keep falling into it Shaun, but it sure makes the day at work fun! hhahaahah !!!!

Hey we can’t complain…its usually just you and me and we’ve had like 20 posts in just two days! Sweet.

Next post is a hot wiggles dancer with a grinders jersey.!

You guys need a stronger playoff like performance from your goalie. Make sure to get out of the way so I can see the shot and watch for that guy at the side of the net like Jason said looking for that one timer.
Let’s get this win Saturday!

Good idea Glen, Have the hot wiggles dancer riding Henry the Octopus…this is getting out of hand,by the way I am going to the early show, 12:00 bitches! Sorry Jason no sing-a-long.Ya Gordie too bad this is all going on at the end of the season,but it does make the work day a little lighter…

Tooooo funnny !!!!! “This is getting out of hand, by the way I’m going to the early show…” outstanding!

I’m totally for watching the hot Wiggles dancer ride Henry the Octopus. I mean hell, he has 8 arms! You know that inside that costume is another hot chick, right?

Triggsy was talking about bringing his portable BBQ to the game. Can we get a commitment on that Triggsy? Anyone else with a camping BBQ or Hibachi?
If you bring it, I’ll bring the Smokies and we can do a proper Tailgate!

Hell ya Jason! Of course it is a HOT chick in that costume…There is no way there is some greasy pedophile in there…

Well, on the video I saw when they showed the real people behind each character, she was pretty hot. It’s hard to remember now though; I was working on zero sleep, so my neighbour’s schnauzer might have started looking hot.

Anyway……

Gawd, Shaun, after that comment I’m not sure I want to bring up “Smokies” again.

Uhhhh Ya….Hmmmmm…Took that too far…

If the weather is ok I’ll bring my camping bbq, its small but good for smokies!

and for the rest of you, maybe I’ll bring my kids “Wiggly Party” CD too! either that or Maiden’s “Run to the Hills”. If there is a consensus, I could make 85 “run for his life”

That didn’t sound quite right… Now you guys have me thinkin… While I don’t disagree with having skaters in the middle to get back to help D and guard 85 I think that our biggest problem is the lack of offence we generate. I think the whole team can play defence by getting in 85’s lane etc without taking interference penalties, just be there everytime he turns towards the middle. I think to generate offence we need to have the ’skaters’ play on the same line (or at least 2). ie for myself (as a left shot), its easiest to passy to my right and easiest for him if he’s a right shot. That way we get more puck control as we go into the offensive end. I also think there is some merritt in playing players of similiar styles together, ie Andy and I like to grind and give and go, Gord and Gieber have a little more finess with the puck. Tanchack and Trainor are straight up the ice players… You may have to move certain players around positionally to make it work. Make any sense?

Sounds good Triggsy. Glad to hear your thoughts as you have more experience than probably anybody on the team! I agree we all need to make life hell on 85, whenever he gets near one of our players…even if that means just getting in his way/lane.

As for lines, we have tried it in the past and it hasn’t really worked all that well, there were so many complaints about ice time because if a guy on the line ahead stayed out too long, the guy on the next line at that position has to take a short shift. With everyone rotating as we do it now, it is never a problem, unless a guy stays out too long, then the other two guys on his side can let him know.

I think this system has worked well for keeping everyones ice time equal. What this means though, is it doesn’t matter who’s line you start the game on, you will most likely be with different players by the middle of the first period.

If we want to put together a power line, or tandems as Jeff suggests, I have no problem with that. What does the rest of the team think? Do we want to have a power play line for this last game and or put together a power line for the last minute if it is a close game, (either up or down by one )?

Hell ya! I agree with Triggs. We need a “power line” all the other teams seem to have it. Let’s try it!

People would just have to agree to change together and be disciplined about it. Otherwise just start the periods with the lines and see what happens….

What about actually having someone standing in front of the net. I know we do it sometimes, but I don’t think we screen the goalie enough, and having someone there for a garbage goal after a shot would help.

not me, not me, not me!!!

I know it is a little late…being the end of the season,but…how about proper posistions for everyone????

Positions?…We don need no sticking positions…..

great effort boys! We were close to tieing that one up. Next year!

Summer hockey looks like it’ll be a go. I’ll try and book some ice times for May. Hopefully glen can get us a summer hockey section on the site for updates pretty soon.

Check the site for updates.

g.

41 posts! Incredible! I guess it’s 42 now. It took me like most of my work day to read all this and I’ve come to the conclusion that a). The Wiggles’ music is quite catchy and b). Shaun is gay and I don’t mean happy.

Sorry to see your season end fellas. We’ve got playoff game #2 tonight with the Burn, so we’ll see how it goes. See you at summer hockey!

Good luck Goats!

Lookin’ forward to suiting up with the Orange in a couple weeks!

Hey Goats…have you finally found your inner self? Don’t try to put the attention of gayness on me! Now I know why you like playing goal……Goats is an ASS looker,you like when the team is on the offensive…you are a troubled pumpkin my friend…be proud and sport that rainbow sticker on your car with pride!