Led astray by journalistic malaise, and mesmerized by the
open ice wizardry of Olympic hockey, our intrepid reporter
has been remiss on his weekly Gym Rats coverage. In an attempt
to keep you, the loyal reader and Gym Rats fan, informed,
here is a quick re-cap of the season thus far...
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2002
SPORTS MONSTER FLOOR HOCKEY
GYM RATS vs. THE LOOPERS
One of the two teams that gave the Gym Rats the most trouble
(and bruises) last season, The Loopers came into the new season
and picked up where they left off. Employing a stifling defensive
scheme, those loopy Loopers shut down the normally high-octane
offense of Greg "The Instigator (with all due respect
to the late-great Mr. Earnhardt)" Rolnick, and emerged
with a hard-fought 4-1 victory.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002
SPORTS MONSTER FLOOR HOCKEY
GYM RATS vs. DAMIAN
The other Wednesday night nemesis of the Gym Rats, Damian,
continued their demonically winning ways in the new season
as well. However, in a small moral victory, star Gym Rats
center, Greg "I Light the Lamp like Lady Liberty"
Rolnick, broke up the shutout with a laser of a wrist shot
through traffic in the final minutes of the game. But when
the smoke cleared, the Gym Rats had fallen by a score of 9-1.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2002
SPORTS MONSTER FLOOR HOCKEY
GYM RATS vs. WEDNESDAY WEBSTER WACKOS
With their record at an even 2-2, the Gym Rats were looking
to get back to their winning ways. Posting two assists for
the evening (including one on a no-look-backhander-to-his-winger),
Greg "www.rolnick.net" Rolnick, helped the Gym Rats
crash the WWW 6-3.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2002
SPORTS MONSTER FLOOR HOCKEY
GYM RATS vs. NICK'S UPTOWN
Ahh, Nick's Uptown. A team known for their ability to keep
both their energy and sticks high. It was a back and forth
battle throughout the match, but even with Greg "You
know, that Theo Fleurry is giving all of us vertically-challenged
hockey players a bad name" Rolnick contributing two goals
and an assist, the Gym Rats fell 9-6.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 200
SPORTS MONSTER FLOOR HOCKEY
GYM RATS vs. THE LEGION OF GOON
Now, although this reporter (and Jimmy Olsen fan) is assigned
to the Gym Rats' beat, any hockey team with a name as cool
as "The Legion of Goon" can't be all bad. Ignoring
their monicker, the LoG played a clean game, even when novice
crime-fighter, Greg "I'm Batman, but you can call me
Bob" Rolnick, accidentally hooked his stick around one
of their wingers' ankles and brought him down like Superman
in a Kryptonite jump-suit. In the end, the Gym Rats saved
the day 11-8 (including two goals and two assists from Rolnick).
Heading into next week's playoffs with a record of 4-3, the
Gym Rats hope to at least advance to the second round this
season in their quest for the CSM Cup.
so STAY TUNED!