THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 • KUDZU
HOCKEY LEAGUE
TELLERMATE vs. KUDZU
Tellermate 9 • Kudzu 12
ATLANTA, GA – Originally scheduled as a match vs. the
Buffaloes, a surprised Tellermate squad found out they would
be facing the undefeated Kudzu house team. The same house team
that had embarrassed them in their previous meeting. The same
house team that seems susceptible only to tactics not sanctioned
by the NHL and illegal in 22 states. But fear was not on the
menu this evening. Instead, Tellermate was looking for revenge--
notoriously, a dish best served cold. However, tonight's offering
was a bit lukewarm.
Tellermate got on the scoreboard first, and kept the game close
through the first ten minutes or so, before Kudzu went on a
goal scoring spree. Down by three, Tellermate fought for control
in Kudzu territory. As the ball threatened to slide back into
the neutral zone, Greg "Cum On Feel the Noise" Rolnick
took a step forward, and launched a bullet of a shot through
traffic and past the Kudzu keeper.
Going into the half, Tellermate was down by five (9-4), but
not down for the count.
The second half belonged to Rolnick, but unfortunately, it wasn't
enough to put Tellermate over the top.
Early in the second, Rolnick threw a no-look-behind-the-back
pass to his winger, who went in and beat the goalie. A few plays
later, Rolnick fielded a pass in the slot, and firing an off-balance
blast, watched as the ball trickled past the befuddled net minder.
Finally, with Tellermate trailing 11-8, Rolnick slammed home
a rebound to record his third hat trick in as many games!
The two teams took an unofficial timeout while the maintenance
crew cleared hundreds of baseball caps off the rink.
The final buzzer signaled the end of an improbable (and unfortunately
unsuccessful) comeback attempt, but this time around Tellermate
did not hang their heads on the way off of the rink.
Next week team Tellermate will face either the Aeros or the
Buffaloes in a final match before the playoffs, and Rolnick
will attempt the impossible: 4 games, 12 goals.
so STAY TUNED!!! |