January 13, 2009: Pigs Punish the Praire Dogs 7-3

When Mac wanted to “get the lines straight” I have to admit I gave him the ole eyeball roll. I was waiting for him to introduce the power play and penalty kill lines as well however he’s smarter than that. One thing is for sure that our Captain had a great game last night skating with the #1 line of Box & Tmac. The trio combined to pot all 7 goals and all of them were “purrty.” It wasn’t all sunshine for the golden boys however as they got burned on several occasions by the boyz in blue pants. Checking line RW and Director of Player Recruitment and Contracts Jack Mangler mused “quit sucking each others dicks out there and pick up the guy in the middle.” Should have said it louder as I still don’t think they got Papi’s memo…Golden Boyz…lol. The aging #2 line of Obus (1998 Hart Trophy), Kid, and Lemon ( Lady Byng 1996, 1998, 2000 - 2007) did their job by club housing a neutral +/- for the night. The Checking line of Mangler, Herrick, and CCC Firefighter of the year KROSE lost sight of the boyz in blue pants with :03 left on the clock to knock them down to a -1 on the night. “Krose was spent after the warm-up” line mate Herrick complained of his fellow firefighter briefly after the 1st shift of the game. Clearly he didn’t get a Wii Fit for Christmas. No need to mention the defense or goaltending as they know what they did and it was awesome.

Player Updates:

• Tall Gary Still Unemployed yet playing great Defense. His golden parachute will be exhausted in 2013 so please plan on contributing to his “buy Piedmont” plan. Whatever you can give.
• David Greenspan sighted in the jungles of Puru: That’s right….our own David Greenspan spent Christmas in Puru.
• RPM builds the best kitchens…really…look no further than Lemon’s house. He sharpens skates on the side as well. He recommends the 5/16 cut during the winter months…
• Pipes (injured reserve – Knee) should be back on the ice next Tuesday and hoping to keep his seat as the #1 goaltender
• Miller (C.H.U.D.S) has been added to Dickipedia

Message From Former Captain and Pig Legend David Greenspan:

Say Barak Obama 10 times really really fast

Pigs Ring in 2009 in 1st place

Sitting atop the heap with 20pts (10-3) the Pigs find themselves ringing in the new year locked up in a tie for 1st place with the Citadelle (8-1-4). To account for the recent surge management needs to look no further than the solid contributions from the 3rd line. "Forget guys like Tmac, Box, Mac, TMFG, etc...those guys grew up in Canada or in Canadian controlled northern US states...its the local crew that's putting together some quality shifts that seem to be making all the difference" team dietician and defensemen Peter Grace commented after their January 6th win over the C.H.U.D.S. Look no further than the Kid’s jaw dropping Short Handed break away tally last week or his 7 pts in the last 3 games and take stock of what is really going on (note: the Kid hasn’t scored a breakaway since 2002). “It all starts in the middle and ends with short shifts” part time plumber and fulltime firefighter Rob Herrick noted as the Center rotation of Mangler, Herrick, and Kid dominated play for 45 minutes all without winning a single faceoff. Newly converted Right Wing Chris Leimpeter said “as long as I don’t get paired up with Tmac it’s all good” and followed it up with his patented “We not Me” style of play. Only the crafty veteran Papi could sum things up so succinctly to the Chud captain who limped off the ice nursing his twig and berries with a simple “Chin up Miller…everyone makes the playoffs.” So true.