The Weevils are back in town…and back to their winning ways in a tight, well skated battle against the Blues. With some reshuffled lines and a D corp committed to D, we are looking forward to some solid production for the rest of the season.

In the first the Weevils skated well and did something lost in the earlier part of the season. Shooting the Puck. While the shots were mostly at the goalie’s chest they were still shots which is an improvement. Fantastic passing and skating by the O lines who all managed to get open for passes nicely. The docile Blues seemed tranquilized at times when in hand to hand combat with the fierce and fiery bugs. We won practically every battle in the corners and in the neutral zone where we always seemed to come away with the rock. IceJew, Zarba The Greek, Chernobyl, Timmy V, Sattora San (who had a bee in his bonnet that we’ll talk about later), Myze, The Shire, and our favorite late add B. Moore all had wheels, confidence with the puck, and great vision for some superior Hockeys. Back on D, Cow and Diddle and the rusty trombone pair of Weber and Toad held the Blues to not many decent chances and pushed the play to the outside.

In the first it was back and forth action with P. Slow starting out as a trickle but jetting to full stream as the game wore on with some great positioning, aggressive control of the puck and great stops on some wrap around chances and down low action. The game remained scoreless through the first and penalties were none existent. Without any scoring, this period was still filled with NHL caliber skating and puck movement. Our maybe just AHL. Or ECHL. Or mites; but whatever, it still felt good. Teno makes it 1-0 Weevils with an easy open net…uh check that, Teno POSTS and open net to keep it a tight 0-0 matchup. Reports from the injury department at Weevil Nation prior to the game had shown Teno was listed with an asterisk as * very tired. Maybe a protein smoothie or something before next weeks matchup will be prescribed? Needless to say, the Weevil Physical Training Staff will have this all worked out for the remainder of the season to bring him back to form.

In the 2^nd, The Blues get lucky when the Weevils are taking a break and puck barely trickles behind P Slow who scampers back in desperation trying to catch it before it crawls over the line but no such luck. 1-0 Blues. We take a couple of penalties and get a couple of pp opportunities but nothing doing until Zarba the Greek dons his toga and thorny crown of pucks and nets his 1,678^th shot of the night! Way to keep plugging away Pat. You will not be denied. 1-1 and we feel like we’re on roll.

In the 3^rd we take a few more penalties while it seems the Blues trip and interfere with the bugs to well for even the refs to see. If it isn’t a Blue taking Diddle down then Cow will do it. Frustrating but the Weevils keep on keepin’ on. Some great rushes short handed with fascinating magical puck control by the Shire. On a short handed shift, Weber shoots it in from the point, The Shire spins on the rebound for a 2^nd chance, and Zarba The Greek rolls by in his chariot and buries behind the netminder. 2-1Weevils.

Late in the game the penalties are streaming in and Satorra-San goes crazy insane throwing racial epithets at everyone on the ice…I think he even called Cow a little bovine veal mofo or something! But the peanut across the face off circle took offence and likewise so did the refs and we end up facing a 5-3 for over a minute and a half to end the game. The Shire again gets in short handed situation down in their end with the goalie and circles back out of the zone to give himself ample time to shoot it back into the chest protector. We finish it off and enjoy some soggy refreshments courtesy of Toad and his sweet ass techno stupefied retro chic cooler. Nice…