With the trade deadline looming and the Weevil organization sitting uncomfortably in the middle of the pack, management met for a solid 3 minutes on Tuesday to discuss potential options to kick things in gear.  Players themselves were scared of the potential shake-up and were doing all they could to secure their roster spot on this storied franchise….Mich hoped to sway managements decision with a now famous batch of triple chocolate chippers (success), Ved drove Mich to the rink (success), Gensch actually showed up for the game (success), BMoore actually cut short his 10 p.m. nap to get to the rink 47 seconds before the puck drop (semi-success) and Neil played penalty free (success).  However, management felt the need to stir the pot and try out some new talent, in the very least to light a fire under this struggling team of hooligans.  Eric Peterson was brought in to fill out the 10th spot on the bench last night and to be a spark on this recently lackluster squad. 

Sans an updated Pointstreak game summary, this story lacks the punch of solid statistics.  But the Weevils played like the Weevils of old…rusty and sloppy with a rare flash of genius.  The opponent was none other than Spragoo and his handlers, the Rump  Rangers.  Apparently, the Sprague was either heavily medicated or well fed on this night as he remained mostly a non-factor throughout the game.  His only penalty came late in the 3rd period as a small child fell out from between his teeth during a play along the boards and he was thus called for a roughing penalty.  The Rangers, in their defense, played with only 2 subs on this night, thus adding insult to injury for the Weevils.  The puck stayed entirely too long inside the Weevils blue line and breakouts were few and far between.   The first period ended 1-1.  The Weevs went up 2-1 early in the second, but the period ended with the Rangers up 3-2.  The Weevs tied it up 3-3 with some scrappy play in front of the opponents net in the 3rd, but couldn’t hold on to the most dangerous tie-score in hockey and fell to the Rangers 4-3 at the final buzzer.

Not many highlights to report in this one.  The word for the night was “lethargic”.  One bad note for the evening was the potential loss of Sattora to a nagging shoulder injury, which was worsened last night.  The upside is, he can still play defense with one arm better than Cow can with 2….but he’s not as pretty!!  He’s currently pondering the option of moving back to help support Mich, so line-ups may be changing as the season rounds the turn. 

Next week versus O’Dwyer’s at 9:30….another 3-digit time Yao!!  Looks like we’ll be hitting the pies pretty hard after next weeks game!!