Game 1 fun for all

I gotta say the first game of the season was very fun. For me, it kinda felt like 3-4 years ago when I joined the Spiders....

Let's keep that fun all year long , if we can have fun we will do alot better. I think we tightened up in the playoffs and lost that fun we have playing together. Ricky even said we were playing like "Wussies" in the Doctors game, maybe we just were playing too tight.

So let's have fun and kick some butt.

Denny's @ 3:30AM, Time with Rickey is Something Special...

After our playoff game last Thursday, and after the Blue Wall, I had the honor to spend some more quality time with Rickey, Denny and Joe Zawada. For the record, the Moons Over My Hammy was really good...

Anyway, At around 3AM, an ex-girlfriend of Rickey calls him. And calls him. Texts him. And calls him again. I am not going to belabor the details, (besides, I only heard his side). I never heard someone utilize random "Professional Wrestling metaphors" like Finnagen did with his undeniable drunken ex to keep her off beat.

There were many, but these ones I remember...

FINNAGEN QUOTE 1: "Listen. There are only two people in this world who I know tell it like it is. That's Randy "Macho Man" Savage and myself."

FINNAGEN QUOTE 2: "Oh, I'm crazy baby. Crazy like Kurt Angle in the '96 Summer Olympics."

FINNAGEN QUOTE 3: "I am as serious as Rey Mysterio Jr before a Title Match!"

New Season Starts THURSDAY, APRIL 26 @ 9:30PM

We are playing a new team to American Indoor. Should be interesting... Life without our friend Chan has begun...

The full Summer schedule is linked to the right if needed.

Technology has failed me!

To my dismay, when I tried to transfer all the friggin pictures I took last night over from my PDA to my laptop, the storage card on the phone crashed!!!! So I lost all of them! I should have known something was up with it when it was "sticking". Sorry guys...

The team photo is posted to the right!

Why do I do this to myself?

Greetings all!
In less than 24 hrs., the Spiders will be taking on Doctor's, and my old buddy Bobby Rodgers. Bobby and I have been in many run-ins with each other. I couldn't even begin to tell you how many of his shots I have blocked! I think he just enjoys shooting the ball into my shins, thighs, stomach, chest, face (yes, all these places on my person), etc. At 35, with a bad case of arthritis, sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it. Then we get to the bar and I realize why I love playing with this group of guys. It's not just the winning (believe me, i've played on losing teams for years), it's the camaraderie, the bickering, etc. this team has so many in-fights (Harry-Ricky, Harry-Zav, Harry-Tonge, etc.) that you just gotta laugh.

Doctor's is burnt toast, i can smell it. Let's win this championship! I don't care how many bruises I end up with Friday morning, it'll all be worth it!

DEFENSE FIRST!!!!!

Colin Says, "Go Sabres"

Colin Edward Duquin wants everyone to know how excited he is both for the Sabres' game tonight and for the Spiders' games tomorrow. He will be sleeping for both, but he promises to dream about us winning!!!

Chan's Leaving!? Lets have a party!

At the Huber residence on Friday April 6, 2007

Pictured counter-clockwise starting L-R, Dave Chan, Rick Peek, Dennis Badding,
Josh Huber, Denny Schlegel, Mike Zavarella, Rickey Finnegan, Richie Tonge & Harry Wahl

View all the pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Chanmaster/SpidersHockey/photo?authkey=tllC1VRMhZs#5054478415590783314

Why do I think of Peek?

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him.

She says, "Hello."

He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he says, "Do you know me?"

To which she replies, "I think you're the father of one of my kids."

Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says, "My God, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table with all my buddies watching, while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery???"

She looks into his eyes and says calmly, "No, I'm your son's teacher."

FANTASTIC!!!!

It's experiences and ideas like this that lead me to believe I truly deserve that A on my chest.

SpidersNewsletter 4.13.7

Spiders Newsletter Season 2 Volume XXIV PLAYOFF EDITION

Spiders show no mercy by beating Hawks by mercy rule 8-0

Spiders win another one despite sleeping through the first period… It wasn’t really until Cullen Tonge came over and cheered us on with “Go Spiders GO” and “what’s he got? Nothing”…Seemingly a coincidence??? He came over and we started to roll

With goals by Denny and a laser shot from Zav we were all of a sudden in business and went on to win 8-0…great clap clap ok that was nice…

But let’s look back at that scoreless first period.. we are traditionally slow starters… thank god Ricky Finns was on his game in the first and held them off the board….

We should definitely get rolling quicker next week…no not should WE HAD BETTER DO IT….or it could be rough…

THE QUOTES OF THE WEEK

Ricky Fins at the bar…

My Dck has dark spots on it…

STRIPES REPORT

Lets just put it this way…a high stick height varied between a refs head and higgens shoulders when he was falling on the ground..

I hope Joes knee heals.. although I guess we should be happy that his foot is still attached…

All in all a puzzling inconsistent game…let’s just call it a bad week.. Im sure they will bring their “A” whistle next week.

SCORING

The scoring went as follows: We didn’t score in the first period. Eventually we scored 8 they had none. Let’s not be all happy about it, we should have won ….8-0 anything less would have been a disappointment…

By the way the doctors are not going to let wait on us…so we better get into gear early.

SCRATCHES

Duquin- a peachy vacation for CD

Dennis Badding- …

Ryan Hartnett-haven’t heard anything say hi to Fidel for us

Three Stars of tonight’s game, voted on by members of the media and anyone who says something after the game.

1. Ricky Fins- Kept us in there early

2. Denny- five sweet goals-

3. Mike “sweet hands” Stayoch.. 3 sizzling assists

THE STATS

PLAYOFFS

PK% 2-2 100%

PP% 100 1-1

Regular season

PK% 100% 2-2 YTD 80% 41-51 (3-3 on 2 man ads), 2-Penalty shots 1-2 3 SHG for Spiders

PP 0% (0-1) YTD 64% (34-53) 3 SHG against

BY THE NUMBERS

SORRY PEEK STILL NO POINTS HERE

Dennis 5G

Stayoch 3A

Tonge 1A nice shot top shelf on a sweet pass from Stayoch

Chan 2G 4 pts 2 games should have cut it earlier

Zav 1G I heard him call bank of Chassin’s stick

NEXT WEEKS GAME

Time: 8:30 PM EST

Opponent: Doctors

Place: Da Web

TV Coverage: Spider-vision coming soon

Scouting Report

The top 4 seeds have advances as the doctors, Empire and K-gays advance to the next round.

Signing off:

Patience is a Virtue

my boy

this is rich's wife, christina. thanks for the shot out to my little man!!!! he truely lives for your team. a bit sappy, but you guys are great with him. thanks

christina

The Dark Side

Our little team has suddenly taken a turn down the path to the Dark Side. Is this what happens when you win championships and finish with President's (instead of Toilet) Cups. The jury is still out on this madness, with more craziness to follow in the coming week, I'm sure. Soon I will be bringing you the life of a masochistic defenseman, so strap on the boots, cuz it's gonna get freaky!


The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began...

Hockey is Fun and So is Blogging...

I always wanted to be professional hockey player, but that was before blogs. Now I decided I want to be a professional blogger!!!

Thank you Spider's Hockey for making at least one of my dreams come true!!!

Chris Duquin
Professional Blogger

What the Hell Do We Drink!?

Not bad for $1.25 a bottle/can!!!

You really do get what you pay for...

KEYSTONE LIGHT: "Always Smooth. Even When Your Not."
http://www.keystonelightbeer.com/
Review - This beer really is the pits. Its only redeeming quality is that low, low price it has. The appearance is a sickly, transparent yellow. A fizzy foam occurs upon pouring (I won't call it a head), and disappears within minutes. As for smell, well, it doesn't really smell like anything. The same can be said for taste. Biggest qualm with Keystone is that it's level of carbonation is pretty high, making it fairly unpleasant to drink. There's a little chemical drying of the mucous membrane, but as it warms, it makes your mouth feel like you haven't brushed your teeth in a day. There are better alternatives to this. Buying a handle of second-rate vodka and mixing it with water would be cheaper and almost as tasty as Keystone Light. You could even add yellow food dye to make it look the same.

VS

OV (Old Vienna): Lets just say that even Molson does not even admit to it anymore!

www.molson.com
Review - OV is supposed to stand for "Old Vienna", suggesting that it's a Vienna style lager. The guys in the locker room will call it "old vagina", suggesting what it really tastes like. A great beer for elderly drinkers—the type you see haunting the hallowed halls known as Billy O's and Golden Swan. Not so great for anyone else, unless you just got laid off from the dye-stamping factory. The full name, Old Vienna, is quite deceptive, considering that over in Austria and Germany there are strict laws about the way beer must be brewed. In other words, OV would be seriously outlawed over there.

Ok, now I'm in... lets see where it goes!!

This could become scary!

Do we really want to do this? It could be fun... for some...

...I can only imagine.

-Harry