SPIDERS TRAINING EXERCISE

It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots.

...They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes.

Pictured: (Either Huber & Chan on the trail -OR- Peek & Zavarella playing dress-up at SpringGarden)

GO TO: http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html

SPIDERS: Where are they now?

NAME: Christopher "Norm" Stayoch

POSITION: Wing, Goaltender

NUMBER: 16, 92, 31

YEARS PLAYED: 1995-2002

BEST KNOWN FOR: "donnybrooks"

REASONS FOR RETIREMENT: Concussion, Knee

WHERE IS HE NOW: Currently employed at Stevens Driving School. In his free time, travels the area; going from one party, festival, lawn fete, golf course, bar stool, couch, to another spreading joy and happiness where ever he goes. Dedicates his life to help the underprivileged become privileged.

At a U2 concert in Ireland...

At a U2 concert in Ireland, Bono addresses the audience for some quiet. Then he starts to slowly clap his hands.

Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone...."I want you to think about something. Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."

A voice from the front of the audience yells out.... "Then stop clapping, you asshole!"

Gotta Love the Irish!

I told you Josh and Richie...

I told you guys ...two voltrons one Car and one Lion version

From Wikipedia

This Voltron team consisted of 15 members, and were divided into three teams of five, known respectively as the Land, Sea and Air Teams. Each team was specialized in gathering data or fighting in their area of expertise. Each team could also combine their vehicles into a bigger machine, with each combined vehicle differing amongst the three teams. These fighters were:
The Aqua Fighter (Sea Team)
The Turbo Terrain Fighter (Land Team)
The Strato Fighter (Air Team)
When necessary, all 15 vehicles combine to form the mighty Voltron. This Voltron in the toyline was referred to as Voltron I (also called the Vehicle Team), possibly due to it being closer to Earth than the more popular Voltron III (or Lion Force Voltron).

Sorry everyone else..

Team Plant???

Okay I could clearly never vote for this as the team plant but I will throw this out there as our team mascot/tree!!!

Bring it!!!!

Here you go boys the first in at least a couple of entries into the "contest."

SPIDERS Celebrating at the Blue Wall, Having 1 (or 2... or 3) for Chan!

We sent this picture to Dave on the trail.

(LtoR) Harry Wahl, Mike Zavarella, Richey Tonge, Chris Duquin and Rick Peek.

Camera Man: Josh Huber.

6.7.07: Spiders Skin the Coyotes 6-2

Why did we win tonight??? Was it our desire to beat MJ??? Was it the return of Mike Stayoch???? Solid Defense??? Good goaltending??? Timely scoring???? Josh’s promise of cookies???

NOPE- NOT EVEN CLOSE….
Look out Ron McLean and Don Cherry… we have two new hockey analysts in the house, MJ and Matt Stewart and they broke down the game last night- welcome to Hockey Night in West Seneca (let’s call them the HNWS crew)

Here is a list of why we won but why they did not win as seen through the eyes of the HNWS Crew:

HIGGINS before the game:
(pointing at Denny)- "He is they’re only good player" (Pointing at Stayoch) "he’s not bad" "The rest of them aren’t all that good…" -Thanks Higgins get a shave!

AFTER the game:

MS: "The whole game turned we did not win when there was a turnover by Dustin (field goal kicker guy) in our end. It mattered because Matt Stewart (in his own words) was wide open no one was even close to him." (maybe he needs glasses?) Apparently, Dustin stick handles too much and over-pursues on defense And one goal he got in front of Matt and that’s why we scored.

MS: "we were 1 pass away every rush from smoking their D every time, 1 pass away."

MS: "I had 5 or 8 great scoring attempts tonight, the goalie got lucky on the breakaway and the other times I got slashed or something one time the goalie got lucky and made a save. Their defense always over pursues and their offense gets caught in deep too much. We play great stand-up defense and start the rush back the other way we are all over them and then they get a Shitty breakaway goal. We would have won if insert players names here didn’t go to Thursday in the square and they had like 15 guys! “No one calls any penalties on them (Spiders), I got hacked and slashed all night’. I guess he ignored the time Zav was almost turned out of his shirt trying to get to the point!

MJ: "A guy comes in a slashes me, and I can’t breathe and they don’t call a penalty."

Like I said to Harry- I will forget more than I can remember… My only question is … were they watching the same game as us?

THE QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Randy to MJ: "the way you complain you just make my night longer."

MJ to Randy: "I can make your night longer…and then she talked about doing this or that ..tripping this guy whatever."

Second Referee: "She complains about her night getting longer…maybe if she didn’t let this guy (points to Denny) score 19 times and then complain about it she would get home faster.”

STRIPES REPORT
According to MJ and Matt , the referees only called penalties on the Coyotes.. evidently that 2 minutes you did in the box Chris didn’t count… so but we still will get credit for the PK. According to HNWS, the refs ignored all the trips and slashes we did.

SCORING
We were up 3-0 on goals by Denny Peek and Denny
Then they scored two… I guess we are lucky it wasn’t 12 based on the HNWS crew
Then by some travesty of justice or incredible stroke of luck we scored three more. Two from Denny and 1 on the PP from Fins.

SCRATCHES
Dennis Badding- Bad ankle… what can he do it’s connected to his foot?
Ryan Hartnett- Playing with sticks and balls….little white ones…
All the Zawada’s- Running for their company …or their lives not sure if they set loose the bulls this year for the corporate challenge
Richie- “the accidental barber” Tonge…out on suspension for *ahem* a hair raising incident last week
Dave Chan- follow the comet as per the Website Pearisburg, VA (6.7.07)… if you were wondering where that is ..he can hear the banjo music from West Virginia…

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

1. Harry Wahl/Chris Duquin- they made a lot of good plays in the offense and defensive zones they had a real solid night on defense…and Harry didn’t yell at anybody or get a penalty… We need to reward good behavior, nice job guys. Especially against THE Matt Stewart…
2a. Tim G- he had an assist but he really gets the star for his hustle and how he fought for every ball (and won most battles) like he was getting paid for it…lifting sticks, bodying guys off, boxing out guys like Tim Duncan and winning face-offs. Tim brought a well rounded game tonight.
2b. Denny- four goals and 1 assist nice game Denny this weeks headwear was definitely did the trick.
3. Farr the Oak tree- I give the nod to our Keeper because he made some really nice saves and played the puck well. The tree stood tall tonight…

NEXT WEEKS GAME
Time: Thursday… check the spiderblogspot for a time I forgot to look and can’t get there from work… PM EST
Opponent: Misfits we fumbled last year early against them…
Place: The Web
TV Coverage: Spider-vision postponed
Scouting Report
Remember the Misfits goalie REALLY gave us trouble last year.

"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."
-Wayne Gretzky

Dave Chan Update E-Mail 5.30.07

From: iamthechan
Re: Latest Comet Update
Wed, 30 May 2007 6:39 pm

What Josh said...I'm burning at least 6000 calories a day...and eating lots (around 3500), but you can only carry so much at a time. I'm in Damascus, VA now. Hope the Spiders are winning. I have to get some town food now.

Oh yeah, and I gain at least 5 -7 pounds everytime I eat in town, but that doesn't last long.

I officially kick off the "Spiders on the Road" Photo Contest

As you can see here. I had the pleasure of meeting and listening to the 3-time Super Bowl Champion & Pro-Bowl linebacker of the New England Patriots, Tedy Bruschi, at a function this past Sunday about Stroke Survivors... It was really, really moving.

Sorry for the blurry picture, it was taken really far away and fast with a camera phone... Let's just say that I confused many people...

So the challange is on. Put up or shut up Huber & Chan, Peek & Zav, even you Jeff Zawada! Lets see if you have really have game Duquin!!!

When the better team wins it’s not because the lesser team underachieved

From http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/80687.html

I can’t buy into the notion that the Sabres underachieved. Maxed out is more like it. Forget about the Presidents’ Trophy and the illusion of supremacy it creates. Ottawa was five points better than Buffalo from Dec. 1 through the end of the regular season while playing two fewer games. The Sens won the regular season series, 5-3, outscoring the Sabres, 33-25. When they met in the playoffs the better team won. And when the better team wins it’s not because the lesser team underachieved. The Sens went into the series absurdly under-regarded in this town.

Tarrets Guy Just Never Stops!

Tarrets Guy wanted desperately to have sex with this really cute, really hot girl in his office, but she was dating someone else.

One day he got so frustrated that he went to her and said, "I'll give you a $100 if you let me have sex with you..."

The girl looked at him, then said, "NO."

Tarrets Guy said, "I'll be real fast. I'll throw the money on the floor, you bend down, and I'll finish by the time you've picked it up."

She thought for a moment and said that she would consult with her boyfriend. So she called him and explained the situation.

Her boyfriend says, "Ask him for $200, pick up the money really fast. He won't even be able to get his pants down." She agreed and accepts the proposal.

Over half an hour goes by and the boyfriend is still waiting for his girlfriend's call. Finally, after 45 minutes the boyfriend calls and asks what happened.

Still breathing hard, she managed to reply, "The bastard had all quarters!"

The Spiders after 3 games

OK Spider Faithful we are on top of the league with 6 points.. Tied with the Coyotes (yes josh that guy is a good fieldgoal kickers team). We have them on goal differential... but it is early and let's face it just like in the newsletter said.. We shouldn't plan the victory parade we only succeeded in beating three of the worst teams in the league.....
Overall there are some positives...
1.Tim Grundy being one of them ..I was worried when Chan left but with Tim stepping in there I don't see a drop off (sorry comet, still miss ya you hiking fool).
2. We really beat the hell out of some bad teams (without Denny and Fins) - in the past we have been known to play down to our opponents
3. Alot less tension than last year we all seem to be ..mellow and happy


AROUND THE LEAGUE
Knockaround guys Orangemen and Coyotes....
K-guys and Orange tied last week
Coyotes have basically played who we have they scored 1/2 as much and let in1 more goal...not sure what that means...
Orangemen... new goalie Phil Sykowsky really bolsters their team I guarantee they will be gunning for us this year...

THE FOUR GAME OUTLOOK
Slapnuts not a push over....at 2-1
Orangemen enough said...
Blues same old blues but now with an angry Joe Howard
Coyotes- the jury is still out they play red Dog and the orange before they meet us....two games to really look at how they are

That's it for now....
See ya Thursday....

Tarret Strikes Again!!

As I'm sure most, if not all, of you are aware that we have a teammate with the nickname Tarret...(of course no names will be use to protect the problem child).. Normally Tarret sits there and eats his wing(or celery) and drinks his beer.. After a few beers his disability comes out.. So, on occasion he blurts out "Woohoo", or "Look at that ass" or "Nice Rack honey"..

Well, last night he maybe crossed a line or two... And this is what happened, for those who were not there... So Tarret was playing with his phone or looking at his beer or something while our lovely waitress, Mary, was trying to clean the table..(ya know, the 4 cases of empty beer bottles we usually have sitting there).. When Tarret strikes while she wasn't looking...He blurts out "I want to see some breasts".. Mary, the innocent lady that she is, was dumb-founded and didn't really know what to do.. I do like where she went with it(She said "Ummmm, Nina??!!), but I'm not sure she knew who's he was asking to see...

I think we may need to put a collection plate together, as a team, so we can send our dear friend to a counselor so he can work on controlling his disability..

Movie Review: SpiderMan3 Rocks!

Allright. I know. Going to see a movie at 6AM in the morning before work is a tad crazy (especially considering we played at 11:30PM) but it was worth it. In fact, it might be a viable option for those who just do not have the time to go to the movies normally...

Of course try to find me around 2 when I am sleeping under my desk...
Anyway. It rocked!

Action was incredible. The story was compelling. ...and the new girl-in-distress ain't bad either...

Clearly the best Comic Book Movie Franchise out there!

http://www.buffalonews.com/199/story/67395.html

http://spiderman3.sonypictures.com/site/main.php