Random Lengths 7/25 Game Recap Vs. The Avengers

It was nice to have a full crew for our 7/25 game against Ass Avengers.

Erock Reges was in attendance. "Who's this? Dave" was also there, and Randall Shuler once again covered for us in goal on the account of Shoup's absence and Pott's missing ankles and knees.

This team did not seem to pose any sort of challange to the Lengths, which held on to be true all except for the addition of Heroin ref as their sixth man, and the fact that Marian Hossa's brother plays for them.

Seriously, didn't anyone have a needle or something for Heroin ref to hit before the game to put him in a better mood? Nice dude, you work full time as a Dek hockey ref, don't take your failed attempt at life or your addiction to an illegal substance out on us innocent players. Do some research dude.

Anyway, to our surprise the head Marxist is now also working for the dek and he was the second ref. He didn't cause any issues, but Karl was awfully quiet in his early years as well.



We came out and scored the first goal and things were looking good. Tim makes a play at the center line and gets the ball to Curt. Curt beats a defender and sneaks one in near bar on the goalie. 1-0 Lengths.

The game then took an unfortunate turn. They managed to squeeze some shots by Randall because of some unlucky bounces, and we were suddenly down 3-1 at the first intermission.

We held our ground though, and they only managed one more goal for the rest of the game.

Curt and Tim once again hooked up in the second with Curt making a nice play behind the net to sneak one out to Tim in front who poked it in.

Brandon also did some dirty work and put in a similar goal early in the third.

Nordo and Trav were all over the place but could not buy a goal.

The addition of Erock Reges and Dave in the back helped, and Pott had a few opportunities but we could not sneak one by their keeper (who was either playing very well, or getting very lucky).

Finally with approximately 2 1/2 minutes remaining, team leading goal scorer Brandon added to his lead with another gritty goal in front of the net. 4-4 tie.

The Nordo and Markie line finished the game and after some close calls in our own zone, they managed to get the ball deep into the offensive zone and create some awesome chances. Unfortunately not before the buzzing sounded, we're going to OT.

Curt and Tim started the offensive push in OT and they were close, but not close enough. We then took a penalty. We were short handed twice in a 5 minute overtime period with a running clock, and we still had more chances than them. Nord and Markie were all over the place and Pott and Brandon almost put the game away on their shift, but almost only counts in...well you know the saying.

4-4 tie. Next game is 8/1 at 4:00PM Vs. Red Russians.

Stats updated on the link to the right.

Specific Random Lengths II 7/18 and 7/25 Recap

We'll combine the two game recaps to save time, internet space, my lack of a memory, and my lack of attendance at the 7/25 game.

7/18

We had a few more subs than we had the first game, so things were immediately looking positive at the start.

The team we were competing against had won 8-0 the week before, and we had lost 1-7, so this figured to be a tough game for the Lengths.

It looked like it was going to be a long day when within the first 5 minutes they score and take the lead 1-0.

No fear, we gathered ourselves and began a tear of 9 unanswered goals.

Sparticuss Clover continued to show his dominance over lesser dek hockey combatants and he put away 4 goals.

The addition of Aaron Zirn was evident in his mastery of puck-handling and perfect passing.

By the end of the second period the game was completely in in our hands and we continued our dominance of the dek.

Shoup held his ground after a shaky first and only goal.

Final score 9-1 Lengths.

7/25

Did not attend this game but once again we got some key scoring from Sparticuss and Zirn, and some stellar goal tending from Shoup.

We won 2-1 in a tight battle of will.

Apparently Zirn made one dude eat his shit late in the third putting on more moves than May West (or Michael Jackson if you're concerned with copyright infringement).

Next game is August 1st at 12:00 PM.

Stats are updated on the link to the right.

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Also, since everyone seems to think we should shoot more I figured this video of Curt shot in his basement 3 years ago could only help. Bitches.

Random Specific Lengths Game 1 Recap

Whether by fate or by divine intervention from the god of skinny punks, we once again began a session of Random Length's hockey playing babies and their dads.

We knew it was going to be a difficult ordeal. Our eyes were widened and our lungs hurt well before the drop of the ball because of the large contrast in size from the dek we are used to playing on to this one.

Only having 3 men on the bench did not help either.

We were all aggression in the first period, and the sights of our hands on our knees further emphasized how much different of a game it is indoors on the larger surface.

Although tired and in much worse physical shape than the non-pubes, we hung with them for much longer than we had expected, and we had some solid chances in the first period.

They snuck a few in and got some nice bounces, and Shoup made some really nice saves.

They scored a few more in the second and you could see our energy escaping faster than Trav leaving a gay bar.

If I could paint a picture of how we felt it would be of Curt standing in the face off circle after a goal against. His skin was pale, his shoulders sagging, his mouth hung wide open, and he had dark circles forming under his eyes. It looked like he had not slept a wink this decade and had just recovered from a romantic night in bed with satan himself.

Think about that one time that you were so tired that your vision was blurry, your lungs felt like you were breathing oxygen laced with glass, your penis had tucked itself away out of shear horror, and your legs felt like slinkys. How you felt was only half as bad as Curt looked at that moment.

We did score 1 goal in the second period. Nord and I attempted a nice give-and-go but the defender read me like his favorite Dr. Seuss book. Luckily Nord made a nice offensive-defensive play and the ball snuck out to Curt in the slot and he fired a snap shot past the goalie.

They scored a few more in the third and we didn't. We did however start playing a little better as the game wore on. It's a different game indoors and we took some time to adjust.

The overall consensus was that we really liked the larger dek and will definitely consider prolonging our time there.

6 (or 7) - 1, RLs lose.

Game Highlights:

*Shoup makes a save diving across the crease in the first.
*Shoup saves a definite goal by reaching behind him with his stick and poking it through his own legs so that he can cover it.
*Tim misses 3 breakaways (this is actually a lowlight and sadly a reoccurring issue).
*Tim did pull a sick half-moon on one of the dads leading to his second breakaway.
*Jefferson and Mark were awesome additions to the roster.
*Nord really looks like he belongs out there on that dek. I foresee amazing things.
*Fennell has good vision out of the back.
*Trav and Tim give-and-go in the first comes oh so close.
*Jefferson's slap shot.
*Curt smoked a bunch of dudes late in the second and was pulling his trademark "whoop"s. He then proceeded to stare down a pit-stained boy who was at least two feet shorter than him.
*Goldie being Goldie.

Randomly Specific Lengths

Captain Fennell received the call and the Random Lengths II Session begins at Family Sports Center (Heasley's Indoor Soccer place) this coming Saturday, 7/11/2009 at 11:00am.



If you plan on taking part in the entire session please bring $20 for Fennell.



If you are not going to be able to make most of the games but you would still like to play please bring $5 each game.



We are still looking for some extra players so if you know anyone who is interested, please let us know.



We'll keep you updated on the schedule for Random Length's I at the Butler Dek.



See you dudes Saturday, 5 v 5.