A Wraith contemplates a Caribou goal. (The Avalanche fans and that Canada guy were on a field trip.)

MORDOR, Middle-Earth—MEHA officials denied protests by both the Ringwraiths and the Caribou with the offical statement "well, now you're even, so there." Both teams were also warned to be on their best behavior. The result was a well-played hockey game—which the Dom-Land Caribou lost 2-1.

"They just played a darned fine game of hockey," said Gandalf of the Wraiths. "I didn't think they had it in them."

Throughout the game, the 'Bou seemed to have problems tracking the Wraiths, often lining them up for a body check only to miss. The team denied all rumors that the head injuries sustained in last week's mess bothered some of the players.

"I'm fine!" declared Boromir. "Just that left-right thing got a little confusing."

Other Caribou exhibited similar directionally challenged behavior. While no one admitted to having any physical problems, two unidentified hobbits were seen getting on the team bus after the game with ice bags saran-wrapped to their heads.
Frodo scored the lone goal for the Caribou. Gandalf made 23 saves.

"We must look ahead," said Strider. "Witht the series tied, the next game is crucial for us and we must find hope."

Head coach Elrond has cancelled the next two practices to give his players time to recover.

The series continues next week...sometime...at the Merry-Go-Round...Rink...Thing Where a Penguin Plays a Banjo.

Notes: The votes are in and the outcome has been decided. Keep watching.

Notes Ia: Bubbles will be attending a MEHA...thing for a good chunk of July. Apparently, the scheduling committee was led by wargs. The following weeks of Dom-Land updates will be a lot more like less on time. Bubbles usually updates late every Friday, Bubbles Standard Time (Saturday for pretty much the rest of the world). She will try her darndest to keep to that schedule, however, with limited internet access and Bubbles' inability to calculate time differences, the updates may be a day late or early. Thank you for your patience.

Notes II: Read about the aftermath of the Elfhead concert at the Merry-Go-Round...Rink...Thing Where a Penguin Plays a Banjo here.

Notes III: View all the Dom-Land pictures and how they came to be here.

Notes IV: If you sent me something, see it here.

Playoff Primer

1) Each round is a seven-game series. Basically, two teams play each other until one team wins four games. That team wins the series.

2) There are no ties. If a match is tied at the end of three periods, the teams will play 20-minute overtimes until one of them wins or they both drop dead. In the case of dropping dead, all members of both teams have to be completely dead. The game will then be temporarily postponed.

3) The teams who have qualified for this year's playoffs are:
The Dom-Land Caribou
The Ithilien Rangers
The Uruk-Hai
The Ringwraiths

Whoever wins the Caribou/Ranger series will go on to play the winner of the Uruk-Hai/Ringwraith series for the Orlando's Bloomers trophy. (Bubbles would like to remind everyone that the poll that chose the name of the championship trophy was really weird.)

4) Although there are traditions of throwing things onto the ice in the NHL during the playoffs, (i.e. the octopus in Detroit) the MEHA has strictly forbidden the flinging of cephalopods. This measure was taken to prevent the injury and/or death of anyone trying to capture The Watcher in the Water.

5) For more hockey terms and...stuff, click on Hockey Speak.

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