Game
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Date
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Opponent |
Result
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Record
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Game Summary
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1
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4/14 |
Wolverines |
4-0 |
1-0 |
The Knights opened the season with a strong
performance all around. Joey was steller in the net.
Boice, Kinlin, MacAskill, Diaspro scored the goals. Mark
Weston introduced himself to the Knights by spending two
minutes in the box for tripping. He was counseled after
the game to clean up his act and never spent another
minute in the box. |
2
|
4/17 |
Hockeytown |
7-0 |
2-0 |
In a totally dominating performance, the Knights
trounced Hockeytown. The only Knights without a point
tonight were Krizek (C'mon Joey), Boice (resting on his
laurels from the opener), Granowicz (you've got to shoot
to score Pat), and Dean Ortel (don't use the excuse you
were playing defense - we won 7-0). |
3
|
4/21 |
Wolves |
3-4 |
2-1 |
This was the worst moment of the season. Without
Coach Bowman, the team was in disarray. People were late,
people (Dean) forgot their equipment, long shifts were
the rule, and as a general statement the team stunk.
McDonald got kicked out for breaking his stick over the
boards and nearly taking Dharte's nose off. After the
game McDonald ripped the team a new ass. It must have
worked because it was the only loss of the season. Weston
with two goals and Partain with one were the only bright
spots. This game marked the debut of Rick Hein for the
Friday Knights. In hindsight, Coach McDonald feels it was
a huge mistake to invite Hein to play much less put him
on defense against a quality team.This game was marred by
24 minutes of Knight penalties. The Enforcer, Mike
MacAskill had two cross checking penalties, the last of
which cost us the game and almost his position on the
Production Line. |
4
|
4/24 |
Nitro |
10-0 |
3-1 |
The Knights came roaring back after the big ass
chewing. Coach Bowman's steadying influence was felt from
the opening faceoff. Kinlin had a hat trick. The only non
scorers were Krizek, PJ, and Coach Bowman. Joey made up
for his lack of offensive output by recording his league
leading third shutout stopping all 3 shots he faced. |
| 5 |
4/28 |
Marauders |
7-2 |
4-1 |
The offense was working for the 2nd straight game.
Newcomer Marty Pavelich scored 4 goals, three of them
shorthanded. In order to keep Marty from whining, Rochon
just kept giving him the puck. Several of the superstars
including Krizek were in Toronto playing for the
International team. Therefore, Joey can't be held
accountable for the lack of a shutout. |
| 6 |
5/1 |
Kemp |
2-2 |
4-1-1 |
This was a lackluster performance all around. Rochon
and Granowicz (see what happens when you shoot) were the
only scorers. Joey let in two really weak goals for the
first time this year. Coach McDonald was thoroughly
pissed off after the game and delivered another ass
chewin'. He felt that the team had lapsed into the old
long shift habit and tied a much weaker team. In the
playoffs he was proven right as the Knights knocked Kemp
out with a thoroughly dominating performance. |
| 7 |
5-5 |
Icemen |
3-3 |
4-1-2 |
The Icemen are a young group that tested the Knights
who were still playing shorthanded. The team missed the
leadership of McDonald who was in Germany drinking beer
and eating Wiener Schnitzel. Joey was unbelievable in the
third period as the Icemen dominated play. The Knights
held a slim lead, but caved with less than 3 minutes to
go. Granowicz, Krause, and Mike MacAskill were the goal
scorers. Coach Thomas set up the first two goals with
brilliant passes while two Icemen clung to his body. Mike
MacAskill hurt the team real bad by taking himself off
the ice with 3 penalties. One unsportsmanlike conduct (big
surprise), one slash (bigger surprise), and one trip (oops).
It was a very un-Production Line Member performance. Mike
Myers got in a fight and got his ass beat real bad. |
| 8 |
5-8 |
Pylons |
5-1 |
5-1-2 |
The teams big guns, Pavelich and Benninger showed why
they make the big bucks by putting the puck in the net.
Krause, Weston, and Granowicz also chipped in goals. Joey
turned in yet another strong performance and Tom Partain
was the lone Knight to lose his cool and take a slashing
penalty. |
| 9 |
5-12 |
Grim Reaper |
7-0 |
6-1-2 |
McDonald's scoring touch finally returned as he
buried two goals. In an amazing coincidence, Mike
MacAskill's assist touch returned because he threw a
couple of passes to Pete. Thomas, Granowicz, Dharte (2)
and Benninger also put the biscut in the basket. Everyone
who showed up was on the scoreboard except Krizek who was
actually heard snoring late in the 2nd period. |
| 10 |
5-15 |
Wolverines |
8-2 |
7-1-2 |
The Wolverines are praying that they don't meet the
Knights in the playoffs. The Knights clobbered them out
for the second time this season.This game marked the
debut of Kevin Walsh in goal. This was his penalty for
being one of the direct causes of the Knights only loss
of the season.The Wolverines scored on their first two
shots, one from downtown Birmingham and another from even
further out. After that, the Knights got down to business.
Krizek was moved to forward and after a shakey start (see
his player profile), he performed well and scored the
second to last goal of the game. This turned out to be a
very rough game because the Wolverines thought they
actually had a chance to win. PJ got his ass beat real
bad (see both the MacAskill profiles). Both MacAskill's
got unsportsmanlike conduct penalties (a habit for Mike).
Marty did a great job keeping his cool after taking
vicous cross check. He only hit the guy 3 times in the
face in under a second. It was so quick, the ref missed
it. Marty paid them back with 2 goals and one assist.
After the game, there were nearly a couple of fights, but
with the playoffs rolling around, cooler heads prevailed.
Marty told one guy to take off his mask. After the guy
did it, Marty pussed out and ran to the locker room.
Maybe he thought we would see him kiss the guy. |
Game
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Opponent
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Result
|
Record
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Game Summary
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1
|
Grim Reaper |
4-1 |
1-0
|
The 2000 playoff season started with
a bang. This game was a mismatch from the start. The
Knights dominated this game from the start. As in the
regular season, Joey had an easy (K)night. Benninger was
unstoppable and had another Hat Trick. Rochon had the
other goal on a tip in after 4 weeks off. Mike MacAskill
again spent time at home in the penalty box. This time,
Mike was so desparate for a goal that he decked the
goalie with less than 10 seconds left in the game. His
brother in law Pete had to help him out. After Pete hit
the guy who hit Mike, Suzuki (Miss) looked like she
wanted to beat his ass so he skated away laughing. There
were 4 roughing penalties in this game.
|
2
|
Kemp
|
4-1
|
2-0
|
Kemp actually tied the Knights during
the regular season. The playoffs were a different story.
One member of Kemp was overheard saying with pride "we
tied these guys in the regular season!" Little did
he know that the Knights were on cruise control at that
point and many regulars were resting in the bar. Kinlin
scored two pretty goals, and the Production Line was
dominant. This was a very clean game except that Mike
MacAskill (BIG SURPRISE) had another cross checking
penalty. Pat Granowicz lost his chance for the Lady Byng
by taking a foolish roughing penalty (his only penalty of
the year).
|
3
|
Icemen |
1 - 0
|
3 - 0
|
The Knights earned a berth
in the Championship
Game with a bitterly fought victory over the
Icemen and their Referee brothers. This was by far the
roughest game of the year, but the older Knights more
than held their own. Scottie was
glad to be BEHIND the
bench for this one in his cheap 3-piece suit, calling out
line-changes (and other verbal encouragements)! Marty
opened the penalty box door with a vicious elbow to the
goalie's chops. The goalie was lifted off the ice, off
the goalpost and then back down to the ice. It was worth
5 minutes in the box. The Knights killed penalties all
night. As expected, Mike MacAskill visited his home once
again and fortunately did not cost the team a goal. Following in big-brother's footsteps - PJ
tallied three penalties before being EJECTED from
the game with his fourth, a Game Misconduct penalty. For
some reason, the referee did not like it when PJ gave him
the finger. The penalty killing and defense was
stellar, but once again JOEY was the number one star. His
season goals against average has dropped under 1.0 and he
has not given up a single goal so far in the playoffs.
The younger icemen simply could not keep the Knights off
the scoreboard despite the Brothers
Referees best attempts. The Knights had their first two
goals called off, before Dharte absorbed an elbow to the
face, centered the puck and Marty banged it home.
Amazingly, the Refs did not call him for being in the
crease. Late in the game, Marty beat up two Icemen (they
were brothers) and once again visited the MacAskill home.
While he was there, he again politely requested that they
remove their f--king birdcages. We've all heard that
before. One of the Icemen had his mommy come over to see
if he was OK. In the end, the Knights were simply too
strong to be beaten. Both teams are hoping for a re-match
on the 16th in the Championship
Game. There's no question who'll come out on top - but it's
guaranteed to be a nail-biting, knock-down-drag-out, HARD-HITTING
game! Ya gotta LOVE
this game!Penalties:
Pavelich
5 min
Roughing - Nice elbow!
PJ
2 min High Stick - Good job PJ you cost
us a goal.
M.Macaskill 2
min Roughing - Just joining the party.
PJ
2 min Roughing
10 min Misconduct
Lenny
2 min Holding - There goes the Lady
Byng
Pavelich
2 min
Roughing - Brother number one
Pavelich
2 min
Cross-Ck - Brother number two
McDonald
2 min Roughing - Oops.
Click to see the pictures from After this game.
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4
|
Icemen
|
4 - 1
|
4 - 0
|
The Knights were expecting a war.
Pavelich was busy in the locker room prior to the game
taping his knuckles just in case. No sense getting bloody
knuckles if you have to crunch someones face. The Knights stormed out to an early 2-0 lead on
goals by Pavelich and they were never seriously
threatened during the entre game. The first goal was
setup by Rochon with a beautiful cross ice pass to the
streaking Pavelich. Marty made no mistake and slide the
puck through the legs of the helpless goalie. On the next
shift Marty pounced on a fluke bounce and caught the
goalie by surprise and buried the puck in the back of the
net. Less than one minute later, Joey was caught napping
and gave up a goal on a rebound off the back wall. After
that brief lapse, the Knights turned up the heat and
dominated the rest of the way. Glen Boice scored a goal
from the right point on a blistering one timer that the
goalie never saw and Mike MacAskill took a beautiful pass
from Partain and slide the puck under the goalie for the
final tally. Krause, Dharte, Granowicz, and of course
MacAskill all managed to take stupid penalties. Mike
thought he had the penalty title safely in hand until
there was less than one minute left in the game. At that
point, Marty delayed the victory celebration for a good
10 minutes whining to the officials who up to that point
had done a stellar job. A 2 minute unsportsmanlike
conduct, and 10 minute misconduct helped Marty to nip
Mike by a mere 2 minutes. For good measure, the referee
threw in a double game misconduct due to Marty's constant
references to the ref's family heritage. After Marty was
safely escorted to the locker room, the Knights finished
the Icemen off and the celebration began. Click to see
the Knights' Victory Celebration.
In a very unique side story, Brian
Atkinson, a Knight on injured reserve managed to sneak
behind the bench and do enough trash talking to the
Icemen that the referee kicked him out of a game he wasn't
even in. Nice job Brian!
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