Revenge in the Galant

Tonight, two members of the Red Army took a pick in last year's entry draft on an excursion of a lifetime. The journey began with a doorbell, featured booze, hockey, and taco bell, and ended with vengeance. Yes loyal readers of the blog, last night, the Galant hit back.

6:11pm Friday Evening- Nysmith Parking Lot
Mark Hendricks, Scott Hoefer, Will Sutherland, Pat King, and Kate Norman (girlfriend of Mr. King) were walking to their cars in the parking lot of the private school. The chat was mostly idle, though preliminary talks had began about a viewing party at Mr. Hoefer's estate to view the Capitals take on the Hurricanes in a southeast division showdown. Mr. Hoefer planned to house the guests but asked that they arrive around 7, the scheduled time of face-off. Mr. King, who had carpooled with Ms. Norman, had to take Ms. Norman home before he could begin the weekend festivities. Mr. Hendricks offered to entertain Mr. King if he wanted to kill some time between dropping his girlfriend off and watching the hockey game. Mr. Sutherland interjected at this time, stating that he would be busy until after the hockey game, as he had a prior engagement with his father. With plans still up in the air, the five exited into their respective vehicles and drove off into the night.

6:31 pm Friday Evening- Hendricks Estate
Mr. King arrived at the Hendricks estate and was greeted with Dower House Drive hospitality, as Mr. Hendricks removed the wrappings from a large frozen pizza and placed it in the center of the oven for the directed 14-16 minutes. The two watched Cash Cab and the Capitals pregame show while the cheese slowly melted on their impending dinner.

8:41 pm Friday Nigh- Hendricks Estate
A few hours removed from their delicious dinner (one which the Washington Post Food section classified as "exquisite", "makes you feel good inside", and "there's a big mess on the counter") Mr. King and Mr. Hendricks were greeted with a surprise, as Mr. Sutherland appeared at the door. His arrival, perfectly timed with Alexander Semin's second goal of the game, officially began a crazy night. Mr. King and Mr. Hendricks had been drinking rum and coke out of Oakton High School athletic glasses and were incapable of driving, but Mr. Sutherland would provide the sober transportation from the Dower House to Trailside Park for some late night, cold weather hockey.

8:48 pm Friday Night- Hendricks Estate
Laura Jeanne and Peter Senior Hendricks arrived home early from a work social and saw Mr. Hendricks, Mr. King, and Mr. Sutherland in the living room. Unbeknownist to them that the glasses Mr. King and Mr. Hendricks were drinking from contained rum, the parents of the star sniper assumed everything was kosher on the start of Hanukkah. Mr. King hid the handle of alcohol behind a couch pillow, and the five of them chatted about the work gathering and the hockey game. After a break in dialogue that sent Laura Jeanne into the kitchen to make coffee and Peter Senior upstairs to change out of his dress clothes, Mr. Hendricks walked into the hallway to grab his backpack, and brought it into the living room where Mr. King slyly deposited the bottle of rum.

9:43 pm Friday Night- Hendricks Estate
Mr. Hendricks, Mr. King, and Mr. Sutherland, after celebrating Mike Green's game winning goal in overtime, decided it was time to pile on the winter clothes and head out for some hockey. They grabbed sweat pants, undersized hats, and winter gloves before setting sail in the Galant. Mr. Sutherland drove, Mr. Hendricks supplied the tunes, and Mr. King sat in the back trying to fit into his aforementioned small hat.

9:59 pm Friday Night- Franklin Farm Giant
Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Hendricks grabbed a six pack of Budweiser for goalie wars.

10:34 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
The three gentlemen laced up their skates and set out on the frozen surface. The alcohol, while warming the blood of Mr. King and Mr. Hendricks, did not provide refuge from the blistering wind. Under a full moon, one which Mr. King later attributed his werewolf style session with Ms. Norman to, the men skated around shooting pucks into the six by four. On his first slap shot, Mr. Hendricks' old wooden stick snapped. Moments later, a puck split in two. Moments after that, a second puck split in two. Hendricks' stick was salvaged by a drunken tape job that refigured the structural integrity of the blade. The pucks were not so lucky. Fortunately for them, a hockey ball was in the trunk of the Galant. So, using a street hockey ball, the boys reverted to the style of play that existed while Pluto was still a planet and Jenny McCarthy did not have Hepatitis.

11:21 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
With the rum nearly gone and Mr. King destroying Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Hendricks in goalie wars, tragedy struck. The lights which had shined so brightly for over an hour ceased to smile down upon the rink, and the night became very dark.

11:26 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
Convinced by Mr. King that their eyes had adjusted to the dark, the boys take to the rink again, abandoning goalie wars for a more back and forth style game which featured lots of drunk skating.

11:28 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
Mr. King falls after colliding with Mr. Sutherland.

11:30 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
Mr. Sutherland falls unprovoked.

11:31 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
Mr. King falls hard, unprovoked.

11:34 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
Mr. Hendricks falls unprovoked.

11:42 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
The hockey ball splits in two, ending the game. The boys reconvene at center, as Mr. King and Mr. Hendricks share the remaining shots of rum and the three of them gaze up at the starry night sky. Nobody makes a gay joke.

11:57 pm Friday Night- Trailside Park
After Mr. Hendricks swore that he had seen four shooting stars, prompting numerous gay jokes, Mr. Sutherland agrees that he too has seen one. Mr. Hendricks feels vindicated, though wonders if it is possible that a plane had released its septic tank like Mr. King had hypothesized.

12:19 am Early Saturday Morning- Taco Bell Drive-Thru 1
Disheartened to find the Ashburn Taco Bell closed, the boys claim the night a night of vengeance and proceed to honk at cars that look at them the wrong way.

12:21 am Early Saturday Morning- Waxpool Road
Honk.

12:23 am Early Saturday Morning- Waxpool Road
Honk.

12:24 am Early Saturday Morning- Waxpool Road
Honk.

12:27 am Early Saturday Morning- 28
Honk.

12:29 am Early Saturday Morning- 28
Honk.

12:34 am Early Saturday Morning- 50
Honk.

12:39 am Early Saturday Morning- Taco Bell Drive Thru 2
Mr. Sutherland orders every prime numbered value meal... large.

12:59 am Early Saturday Morning- Hoefer's Estate
The boys reunite with Mr. Hoefer at his place and drink a few beers. Many gay-bombs are thrown.

8:23 pm Saturday Evening
Mr. Hoefer informs Mr. King that Quaing, a party goer who was in attendance last night, was in fact, gay. Mr. King responds that the alcohol had inadvertently shut off his gay-dar.