Quick Recaps of 2 Games

Comrade-town,

Sorry for the delay in blogging. Normally I'd have a poor excuse on why I haven't been able to blog, like, say how I have been frantically searching for a job all over town since graduation and I haven't had the time to post articles, but that's not true- the job search has been anything but frantic and I slept away the afternoons.

But let's get down to business. The Soviets played two games and earned three of a possible four points, improving their record to 3-1-1 entering tonight's tilt against Prestige Worldwide. This is how they got those points:

Red Army vs Strangers (11-10 OTL)
- The defense will want to forget about this one, and when I say defense, I don't mean the five skaters that are assigned to play defense, I mean the entire nine skaters who all handed in poor efforts when the puck wasn't on one of their sticks.

- At least the offense was back to its old scoring self. Ten goals ain't too shabby, but again, I'd trade a few of those tallies for a better defensive effort.

- Andy Schram didn't play the best game he's ever played, in fact, he didn't play that well at all. He was fighting the puck, and rebounds were frequent...ly deposited behind him.


- (Mark) Hendricks finally ended his drought with a four goal performance. Unfortunately for him, Breiterman also scored four goals, and the gap remained wide in Hendricks' quest to catch Benny Boy.

- The Beege was.... well, not very Beege-like. It will take him a little while to reacquaint himself on the back end, but come on, a -5 rating? His performance was about as good as Rosanne's at Wrigley Field. Or this kid on any stairs.

- Keeping with the Hendricks theme, let's talk Neal. A goal and an assist ain't bad, but we expect more. Why? Because we're greedy.

- Lastly, the Strangers continued to assert their dominance over the Red Army, extending the winning streak over the Comrades to three seasons. Here's hoping the Motherland avoids them in the playoffs for a third straight postseason to win a third straight championship.

Red Army vs The Beer Guts (8-4 W)
- This was a game that really showed the hockey sense that exists on the Comrade bench. Slight adjustments made during the game turned the tide for the Soviets and rendered the Beer Guts helpless.

- Nobody made better adjustments than the collective group of Mark Hendricks, Pat King, Ben Breiterman, and Jamie Simek. After surrendering the first two goals of the game, the line battled back with 7 of their own with each player scoring at least one.

- Benny Boy had another hat trick. He's money in the bank right now.

- Mark lost a little ground in the goal scoring race as he finished with only two, but his five assists won't hurt his pursuit of Ben in the points category.

- How good was Jimma Jam's pinch from the point and shot that snuck through the five hole. It's plays like that which continue to make him one of the best kept secrets in the league.

- While some people may get on the other line for not contributing much offensively, it should be noted that they only surrendered one goal against. Offense wins games....

- The National Center for Missing People reported that they have made no progress in their ongoing search for Neal Hendricks.

- The Beege played better, but still not Beege-like. He's getting close.

- We here at the R.A.D. are suckers for sweet passes, and there was one in this game that needs its own bullet point. Pat King's set up pass to Mark for the 7th goal was crisp, deft, and sexy. It was the Blue Steel of Dulles.

-Oh, and Andy Schram? Yeah, he was good in this game. Damn good.


So there are two recaps. Not bad. Not good, but not bad. The team is playing better, but there are still large pieces of the puzzle that aren't clicking. Let's see a full performance tonight, shall we Comrades?