FALMOUTH, MAINE - The opening game of the celebrated
Cardinal Richelieu Cup playoffs was marked by stellar, playoff quality goal
tending at both ends of the ice. Blue
Dog netminder Walt "The Wall" Leland gave new meaning to the term,
"take one for the team," as he literally took a puck off the ear
midway through the contest and dropped to the ice in pain. Fortunately, Leland was able to return to
action and appears to have suffered no long term damage, though he showed me a
long black mark on his goal helmet where the puck had struck the glancing blow.
Leland was seen playing a second game in goal following the Cup match, leading to the conclusion that he's either fine or, perhaps, crazy.
Gold Badger keeper Jim Secunde was also on his game
at the other end of the ice, facing steady pressure from the formidable Dog
attack and making save upon save. He
helped his defense by good rebound control and apparently suffered none of the
jitters , many feared he would
experience due to renewed demands for full payment of the $1B (yes, billion)
fine imposed by the MHC last year for his "desecration" of the
coveted Cup. On his day with the cup,
the Weasel back stop allowed himself to be photographed sitting by a fire pit
in which the famed flagon sat.
Dissemination of the image provoked rioting worldwide and has placed
Secunde on "the list" of Les Gardiens de la Coup Richelieu, a
splinter religious order based in Paris, France.
"I spent the summer scrounging for bottles and
cans on the side of the road, Secunde said.
"I bundled up several truckloads, and had them shipped to France.
Don't tell me they didn't get there! I knew I shouldn't have trusted that guy
from New Jersey." He added, "Do
I get any slack since I actually polished the Cup? Those French monks are tough."
R.
Inkrat
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