FALMOUTH, MAINE, OCTOBER 10, 2012 - This morning's Morning Hockey Club contest between the Gold and Blue squads ended with cross complaints of inaccurate scorekeeping after the mysterious appearance of a replacement scorekeeper. When the final horn sounded, the scoreboard showed Gold ahead 10-9, but there are serious doubts about that score's accuracy.
The bizarre scoreboard kept during this morning's MHC tilt
The Blues pulled to an early 3-0 lead, only to have Gold rally but after the first 35 minutes the score was still 7-4 Blue. "Then we scored at least two more goals that were never put up on the board," said Blue defenseman Bryan Dench. Gold then "scored" a fifth goal that clearly appeared to ricochet off the iron and straight out but was tallied by replacement scorekeeper Paul Mullen, who inexplicably arrived at the rink and largely displaced regular scorekeeper and ombudsman Don Simms.
The Golden Oldies popped a series of quick goals and suddenly had a putative 8-7 lead that they then extended to 9-7. The clubs exchanged goals and Blue kept battling to bring it to a recorded score of 10-9 before time ran out.
However, if the phantom Gold goal that actually hit the post were not counted, and if the two or more unrecorded moody Blue goals had been logged, the true score would have been 11-9 for the aged Azures.
Gold players interviewed after the tilt were reluctant to defend the scoring and none would speak for the record. It is unclear what the explanation is for the apparent lockout of Simms and what action, if any, the Morning Hockey Club will take.
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