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OLT Shuts Out Alpha Graphics 6-0 in Gibbs Send-Off Morris "Under the Weather"....Watches USA Dismantle Canada
OLT took some time to hit their stride in Sunday night's tilt against Alpha Graphics in the Chiller's CAHL Sunday C-2 Elite League action at the dilapidated hockey facility in Dublin, Ohio. OLT managed just one goal in the initial stanza as right winger Bryan Randles roofed the biscuit on the backhand to make it one-nil Edge. "I just closed my eyes and shot the puck", explained the bewildered winger. In period two OLT netted two more markers. Defenseman Scott Mansfield fed left winger Dan "the Dong" Harker, and Harker dipsy-doodled through the defense and went five-hole to make it 2-0. Center Steve Gibbs, playing his final game with OLT before moving out West to manage a large day care center for pre-school children, dished the biscuit to Mansfield at the point, and Mansfield let a low shot go that found nothing but net to make it 3-0. OLT doubled their point total in period three getting three more tallies. Bryan Randles fired the biscuit on net and Larry "The Claw" Vozar hit the open cage with the rebound to make it 4-0 OLT. Just 43 seconds later, Gibbs hit left winger Mike Mahler just over the Alpha Graphic blue line, Mahler drew over the defenseman and fed Gibbs in the slot, and Gibbs bulged the twine to make it 5-0. "I guess I could have cut in and shot the puck, but I wanted Gibbs to score a goal in his final game with OLT", commented the OLT captain. "That was vintage Gibbs.....just rip it home". Chuck Kovach, who was OLT's first star on the night working and grinding for all 36 minutes, was finally rewarded with a goal late in the 3rd to make it 6-0. OLT's burly enforcer Steve Roth assisted. "At least I have a real beard", quipped Roth as he glared at Dan Harker. So OLT won the game 6-0, but that perhaps was not the biggest story on the night. Center Scott Morris e-mailed captain Mike Mahler two hours before the game to say he was "feeling a bit under the weather" and wouldn't be playing. Translation: "The USA is gonna kick Canada's ass in hockey tonight, and I'm gonna sit in my chair with a beer in one hand and a bag of chips in the other, and watch it happen." Apparently Morris forgot how predictable hockey players are and what they like: 1) playing hockey, 2) drinking beer, 3) having sex, and 4) playing hockey. WATCHING hockey, although definitely in the top 10, is NOT # 1 or # 4...that would be PLAYING hockey. Morris will be centering the third line in next Sunday's game. Well, at least he saw a great showing by team USA!!!! Great game guys! See you on Sunday up North at 7:30 against the Ice Hawks! |
