OLT Wins Third Straight Edging Massive Gongers 2 - 1

Mahler, Randles Light the Lamp in Win

In an epic battle of two 4-5-0 teams jostling for playoff positioning, it was OLT who wound up on top by the count of 2-1, the exact same outcome as when these two titans clashed earlier in the session.  The OLT victory sets up the 5-5-0 Edge to play 5-4-1 Alpha Graphics this coming Sunday for fourth place in the Sunday elite C-2 division.

The boys in white, red and blue played flawlessly in the 1st, not so much in the 2nd, and well enough in the 3rd to notch their third straight win.  OLT struck quickly on the game's second shift.  Defenseman Kevin "the Bachelor" Ellis rung a wrister into the Gong zone that took an odd carom off the glass support in the end zone and the puck wound up on the blade of center Mike Mahler who ripped a shot on net.  Left winger Mike Carroll corraled the rebound and calmly unloaded the biscuit to Mahler who was left all alone at the right post.  Mahler converted the sweet pass from Carroll and it was 1-0 OLT.  The Edge went up 2-0 on another nifty play.  Kevin Ellis carried the mail out of the OLT zone and roped a laser of a pass to center Scott Morris who was off to the races on a 2-on-1 with right winger Bryan Randles.  Morris zipped a snapshot on net and Randles secured the rebound and deftly put the biscuit in the basket to make it 2-0.   

The Massive Gongers cut the deficit in half with 7:07 left in the middle stanza, but that was all the scoring in this one as John Mathias and the rest of his friends shut down MGS for the remainder of the tilt, including weathering the storm in the final minute as the Gongers pulled their netminder for the extra attacker.

Other than the win, the highlight of the evening was left winger Dan Harker, visibly ashen after a bout of drinking the night before.  If there's one thing about hockey players, it's that they're pretty simple guys.  Ask them this question and you'll always get the same answer:  What are the three things you like most?  Answer? Hockey, hot women and cold beer.  And when I say cold beer, I mean drinking it and being able to handle it.

"I'm so hungover, I must of drank a 12-pack in five hours", Harker whined.  After the laughter in the locker room ended, goalie and accomplished beer drinker John Mathias responded with what everyone else was thinking, "Is that all?" "Hell, I drink a 12-pack before I make the turn in a round of golf", added Dave Kauffman, who by the way looked very comfortable at center in this game. 

Well Harker, that's why your multi-million dollar contract is for scoring goals, not for drinking beers.