Game action

Holy shit is Joe Quinn open!

Steamer game action

   Joe Quinn scores!

Steamer game action!

The break-out - it crushes against no forecheck!

So I went into this place.....

.....and the hockey pucks and the goals weren't anywhere near each other.  Hey-oh!

But on a serious note, Congrats to Bada-Bing who is get married in just over a week!

Steamer action

Or lack there of.................WTF?

Steamer action.....any second now.

Steamer post-game action!

Steamer action

Harlan Pepper about to punish The Amish!

Steamer action!

Harlan Pepper with a wrister!

Steamer action

Headed out after a time-out.

How true it is.......

Steamer action

Medium Adam making the other team look slow!

WTF - is that you Turd Ferguson?

We recently had a right wing (who runs over female players, lives for post-game showers, and is probably our career leader in fights) miss a Sunday night game.  Now I am not saying who it is, but the next night the AVS were getting drubbed on TV and I looked up and saw the picture below - WTF?

Fu Manchu 2011

Often immitated, but never equaled - Fu Manchu and Beef Jerky Sunday!  The real men who participated:

 Honorable mention: Chub with a short growth week after a meeting.

 Third place - the cagey veteran - J "Mighty" Q!

 Second place - the rook - Josh!  Nice shirt!

Nice group effort for post-game beers!

  

And the winner: the Hulk-Hogan-esque, Stephen!

Nice work gentlemen!

The Guardian of the Flame Tournament

Another fun weekend at the tournament, and with a super ballsy effort the Steamer wins their pool at the Guardian of the Flame tournament.

In a couple of weird developments - Joe Quinn was able to get an amendment passed counting tournament goals in the career totals from this year forward; and a lightning storm apparently sent some very demeaning texts out to people. Who knew?

Jason's penalty shot!

Game 1 Saturday afternoon the Steam wins 7-6 as Eric scores on a break-away with 2.5 seconds left for the win. Eric and Shane with 2 goals, Jason with 3.

As Craig would say - guys that drink PBR "are men." As PBR was the only beer supplied this year, and there was 6 hours between games.....game 2 started good, but ended badly in a 7-2 loss. Joey and Shane lit the lamp.

Game 3 - a fresh Steamer looks really tough in an 8-2 win.  Eric with 2, Shane 3, Jason, Stephen, and Joe Quinn with goals.

Jason's amazing shot in Moolky.  Somehow hitting nothing with his throw!

Pool championship against the team that beat us - insane effort from the Steam. Down 2-1, we get two late 2nd period goals to to take a 3-2 lead and hold down the fort in a scoreless 3rd for the win. Shane, Joey, and Eric all get on the board.

The line-up:
Terry (G) - good tourney and great on Saturday in net, despite both knees being swollen like grapefruits. Four goal allowed in the last 2 games made all the difference.

Randy (D) - typically solid, and added stunning levels of beer drinking and nudity that would have made Frank and Reegan proud.

Josh (D) - all over the place on the ice, nice effort. Still a Wings fan though!

Brian (D) - solid three games at wing and defense and was the only guy that could silence the locker room by telling us he'd miss the last game due to a Sarah Maclachlan concert. It took a while for us to realize he was serious.

Ted (D) - late sub (Thanks Shane) who is a chowderhead and typically the best D-man in our C-3 league (maroon breezers on the Buzzards). A very solid addition.

Joe Quinn (D) - played defense, center and wing. Nice versatility, amendment and goal.

Stephen (W) - big winner in the raffle, nice goal on Saturday morning and great hustle on the game winner in the championship.

Frank (W) - off skates for a while, still looked solid and had the beautiful pass to Eric for the championship goal.

Bill (W) - quality work on the weekend playing the grinder role on a skill line.

Joey (W) - nice weekend with 2 goals including the game-tying goal in the final.

Jason (C) - typically great all weekend with 5 goals, shook off an obvious concussion in the final and played superb defense - made the play on Joey's tying goal.

Joe W. (W) - played a simple game, get puck and pass to Shane. Also dominated the classic parking lot game Moolky!

Shane (W) - gets the GM award for recruiting Ted, and oh yeah, added 7 goals on the weekend. Also nice enough to write "glory hole" on his payment check!

Eric (C) - probably our MVP of the weekend as he had about 7 or 8 assists, and 4 goals -including both game-winners in the one-goal games. Nice work E-5!

Nice work boys. Great weekend and our first title at the tourney!

Team Steam:

 Guardian of the Flame charity hockey Tournament (raising money for Special Olympics) -
Standing: Ted, Jason, Stephen, Randy, Joe Q., Josh, Bill, Joey, and Terry.
Kneeling: Frank, Olympian Zatz, Brian, Eric, Joe W., Shane  , Olympian Haldon.

Steamer - Pepsi

It was a nice 7-1 win for the Steamer. 

Chub was great in net, making good saves and getting quality help from the D-Men on rebounds.

Here is chub getting some love from E5.

And while the Fort Collins team was called the Force, it was not with them as they could not handle the young Jedi's line - as he added 2 goals and 2 assists.

Steamer at Pepsi

The "bad socks line" leaving the zone a little bit early!

Steamer - they love beer!

He may be fat, but he is open!

Steamer at Pepsi Center

Sure the seats look empty, but Steamer had that place quasi-rocking!

Even less-than elite athletes need to warm-up - and I am not just about record-setting beer purchases!

Pepsi time!

Late face-off, with two Milo's legends on defense.  Is that E5?