The Tigers Go Fishing
Guest post by the bloggohusband.
The Evanston Tigers Orange played their final game of the season this past Friday, February 17, 2007, losing to the Frozen Snappers Silver team 6 – 3. See the game pics here.
For the first period-and-a-half, it looked like the Tigers were going to go out on a high note — outskating and outshooting the Fish (to whom the Tigers had lost three times already this season by a total of 19 goals) during a scoreless first period and taking a 1 – 0 lead on a #95 – Rosie “Jax” Tuper goal mid-way through the second.
However, it was (almost) all Snappers after that — with the Tigers being outscored 6 – 2 and outshot 20 – 6 in the last half of the game. Rosie Tuper and #7 – Tina Croniser added the second and third Tigers goals, respectively.
Despite the outcome, the Tigers did play well — especially in the game’s first half — and showed considerable improvement over their earlier games. And Barb also continued to improve — stopping a number of breakaways and maintaining good positioning throughout the game. Though the stats don’t show it, she probably outplayed the Snappers’ goalie and had one of her better games.
For the year, the Tigers finished 3 – 11 – 3. However, when broken down by level of opponent, it’s clear that the Tigers played well against those teams at their own level and struggled when they had to play against more advanced squads, especially earlier in the year. As the Tigers’ last two games (1 – 1 tie vs. the Michiana Sting and 6 – 3 loss vs. the Frozen Snappers) show, they’re more or less playing at a Blue (intermediate) level now.
copyright Women’s Central Hockey League
Barb has one more game this season, subbing for the Glacier Vixens on Sunday, March 4, 2007; and then the Tigers-hosted Spring Mixer hockey league begins in about a month. So, don’t worry — you can still get your hockey fix here.
Oh, and I forgot to mention drop-in rat hockey, too, at the local ice rink on Tuesday mornings. Barb went today for the first time in two or three months. Although it’s co-rec, she’s the only woman that plays, but holds her own against the men, who are mainly cops. Once Thursday night practices are over (after this week), she’ll probably start playing Friday mornings, too.
So far she doesn’t have any hockey scheduled for Wednesdays, but I’m sure she’ll find something soon….
What a good Bloggohusband you are, Brian! Okay, the Frozen Snappers…when I read that I wanted to get a heating pad & place it between my legs, for some reason. Brrrrr
Barb, you ROCK!
ps…do they have hockey icons you can add to those below?
See? My teammates aren’t the only ones who think the name “Frozen Snappers” sounds dirty. Maybe it’s supposed to have some sort of sexual innuendo, but personally, I think it sounds kind of gross. I mean, there are so many better innuendos out there, don’t you think?
One of the last times we played them I suggested in the game post that they rename themselves the Lumberjills because they kept hacking at me with their sticks even after I made the save and the ref blew the whistle. Well, they did that again this last game, and I distinctly remember one of them repeatedly shoving the blade of her stick right between my legs. Not cool. Maybe I should consider freezing my own snapper.
Granted, they’re aren’t all like that. I do know a couple of people on the team who are nice, and there’s one woman who I haven’t met, but would always compliment me whenever I made a great (or otherwise) save. (*)
By hockey icons, do you mean smilies? It’d be great if I could add one, but I think I’d have to contact the person who developed these. I actually have two or three other sets of smilies to use, but I’m certain none of them have any hockey smilies. Also, if I switched, it could throw off all the smiley coding that’s already been used, which would not be fun at all.
Yes, it has a sexual innuendo. Red Snapper is a nickname for–well, you know. Every boy learns this in junior high.
I never heard that term until now, but I had a pretty good idea what a “snapper” is. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to name a team that. Why not just call yourselves the Cold Cunts? :d