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ARCHIVES
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Week
17
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The Stick Pull
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Scratches:
Slick (legal problems), PFF (exploitative employer), Lobsterboy
(domestic duties), Billy Idol (back injury), Colonel (unsanctioned
injury), New Guy (knee injury), Giebelhaus (exploitative employer),
Beetle Boy (exploitative employer)
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Ottoman's pair of losses were the exclamation points to an already
bad day for the comeback creaseminder. His arrival to his first start
in six weeks was delayed by a flat tire, and then he was felled by a groin
injury when his legs splayed out from under him during a scramble in his
crease.
"It was tough," said the sophomore shotstopper of his rough
return. "You feel like crap if you can't even get one win in two
games."
But his teammates didn't do much to help their seclusive shotstopper,
said Wink. "The guy I feel bad for is Ottoman, he played his groin
out. We just didn't play very well for him."
At the other end, Gump struggled in his seventh consecutive start,
as he frequently fanned on long shots, once even directing a clearing
pass into his own net after he tried to kick it into the corner.
"I'm definitely not proud of it," said the veteran creaseminder.
But with his mates achieving success in the offensive zone, he said he
wasn't worried.
"It's one of those things, when you see the offense step it up, you
kinda feel you don't have to stand up quite as tall."
After the lopsided opener, the sticks were redrawn for the consolation
capper. The net result was only two players swapping sides, as Lak Attack
went to the underdogs in exchange for Paul One.
"Lak has that leadership, people just feel a lot stronger when they
have him on their team," assessed Gump of the trade. "He gave
the other team a boost."
"That made the other team a whole bunch of big guys, everyone on
that team had size," said Rudy.
"Nothing against Paul One, but Lak is one of the premiere players
in the game," said Ottoman. "He brought some jump to our team."
A jump that propelled them to an early lead in the consolation capper.
But Lak Attack couldn't do it all himself, as his team faded after holding
a 9-8 advantage.
"Lak's the greatest player in the game, but it's a lot to ask one
guy to make that big a difference," said Wink.
"We got out to a good start, but it only lasted so long," said
Ottoman. "There wasn't much we could do to hold them off."
"We still had our speed," said Rudy, of his team's consolation
comeback. "Luckily Bird and Kid were finding each other all day."