"Who would you rather have in your
playoff lineup?" asked Jon Morin. "Phatt and his six goals or Mike Cormican
and his zero goals and 12 penalty minutes?"
We don't know what's harder to believe, the six
goals or the 12 penalty minutes.
"What's the big deal?" asked Rick
Armand. "I had five goals in one game."
"Yeah maybe a Consolation Game," replied Al
Peterson...
Phatt opened the scoring with a
snapshot just over 11 minutes in and it was 1-0 Citgo.
Jack Gavin tied it on a soft shot
that beat Brion O'Connor, and with a minute left in the first it was now
1-1.
"You ever do everything right, and
still miss the puck?" asked O'Connor. "I was in perfect position and reacted
well. I can't believe I missed it."
Headed into the 2nd tied 1-1, who
would have ever thunk that Phatt would score the next five goals and make
the score 6-1.
"What can I say?" say a bloated
Phatt. "I was the best guy on the ice today. Heck, half the day I was
playing with that cripple Al Peterson, and I still got two hat tricks."
Yes Al Peterson made his return to
the BBHC.
But just in case his wife reads the web page, Al didn't play. He
skated around during whistles only.
"Al was there to open the door and
get water for the real players," said Rick Armand. "For the most part he did
a good job. Though Ed was bitching he ran out of water a couple of times."
Just before the 2nd period ended,
Cormican spoon fed Steve Sullivan in the slot, and Sully buried the biscuit
to pull the teal team to within four.
Neither team scored in the third
where 3 minors and one game misconduct was handed out. The teal team started
with barely two full lines, and by the end of the game they didn't have
enough skaters to pull the goalie.
"No sense getting frustrated,"
said John Gambale. "I hear Phatt is away on vacation next Friday, so we have
a chance."
Phatt won't be needed if the
rumors are true about half the Hess team bailing out next week...
