Well folks, the Masters Senators won! This was the equivalent to a free dry cleaning coupon. Besides that, there was some intreresting story lines around last weekend's action, so let's dive head-first into it.

United Division:

Redwings 4 Bruins 2: Game sheet mystery guy #9, might have been Jeff "pumpkin" Pye... who knows, lit it up with a goal, assist and a penalty as the Wings sauced the Bruins 4-2 and didn't bring over extra napkins. John "Look at all the road salt on the side of your" Carvalho did the usual John "Look at all the road salt in the side of your" Carvalho things, scoring twice to secure the victory. Anthony Quaglia turned aside 24 shots for the win and passed Ken Dryden in the all time list.

Flyers 7 Blackhawks 4: Didn't see this coming, fellas. Dylan McInerney could shoot the puck through a keyhole if the keyhole was a bit bigger than an actual puck. He scored three to lead the men in orange to a huge 7-4 win over their arch-rival Blackhawks. Let's pause and talk about Flyers wiley veteran Brent Haslam who was all over the damn place all night. He won several battles aling the dasher boards, scored a goal and even got a penalty for good measure. Rumour has it he even loaded up the team bus after the game while holding a cola in one had and a frankfurter (old man word for a hotdog) in the other. Brent's style of play doesn't make me a fan, it makes me an air conditioner...

Masters Division:

Penguins 4 Sharks 3: Ed Aitchison scored a pair including the game winner with 11 minutes left as the Pens wrote off the Sharks 4-3. Penguins won despite missing captain/gm John Carvalho Sr. who remains listed as day-to-day with a body injury. Sharks had their chances to score late but couldn't bulge the twine. Scott Maki did all he could, scoring a goal and adding a hamburger helper and Mike Christensen continued his strong play of late with a 2 assist game in a losing cause.

Senators 4 Blackhawks 2: Larry "ballroom blitz" Litzgus scored a hatty (3 goals) after chugging a can of jolt cola before the game as the Senators doubled up the Hawks 4-2. That Chris guy chipped in with a goal and an assist for the winners while Brock Hotrum tallied both goals in a losing cause.

Grand Masters Division:

Redwings 7 Stars 4: Joe DeFaria started this game between the pipes for the Wings but Bob "as the world" Tirnanic finished it. When the final horn sounded, the Redwings prevailed 7-4, ruining my proline ticket. Len "plant" Potts came to the rink ready to play, folks. His skating is as smoothe as brick of pine river cheese. Add 2 goals and 2 assists to his stat totals once this game was all said and done. Stars best guy was Mike "king bee" Vanderzee as he scored a goal and added a hamburger helper. He was even caught whistling the Globetrotter song while carrying the puck up the ice!

Flyers 1 Sharks 1: Ron Cooper was not in the lineup for this one. I guess helping out at the concession stand was more important. Anyways.... his Sharks could've used his offensive prowess as they settled for a 1-1 tie against the Flyers. Who else but Terry "the claw" Hughes scored the lone Flyer goal. I wish I took Hughes in the SCOHA hockey pool this year, kicking myself. William Reid scored the lone Shark goal. Reid's productivity has been up and down like a sewing machine needle this season but things are looking up for the former Wichita Magnet star.

Well that's all from an ice cold 90km windy Winnipeg. Have a great rest of the week and good luck with this weekend's games.

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United: Brent Haslam      Masters: Larry Litzgus      Grand Masters: Mike Vanderzee

Chris Marttila

SCOHA e-Columnist

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