Week 10's Three Stars: Father's Day Edition

Third Star
Nick Baretta of the Free Agent List

Making the most out of his first days back in America and BTSH, Nick celebrated by lending his talent to some needy teams on Sunday.  He suited up for his old team the Rehabs, put on those nasty league goalie pads for Gut Rot and scored a goal for the Demons.  And then to top it off, he delivered a crowd-pleasing performance in the epic Karaoke Competition at HiFi afterwards.  Come back to town more often, Nick. 

Second Star

Emily Moore of WTP and the all-day ladies of the league                     

Blazing Sundays are back!  And doesn’t Emily know it.  She kicked off the day by going ironman on defense for a team in Walker’s doghouse, proceeded to play in her own game and then subbed in another.  (That last one was a little regrettable.  And we’ll forgive her for it.)  The last we saw of the delirious puddle formerly known as Emily, it had found its way to a barstool desperately trying to rehydrate.

And let’s give it up for all of the other ladies around the league that have made similar sacrifices! Not just Week 10, but all of the Sundays.  To the Danas, the Mias, the Danielles, the Kates and many more.  You rock and you know it!

First Star

Mike Tuckman of Mega Touch and the Fathers of BTSH          

Prior to their teams facing off, Tuckman teamed up with LaCombe of the Anklebiters to create a makeshift outdoor kiddie playroom for their children.  (Toys, tents, doughnuts and even a babysitter!  Oh my!)  On the courts it was all business for both of them with Tuckman edging Craigers by posting a shutout.  Afterwards it was back to friendliness with little Tuck facetiming relatives.

And a nod to all of the other fathers that came out on Sunday to get their hockey on in between spending time with their families.  Here a couple notable performances:

The Pete Wilson of Instant Karma started the day off by brunch’n it up with the fam and then netting two goals for his son who was watching from the park. 

Dave GDR of TSR gave another beautiful effort in net and stole one for him and his teammates. 

While Gilly may not have gotten one past Dave GDR, there’s a life changing event later this week that will have him looking forward to this day next year. 

Happy Father’s Day to all you other Dads!

Honorable Mentions

Jeff of Filthier

(The Demons vs. Filthier game was one of the more polite and friendly matches of the day (insert side eye here) and didn’t go unnoticed that Jeff did his best to stay out of the fray.  Here’s to new beginnings! Good luck, man.)

By Ann Mathews of Filthier

Jeff ‘Kam-en’ (came-in) the Filthier line up pretty seamlessly and helped lead the team to victory versus his old squad.  He kept a cool head as the game got extremely chippy (black eyes, lots of shoving, etc.) and assisted on the game-winning-goal that was scored by his new line-mate Shafiq.  As the minutes wound down and the intensity picked up, his defensive skills were flawless as the Demons pulled their goalie and unleashed a barrage of shots (and stick-checks and elbows to the face, etc.).  Well done, Jeff.

Karsten Pichon of LBS, Inc.

He scored a quarter of a baker’s dozen in the heat with three goals and an assist.   The LBS are off the best start of any team in the league with more quality wins and with Timmy doing Timmy things in the cage.