Likity Split 12 vs. Dirty Dogs 11
Split win an ugly one with last minute unsportsmanlike conduct!
Friday, April 25, 2003

And with newly formed team names, the Likity Split and Dirty Dogs rivalry is born. Still a great series with close games throughout but the 'Dogs were still searching for that elusive first win. So they came out with guns' a blazing jumping out to an early lead in front of their sub netminder Eric "Haven't played since last November, so would you call that rust?" Lowe. Team Likity Split also featured the debut of rookie sub Fraser "does being an Archibald relative get me any privileges?" Stampvincent having a nice showing with a Howe-like hat-trick scoring a goal, assist, and (accidently) high-sticking Tom "thanks for the shaving cut buddy" Ng, while not being penalized. As usual, it was the onslaught of Split's #1 line Chang-Archibald-Ma igniting their team's offense and pulling ahead in the late stages making the 'Dogs sub-goalie pay dearly in some cases.

Some mild drama ensued with Split's D Albert "it's a players' right to complain as I head to the sin bin, ain't it?" disputing a penalty called against him, but as we all know in the MDHL, it's the Captains' perogative, for right or for wrong. With the Split on their heels and the Dogs coming on, a late goal to pull within one goal by D Jason "this one goal makes up for all my defensive gaffes tonight, ok?" Lai, the Split show a rare, but ugly display of UNsportsmanship by dragging their heels and taking about 30 seconds to retrieve the puck... with 40 seconds on the game clock. Needless to say, Team Split held on for the (cheap ass) win, but kudos to them for also admitting their sins and showing regret after the game. Thus, the planned voodoo doll curses were cancelled for the following week. Alas, another win for Likity Split and the rest is history.

MDHL 3 Stars:
3. Tom Ng... shakes off the bloody chin and turns in a solid blueline performance.
2. Lawrence Lau... true grit on the ice and just missing a John Wayne accent.
1. Ken Takeda... holds down the fort between the pipes for the win.