Dirty Dogs 14 vs. Likity Split 10
An abundance of subs make the difference tonight
Friday, June 6, 2003

With the season winding down and the 'Dogs desperate to tie things up, another victory was on the wish list. An odd night for the MDHL as no less than EIGHT regulars were out of the lineup. The stag of one Ron "damn MDHL GMs refused my request to enforce a league holiday" Pong accounted for at least five absentees and some key offensive players. However, with dwindling rosters at stake, on-ice captains Kenny "wheeler" Chiu and Kevin "dealer" Ma put their collective heads together to mine some newbie sub talent, and my oh my, what talent there was. Ultimately, super-sub Ryan "so I hear I'm the best player ever to grace this garage league" Mah, lit it up with speed and skill never before seen to carry the 'Dogs to victory virtually on his back alone.

Well okay, there were other decent performances as well, namely hat-tricks galore from Gon "this new stick is starting to pay off" Yip, Simon "just wanna impress my alter-ego Tom Jong in the lineup" Wong, and Mike "yes, yes, I know I've improved vastly" Nguyen. Otherwise, it was the 'Dogs in commanding control in spite of valiant efforts by the "Attack of the Ma Brothers" Kevin and little bro, Ernie to impress the fans in attendance with their combination of speed and grit. The game's only penalty was called against Tyson "okay, I admit I used him for a stopper, ok?" Carvell by own-teammate and honarary assistant-designate Jason "my own benched just boo'd my call!" Lai but Likity Split could not convert on their chance.

In other action, G Mike "it's been a tough few weeks lemme tell ya" Smith experiences another player run-in as Dogs F Gon "can I use you as my stopper too?" Yip crashes the net (or rather the netMINDER to be more accurate) while Split's sub D Brian "Chris told me to be the token white guy" Kindrachuk is taken out by his own player in a sweet offensive zone bodycheck!

MDHL 3 Stars:

3. Gon Yip... three goals, two off his new stick and one off his shin pad... he'll take 'em all.
2. Ryan Mah... okay, this dude makes our franchise players look like pee-wees.
1. Kenny Chiu... not for on-ice but for engineering the sub distribution off-ice was all the difference!