Season 14-15. Game 1. 11/2/2014

It's time to fire up the engines, rouse the old goose, crank up the bandwagon, and reach for the stars: It's another season of Madison Lightnin' Hockey!

After taking a year off to attend to The Droplet, I'm back to keep all of y'alls updated with my favorite hockey team next to the New Jersey Devils. And as with the new look New Jersey Devils, there's been a lot of changes in the roster of the Madison Lightnin'. So much so that I didn't know what was what. I was able to suss these facts: Warren Peas was in goal, the Bourbon Wall was [gasp] skating out, Vapo Rub as well as Pre-Rub were on the ice, Black Locust was out there causing the usual havoc. Snootch and Gimme Shelter (aka Shelter, nee Nicole's Friend) were also skating around.

It was good to see the familiar gang!

 

 

All five Lightnin' skaters and the goalie in one action shot!

 

 

None of the above included Timbers and Amanita. Timbers has gone the way of the Bruin, and Amanita reportedly got lured away to another WCHL team, whose name shall not be mentioned here. So sadly, there will be no cries from the bleachers, or in this blog, of "Amanita ... STONED!"

But there were some new skaters. Most notably, Scotch Seven:

Scotch Seven works the boards

In my playin' days, you always had to watch out for the skater with the scotch-taped jersey number. Or the player with the mis-matched jersey. This person had both! But alas, her skills - indeed the entirety of the team - were all for naught. Yes, naught. Against the mighty Madison Meteorites, they of the top division, they of the actual slap-shot taking variety, they of the cycling down low, the Lightning failed to register a goal.

Warren Peas stood tall for the first 8 minutes of the tilt. And then - BOOM. Boom, boom, boom. I took a bite from my sandwich, and then BOOM, another goal. By the end of the game, the Meteorites had scored 9. Top-shelf like it was Saturday night at the 2001 Odyssey.

I let in 9 goals several times in my playin' days. A bolstering thought: "They're not going to get 10!" I wonder what Warren Peas thought.

But eh ... first game of the season. And by all accounts, it was The Droplet's second-ever Lightnin' Game!

The Droplet pressing his bePackered butt against the glass - take that Meteorites!

Notes: With Asperatus gone, it is possible that I am become The Lightning's #1 Fan. Scary thought for I have too many responsibilities as it is (read: The Droplet).