Blufreezy
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- May 1, 2013
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My team got bumped up to D1 from D2 this year, and for the most part it's been pretty good, we can beat every team but 1 who was demoted from C2 to D1 and so far basically destroys us.. It's annoying because it's a team where half the guys are C level players and the rest are D, so they dominate because of those few players, but because of the D players they just aren't quite good enough to stay in C i guess.
So tonight we played them and they had a guy on their team playing who was really, really good. My buddy pointed out to me the guy had no sticker on the back of his helmet (just a physical way of telling you've paid/registered to play in the league basically).. Next shift the guy blows buy everyone and scores.. Normally I probably wouldn't give a damn if someone came into play unregistered for a short team but since they had a full bench and we were short with only 3 extra guys, in frustration I mentioned to the ref "why doesnt 5 have a sticker?" .. the ref skated up behind him at the faceoff and double checked and then sent him off the ice to go get one if he was really registered like he claimed. He came back a while later with one and was allowed to play. Sure enough he got a few goals and assists. I checked our game sheet online after the game and sure enough, he's not signed in on it and his number doesn't exist on that teams seasons roster.
So basically a clear cut ringer and the most likely high school student working the arena office just gave him a sticker because she doesn't care.
We lost 10-7. Aside from the fact it was a game where both goalies didn't make many saves so who really knows, but without him we probably would have finally beat that team. It's so annoying.
So tonight we played them and they had a guy on their team playing who was really, really good. My buddy pointed out to me the guy had no sticker on the back of his helmet (just a physical way of telling you've paid/registered to play in the league basically).. Next shift the guy blows buy everyone and scores.. Normally I probably wouldn't give a damn if someone came into play unregistered for a short team but since they had a full bench and we were short with only 3 extra guys, in frustration I mentioned to the ref "why doesnt 5 have a sticker?" .. the ref skated up behind him at the faceoff and double checked and then sent him off the ice to go get one if he was really registered like he claimed. He came back a while later with one and was allowed to play. Sure enough he got a few goals and assists. I checked our game sheet online after the game and sure enough, he's not signed in on it and his number doesn't exist on that teams seasons roster.
So basically a clear cut ringer and the most likely high school student working the arena office just gave him a sticker because she doesn't care.
We lost 10-7. Aside from the fact it was a game where both goalies didn't make many saves so who really knows, but without him we probably would have finally beat that team. It's so annoying.