My Favorite Blizzard

"Is this the line to Wendy's or McDonald's? These guys in blue are from Dairy Queen."

Storm Brewing?

"Hey Pop Tom, that was barely a snow shower" gleefully chortled Dillon Krok as he emerged from the locker room. Our dauntless Pearl River Pirate Squirt A Team had just concluded the Christmas vacation on an even higher note than they had begun it with their 2 impressive victories two weeks earlier. The boys crushed the Hackensack Blizzard (8-2) at Sport-O-Rama before an enraptured group of parents and fans. Krok and Ryan McLinskey led the way with each scoring hat tricks in what had been a close contest through a period and one-half. Coach McGee working with a short bench rotated his skaters effectively. Smooth skating, double shifted CJ Greco and Brian Quinn were integral to the happy outcome with crisp passing and rushes into the offensive zone. Not that our defenders were no less responsible for the lop sided result. CJ McGee, Owen McGee and the ever versatile Liam McCullough staved off every flurry by the Blizzard and were vigilante against the perpetually hanging Hackensack forwards. Sean Cooper in net came up big, early and often, before the pendulum swung the Bucs way in the middle period. Yeoman work by Dolan Ocasal, Anthony Margiotta, Ciran McEnroe, Michael Ruthberg along the boards did not go unnoticed by the Hooter. As the families dispersed to the parking lot, many heading out to a fast food lunch, the Hooter commented "Dill, when I come back from Florida in four weeks will you be working on 40 goals, or will it be more?" To wit #22 blasted another wrister by the befuddled old man with "Pop Tom, that depends. If you stay out of Dairy Queen and away from those ice cream treats you crave, I might score a 'blizzard' of goals in your absence."