"Nana Lucy, now this is what I call 'a nice welcome home."
Sunday, February 3, 2008
When Opportunity Knocks...
"Pop Tom, I knew that you liked ICE more than SAND" quipped a smiling Kaylee Krok as the 'Hooter' walked into Sport-o-Rama upon his return from Florida. The Pearl River Pirates did not disappoint the wandering vagabond who had to get his hockey fix this past month at Lightning Games and with the ECHL's Florida Everblades rather than rooting for his favorite Squirt Team. Coach Kern's Band of Buccaneers appears to have hit its stride this past few weeks after having been eliminated from League playoff contention. The lads determined work ethic paid off in the second period against the Monclaire Blues when C.J. Greco converted a rebound off a Dillon Krok shot to open the scoring at the four minute mark. As the period drew to a close the opportunistic Greco forced a turn over on a penalty kill to end the period with the Pirates up 2-0 with a deft deke on his breakaway. Sammy Coughlin lost his shut out at the two and one-half minute mark of the the third period in a goal mouth scramble. With the Blues applying late third period pressure the fluid skating Ryan McLinskey had this 'Hooter' howling "this is 1957 vintage Bobby Orr" as #2 top-shelfed the insurance goal. The spunky Blues managed to draw within one with 38 seconds left when they pulled the goalie only to fall (3-2) to the gritty Pearl River bunch. Kudos all around to the dominating line of Griffin Welch, Ronan James and Kyle Javier. To the solid work from the sometimes under appreciated back liners Sean White, Liam McCormack; the versatility of Brian Quinn, Dylan McCavitt and Luke Myers and Dolan Ocasal. "They did us proud!" But will the New York Giants?!?
Sunday, December 16, 2007
No "Missed Opportunity" Here
"Pop Tom, I NEVER miss an opportunity to pose for your silly pictures."
Missed Opportunity
The Pearl River Pirates dropped the second game of their weekend road trip into Westchester to the Bronxville Black Hawks (5-1) at the Westchester Skating Academy in Elmsford NY. The Pirates were coming off a 2-1 victory over the Rye Rangers on Saturday. Bad luck plagued the Pirates against the league leading squad from Bronxville. A first period score by CJ Greco was negated when the referee determined that the net had come free of its moorings before the puck crossed the line. Shortly thereafter the Hawks scored on an odd man rush. A tightly contested second period saw the squads leave the ice with the Pirates still down one to nothing. Netminder Joe Livornese thwarted drives by Griffin Welch, Ryan McLinsky and Dillon Krok to keep the Pirates at bay. Our Bucs kept knocking on the door but to no avail as Livornese was as good with his feet in scrambles as he proved to be with his gloved hand. Early in the third period Krok was dumped and shaken up behind the offensive net by defender Sohr. The injury delay seemed to take the wind out of the sails of the Pirates, who until that time, had played the Hawks on an even footing. When play resumed the Black Hawks sored three goals within four minutes to put the game away. Luke Myers' end to end rush resulted in a 15 foot wrister that eluded the goalie with barely two minutes left to play. It ended the shutout and occurred with Sammy Coughlin pulled from the Pirate net, but was answered quickly by a Hawk empty netter to complete the scoring. The hooting fan absent these past three weeks was heard to comment to the startled ref leaving the ice, "You missed a game too, I see. These Pirates deserved a better fate, given their effort on the ice," mumbled the bearded old timer to no one in particular.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
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