Sanitation is Necessary

"But Dillon, your father will still want you to go to college" chortled a flabbergasted Grandpa Ed Gritz. Dill had said that his was a garbage goal in front of the net that had given the Squirts one of the four one-goal leads that they failed to hold this date in their 4-4 tie with the Nassau Lions. Indeed the Bucs played for the third consecutive weekend with a short bench. Coach Kern was missing defenders McLinskey and McCormack from his back line along with winger Javier. The price was paid with some shoddy play in the defensive zone and a paucity of shots on goal. Not that there weren't numerous scoring chances generated by loose play in the neutral zone by both teams. Breakaways that ended with beauitful dekes for goals by Griffin Welch and CJ Greco went for naught. The 'hooter' saw the handwriting on the wall when the Pirates failed to test the Lion netminder with another shot on net in the opening period after Ronan James' 25 foot blast from a ridiculous angle exposed a catching hand weakness barely 15 seconds into the contest. Nana Lucy reminded her grandson that "garbage men do hard work and are necessary on any team. But school is your most important job." Linda Krok opined, "Let's hope that the Pirates finish up in Lake Placid like they did in Harrisburgh in last year's season-ending tournament." Pop Tom quipped, "Yeah, March has come in like a (Nassau) Lion, we better not go out like (Pearl River) Lambs in the Adirondacks. Shoot the puck boys!"