The First Step

"I decided to save my voice" rasped the 'Hooter' to Terry McLinskey at the conclusion of the convincing 7-0 blanking of the Bear Mountain Bears in the opening round of the Hudson Valley Hockey League playoffs at Sport -o- Rama when nary a hoot was heard in the 3rd period. The Pearl River Pirate Squirt A team was primed for victory as attested to by their dominant four goal lead after twelve minutes of action. The squad was never seriously challenged in this one sided affair with six different players chipping in goals. Midway through the third period with the seven goal lead and chippy play marking the Bears' attack, Coach McGee pulled back on the throttle and had his worker bees protect Sean Gordon's shutout through puck control and a spread attack in the offensive zone. An irate Linda Krok caused the Hooter to blush when she turned to the 'bearded blogger' as the strategy unfolded as said, "the Bears coach s...ks; if Chris won't run up the score, my Dillon will run 'em into the boards at least." Husband Ray, time keeper extraordinaire, quipped, "Lin, it's in the DNA! Dill got two minutes for mouthing off in the third period."