Penn Jersey’s 2nd home game of the 2010 season was held on April 17th in Mt. Laurel and featured an intraleague game, aptly named Spring Fever.
The Sadistic Sweethearts, co-captained by Lucky Luciano and Mischievous faced Dishonor Roll, co-captained by Classy Chassis and Deuces Wild.
Both teams either had skaters out due to injuries or skaters just coming off illnesses. Dishonor Roll, however, was hardest hit with the absences of their top scorer – Hellanor Rollsevelt, who is out with an injury and hard hitter, Hard Licker, who is pregnant and expecting her first child.
The Sadistic Sweethearts really took it to Dishonor Roll, winning the game by a final score of45-32 after 1 hour of skating. High scorer for the winners was Sloppy
Jo with 18 points, and 14 points for Dishonor Roll’s rookie Bexi Wrexi. Sloppy Jo is always one of the highest scorers, so that comes as no surprise. She is an All-Star. Bexi’s performance proves that this rookie rightfully earned her spot on the roster. I applaud her tenacity!
This game had some additional highlights. Rookie Angry Topaz scored her first points ever, finishing the game with 5 points on two scoring jams. Her performance in the game steadily improved once she relaxed and found her zone. Vanessa – aka Cra$h Money, who skated as a rookie last year, was placed on the Sweethearts for the 2010 season.
Kudos to all the rookies!
A fight happened in the last period between Classy Chassis and Sloppy Jo. Sloppy, who took an illegal block, shoved Classy as she headed to the penalty box. Maybe tempers started to flair because Dishonor Roll was losing throughout the entire game? Whatever the reason, a near bench clearing happened. It felt like a Flyers’ game and the Broad Street Bullies were back! Both combatants were ejected from the game with only a couple minutes remaining on the clock.
During half-time, the Hooligans played some dodgeball with audience members throwing the balls at them. Kudos to all the guys and a special node to Bill Stickley who avoided 3 or 4 balls in a skate across the track, ducking and weaving the entire time. The audience was really into it and cheered them when it was over.
The next home game is a co-ed game on May 22nd in Mt. Laurel.
Jersey Joe