Week 3 Preview (Part 1)
Game of the Week
Anshu is 7 steps ahead of Cherie. This doesn’t bode well for Math.
So the Game of the Week is the game with the two undefeated teams. We all knew the Hookers would be undefeated since they didn’t play Fresh Kills yet, but this is the first time Math’s been 2-0 in their history. (Unless they’ve done it before…how the hell should I know?!?) (Emeritus Note: It happened in 2013. You know, last year! Ladies and gentlemen, let’s hear it for our esteemed Editor-In-Chief, Rich Glanzer!)
Keys for Hookers:
After touring all 10 Provenchers of Canada, Jason Eitel is set to make his season debut.
Here he takes a picture with me and a special ed adult.
Well we know “HE” is back for the Rehabs but what about Jason Eitel? Did he retire from the league after being named Championship MVP? The answer is no, because we don’t name a Championship MVP…though that’s a pretty good idea. Truthfully, the Hookers are so stacked that if they are missing 2-3 guys it really doesn’t matter. For the Hookers to win they should play a patient game and not let Math feed off of their emotion. Math is going to want this game more than the Hookers, so the champs should just settle the game down and make this game about skill.
Keys for Math:
Tonya Harding every Hooker player so you win by forfeit.
Becky Norris is inconsolable when she finds out she throws a football like a girl.
OK…I didn’t actually mean that Math can’t beat the Hookers…I just wanted to use this picture so I can throw another pot shot at Young Becks. For Math to win this game they will need to run and gun with the Hookers but hope they get the better chances since they have the better hustlers, and the Hookers have the better finishers. Math has to forecheck and pressure the Hookers D and bury the chances they do get since the Hookers will bury theirs.
Prediction and Side Note:
The women of the Hookers and Math get together for a pre-game photo op.
Before I get to my prediction, let me just say this should be a pretty awesome game for women’s hockey in NYC. Everyone knows how good the Hookers girls are but the Girls of Math are no slouches themselves. Cherie is the most well-known superstar but Roxanne and Stephanie are just as good, but need better PR. Math really has no weak links.
As for my prediction…I don’t like this matchup for Math. I think the Hookers are going to come out pretty strong and impose their will more than Math. I see a pedestrian 4-1 win for the champs.
Derek’s Pick: I won’t make a pick, since it’s my own game, and of course, I pick Math. Regardless, here’s a fast fact. We actually shut out the Hookers the last time we played them (which was two three years ago), with Gut Rot’s Bill Tucker substituting in net for us.
Other Games:
Butchers at Dark Rainbows
This is why they call me Richie Hero [No one actually calls him that-Ed]. Rachel contact Sean and make sure one of you changes colors. Red vs. pink is going to be brutal on the players and the refs. [Your mother calls me that, Derk]
Hopefully they take my advice, and one of the teams changes its colors. We’ll see if anyone actually reads this. As for the game, I’m going to go with the Butchers 3-2.
Derek’s Pick: One of the toughest games to pick this week, because I still know very little about the 2014 Butchers. I’ll take them anyway for a 4-3 win.
Eli’s Pick: Upset Alert! Upset Alert! Rainbows take it, 4-2. Alas, no goal for Bernstein, though.
Filthy Gorgeous at Lbs.
I never pick the Lbs. I don’t not pick them to be a jerk, it’s just I always think they are going to lose. And they almost always prove me wrong. Not this time though…I think they are going to put a beatdown on Filthy and win 5-0.
Derek’s Pick: Filthy has struggled this season, and this isn’t the game that breaks their slump. 4-1 LBS, Inc.
Eli’s Pick: Sweep it. Corporation with the 5-1 win.
Anklebiters at Riots
The Anklebiters will be a bit hungover from the Rose Charity tournament. Or life in general. The Riots have impressed me. I’m still going to go with the Biters, but it will be close. 2-1.
Derek’s Pick: I’m a little dubious of the Biters’ defense, since Alex Eben Meyer scored against them last game, but I’ll stick with the guys in blue, 4-2.
Eli’s Pick: Is Joe P. back from injury? I’m picking the Biters, 4-1, either way, but I’m just really concerned for Joe P.’s well being.
Rehabs at Poutine
HE (Romeo) probably won’t be there, but the Rehabs are rolling. Sven was given a vote of confidence after the first two games, and his job does not appear to be in jeopardy….yet. But it may be if they lose big to the Rehabs. They won’t…they’ll lose small. 3-2.
Derek’s Pick: The Rehabs told me to keep picking against them, so I will. 3-1 Poutine.
Eli’s Pick: Rehabs 4, Poutine Machine 2. That seems about right.