On Wednesday night the Sydney Icemen opened their 2014/2015 season with a 5-4 loss. The game featured the Icemen’s usual flair for drama, exaggeration and unusual motivational speeches. As game time approached there were varying levels of providence between teammates: Captain/Coach/Mel Gibson lookalike, Troy Morgan had been at the rink since 4.30pm making sure he could open the bench gates with speed and precision. Darren Muzerall showed up seconds before the game started, half dressed and smelling suspiciously like Hungry Jacks. Absent from the lineup was Ian Mac, who was somewhere over the pacific ocean in seat 18A drinking rum and coke and telepathically tuning into the game. In his annual start-of-the-season speech, Morgan rallied the troops and introduced the newest Iceman, Spencer Austin. “Listen up gentlemen, the sponsors on Spencer’s equipment aren’t paying to see him lose, so if we’re going to get free Nestle Hot Chocolate we need to win some games,” Morgan shouted. The Icemen all nodded in agreement and nobody heard Jeff Helbren say he was allergic to hot chocolate. The Icemen’s opponents this evening were the colourfully named, Blues. However based on the nationality of the Blues lineup the team might as well have been named Modrý. The Icemen opened the scoring a few minutes into the first period with Lucien and Paul setting up Silvan Mäder with a one-timer from the slot. Sensing the great teamwork as he approached Hawaii, Ian highfived the passenger seated in 18B and shouted ‘Booyah!” to the cabin. Unfortunately the Icemen’s lead was short lived. Despite numerous pad-stacks, diving glove saves and saving a stray kitten that wandered onto the ice, netminder Dale Burgess fell victim to some great passing plays by the Blues and the Icemen were losing 3-1 by the second period. During the 2nd period intermission the team discussed what they needed to do to win, “guys, let’s start scoring and backchecking so that the stupid facebook write up we do tomorrow is about us winning,” yelled Danny Elmarji. Tim Morgan raised his hand and added, “I’m going to Hamilton Island tomorrow!” The third period started with the team’s twice trading goals to make the score 5-3 heading into the final few minutes of the third. Sensing the tension as he approached the west coast of America, Ian Mac ordered a double vodka and put his in-flight movie, ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ on pause. With just a few minutes left, Silvan unloaded a perfectly placed wrist shot above the glove of the Blues goaltender that setup an intense finish to the game. The Icemen put all their energy into the final few minutes but couldnt put anything past the Blues goalie, who played incredibly well. When speaking with reporters after the game assistant captain, Marty Kolos predicted the Icemen’s defensemen would continue to carry the offense throughout the year, “it’s a contract season for most of our defensive core so we want to prove our worth and make sure we get our free hot chocolate.” The Icemen would like to thank Lee Moncrieff for officiating the game. We’d also like to wish Marty Kolos best of luck coaching the NSW Brown’s team in Perth this week. The Icemen are back on the ice Wednesday October 8th against the Bears.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:15:17 +0000
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