Blades Get Revenge in Best Fashion: On the Ice By L. Hayes Last Sunday’s game was a nail biter, but a joy to skate. We had a full bench, three lines of forwards and three lines of D, ready to take on Bridgewater. The last meeting between the teams resulted in a 5-4 loss for…
Blades Fight Hard Against Cat’s C/D Team By L. Hayes Sometimes when you’re playing a team that’s just faster The final score looks like your players were plastered. While they whiz about, taking shots as they please You chase behind, mad, like a pissed swarm of bees They scored twice in the first, and the…
Blades Prove Last Win Was No Fluke By L. Hayes Our last game against Westchester was a one-goal nail-biter, and we were starting out with a few handicaps this time, with people like Cherry and Duffy and Herlihy out on the DL, Jackie playing with a fever, and Sophie rocking a new pair of Christmas…
Blades Snap Back Against Hurricanes for Win By L. Hayes The LI Hurricanes, in their new home (a rink about twice the size of the ping pong table where they used to play) were true to their name; they came out storming, and at the end of the first we were down 0-2. They might…
Blades Come Back from Behind to Beat Quarry Cats By L. Hayes If the NHL lockout wipes out a whole season, never fear – Blades hockey is here! Our first game of the season started with Deb’s locker room chalk talk. With fourteen skaters on the bench – some new, and some returning after long…
I am saddened to pass along the news to current and former Blades that Christine Overbye, who played in net for several years with the Blades, passed away on August 10, 2012. Christine, who also played with many of you at Chelsea Piers, will be remembered for her strong spirit, and upbeat personality. Always unique,…
Blades Blow Through Long Island By D. Glazer In a game where we were only 8 skaters, the Blades took the Hurricanes by surprise and took the game in hand early. We had only 4 Blades (Meredith, Clare, Liz and myself) and 4 subs (former Blade Niamh, plus Lisa, Wendy and Melissa) but it didn’t…
Empty Netter Sweetens the Trip in Blades Win Over the Lipstix By D. Glazer The rain may have stopped but that meant nothing as the “Wild Blade Cats” brought a torrent of offense to Long Island last night. With visiting players from both the Wildcats and the Quarry Cats, our mashed-up team came out ready…
The Blades Come Out on Top Against a Tough Opponent, 4-2 By D. Glazer It was a truly well-played game, from beginning to end, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen our team skate so well together. Even going down 1-0 early in the first didn’t take us out of the game. We came back…
Blades Skate to 1-1 Tie with MotherPuckers By D. Glazer In honor of Thanksgiving, I am thankul for… Having a coach: Coach Greg is the steadying influence that we’ve missed in our leadership; and it already is making a difference in how we approach each game. Additions that work: It was obvious from the…