7/1/2014 ****View this online at: http://www.lopatka.net/Wags66/ **** Volume 5, Issue 6

the 2 goal lead with assists going to Jay and Gaul.  That 5-3 lead looked good, but the IceAge scored twice in the first 5 minutes of the second period.  Ten goals in the first 20 minutes kept  the fans awake and had the scorekeeper quit counting shots.  Carson gave the Wags the lead with 6:45 left in period two.  McNeil and Jay picked up assists, but the IceAge tied it at 6-6 one minute later.  Peg Leg Carson scored a shorthanded goal late in the period to give the Wags the lead again.  Kevin "Smooth as" Glass  opened the 3rd period with a goal with assists going to Jay and Killer Kyle.  The IceAge scored with 12:40 left to play, so McNeil scored 2 minutes later when "D" Gaul set him up for the 16th goal of the game to make it Wags 9, IceAge 7.  The IceAge wouldn't go away as they scored to make it 9-8 with 9:40 left to play.  Number Five, Alex "Peg Leg" Carson, scored his fifth goal with 7:54 on the board to make it 10-8 .  That made it 18 goals in 38 minutes of play.  That is one goal every 2.1 minutes!  Things settled down until  Ryan "Barra" Kuda made the final score 11-8 when he scored with .08 seconds left in the game.  McNeil picked up his 4th assist of the game.  .  Jeff Speed Racer  put a few more dents in the goalie with his slap shot.  Ed the Wall Waghorn  was not credited with any saves because the scorekeeper had writer's cramp.  Ed's son John Waghorn '  helped him out a few times

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June 26, 2014, Team West Vs. Wags

The Wags blasted the West goalie with 59 shots to pick up an easy 9-4 win and clinch first place with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie. They led the league with 84 goals.  The second place Rangers had 68. 
Team West started out playing like they wanted to take down the Mighty Wags when they took a 1-0 lead early in the game  They had a 3-3 tie after 1, but The Wags shattered their dreams when they put 5 unanswered goals up on the board and took an 8-3 lead early in the third period.  Team West only took 32 seconds to take a 1-0 lead.  Uncle

Dan Lopatka got that back 3 minutes later with an assist from McNeil  Killer Kyle Sandowski scored the second goal and assisted on Steve 'D' Gaul's goal that gave the Wags a 3-2 lead.  West tied it late in period 1, but Gaul scored 2 early goals to start the 2nd period with a natural Hat Trick!  Killer got an assist on the second one too.  "Roadrunner" Jay added 2 with an assist from Miller.  Phil Mano picked up the 4th of the 5 unanswered goals with an assist from Jeff Speed Racer.  Mad Man Miller capped off the scoring with and unassisted goal to give the Wags a 9-4 win.

*Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was Prime Minister of France when I was in Kindergarten