Roadhogs bite dust, experience Marmot treads

Reuters -- Victoria. In what was almost not a very close game, the Marmots emerged victorious YET AGAIN. It is a little known fact that the Marmot, while the natural enemy of owls, eagles, and dogs, is no push over. Wild boars can alarm a Marmot, as can hogs that venture onto the road.

Lest there be any doubt: read the truth about marmots!

Not wanting to rest on their laurels however, you can see the Marmots practicing breakouts next Tuesday night at Archie Browning at 10:40 pm. It is important to practice making the fur fly.

Victory Victoria

Victoria -- Associated Press. Well, to everyone's surprise, the Marmots are blazing out of the gates this season. With two straight wins over excellent teams, the Victoria Silver Marmots Oldtimer Club -- they are a club team -- has already doubled the number of wins of their first season. In perhaps the best game they've ever played, the Marms surged past the SOFA Kuriers in a blazing 8-4 victory. The incredible Kyle "Bucket" Shick posted his first hat trick of the season, and Alex "Tube" Solunac had a record number of shots. Teri "Rifle" Winchester showed why her namesake by rifling her glove up for a number of killer kurier shots.

In the next game the vicious Marmots trounced the Gray Leafs 6-1. Firing puck after puck at goaltender Mark Gillen, even his well-trained sweeps were no help against the eager Marmot crew. Teri was solid yet again. And, Andrew "Hammer" Macdonald nailed two goals in one of the nicests shifts in Marmot history. He, Chris "Zone" Tollefson and Bear "Bear" Pauly worked on some set plays off the faceoff -- and they worked!

Stay tuned for more Marmot action as the Marmots host the Kurier Canucks this Tuesday September 19th at 10:40 pm at Archie Browning Memorial Arena. It promises to definitely not be a repeat of the 18-2 pounding the Marms received two years ago. In fact, some say it is PAY BACK TIME.

The Struggle Continues...

In case any of you thought that Don Cherry, or I for that matter, am full of it, a recent study out of Britain suggests that wearing a bike helmet may actually pose a risk. The study shows that drivers are much more careful around cyclists who do not wear a helmet -- thus TAKING RESPONSIBILITY for their actions while driving. Likewise, in hockey, that beloved game that brings you to this site, sticks and rough play are generally less when everyone involved wears less protective gear. There is a modicum of protection that one would want -- but remember those days on the pond wear the only things you brought were skates and a stick? No helmets, no shin pads, no (gulp) cup. Just jeans, a toque, mits, and a warm coat. And if anyone broke the rules by slashing or raising sticks,... well, ... let's just say there are social pressures of equalization. That is: we all end up taking more responsibility for ourselves and others when we recognize that we MUST TAKE CARE. Protective gear, extra rules, better officiating: these are the classic stock responses of any societal breakdown that evidences a systematic lack of care.

Check out the thoughts of this fellow blogger on this:
http://blogs.smh.com.au/science/archives/2006/09/wearing_a_helme.html

It's good stuff. Let's keep this issue alive on and around the ice. Soon the Marmots will be the only team out there in jeans and toques!