Old Dawgs Start New Season With 6-1 Win

The two-time SDOHL champion Old Dawgs came together last Thursday night, seeking to defend their title once again. And they got off to a great start to the winter campaign, hammering the Over 40's by a 6-1 margin.

Mario Lopez picked right back up where he left off in the summer, banging in two goals. Captain Marty Richardson scored one and added two assists, plus former University of Colorado quarterback Mike Freeman opened his winter account with a goal. Eric Wilks and defenseman Greg Clinard also scored, and the ever improving Dan Cashman notched three assists as the team coasted to victory.

Goalie Al Sterner had a fairly easy night, only having to face 17 shots to nab his first win. He spent much of the evening doing this:


Does this better than anyone...

Freeman got the Old Dawgs off to a great start early, when he converted a centering pass from Richardson before 90 seconds had elapsed. Freeman played on the University of Colorado 1990 team that won a national championship, and was best known as "the quarterback that didn't knock up the coach's daughter".

It wouldn't be an Old Dawgs game if Sterner didn't give up an early shitty goal, and he accomplished just that three minutes later. On a two-on-one break, he came off the near post early anticipating a pass, and Over 40's forward Jay Scolnick happily slid the puck in to level the contest.


Sterner

But six minutes later, Richardson roofed a beauty off of a Cashman feed to score what would be the game winning goal. Wilks added one right before the end of the period, and it was 3-1 at the break.

At just under eight minutes of the second, Lopez received a nice pass from defenseman Jimmy Tiernan, and ripped one past Over 40's keeper Alan Callison to make it a three goal lead, and pretty much game over. Lopez got his second marker early in the third period, and then Greg Clinard closed out the scoring a minute before the end, on a slapshot that pinballed in off of a skate. Clinard then flashed his trademark shit eating grin.     



The Old Dawgs face a tougher test this week, when they take on a Touchstone squad that also won by a 6-1 margin. Game time is 9:55, which is two hours past most of the players' normal bedtime.

In other Old Dawgs News:

This week goalie Al Sterner helped film a public service announcement for the Dawg Nation Hockey Foundation. He performed a kick save, and then had to be helped off the ice, frozen in that position.


"Little help? Medic?"

Old Dawgs forward Dave Chamberlin finally proposed to his longtime girlfriend Karen, and after taking only one month to think about it, she said yes. Chamberlin said he is looking forward to having such a great "wife-arino".


Chamberlin, left...and right

Old Dawgs forward Mike "Sully" Sullivan did some grocery shopping this week, and sent a subtle message to all the ladies in the store.



Dawgs forward Dan Cashman this week signed on be the main character in "Toy Story 4".


The one on the right is more life-like

Old Dawgs captain Marty Richardson stopped everything he was doing late Saturday night, when he had to run out to buy some milk for his kids.


Nice rack, Cappy