Puckapalooza
Puckapalooza, or sometimes simply plooza, is the pinnacle of puck hoggery. This mostly annual event gathering puck hogs from around the US and Canada for a few days of hockey, drinking, betting, hockey, poker, and maybe some more hockey. Attendance at a plooza will instantly make you a made man in the PHL242. If this is important to you the you should probably reexamine your priorities. It’s still a damn good time. The plooza box score sheet is a continuance of a pre-PHL242 tradition of documenting success, failures, and ignominy from the degenerate event. Read the summaries below and you'll see what we get up to.
Colorado '16
First Period (2/11)
Scoring Summary:
Eric (1) (Adrian): Coordinating the entire weekend, including ordering groceries from 35,000 ft while hiding in airplane toilet
Adrian (1) (Eric): Coordinating the entire weekend
Hoddicks (1) (Unassisted): Leaving their paid portion of the house when unable to attend
Eric (2) (Unassisted): Finding obscure coupon code used by ranching company to score major discount on rental van
McV (1) (Unassisted): Presenting a credit card that was wasn't denied during liquor run.
CAPSLOCK (1) (Unassisted): Palooza cherry popped.
AL (1) (Unassisted): Palooza cherry popped.
Jimmy (1) (Unassisted): Pimping the PHL242 mini fantasy pool flyers while everyone else was at the bar/bike shop
CAPSLOCK (2) (Unassisted): Hooking the house up with NHL.tv account
Penalties:
CAPSLOCK (Cheapskate minor): Bought a children's snoopy toothbrush to save 50 cents. ("And they came in a 2 pack!")
Tournament Promoter Guy (Waffling Major, Game Misconduct): Uncommitted to stupidity
CAPSLOCK ("Don't mind if I do" minor): Swiping last burger meant for McV
Hoddicks (Absenteeism major): 2nd ever Hoddick-less Palooza
Second Period (2/12)
Scoring Summary:
CAPS LOCK (3) (Kenny, Jimmy): Ax-picking icy driveway for hours to free rental van
Neighbors (1) (Unassisted): Lending said shovels.
Kenny (1) (Jimmy): Authentic chicken fried rice
Penalties:
Rental Company (Groundskeeping major): Leaving inches of snow & solid ice on hilly driveway for van to get stuck
Jackasses (Fighting majors, game misconducts): Actual fighting in pond hockey tournament leading to actual ejections
Jimmy (casual age-ism minor): "I'm not saying that because he's Asian, I'm saying that because he's old"
Eric (Welching Major): Needing to be "reminded" of a years old Jaromir Jagr bet
Third Period (3/13)
Scoring Summary:
Eric (3) (Kenny): Making kick-ass omelets for starving teammates.
McV (2) (Eric): Attempting to teach CAPS LOCK the logic in poker
Kenny (2) (Jimmy, CAPS LOCK): Winning PHL poker tourney
McV (3) (Al): Scores actual real goal in pond hockey tournament
McV (4) (Eric): Scores another... actual real goal in pond hockey tournament.....
Jimmy (2) (Kenny): Tacos
Abraham Drinkin' (1) (Unassisted): Carrying the spirit of PHL242
Eric (4) (Unassisted): Last minute departure logistics wizardry
Penalties:
McV (Teacher has become the master Minor): Teaching CAPS LOCK too much about poker?
Eric (Teacher has become the master Minor): Teaching CAPS LOCK too much about poker?
Al ("No good deed" minor): Giving McV something he will never shut up about
Eric ("No good deed" minor): Making it even worse
OT (3/14)
Scoring Summary:
Adrian (2) (McV): Last minute V-Day gifts.
McV (5) (Unassisted): Covered the bill for airport bar dinner
Pentalties:
McV (Gloating minor): "I was looking at all time NHL point leaders, I have a better point per game average than Bobby Clarke"
Scoring Summary:
Eric (1) (Adrian): Coordinating the entire weekend, including ordering groceries from 35,000 ft while hiding in airplane toilet
Adrian (1) (Eric): Coordinating the entire weekend
Hoddicks (1) (Unassisted): Leaving their paid portion of the house when unable to attend
Eric (2) (Unassisted): Finding obscure coupon code used by ranching company to score major discount on rental van
McV (1) (Unassisted): Presenting a credit card that was wasn't denied during liquor run.
CAPSLOCK (1) (Unassisted): Palooza cherry popped.
AL (1) (Unassisted): Palooza cherry popped.
Jimmy (1) (Unassisted): Pimping the PHL242 mini fantasy pool flyers while everyone else was at the bar/bike shop
CAPSLOCK (2) (Unassisted): Hooking the house up with NHL.tv account
Penalties:
CAPSLOCK (Cheapskate minor): Bought a children's snoopy toothbrush to save 50 cents. ("And they came in a 2 pack!")
Tournament Promoter Guy (Waffling Major, Game Misconduct): Uncommitted to stupidity
CAPSLOCK ("Don't mind if I do" minor): Swiping last burger meant for McV
Hoddicks (Absenteeism major): 2nd ever Hoddick-less Palooza
Second Period (2/12)
Scoring Summary:
CAPS LOCK (3) (Kenny, Jimmy): Ax-picking icy driveway for hours to free rental van
Neighbors (1) (Unassisted): Lending said shovels.
Kenny (1) (Jimmy): Authentic chicken fried rice
Penalties:
Rental Company (Groundskeeping major): Leaving inches of snow & solid ice on hilly driveway for van to get stuck
Jackasses (Fighting majors, game misconducts): Actual fighting in pond hockey tournament leading to actual ejections
Jimmy (casual age-ism minor): "I'm not saying that because he's Asian, I'm saying that because he's old"
Eric (Welching Major): Needing to be "reminded" of a years old Jaromir Jagr bet
Third Period (3/13)
Scoring Summary:
Eric (3) (Kenny): Making kick-ass omelets for starving teammates.
McV (2) (Eric): Attempting to teach CAPS LOCK the logic in poker
Kenny (2) (Jimmy, CAPS LOCK): Winning PHL poker tourney
McV (3) (Al): Scores actual real goal in pond hockey tournament
McV (4) (Eric): Scores another... actual real goal in pond hockey tournament.....
Jimmy (2) (Kenny): Tacos
Abraham Drinkin' (1) (Unassisted): Carrying the spirit of PHL242
Eric (4) (Unassisted): Last minute departure logistics wizardry
Penalties:
McV (Teacher has become the master Minor): Teaching CAPS LOCK too much about poker?
Eric (Teacher has become the master Minor): Teaching CAPS LOCK too much about poker?
Al ("No good deed" minor): Giving McV something he will never shut up about
Eric ("No good deed" minor): Making it even worse
OT (3/14)
Scoring Summary:
Adrian (2) (McV): Last minute V-Day gifts.
McV (5) (Unassisted): Covered the bill for airport bar dinner
Pentalties:
McV (Gloating minor): "I was looking at all time NHL point leaders, I have a better point per game average than Bobby Clarke"