CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence

Overseeing the congregation of Notre Dame are the Gargoyles. The word comes from the late Latin “gurgulio”, which means throat.

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Overseeing the Cathedral of the Latter Day Joe, is an octopus.

The Rite of the Octopi was introduced during the 1952 playoffs.

In those days – of fewer teams – you could win the Cup in eight games – the same number of legs as the…. – so the Detroit fishiers, Jerry and Pete Cusimano threw a cephalopod on the ice and the Red Wings won. And the octopus became a part of Detroit’s mythology.

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Mirtle – no relation to James – Louise, and Beth don’t know nothing ’bout no octopuses, but they like calamari. Beth wanted Vancouver fans to know that “she’s not an ice girl, but a nice girl who likes ice in her drinks.”

Mirtle – no relation to James – and her friends have been “having a few” in preparation for the game against the Canucks.

Readers please note, that isn’t the desertdawg doing a gargoyle over Beth’s  shapely shoulder.

A few cocktails later, Beth – who “likes everything about hockey”- gave us her impersonation of a gargoyle.

Louise insisted on showing us the picture of the Cup and herself. She can’t remember whose name she was licking, but….

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Also getting ready for the game are a couple of crazy Canucks fans – aren’t those sweaters embarrassing. Phil on the left has had a few pops and doesn’t realize that he’s not holding a stick.

That isn’t desertdawg, either, in the blue Canucks’ jersey – sitting between the two losers – holding that double low fat soy latte.