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Recaps :: Game 2 In it's second week, Atomic VIPU found what was missing from their week one performance: sweet, sweet booze. After a few pre-game beers, the VIPUers played with much more coherence, much more purpose, and a slightly inflated sense of self-esteem. The return of Michael to the line-up brought some needed speed, and also produced the highlight of the match, a near-brawl with Mike Ro striker, Prince Naseem Hamed. VIPU subs Shiff and Meg filled in more than admirably, scoring 4 of VIPU's 9 goals. But this was truly a team win, with scoring spread so even that 8 players contributed at least a point in the match. In fact, the goals and assists came so often that official scorekeeper Trixie lost track of who scored what, and in the end attempted to award a mystery goal to Alex. Blair protested vehemently, knowing full well there was no chance of his winning any type of scoring title unless he was awarded all mystery goals. [Of course, the fact that Trixie is both official scorekeeper and coincidentally leading scorer of VIPU also has some people shaking their heads.] While there was plenty of praise to go around, VIPU did not make it easy on themselves or goalkeeper Tara. With an 8-4 lead and approximately 4 minutes left to go, the alcohol began to wear off, and VIPU gave up 3 quick goals, for a tenuous 8-7 lead with a little over a minute remaining. In fact, things became so perilous that Dan was prompted to yell, "BLACK, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE THIS GAME!" But after Paul passed to Meg in front of the net, and she calmly directed it in with less than 20 seconds remaining, VIPU knew they had held on to victory...and Dan, as usual, had been wrong.  |
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