Bensenville, IL-(September 27, 2004) The Bulldogs showed up, but their opponents came to play on Monday. The result was an embarrassing 12-0 loss to the ‘Nationals’.

Despite their talent level, the ‘Bulldogs’ again displayed poor positioning, bad passes and a low number of shots on goal. In fact, the Bulldogs went an entire period before they finally put a single shot on net---not exactly the type of offense you’d want to see if you plan on competing in this league.

"I played like Swiss cheese and I will get a practice going. Sometimes its tough to get in sync when we have some new players join the team" said Alex Martinez. "We set our lines, but due to Joey’s (Van Grimbergen) suspension and an illness to ‘Corny’ (Brad Cornis), we had to do some last minute improvising. We played hard, but in the end we just didn’t do enough offensively to get any kind of momentum. We haven’t played our best hockey yet, but once we do, you’ll see a decent winning streak"

The ‘Bulldogs’ fall to 0-2 on the young season. If they haven’t played their best hockey yet, they better start in the next couple games or else they can kiss the playoffs good bye.

The Good:

-The Bulldogs depleted defense did an admirable job of clearing the crease and breaking up many plays.

The Bad:

-Positioning: The ‘Dogs’ could be seen double teaming the puck handler and playing man-to-man instead of playing a zone defense-namely on offense, where their was little fore-checking and minimal coverage at the point.

-Passing: The Bulldogs committed a variety inaccurate and ill-timed passes, which led to turnovers.

-Shots: Although the shots for yesterday’s games were not recorded, the ‘Nationals’ out-shot the ‘Dogs’ by an estimated 5:1 ratio.

-The ‘Nationals’ player who looked like a gay version of Ron Jeremy.

-The ‘Nationals’ player who looked like Mike Piazza’s mentally challenged brother.

NONE

Next up: Friday, October ^1st at 11:15PM vs. 'Storm’.