From the spring of 1999 to 2001 Martinez had no intensions of playing and focused on just being a hockey fan. However, in the winter of 2002, three years after Capital Punishment was disbanded Martinez decided to once again apply for a hockey franchise, this time he would land a team at the Hat Trick Hockey League of Palatine, IL. Once again his first player signed was Craig Rehr.

Hurting and desperate for players Martinez hit the waiver wire and free agents, but not many were interested. Martinez was now in the mercy of the league commissioner to help in trying to assemble a squad. Commissioner “Flaming” Dan Focker assigned several players to Martinez thus starting the long relationship with the Karim brothers. Maher Karim who represented himself and his other three brothers (Sam, Sal and Seth) had NO hockey experience, but seemed eager to learn and give it a go. Desperate Martinez welcome the new player with open arms and the team began play as “Blue Mother Puckers”.

The roster consisted of

• Alex Martinez

• Craig Rehr

• Maher Karim

• Sam Karim

• Sal Karim

• Seth Karims (that’s allot of Karims)

• Kurt Swanson

• Chris Nugent

• Dan Nugent

• Marty Gangler

• Tom Annarella

In all honesty the team was horrible, to a point that in there very first game Martinez for the first 30 seconds of play was regretting ever coming back to play. It took the entire season to really get the team to gel. The Blue Mother Pucker experiment was over and the team changed its name to Capital Punishment.