BIIH is back for the 2024/25 season. Why are we starting with updates from Week #2 you may ask? Let’s face it, everyone was too hungover from the Draft Party to know what happened Week #1. The Draft Party saw a record number of on-stage shotguns, tarps off, irritated DiDi drivers and articles of clothing left behind…
Week #2 kicked off with a rematch of last year’s final between the Warriors and the Hot Wings. The Ginger Ale Kings themselves, Liam and Tiger, were back at it hoping to regain their “right” to fill the Peking Cup with ginger ale…much to the Commissioner’s dismay. The payback was palpable from Warriors’ Captains TripleW and Neil (the real deal), battling to take a 1-0 lead. As the game went on, the Hot Wing crew responded hot with two rookies, Diener, and Deryk Worrall, netting their first BIIH career goals and tying it up at 3. Liam and his lip lettuce made it 4-3 but Neil’s hatred for the Hot Wings fueled him to tie it up. Due to a technical error with the time clock, that was in NO part a human error, the game ended 4-4 and went to a shootout. The Guardians came out to play causing spectators to lose track of how many shooters shot before the Warriors took the rematch with the game winning dangle from Brian Lee. A little piece of Neil has healed, but not enough to forget last year…
Game #2 saw the rebranded Beijing Oilers take on the Bears. In one of the most colourful games of the night (literally), jerseys made it impossible for some to follow the game (it definitely was not the beer). What is known is Scott K showed up in his new role as Oilers’ Captain while his co-captain Jordy was shotgunning beers in the box. Bears’ Captains Trav and Selley looked at ease with their new partnership, perhaps from years as Ball Buster co-captains, leading their squad ferociously to a 1-0 lead at half. Oilers rigged their way back taking a 2-1 lead with goals from Bo Li and Lintai. The Bears clawed back with two goals from Bob and the first BIIH career goal from new guy Ian Medcalf ending the game 4-2. The Oilers looked slick, but the Bears held on for their Kodiak moment.
Game #3 brought on a friendly match between the Revs and the Expos, built on Asahis and highballs from earlier that week. Some were still feeling the effects of Tori Tei, but the Revs struck first, led by Veteran Captains Filly Z and Chesh. The Expos exposed their teamwork, spreading it around to lead 5-1 at the half, Allez! The Revs continued to fight back, coming back to score two. In the end, Jeff “Small Beer” Zownir, in his new role as Expos’ Cap, alongside veteran Captain and 17 year-old phenom Dick Zhou, led the Expos to their first win. However, the real story is, Mike “Moose” Roettger scored his first career BIIH goal and subsequently surprised everyone by not mentioning it in the group chat, instead focusing on wifi passwords and restaurant reviews. Rumour is he can now retire from winger and join the Guardians as goalie…
Game #4 saw the Bulls versus the Phantoms. Would have given this game to the Phantoms, however the Bulls brought out the cutest BIIHer and the Commish made a stellar run in the parking lot.
Now, the only battle that matters, the Parking Lot (or Parking Zone for those who are partial). Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Parking Lot was on fire. Between shotguns, renditions of Backstreet Boys, and the introduction of Sudbury Saturday, BIIHers and fans battled late into the night. At 4:08 a.m., a possible Parking Zone record, Captains JZ and Jordy showed true BIIH colours and figuratively shared the Parking Zone trophy because all 3 replicas were missing…Perhaps Jordy needed this to fill the hole in his heart from the Stanley Cup Finals…
You won’t win the Parking Zone Trophy next week…
– The All Seeing Puck
