Otter Hockey Club: A DAY WITH THE STANLEY KEG

By Richard Cranium

As some of you may know all members of the Stanley Cup winning team get to have the Cup for a day. http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ_2009.shtml

What you may not know is that the winning team members at the Redwood City Ice Oasis also get a day with the Stanley Keg.

The custodian of the Keg is Alex the grill/restaurant manager.

“I have the task of keeping the Keg in a secure place and traveling with it on the days that the players have it,” said Alex. “I keep it here in the Ice Oasis cellar situated near the Full Sail kegs.

I would never put it near Bud, Miller or those other shitty beers. Tirso, our ice jockey, is in charge of security and hired these two

to keep an eye on it when the rink is closed.”

Alex went on to say that he doesn’t use the white gloves like the Cup people.
“I like to have a new pair of Playtex gloves

in my back pocket,” explained Alex. “This Keg goes to a lot of strange places and there’s a great amount of drinking. People throw up all the time. The cotton gloves won’t hold up.”

The Otter’s developmental team and Wednesday night Keg champions, Arabian Knights,

recently had their individual turns with the Keg. This is what they did on their day with the Stanley Keg.

Jules…. “I tried putting the Keg on the mantle where I showcased the stolen holiday tournament trophy (see june 28th 2008 article) but it didn’t fit,” said the little fireplug. “I really wanted to just stare at it so I put it on here

…Tôi chỉ hy vọng nó không xước piano của tôi!

Gary…. “I may have missed Wednesday’s Keg game but I still deserve to have the Keg for a day,” yelled power forward Ahern. “I had to sneak in after hours to get it. I had a nice hiding place built in the Casa Ahern.

Nobody will ever find it!!!”

Darryl retired after the season. He will be joining goalie Torelli on the World Poker Tour. He took the Keg down to Bay 101

Bill “I took the Keg over to the bar and showed my other team, the Chieftains.” said the former Arabian Knight. “I don’t know why I got traded right after the season. At least it was for two “A” players. Now I’m on a team with guys that speak another language and all they can say to me is "Стреляй шайбу!"”

Onur took the Keg for a week on his trip to these places. He figured it would look good on his resume.

Juha….
"Halusin tämä päivä on hyvin erikoista. Tämä oli minun ensimmäinen jääkiekon mestaruuden, ja minun täytyy kertoa teille tämän omalla äidinkielellä, koska meillä on paljon vokaaleja, sanoi Suomen Terror. "Otin sen kaikkialla minua ja lopulta oli jäätelö kartio sen kanssa!"

David spent the day drinking all the beer out of the Keg.

Bo…. “Alex was nice enough to bring the Keg over to the County jail,” explained the speedy forward. “I was falsely arrested for aiming a green laser pen at incoming jet pilots coming into SFO.” Daly did say he met some interesting people in lockup and learned how to carjack, break and enter and get into bar fights. Daly was released after admitting to only aiming the laser pen at county buildings. For that, he and his fiancée will be kicked out of their apartment for Thanksgiving.

Marc took the Keg over to the Shark’s game to show his hero what you get for winning a championship. Nabby, pictured here,

almost passed out from fright and had to be helped off the ice by the trainer. He will never see the Cup in his lifetime!

Joe….. “I didn’t do anything special for the day,” commented Joe. “I just walked around like this…

with a big smile on my face.” The pesky forward sometimes d-man did say his arms hurt like hell the next day but he did get some potential endorsements for deodorants.

Yung-i was so excited to get his day with the Keg that he intended to build a shelf for it and put up a framed team picture. Unfortunately he drilled his hand

and had to have surgery for nerve damage and is out for a few months. He did get a nice gift from his workers for his efforts!!!

Niels wasn’t allowed to physically take the Keg out of the Bay area since he missed the championship game. “I took a picture of the Keg,” said the Danish import. “I wanted to show all those K.C. sports losers what a REAL team does. They have no fans back there. No one shows up for their games!!”

Jun Wei missed his opportunity to have the Keg for the day. “I don’t know what happened,” said the forward/d-man. “I was watching on the live Ice Oasis cam for my time slot. I got there on time but was told I missed my appointment with the Keg by one day. I don’t like Wednesdays anyway so I’m moving to Fridays, so there!!!”