Ben gets an opening day shutout, 9-0 Rough Riders.

The new season kicked off with Team Armand, aka the Rough Riders, barely getting by the 8 navy skaters 9-0.

"We were excited to shoot on Fuji today, but he bailed out," explained Rick Armand. "We almost had a full squad too. Sadly, we weren't able to pad our stats as much as we hoped without Fuji between the pipes for them. Biut we'll take the win."

New guy Jacob Minsk fit in very well in his first BBHC action, scoring the 9th goal with about a minute to play for the 9-0 final.

"I feel like he's taking over my job," said Brian Armand.

Minsk had 3 goals and no assists.

"See, he's an exact duplicate of me," continued B. Armand.

B. Armand was the only player on the gold Rough Riders team to not have a point.

"Woah, woah, wait a second," B. Armand explained. "Our goalie didn't have a point either."

For the Fore Fathers in the navy sweaters, it wasn't the start they were hoping for with only 8 skaters show up.

"It's not the start we hoped for, but the start we expected," said Mike Cormican. "I think we were all trying to hard to get Jimmy D. a goal on his 31st birthday."

Rick Bobrycki was pleased with his own effort.

"All I know is I was plus 2 today, despite us losing 9-0," said Bobrycki. "Andy Long showed my that math."


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