A Chance Meeting In A Kwik E Mart: A Play In One Act

The scene: A Kwik E Mart in North Jersey, late at night. Two pairs of headlights can be seen in the parking lot outside, one from a sports car and the other from a bus. The store is deserted but for two shoppers, JAY PANDOLFO and SCOTT GOMEZ, who meet accidentally at the cash register [...]

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The End of the Rafalski/Gomez Era

As a fan, this always sucks. Always. We are not idiots — we understand there are a ton of reasons we don’t want to consider that go into choosing to sign with a different team when a player reaches free agency. Obviously there’s the money. We’d be fat-faced liars if we said we’d turn down, [...]

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IPB’s Hard-Hitting Examination of Devils UFAs

[Crossposted to HLOG] Following last summer’s angsting over whether the Devils would re-sign UFA Patty Elias, this summer is looking surprisingly stress-free. Sure Rafalski and Gomez are big names, but this year’s playoffs proved the Devils have plenty of capable young defensmen to fill Raffie’s shoes, and, well, seven years of Gomer have convinced us [...]

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NJ/OTT Game 5 Pregame: Elimination Beckons

Tonight’s Game 5 — oh wait, there’s a contractual obligation to include the word ‘pivotal’ in that phrase, let us start again. Tonight’s pivotal Game 5 could be the Devils’ last. In preparation for the big game, here’s our take on what’s been good, what’s been not-so-good and what’s been down-right awful in this round [...]

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The Morning After: NJ/OTT Game 2 Post-Game

We would have written this reaction right after the game (we hate to keep you waiting, Gentle Reader), but we were too busy running around our neighborhood screaming like maniacs and banging pots and pans together. And we wonder why all our neighbors are Flyers fans… As much as we are clearly delighted with how [...]

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NJ/OTT Post-Game 1 Reaction

We can’t think of a clever title for this post because our spirits were beaten down by this game. Needless to say, the first 15 minutes were a complete disaster. Every player, top to bottom, was atrocious. Our nightmares tonight will be haunted by images of defensemen turning pucks over at the blue line and [...]

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The State Of The Devils At The Conclusion Of The First Round

We just spent a few minutes wandering blindly around stately IPB Manor repeating over and over through our giggles, “Oh my God! Oh my God! I can’t believe it!” That can only mean one thing: the Devils advanced out of the first round. As our biorhythms have settled back into a state of relative normalcy, [...]

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