Let's go back to sometime in October to start the story.

The Associates VS. The Devils: 1st meeting.

Pretty good team. A couple of them looked kinda funny though. "Funny how?", one may ask, mustering their best Danny Devito impersonation. Funny like this: thick glasses, long hair; both of 'em. Hanson Bros. look-alikes. "Hey, neato", we thought, until they started hacking and slashing like the famed brothers. One of them, consequently got the boot from the league: the other didn't.
Now, to last night's tilt:
Both teams played well. Sometime during the second period, the score was 2-2 (for the Devils). The one remaining Hanson seemed to be getting tired of hacking our drunken skaters, (not as tired as we were of getting hacked, to be sure) and decided to go after the Devil's goalie with a flying cross-check to the facial vicinity.

That was his first mistake.

Scarrin' Darren was the closest Devil, so he dropped the mits and gave the fella (who used to look kinda like a Hanson Bro, but now looked more like some class of tortiose) more than a few re-adjustments.
About 15 minutes later, the bro got up and left the ice.
Of course, Scarrin' had to watch the rest of the game from just outside the Devil's dressing room, as did the battered Hanson bro. While having a smoke, and cheering something to the effect of, "Go Devils!", Scarrin' noticed a fist swing around and hit him squa' in the beak. He also noticed that the fist belonged to the partially dressed, glasses-garbed Hanson bro look-alike.

That was his second mistake.

Scarrin' repeated the re-arrangment process on the bro's face. Well, didn't both benches clear! Suddenly, a hockey game broke out, in the hallway!
There goes another 15 minutes.
By now, the second period hadn't even ended, and the teams who were scheduled to go on after our game were already dressed and waiting. So, the officials decided that, since the game was tied 2-2, and time is money, the decision would have to be settled by shootout. (note to all non-Canadians: The word "shootout" enters the Canadians ear with the ease and speed of mollasses, as it is a new word in our vocabulary, particularily when associated with Hockey.)

Here's how it ended, folks: 3-2 Devils. Yes we are the champs, but not exactly the way we wanted it to be. Nonetheless, congrats, Associates. We know you had our number almost all season, and it could have gone either way. We hope to see you next season. Just, do us one favour: Don't bring along any more guys who give a good movie a bad name.