Fan Appreciation 1998 - Game Strategies
April 21, 1998
The jig is up the news is out, a day for the most prolific one
game, total goal series in Broomball history has been set. This
Sunday, bloody Sunday at the Robert Crown Center the Flock squad
takes the ice to improve upon the league's best playoff record
for the current season. Lines have already formed at the ticket
office, but the first 10,000 of our fantastic Flock fans can
avoid camping out because we're letting you in for free.
The Flock will either play the Dead Chiefs, a gritty, physical
team who took the season series 2-0 with a 2-7 goal differential
or their arch-rival the Dogs who sport the league's best player
in the Water Coyote and took the season series 2-0 with a 1-9
goal differential. Both teams have reservations about facing
the upstart Flock who punish and torment their opponents with
aggressive forechecking and potent offensive punch.
I know there are those among you who fear broomball because of a
general lack of knowledge, but I am here to help you. Broomball
for all practical purposes is Hockey without skates, the puck,
and normal hockey sticks. Add in goofy shoes, long hair, weird
sticks and nuclear weapons and you have yourself broomball Flock
style.
Now that you have a general idea about the game, lets talk about
some of the more intricate strategies employed by the Flock. The
offense is designed around a complex passing game known as "The
Dump and Chase" where we use pinpoint passing to to create odd
man situations deep in our offensive zone. The defense is a much
looser orginization, set around Stefan chasing the ball with his
incredible wing span and Mike Wenz handing down the punishment in
the crease or John Passman displaying his formidable soccer skills
in clearing the zone. The Flock power play unit has also been the
subject of much research. They've consistantly been able to kill
any man advantage, so much so that other teams have taken to video
taping the game to gain insight into their awesome ball control.
In very special occasions one might even be able to see the now
patented "Raise the Roof" attack where the Flock just talks so
much non-sensical trash and makes so absurd statements that the
other team is left defenseless due to the fits of laughter that
incapacitate them. A very sly technique indeed.
Now everyone should have something to watch for at the big game
on Sunday. And remember keep you eye on the ball at all times
because you never know when some other fan is going to take one
on the mellon, and you don't want to miss seeing that do you?
Brent Osland, Director of Marketing and Media Relations