Random Thoughts – October 16th
Reader Email: Should A Former Professional Hockey Player Be Allowed To Play In the Worst Division in Rec League Hockey?
Reader Email
El Pres,
This may or may not be any interest to you, but if you like you can post this. From time to time we read of men's leagues across the region and how people take them so seriously. In this case, we have a individual that single handily wins games and dominates the competition. Normally this would not be a big deal, but I forget to mention that this particular hockey league in Rhode Island has 4 levels (a,b,c,c2). He has chosen to play in the C2 level. Again, no big story there either, but lets get to the point. C2 is for guys just learning the game or guys way past their prime. Look at the stats/bio and you make the decision if this guy should join the A division and leave the c2. I have no problems with the guy, just think it is funny that a guy this accomplished in the game would waste his time in the lowest level of men's league hockey.
This is a email the commissioner of the league sent around this morning:
Our first order of business for the season is “name ommited” (Greg Crozier) of the Dragons. He has scored 13 goals and 1 assist in two games and my phone and email are getting the calls. He scored from the center line during a shoot out, He sits back and when they need it he scores at will. Just to spice it up here is his resume.
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1995-96 | U. of Michigan | NCAA | 42 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 46 | |||||
| 1996-97 | U. of Michigan | NCAA | 31 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 45 | |||||
| 1997-98 | U. of Michigan | NCAA | 45 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 26 | |||||
| 1998-99 | U. of Michigan | NCAA | 39 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 63 | |||||
| 1999-00 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 71 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 33 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2000-01 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 77 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 81 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2000-01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 54 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 62 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 2002-03 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2002-03 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 56 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2003-04 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 35 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2003-04 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
The game he played for Pittsburgh in the NHL he was actually on Mario Lemeuix's line. The bottom line is he don't belong in the C2 and should be moved to the A. My ass and a couple others got booted out of the C2. I couldn't find a resume for us:) lol
Let me have your votes and thoughts.
Pete
Ah, good old Greg Crozier. This is a fucking blast from the past. I actually almost got in a fight with this kid in college over NHL 94. Long story short, I was virtually unbeatable in that game. He thought he was the best so we sat down to settle our differences and naturally I whipped up on him pretty good. He was getting more upset and more upset and next thing you know we were wrestling around on the ground. I was crushing him until my shoulder popped out which it always does. True Story. Anyway, as far as this story goes, it makes no sense to me. I mean nobody cares who wins the C2 division right? So why would somebody bring in a ringer in the first place? And why would the other team care? I mean it’s not like he’s flying around burying people into the boards. . In fact it actually may be fun to say you got beat by the guy who played with Lemeuix. Bottom-line is that when you play in the worst division in rec league sports the only thing that matters is getting shitfaced at the end.
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Vote 1 for he should be kicked out and 10 for let him play