RATS FIND HOSTILE ICE IN SECOND ROUND OF PLAYOFFS

I want to blame the Eno River Rats' 6-0 thumping at the hands of the Ice Dogs on nomenclature and the attributes of our hockey team totem animal.

If you had to pick the winner between a dog on ice and a rat on ice - knowing nothing else - I bet you pick the dog. Then throw in that the River Rats were lacking two of their Canadian skaters who score a lot of goals for them. Wait, that sounds like an excuse for losing, so I better stick to the name issue.

We showed this season that if a Rat is taught to skate, hold a stick, play a bit of defense and play as a pack animal, the Rat can defeat a dog on ice, a dragon on ice and even a frozen torpedo.

Alas, last night the ice was laced with an unseen rat poison.

Next week, the skating rodents of Hillsborough will rise up and skate like the giant, pre-historic Rat skaters from the time of the Woolly Mammoth.

Go, Eno River Rats!