10/1/2007 Azusa, CA

The LA Quakes continued their hot start to the season with another win against the Tacoma Titans. Meanwhile, Coach Randy Carbone's European scouting trip has turned into an international incident.

After a tight well played first period, the Quakes exploded with 4 goals in the second period. The turning point came on a nifty goal by forward Rick Carbone from behind the net. Quake goaler, John Gornick, said "Ricky's been practicing that stupid play for two years, I'm glad he finally scored one." The goal was important because the Titan's had just scored a demoralizing short handed goal on a rare careless play by reliable Leo Stefanov, who turned the puck over when he collided with stationary Quake defenseman, Jeff Sax.

Captain Ray Razo met the press after the game and praised the hard work of Jeff Allen, Adam Bogorad, and Dar Izadi. Razo commented, "Jeff, Adam, and that Motor City Madman really kicked it up a notch in the 2nd." Izadi picked up the nickname in for his hard driving aggressive attacks playing junior hockey in Detroit. The rejuvenated Goose Gosewich continues to lead the Quake defense and transition game with skillful puck handling and crisp breakout passes.

The regular PCHL officials missed their flight to Long Beach and the league was forced to use a couple of amateur referees who were working a Lakewood midget game. The game nearly got out of hand in the third period when big Erik Bateman was whistled for 4 penalties. He was sending bodies flying on every shift, so his rowdy fans renamed the Quake penalty box, the "Bates Motel." Indeed there was a no vacancy sign in the bin for most of the third period.

The big hockey story of the young season is Coach Randy Carbone's latest scandal. He left for Europe two weeks ago to scout three prospects in the Swiss Elite Hockey League. When Carbone did not show up for any of the games that he was sent to scout, there were new fears that his Italian mafia relatives had recruited him. However, league officials were outraged when investigators discovered that he spent the entire two weeks celebrating Oktoberfest in the Munich Hofbrauhaus. The USA Hockey Association has threaten to suspend Carbone after an Internet soft porn clip circulated around the globe with millions of hits exposing the Quake coach with a topless fraulein. The e-mail is titled "Bier Stein Holder" and features a big breasted German waitress holding an Oktoberfest beer stein with her huge bare breasts while Carbone tries to suck the suds from the stein.

The Quake players are proud and inspired by their coach's antics. Even GM Bill Burden managed a smile from his hospital bed when he saw the "Bier Stein Holder" clip. The Quake General Manager was stricken by a mutant strain of the Asian avian flu on his last trip to China. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has named the new strain "birden flu" and is formulating a new antibiotic to prevent it from spreading throughout the Western world.

The Quakes will be back in action on Wednesday night with a third consecutive game with the Titans. Veteran Gary Wells promised fans that there is bad blood developing when the same two teams play each other in this many consecutive games.





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