Da Beauty League Started Up Again Last Night And Here's A Reminder Of One Of The Most Elite Beer Leagues In All The Land
Brock Boeser and Derek Stepan. A real couple of jokesters we’ve got on our hands here. 69, that’s hilarious.
The first time I blogged about Da Beauty League was back in the summer of 2016. What it is, is a 4v4 summer league up in Minnesota which is filled with some of the best hockey players in the world. Who all, for the most part, just so happen to be from Minnesota give or take a few guys who aren’t from Minnesota but play there. While you’re playing in your beer league this summer filled with a bunch of divorced dudes and guys who haven’t played an actual game of competitive hockey since 2003, Da Beauty League has guys like Brock Boeser and Derek Stepan you see above. Just take a look at some of the rosters assembled here for this summer league.
Recurring guest on Spittin Chiclets Jason Zucker, Jake Gardiner, Kieffer Bellows, Jake Guentzel, Brady Skjei, Brock Boeser, Casey Mittelstadt, Derek Stepan, Zach Parise. Imagine showing up to a summer league game and lining up next to one of those beauts on the opening faceoff. I’d fake an injury on my first shift and call it a day. Just crack open a few cold ones on the bench and watch the rest of the show. I can’t even imagine what life is like for any of the goalies in this league. It’s hard enough to get goalies out to any regular beer league game. Nobody actually wants to just stand there and get shelled with shots all night. There’s a reason why beer league goalies always show up about 5 minutes before game if they even bother to show up at all. But I guess when you’re playing against a guy like Boeser, the good news is that you’re probably not going to get hit with any shots. They’re just going to go right past you.
Glove side twice in a row. Kid is fancy. Also looks pretty good coming off that nasty back injury.
Jake Guentzel was also being very polite out there last night and making sure he didn’t hit any tendies with his shot. Instead he opted to just go top corn and prove that he’s capable of scoring even without Crosby setting him up out there.
And while the goals are nasty and everything, the real highlights here are ferda kids.
As a Beer League Hero myself I’ll admit that it kind of stings that I still haven’t gotten an invite to the league yet. And it especially sucks that the one year that JvR comes back to Philly, he’s not playing in the league anymore. Could have been a great 2-for-1 package deal. But I guess in the meantime I’ll just be over here waiting patiently for my time to come. Just know that I already have a bag packed for the moment that call comes through on my phone.