style... by pinning the roster on to a board and throwing a dart! Voila! The Moes were born!
The Moes' inaugural squad in the Winter of 1997 consisted of several first-timers, a handful of convicted felons, a guy that couldn't bend over far enough to tie his laces... and the man that would keep their losses respectable that first season - their goalie, Moe Puck. Needless to say, The Moes finished dead last that season, but had some fun in the process.
The next season saw a revamped Moes team. New team uniforms were on the menu for this team as they went from the ASHL issued all-orange to a leaner and meaner black and white with orange trim. Their roster went through some changes as well as The Moes decided to submit their own team that year. Most of the original Moes returned and players that moved on were replaced by friends that wanted to experience the Moe legacy.
By the Summer of 2000, The Moes completed their Cinderella story by winning their first ASHL Division Championship!
As time passed, some faces changed but the core of The Moes remained the same. After the Summer of 2008, The Moes went through a stage of filtering out the 'riff raff' and took a year off. They re-emerged in the Winter of 2009 with six core players and recruited heavily to fill the other ten spots with a few friends and several strangers including countless pay-to-play bodies, a radio station producer, a few more convicted felons, a guy that played several times a week but never washed or aired out his equipment, and a potato farmer.
History seemed to have repeated itself as this new crop of Moes stunk out the joint by winning just one of their first 10 games and once again finishing dead last. However, team chemistry and morale was being built every game and The Moes were running like a well-oiled machine by the time playoffs rolled around and went on to win the E2 Division Championship and were finalists in the Facility Championships!
In the Summer of 2010, The Moes momentum carried forward from the previous season and brought them the same fate as they won the E Division Championship and were once again finalists in the Facility Championships.
The core of the team once again continues to be built with friends and friends-of-friends while the focus remains on having a good team atmosphere. |
