Georgian Bay Secondary School (GBSS) students decimated their teachers last Thursday in the annual student-teacher charity hockey game at the Meaford arena with a final score so embarrassing, it cannot be repeated (10-3 for the record).
After a performance of O Canada by special guest Dave Randall, the puck was dropped for what quickly became the most one sided sporting event in recent memory. Not even star teacher goalie Rich "The Berlin Wall" Fletcher could stop the onslaught of goals from the students, even rolling onto his back with his arms and legs in the air at one point.
Just like in previous years, the game began as a serious game of pickup hockey between staff members and players from the school's boys and girls hockey teams but turned into a hilarious affair culminating in the kidnapping of student referee Scott Burgess by the teachers.
Not to be outdone, the students kept with the light-hearted attitude by performing some rarely seen outrageous victory dances after every goal including the "rowboat" and the "campfire", in which the students threw their sticks into a pile and knelt around them "warming" their hands.
Announcer Chelsea Randall also kept the spirit alive with what may have been the most biased announcing in the history of sport, mocking the teachers and calling on the crowd to cheer for their peers in the game.
By the end of the game, the students lent their goalie, Sean Postma, to the teachers to assist their struggle, but not even the powerhouse tandem Fletcher-Postma goalie team could stop the inevitable student victory.
Students who paid the buy-out fee were certainly not disappointed by either the entertainment value or worthy cause for which the game is now played.
"All money raised will be donated to the Star fund," said Student Council Co-President and organizer Kaisha Thompson.
"The fund was set up to honour the five boys who died in a tragic car accident last year and is used for scholarship money."
A longtime GBSS staple has now become a fitting annual memorial to lost friends keeping their legacies alive through sport and youthful shenanigans from both sides of the ice.
