Walpole, Ma - An innocent afternoon public hockey session turned violent today, when players from an opposing team attacked a lone player from rival team. Eight players from Analog, in the NESHL D+ division, allegedly attacked a player from the Provo Penguins team and left him to die on the ice at Iorio Arena in Walpole.
According to sources at the arena, Penguins forward Steve Tragakis, skated for nearly an hour against the eight players from Analog, in an 8-on-1 hockey session. Tragakis was supposed to be accompanied by other players on his team, but learned just before getting on the ice that no one else from the Penguins would show.
With the odds clearly stacked in favor of Analog, Tragakis managed to hold his own for the first forty minutes, when all hell broke lose. On a breakaway, Tragakis went five-hole on the Analog goalie, and managed to tie the game up. After skating back to his half of the ice, an enraged Analog player took a lead pipe to Tragakis' left knee, and left him writhing in pain on the ice. The remaining Analog players then proceeded to beat the Penguins' player with bricks, pipes, rocks and glass bottles.
When the ambulance arrived, Tragakis was lying in a puddle of his own blood. Medics managed to stop the bleeding and transported him to a local area hospital.
"Guttsiest thing I ever saw," stated Archie Wright, one of the medics who arrived first on the scene. "The poor guy was lying near death on the ice, and all he could say was 'wait until my team arrives, wait until they show for practice, we will kick your ass'. He raved on and on about how Analog would be sorry when the rest of his team showed. Unfortunately, no one else showed."
Tragakis is listed in critical condition at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and will be flown to the Boston Hospital to undergo double-kidney bypass surgery, and extensive plastic surgery to recover parts of his body and skin.
"We have never seen anything this bad," admitted Dr. Rick Shaw. "When he arrived I thought he was dog-meat, but the kid has a heart like a lion. I would give him a few more weeks anyway. Sad really, that none of his teamates showed to practice - I guess they all had something better to do. Seems strange that only ONE guy would show-up...but hell, maybe the team is undefeated or something and they don't need to practice."
Tragakis himself managed to scrawl the following on a paper-napkin before being brought into the operating room:
"Tell my team I don't hold this against them. I know they would have been on the ice with me if they weren't saving lives, or preventing world-hunger. Please tell them not to bring gifts to the hospital...just Bud Lite in cans...not bottles...just Bud Lite in cans if it is not too much trouble. Analog must pay!"
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