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My favorite move. When Dave shoots, I spin my goalie rod 360 degrees. Does it work? No. Does it look cool? Also no. But it occasionally knocks the beer bottles over like bowling pins, creating a liquid defense. The Grand Finale: The Overtime "Ceiling Shot" Sudden death. The tension is thick. The kitchen timer goes off (lasagna is done, but we ignore it). Dave has the puck on my blue line.

Red 6, Yellow 5 (The Ceiling Shot), Dignity 0. table hockey hijinks

But here’s the thing—he hits the edge of the puck. The little red disc launches not toward my goal, but My favorite move

We shake hands. "Good game," we lie. Dave wins the face-off (read: he slaps the center rod so hard the magnet falls off the puck). He charges down the left wing. But it occasionally knocks the beer bottles over

This rarely hits the puck. But when it does? Chaos.

This is where the hijinks begin. Dave knows my defensive strategy is "flail wildly." So, as he winds up for a slapshot, he deploys his secret weapon: