JERSEY CITY, NJ-- With their rough and tumble play style, it seemed obvious to the players of the St. Peters Preparatory School's ice hockey team, the Marauders, to challenge the newly-crowned Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins to a winner-take-all, street rules match for the Cup.
"We've had to highest number of penalties in the league the past three seasons," Junior defenseman Michael Myles said. "With the way [the Bruins] played to win the cup, we think we could keep up."
"Our goalie even had a fighting major," Myles added.
The team first issued the challenge via Facebook just four days after the cup returned to Boston.
"We wanted them to know we were serious and in today's day and age, that means communicating via Facebook," Head coach James Arroyo said.
Team captain Peter Sanderson first came up with the idea to issue the challenge, Arroyo said. Sanderson was unavailable for comment, as his mother said he was busy meditating to "get in the zone."
Before the match, which is set for August 6 at the Floyd Hall Ice Arena in Montclair, NJ, the players will share a pre-match meal of pasta and spaghetti sauce.
The Bruins are expected to decimate the Marauders.
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