Bout II - Devil’s Night Dames 122 vs. Detroit Pistoffs 115

Posted on December 14, 2009

by Rusty Wheeler
Detroit, MI
Dec 12, 2009

Detroit derby fans were treated to a highly entertaining, back-and-forth derby match until finally, the Devil’s Night Dames “reignited the flame” and outlasted the Detroit Pistoffs, 122-115. The Dames led by as much as 17 points early in each half, while the Pistoffs claimed a 13 point lead late in the 1st half. Racer McChaseHer (Dames) and Cookie Rumble (Pistoffs) were named co-MVPs of the game. Racer, who scored 60 points and delivered 7 grand slams, was also a plus 47 as a jammer and plus 54 overall. She also contributed 20 “actions” (assists and blocks) along the way. Cookie led her team with 42 points, scoring 6 grand slams of her own, and was a plus 36 as a jammer and plus 41 overall. She also led the Pistoffs defense with 26 actions.

The Pistoffs led 70-65 at halftime, but then both teams got defensive in the 2nd half. Most of the 2nd half scoring occurred in the first 8 jams. Then in the final 12 jams of the half, the Dames scored 12 points to the Pistoffs 7 points. Six of those jams were 0-0 deadlocks. After the Dames regained the lead for good in jam 6, on the strength of Racer McChaseHer’s 19-0 jam, they turned up the defense the rest of the way. Altogether, the Dames outscored the Pistoffs 57-45 in the 2nd half, en route to their victory.

There were some high-scoring jams in this game, though Effin’ Money and Cookie Rumble each had 20-0 jams for the Pistoffs. Racer McChaseHer had her aforementioned 19-0 jam as well as another 15-0 jam, and teammate Muffy Mafioso chipped in with a 13-0 jam of her own.

Coming into this game, the Pistoffs were 5-1 lifetime vs. the Dames, including victories in the 2008 DDG Championship game and the 2009 DDG consolation game. This victory augurs well for the Dames, as they tend to either go winless in a season, or make it to the league championship.

Rosters

Detroit Pistoffs: 754 Anne T. Orthodox; 303 Bruisie Siouxxx; 728 Combat Cat; 33-1/3 Cookie Rumble; 20 Devil Kitty; $ Effin’ Money; 6 Elle McFearsome; 428 Freakin’ Rican; 2012 Goodnight Gracie; 82.4 proof Jenn Ann Tonic; 669 Maim West; 80 Mean Streak; 1821 Mexi-Go (captain); 181 Vega Vendetta; 213 Violet-N-Deed (asscap); Thunderkiss ’65 Yin. Managers: Butz; Wanda Throwdown.

Devil’s Night Dames: .40 cal Betty Beretta; 724 Dizzy Devine; 886 Formosa Fury; tat2 Inky Gash; 187 Lady MacDeath; 9mm Muffy Mafioso; 2.8 Racer McChaseHer; 1337 Riot Nrrrd; 10¢ Rock Candy; .223 Spanish Ass’assin; 68 Summers Eve-L; ? (infinity) Tess Tackles; - 0 Vicious Vixen; 31 Whiskey Soured; 17 Yo-Yo. Managers: Candy Man; Uncle Bodybagz.

1st Half

The Pistoffs started Elle McFearsome at pivot, Mexi-Go, Freakin’ Rican, and Violet-N-Deed at blocker, and Effin’ Money at jammer. The Dames countered with pivot Whiskey Soured, blockers Summers Eve-L, Rock Candy, and Vicious Vixen, and jammer Racer McChaseHer, and it was Racer winning the jam 3-1. The Dames Yo-Yo squared off against Cookie Rumble in jam 2, and it was a 4-4 draw. Muffy Mafioso added a 3-0 win for the Dames in jam 3, and the Dames were off to a quick 10-5 lead. Formosa Fury got lead for the Dames in jam 4, but Effin’ Money eked out a 3-2 win for the Pistoffs. Combat Cat then tied the score at 12-12 with a 4-0 win for the Pistoffs in jam 5.

Yo-Yo edged the Dames back out in front in jam 6 with a 3-0 win, then Muffy Mafioso scored a double grand slam 10-0 win for the Dames in jam 7, jumping their lead to 25-12. Racer McChaseHer and Combat Cat managed a 2-2 tie next, followed by a 4-0 win for Formosa Fury in jam 9. Effin’ Money got those last four points back for the Pistoffs with a 4-0 win in jam 10. It was 31-18 for the Dames.

Vega Vendetta got the first big jam for the Pistoffs in jam 11, getting two slams in a 10-0 win. Vega took advantage of the Dames jammer, Yo-Yo, getting sent to the box for a major track cut. That cut the Dames lead to 31-28. Goodnight Gracie followed that up with a 9-3 (including a slam) win over Muffy Mafioso, and the Pistoffs were on top, 37-34. That lead didn’t last long as on the very next jam Formosa Fury rang up a 4-0 win, restoring the Dames lead at 38-37.

Racer McChaseHer then ripped off a 15-0 triple grand slam win in jam 14 to extend the Dames lead to 53-37. Her blockers, Whiskey Soured, Summers Eve-L, Rock Candy, and Vicious Vixen (derby veterans all), contained Pistoffs jammer Vega Vendetta within the pack for the entire jam with some excellent blocking. While Summers started that jam in the box, the Pistoffs had three blockers, Elle McFearsome, Combat Cat, and Bruisie Siouxxx, all spend time in the box during that jam as well.

The Pistoffs proved their resiliency in jams 15 and 16 with Cookie Rumble and Effin’ Money skating to 4-0 and 20-0 wins, respectively. Effin’ had four grand slams in the jam, aided by Dames jammer Yo-Yo going to the penalty box twice, as well as Dames blockers Rock Candy and Spanish Ass’assin each getting sent off once. That jumped the Pistoffs from being down by 16 points to leading by 8. Elle McFearsome then took advantage of a still boxed Yo-Yo by notching a 5-0 slam win for the Pistoffs in jam 17, giving her squad a 66-53 lead, the largest margin they were to lead by for the evening.

The Dames chopped into the Pistoffs lead in the final two jams of the half. Racer McChaseHer got another slam in a 9-3 win over Goodnight Gracie in jam 18, then Muffy Mafioso edged Effin’ Money 3-1 to close out the half with the Pistoffs in front, 70-65.

The Dames had the edge in lead jammers in the half, 11-8, although the Pistoffs scored more grand slams, 8-6. The Dames lost 12 skaters to the sin bin in the half (only two jammers), while the Pistoffs had 15 skaters sent off, although no jammers were amongst those penalized. Pack play was fairly even. The Pistoffs blockers generated 58 actions (blocks & assists), while the Dames blockers contributed 53 actions.

2nd Half

Racer McChaseHer further cut into the Pistoffs lead by opening the 2nd half with a 6-3 victory over Effin’ Money. Effin’ got a minor for cutting the track, then was sent to the box for a major back block. The Pistoffs defense of Elle McFearsome, Mexi-Go, Freakin’ Rican, and Vega Vendetta did well to limit the damage. Formosa Fury then put the Dames back on top, 75-73, with a 4-0 win in jam 2. Dizzy Devine helped the Dames cause with a 3-0 win in jam 3 to stretch the Dames lead to 78-73.

The next several jams were the wildest of the game. Muffy Mafioso got a big 13-0 double slam win in jam 4, and the Dames led by 91-73, their largest lead of the night. Then Cookie Rumble came right back with a 20-0, quadruple grand slam power jam, and the Pistoffs were back in front, 93-91. Then it was Racer’s turn again as she racked up a 19-0 jam for the Dames. The Pistoffs had two blockers in the box at times during the jam, but the Dames also had three skaters in the box at times. But the Dames lead was restored at 110-93. Cookie came right back with another 10-0 double slam win for the Pistoffs in jam 7, cutting the Dames lead to 110-103, then in jam 8 Vega Vendetta got a 5-0 slam win for the Pistoffs, cutting the lead to 110-108.

Muffy Mafioso took a 4-0 win for the Dames in jam 9, helped by Pistoffs jammer Combat Cat going to the box for a 4th minor. That put the Dames up by 114-108, and then the game went into total defense mode. Yo-Yo got a 1-0 win for the Dames in jam 10, then her teammate Dizzy Devine skated to a 1-1 tie with Vega Vendetta in jam 11. Jam 12 was scoreless. Racer McChaseHer worked her way to a 4-0 win in jam 13, then jams 14 through 16 were scoreless. The Dames benefited from the Pistoffs would-be jammer, Combat Cat, getting sent off the track at the start of jam 16 because she was too late getting on the track. In spite of that, the Dames couldn’t score in that jam due to excellent  D put up by Pistoffs blockers Bruisie Siouxxx, Elle McFearsome, Cookie Rumble, and Effin’ Money. It was still the Dames leading, but only by 120-109.

Vega Vendetta got a 2-0 win for the Pistoffs in jam 17, cutting the lead to 120-111. Then the final three jams of the night were the Cookie vs. Racer show, as those two skaters jammed for their respective teams in each of those jams. Racer got lead jammer in jam 18, slowed down, keeping Cookie behind her, then called off the jam. Then the Dames called their last time-out in order to rest Racer so as to get her out there for one last jam. Of course, that meant the Pistoffs also got to rest Cookie.

Then in that jam 19, Racer got sent to the box, but recovered in time so that Cookie was only able to win the jam 4-2, cutting the lead to 122-115. As time was winding down in that jam, it appeared that it just might be the final jam of the night. But no! Dames pivot skater, Whiskey Soured, fell heavily in the middle of the track, and was definitely shaken up, so the referees called off the jam for an injury time-out with 21 seconds remaining on the game clock. That left time for yet one more jam. In somewhat of an anti-climax, Racer grabbed lead, and just as the game clock ticked down to 0:00 she called the jam off, securing the Dames hard-fought win over the Pistoffs, 122-115.

In the 2nd half, the Dames managed to outscore the Pistoffs 57-45 to overcome the Pistoffs 5-point halftime lead. Thirty-five of the Pistoffs points came in only 3 jams, meaning they only scored 10 points in the other 17 jams of the half. The Pistoffs were shut-out in 13 of the half’s 20 jams, and the Dames were goose-egged in 10 jams. The Dames once again had more lead jammers, 11-7, and once again the Pistoffs had more grand slams, 7-5. Eleven Pistoffs skaters went to the penalty box, while the Dames lost 13 skaters to the box. Each team lost two jammers to the box.  Pistoffs blockers tabulated 43 actions to 38 for the Dames in the 2nd half.

Afterthoughts

Experience really counted in this game, as it was each team mostly playing their high-experience players, and those same players thus gathered most of the stats generated on the night. Of the games 39 total jams, the Pistoffs skated Cookie Rumble and Elle McFearsome in 24 jams each, then Bruisie Siouxxx in 21 jams, Mexi-Go in 20, and Vega Vendetta in 16 jams. The Dames top five most-used skaters were Summers Eve-L (28 jams), Whiskey Soured (26), Rock Candy (25), Vicious Vixen (24), and Racer McChaseHer in 23 jams. Each team did also get some experience for their rookies. Perhaps if the game had turned into a blow-out for either team the newer skaters would have seen more track time.

The game featured a high-scoring 1st half, followed by a mostly defensive 2nd-half, so there was something for fans of each style of play. Most Detroit derby matches in the past have featured all-out fast packs, but there was more of slow, really slow packs in this game at times, although they never quite played the “stop” game that was evidenced at the recent WFTDA National Championship tourney.

Statistics

Returning to her “phenom” days, the Dames Racer McChaseHer led all scorers with 60 points while jamming 10 times with 8 leads and 7 grand slams. Other Dames jammers were: Muffy Mafioso (36 points, 8 jams, 6 leads, 4 slams); Formosa Fury (14 pts, 4 jams, 4 leads); Yo-Yo (8 pts, 9 jams, 3 leads); Dizzy Devine (4 pts, 7 jams, 1 lead); Inky Gash (0 pts, 1 jam).

Cookie Rumble led the way for the Pistoffs with 42 points in 8 jams with 5 leads and 6 grand slams. Also contributing for the Pistoffs: Effin’ Money (32 pts, 10 jams, 2 leads, 4 slams); Vega Vendetta (18 pts, 10 jams, 4 leads, 3 slams); Goodnight Gracie (12 pts, 4 jams, 1 lead, 1 slam); Combat Cat (6 pts, 5 jams, 2 leads); Elle McFearsome (5 pts, 1 jam, 1 lead, 1 slam).

Leading all defenders was the Dames Vicious Vixen with 27 actions, including 3 knockdowns. The rest of the Dames defense was led by Racer McChaseHer (20 actions, also with 3 KDs), Summers Eve-L (14) and Rock Candy (13 actions).

The Pistoffs were led by Cookie Rumble with 26 actions, followed by Elle McFearsome (22), Bruisie Siouxxx (19), and Combat Cat with 19 actions (including 3 KDs).

Racer McChaseHer led the plus/minus ratings with an overall plus 54 (plus 47 as a jammer). She was followed by teammates Rock Candy with plus 35, Muffy Mafioso with plus 29, and Vicious Vixen and Whiskey Soured each with plus 17.

Cookie Rumble led the Pistoffs defense with a plus 41 overall (plus 36 as a jammer), followed by Maim West (plus 40), Bruisie Siouxxx (plus 21) and Anne T. Orthodox and Devil Kitty each with plus 15.

Future

The Detroit Derby Girls return to action on Saturday, January 9, when it’s the Pistolwhippers up against the Detroit Pistoffs. Each team is 0-1 this season, and 2-2 lifetime versus each other. The loser will be effectively eliminated from championship contention this season, so the game is sure to be fought down to the last ball bearing! The game is at the Masonic Temple in downtown Detroit, doors at 6pm, game at 7pm. More info at http://www.detroitderbygirls.com/.

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