The Gangle family
One puck, a lot of moods. Early sketches, all of them: the picked ones get proper art.
Gangle through the season
Same puck, different moments of the year. Always the offset eyes, always the stick held wrong.
Gangle
The everyday Gangle. Stick upside down, holding it by the blade. Proud of it.
Flow Gangle
Hockey hair out the back, stick tangled between the legs. Flow for days.
Celly Gangle
One skate up, air-guitaring the stick. For every gangle that goes in.
Tryouts Gangle
Sweating, stick across the shoulders like a yoke. Early fall nerves.
Halloween Gangle
October: witch hat, still holding the stick upside down.
Holiday Gangle
December tournaments: toque with a pom, flow tucked out the back.
Summer Gangle
Spring and summer hockey: shades on, offset even with glasses.
Champion Gangle
The end of the run: crown, full flow, playoff beard down to the skates.
The playoff beard
Gangle's beard grows with the season and the playoff run. Down to the skates at a championship.
October
Season starts. Clean chin.
December
Holiday tournaments. A start.
February
Down the stretch.
Playoffs
Every round adds length.
Championship
Down to the skates.
Penalty Gangles
One Gangle per call, with the ref's signal and Gangle's excuse. Still offset eyes, still the stick held wrong, even mid-crime.
Slash Gangle
THE SIGNAL
Chopping motion with the edge of one hand across the other forearm.
GANGLE'S EXCUSE
"I was aiming for the puck. The puck was on his stick. Same thing."
Rough Gangle
THE SIGNAL
Fist extended out to the side from the shoulder.
GANGLE'S EXCUSE
"He started it. Also I forgot how gloves work."
Cross-check Gangle
THE SIGNAL
Both fists clenched, pushing forward and back from the chest.
GANGLE'S EXCUSE
"It was a really firm hello."
Trip Gangle
THE SIGNAL
Striking the leg below the knee with one hand, both skates on the ice.
GANGLE'S EXCUSE
"My stick was just resting there. In his skates."
Boarding Gangle
THE SIGNAL
Fist pounding the open palm of the other hand.
GANGLE'S EXCUSE
"The boards came out of nowhere."
2:00
Sin Bin Gangle
THE SIGNAL
Two minutes to think about it.
GANGLE'S EXCUSE
"Honestly? Best seat in the rink."
The Gangle LineComing this season
The puck goes somewhere else: the hat, the butt, the eyes, the wheel, the mouth. Six new skaters joining Gangle this season.
Puckhead
A puck for a head, the rings framing the eyes, hockey flow out both sides.
Puck Butt
Screening the goalie, the shot hits the butt, top corner. The gangle of all gangles.
Stacky
A tower of pucks that should fall over and never does. A puck per win.
Wheelie
Flames out the back, shades on, stick held by the wrong end. Hot streaks.
Googly
The eyes are pucks: one small, one huge, never looking the same way.
Chomp
The puck flips open into a mouth with a gap tooth. Eats bad passes.
The badges
What goes on a clip in GangleVision: the votes, the deflections, the streaks, and how a penalty turned out.
On a clip the team voted the gangle (Gangle of the Game winner).
The Gangle of the Game: the team's vote after each game.
The Gangle of the Month: the vote among the month's game winners.
A deflection: in off a body, a skate, a shin pad. Still counts.
Points in game after game.
A penalty the other team scored on.
A penalty the team killed off.
A penalty worth taking: it stopped a sure goal.