In the beginning...

It all started in the locker room while enjoying some Soda Pops. Somebody shouted, "Tell the new guys about our website." On the fly, I responded that we have a webpage -- dickswithsticks.com.

At the next game, somebody replies that the address is invalid. I reply, "Sorry, it is dickswithstick.com and the sticks is not plural." A few days later, I get a phone call. He's asking about the web address and is insistent that he went to the sites and they definitely are not a hockey page!

I try once again. I say that it is "dickwithstick.com" and neither dick nor stick is plural. He relays it to his wife so she can type the updated address while I am on the phone with him. Whoa, still not appropriate! I said, "Well, check our facebook page under that name." Well, that also was an inappropriate page. Laughing too much that he's trolling gay porn sites, I realize the joke has definitely ran it's course and I start to feel empathy for him. He's spoiling the joke and I start to now think he's conning me. So, I say, "Please stop, we don't have a team site."

I don't know how it ended between the sucker and his wife, though. It must have been an awkward conversation and necessary for him to explain what he does leaving the house for a 10:30 pm game with the guys. Needless to say, she never came to watch any of our games.

A couple weeks later, I announce in the locker room that we have a new sponsor - BlackRubbers.com - that has provided hockey pucks and that each player should politely visit the new sponsor's website. The sucker says, I'm not going to any site you mention. But he did spend a couple weeks trying a lot of dicks pages to find our team.

Now, every time someone joins our team or subs there is also a shout to tell the new guy about our website. Like a comedy team, we throw the line and try to reel in another sucker.

Fast forward as we started participating in some travel tournaments and they asked our team name. I reflexively thought about Dicks with Sticks but that is a bit crass so on the fly I tweaked it to Pigs with Twigs. It worked. And the Pepto Bismal pink pig jerseys we subsequently designed are a fan favorite.

We then started playing a tournament that benefits first responders, including police and fallen officers. I hesitated to divulge our team name as Pigs with Twigs may be inappropriate to the police officers however I knew that the firefighters would love the name and buy us beers. The name stuck. Clueless, the poor fellow even sported the Pigs with Twigs jersey at a travel tournament.