


Ford is extending his banner year with the Thunderbirds as he continues to lead the FHPL in +/- at +65, points per game at 2.2, assists notching 57, and total points at 97.Ĭo-piloting this win machine for the Thunderbirds is rookie Lucas Rowe who also picked up FPHL honors as the top rookie on the month. Ford collected six goals and 13 assists with 6 multipoint games. Standing at the vanguard of this three month offensive onslaught is Gus Ford (5th in the FPHL SOG tally with 211) who won FPHL Player of the Month for February. As the great philosopher Mark Twain said “When your opponents are shooting a combined 8.4%, all you gotta do is shoot 8.5% and you’ll win.right?” Over just four games in March, Thunderbird players have put 158 shots on goal, resulting in 20 goals. More like they are using shear numbers and blunt force. The T’birds are, however, not necessarily carefully creating their scoring opportunities. But not only have the Birds been putting the win in Winston-Salem, they have been doing so in dominating fashion, outscoring their opponents 64 to 42 in February and March. Two in January, just one in February, and one thus far in March. Since the clocks struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, the Thunderbirds have lost 4 (1,2,3,4) games. Quite literally, all the Thunderbirds have done is win in Winston, and all over the FPHL for that matter. Or as the great philosophers DJ Khaled, T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross have said all they do “is win.” For all of February and so far in March the team has been riding the heatwagon to work at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex. At the rate the Carolina Thunderbirds are winning, the city powers that be might as well start calling it WINston-Salem. Winston-Salem might need a rebranding from The Camel City.
