Zombies derailed... and destroyed.

Cadavers vs Rangers
Playoff Game 2
Thursday 8/30
Canton 7:10

11-2 loss.

Thats right... trainwreck. The Cadavers faced off with the Rangers for the second game of the playoffs and hoped to get one over on the talented Rangers. Not to be. I think the first clue that things weren't going the Zombie's way was when they scored :48 seconds into the game... or maybe when they scored again just under 2 minutes later... or when they scored again 4 minutes after that. I think you get the picture my blog reading friend. The Zombies got croaked last night.
That's not to say there wasn't plenty of effort and even a glimmer of Zombie Pride on the ice, it just wasn't enough. This was a theme all night. Not enough. The Zombies struggled to mount consistent offensive pressure and on the other end let up far too many good scoring chances to a group that clearly knew how to finish.
Let's give some credit where credit is due. The Rangers are pretty good. They have an excellent mix of older, skilled guys and younger speedy and competitive women that played very well together. They had lots of good passing and really they had the skill players to turn it on whenever they wanted.
The Zombies were tough. To a person, there was hard work and effort all night. There were even some bright spots amid the rubble.
*Kevin Parker produced a tremendous gutty performance just going out for his shift throughout the game. Kevin was not feeling well and .... well the Blogger doesn't feel like getting into it. Suffice to say under great duress Mr.Parker gutted one out for the team, knowing how outgunned we were. Thanks.
*DJ played great with the first line of Kevin and Jim Sullivan. In position consistently all night long Deb had several chances and even created some oppportunities. Really its the small things...ie: 6 out of 7 times when the puck came around to her point in our end she got the pass and connected on an outlet. Excellent work.
*The only goals were scored by DWH from Sully and Jeff Fosdick from Dan Gregson.
Other than that there was some solid play from the Defensive corps featuring George Moorachain, DWH, Mike Campbell, and callup Billy Pearlman. Everyone played hard, it just wasn't going to happen for the skating dead last night.
Now the Zombies face a 0-2 Playoff record and the only thing remaining before the book is closed on this summer season is the final showdown with our brothers the Schlitz. A chance to knock the 2-0 (with the bye) Suds out of the coveted Championship Game. Sounds like a good Schlidaveur story line to me.


Just one more thing for you team. Last night marked another seminal moment in our franchies history. The 'Coon has been replaced! That's right bitches...


THE RETURN OF THE 'COON OF SHAME!

The ghostly spectre of the 'Coon has returned to remind us all that poor play, or outlandish behavior will once again be rewarded with our fiendish furry friend. Seen here in the beer cooler during last night's fourth period, the 'Coon was quoted as being "glad to be back" and "just here to help the team". I guess that stinker of a performance by the skating dead brought him out of semi retirement...

So we have a group 'Cooning for the entire Cadavers roster last night for losing by 9 in a playoff game.

Suds win a Playoff Squeeekah!

Schlitz vs Tigers
Playoff Game 2
(after wk 1 "bye")
Tuesday 8/28
10:20 Canton

Suds win 1-0 !!!

Well, well, well. Another excellent playoff game, and this time, the desired result. The Suds did the Yellow...err Gold proud and pulled out a very close game in the closing minutes. A zero-zero duel of the goalies right up to the closing minutes. From the descriptions of those Suds players reached by cellphone during the 4th period this game was very close.
The Gold was well stocked with 3 full lines of forwards, and 2 sets of D. Forward lines broke down like this. Chris Fosdick, Larry Bell, and Scott Pounds 1st, Nelson Sharfman, Dangerous Dave, and Pete Capraro 2nd, and Jim Sullivan, Matvey Nihkamik, and Ken Goldenberg as the 3rd set. D pairings were Stephan and Bearded Dan, and then Greg James and Billy Pearlman.
Some quotes from the players.
"Stephan did his best Paul Coffee impersonation all night. He was awesome"
"Jack made a bunch of just ridiculous saves to keep us in it all night long. He was great."
Overheard between Larry and Sully during warmups: "Wait til you see their goalie, you are going to salivate" Apparently while just a "wee-lad" he apparently had no problem overcoming his "height challenged" status and proceeded to shut the Gold out for nearly the whole game. After that pregame conversation the "wee" goalie stuffed Larry on TWO breakaway chances, and STONED Sully on a third which apparently was a "reach back" or "pull it out of your ass" type save. Thankfully the Schlitz were able to break through.
The only goal came with 1:05 remaining in the third period. Chris Fosdick tipped home a blasting shot from Stephan at the point. Larry figured in the scoring as he got it out to Stephan to start the play. Great job by everyone.
Now thanks to the "bye" that the Schlitz recieved for finishing first they are technically 2-0 in the playoffs and need to beat the Cadavers for a spot in the championship game. Isn't this how it's supposed to be? A Schlidaveur game with HUGE playoff implications.
The blogger just loves it.


Gamestars.
3rd Star: The defensive corps. Pearlman, Wennik, Gregson, and James. Great job cleaning up rebounds and limiting chances. The D has to share in the glory of a playoff shutout.
2nd Star: The guys that scored the game winner. Chris Fosdick from Stephan and Larry.
1st Star: Now he is Dr. Playoff Zero. OEJ. Another shutout, this time of the all-important playoff variety. This guy has been huge all year long. Keep up the good work.

Playoff Schedule This week and next!

Schlitz vs Tigers
Tuesday 8/28
10:20 Canton

Schlitz
Larry Bell
Pete Capraro
Chris Fosdick
Ken Goldenberg
Dan Gregson
Greg James
Bill Pearlman
Scott Pounds
Kevin Manning
Matvey Nikhamik
Dave Spenciner
Jim Sullivan
Stefan Wennik
Mike in net

The Schlitz played the Tigers twice this season the first was a 3-1 loss and the second was a 2-0 win. Both times it sounded like the suds matched up well, but only good results on the second game. Some may remember the first meeting when Capraro led the meltdown...along with others. This should be a winnable game.

Cadavers vs. Rangers

Thursday 8/30

7:10 Canton

Cadavers

Mike Campbell
Deb Dalessio

Matt Elliot

Jeff Fosdick

Josh Greenstein

Mike Hammitt

Dan Herbert

Mike Jasse

Matt Kilroy

Roman Kurin

Kevin Parker

George Moorachain

Nelson Sharfman

Lizzy in net

We've only played these guys once. The Schlitz (most of guys on Cads roster now) lost to them 9-6 back a week ago in Quincy. Looked like a winable game, but it will take a Zombie Pride effort to put them away in the playoffs. The Cads are 0-1 in the playoffs after losing in OT last week. Need this one to make the next game all the more meaningful!

Speaking of the next game....

Schlitz vs Cadavers

Tuesday 9/4

9:10 Canton

Everyone....

Including friends, familiy and pets.

Miran... you're on.

Alert the media.

Playoff Schlidaveur....nice.

As always alert Management to any conflicts immediately. Someone get the Scoresheet on Tuesday.

Playoff heroes fall short. The Cads go down in OT Thriller!

Cadavers vs. Scapegoats
Playoff Game 1
Canton Sportsplex
Thursday Aug. 23
10:40pm

5-4 *Overtime* Loss

I'm here to tell you, dear reader of the blog, that last night was a grinder of a game, and everything you'd expect from the playoffs. A very tight and chippy game against a solid opponent that saw a lot of heart from all of the skating dead. What looked to be a long night at the start turned ever so slowly into a grinding uphill climb by the Cads to pull even with the 'Goats in the end. At several points during the evening this game threatend to boil over, with lots of "extra-stuff" going on at both ends of the ice. There aren't many guys that wore red last night that won't be looking for #19, #16 and the guy in the grey shirt, the next time the 'Goats number comes up. This game had a physical nature that really cranked up the intensity for everyone.

Things didn't look so great as the 'Goats jumped out to an early lead slipping two past our Grim Keeper Lizzy, the first 2 1/2 minutes in and the second 3 minutes after that. They had some good players, no doubt, but not a lot of them. The Zombies were looking at a significant hill to climb just 6 minutes into the first. Things started to get back under control as the Red showed some grit and finnaly broke through with 7 min left in the period. The first goal was a thing of beauty in the "hard work pays off" scheme of things. Nelson Sharfman held the puck on the goal line, shedding defenders, managed to get the puck to Mike Hammitt who unleashed a shot that Chris Fosdick neatly collected and put past the keeper. The Zombies were back in business.

The grind continued well into the second with the Red getting more chances and staring to hold down the 'Goats who were starting to wear down with only 3 subs on the bench. Nelson came through with another goal to tie the game at the 12 minute mark of the second, this time on consecutive rebounds from Jeff Fosdick and Hammitt.

Before the second period was done the 'Goats hit paydirt again to take back the lead with just under 3 minutes left. 3-2 Goats after two.

At this point things were escalating on the ice as the 'Goats started showing some desperation. Several "meetings" on the ice became...pointed. The Cads served 2 penaltys in the first, iJosh Greenstein and George Moorachain, for a Rough and a Highstick and then 1 in the second, Jeff Fosdick with an Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

The third period got even more contentious and the 'Goats scored again to go up by 2 with 12 minutes remaining. The Zombies ran into some familiar penalty trouble when Hammitt went with a double minor at 7 min. and then Kevin Parker (finally snapping after recieving a number of cheap shots) went with 6 minutes remaining. The 'Goats would have a 5-3 for a full 1:30. Gut check time for the Cads. What followed can only be desribed as Zombie Pride. Lizzy makes a tremendous save on one of their better players and the penalties were killed.
Here is a on-ice description of the play: "we gave up an odd man rush - 1 on 0, down the left side they came, and went across the net, she stayed right with them, and made the save with her stick, her body and her left leg, as they came across. If she misses that save, and they score, it would've been ovah."

Almost immediately after the PK's iJosh scores a huge goal (from Nelson and Jeff) with 4 minutes left. You could feel the 'Goats growing concern. The zombies had not only crept back in the game but into thier heads.

As time wound down the Zombies called time with just under a minute in the game. After winning the faceoff at center ice the Red charged the zone and Lizzy came to the bench. Chris jumped into the play and the Zombies held the puck in a started to get chances as the seconds ticked away. Then Nelson hit the promised land on another rebound goal from Matt Kilroy and Mike Campbell this time. The clock read 9.7 sec. Zombie Pride, 'Goat frustration.

The Zebras let us know we would play a 5 min overtime followed by shootout if needed. The night wasn't over yet. Unfortunately it didn't have much longer to go. The 'Goats gained an opportunity in the Zombie end and then the Zebras called (yes in OT...) George for a crosscheck just a minute twenty into the OT. Geore was tied up with a 'Goat in front and suddenly the refs felt the responsibility to get things under control. About 20 seconds later the 'Goats ended it on a rebound that Lizzy had no shot on. It was over. A great effort that just fell short in the end.

Honorable Mentions... we'll skip the stars as routine with a loss.

HM 1: George Moorachain for his pregame "chaulk talk" and his general hustle all night. He seemed to be everywhere.

HM 2: Lizzy. I know she'd like to have a couple back but she played great when it counted and kept us in this one until the end. Great job.

HM 3: Mike Campbell. Despite his rep' as having "taken liberties" with Lady Bing, stayed out of the box all night and played great physically while staying out of trouble.

HM 4: Nelson Sharfman. He has played awesome down the streach, and like a true Veteran last night. There seems to be no end to his hard work and grinding and its showing in the scoresheet, not just the corners and in front. Another 4 point night, 2 goals and 2 assists. Excellent effort.


Ok thats it. The Blogger is tired, sore, and is currently, as you read this, looking for a storage closet to take a nap in. I leave you with this....


Some Goat-tracks from last night ...and no that's not a 6-pack, its the Schlidaveur 12. (extra lbs. that is)

Yeeehaaaaw! Here come the playoffs! or the "WHO THE HELL IS PLAYING TONIGHT ANYWAY?" blog.

Playoff Game 1
Cadavers vs Scapegoats
Canton Sportsplex
Tonight 10:40pm

Ok Team this is the deal. Despite yesterday's emailpalooza I think we've actually worked this thing out. A few things of note before we get started.
Larry might have been right about the squad split up...but did management have to come out and say it? Sheesh. Like that guy's ego needs anymore inflation.
Secondly thanks to everyone getting back to managment about availability on short notice. Nice to see everyone is already on "Hightened Alert Status" for the playoffs... that's what we need.
So without further ado...
Tonight's Roster

Campbell - IN
Jeff - IN
Kilroy- IN
Dan H - IN
Deb - IN
Matt Elliot - Out (wedding)
Ijosh - IN
Hammitt - IN
Jasse - IN
Roman - Out (Chris F. Sub)
Kevin P - IN
George - IN
Nelson - IN
Lizzy - IN NET

The Scapegoats have stuck it to us a few times this year and now we get the chance to put the hurt back on them. This was the last time we faced them, a 4-2 loss. This was the time before that... a 10-2 loss.
These guys have some talent and we should expect they will have all of it on the ice tonight. Everyone on the roster tonight needs to have a solid night for us to be successful. Giving these guys a loss in the playoffs would more than erase the bad taste from those two games, so let's get after it. See you tonight.
Sounds like iJosh has leftover beer. Anyone else that wants to bring... should.

Schlitz go down to Rangers in regular season finale.

Schlitz (15) vs Rangers

Quincy Youth Arena

Tuesday Aug. 21

9-6 Loss.

Bummer of a night for the Suds who were optimistic going into the game about wrapping up the first place spot in our division. That optimism faded as we settled into the game and began chasing the Rangers all night. They had fewer skaters, but probably a couple that were better quality than what we put out on the ice. This showed as the game began and the Rangers scored on their first rush and shot to put us down one 15 seconds into the game. That was it. We were a goal (or two) down the whole night.

Playing from behind we still had a pretty good showing. The Rangers went up 2-0 before we broke through on a hard work effort by Nelson Sharfman. Nelson and Dangerous Dave cycled low and thanks to Nelson's grit and determination got the puck out to Jeff Fosdick who was camped out in the slot and buried it. After 1 it was 2-1 bad guys but the Suds were feeling pretty good.

The second period was more of the same uphill climb. They scored 4 min into the period to go back up by two but again more hard work from Nelson and Dave resulted in a goal by Dangerous Dave about a minute later. They scored again, (maybe you see a pattern here...) and then the first line broke through. Larry Bell put one away on a feed from Mike Jasse that again kept us within one. Unfortunately the Rangers scored again just before the end of the period to make it 5-3 after 2 periods.

The blogger wishes he could say that the third period was different but alas... it wasn't. The Schlitz did score first, right after a lineup change that sent Jeff Fosdick back to defense in exchange for Kevin Parker. Kevin scored (helper from Nelson) about four minutes into the period on what was becoming a common setup for the Schiltz. Grinding around the net and picking up rebounds in the traffic out front. Unfortunately the Schiltz bench was full of tired, huffing and puffing faces and the resulting let down spelled our doom. The Rangers scored the next two (7-4) and the Suds called time.

The timeout seemed to help as we had a minor lift. Mike Jasse put one away from Larry this time but the come back would fall short. Despite a goal from Nelson (assist Billy Pearlman) the Rangers were able to put away 2 more and the dissapointing final was 9-6.

Not much penalty action to speak of other than Billy for 1 and Hammitt had his usual 2 (but at least one was matching...maybe both were) but weren't a major factor in the outcome.

Tough way to lose the last regular season game but... it just wasn't our night. A game we could have won but you have to give their good players credit for getting it done. No game stars for that one but in general everyone played pretty well.

Honorable Mention: Nelson Sharfman with 1 goal and 3 assists for a big 4 point night. Great effort all night dude. Nelson always brings it.... like the cagey vet he is. Plus he looks SO GOOD in those Yellow Jerseys!

See you in the playoffs. Stay tuned for updates on games....

Cadavers claw their way to a win against the hated Blues!

Cadavers(16) vs Blues
Monday August 20
Canton 8:20pm

2-1 Win!!!

Wow. Sounded like a barn burner, a hard fought, hard skated win for the Zombies over those guys in Blue we know so well. Haven't seen much of the Blues this summer but we may see more of them come playoff time. This game had the playoff kind of feel being a 1 difference or tie all the way. OEJ had a very solid night in net turning away almost everything and keeping the zombies within clutching distance. Thirteen skaters for a full compliment (Zombie Pride!) and everyone hustled all night. Great job to all skaters.

The game was a tight affair with the teams going right at each other and the Blues striking first in the opening frame. The second period was riddled with penalties and one observer felt like the Cads were on the PK the whole period. Penalties were called on Pete Capraro(2), Matvey, Campbell, Jasse and Pounds (at least 1 each). Sounds like too many to me.

Here is a quote: "It was a chippy, tough, hard-fought battle that had the Zombies playing 2 very different games:Periods 1 & 2 was a seemingly endless parade to the penalty box. To demonstrate the edge that was played with all game, 2 periannial Lady Byng candidates, Jasse & Pounds found themselves sitting in the sin bin feeling shame for 2 separate roughing penalties. Pounds' was a two-fold retaliation: in defense of an ambush on Campbell and the fact that a hacking Blue went after 'an old man's ankles'."

Well, the power of the skating dead carried the 'davuers through and they were able to draw even early in the third period on a strike from Matt Elliott (DWH assist).

A few more great saves by OEJ and the Zombies were able to put this one away with about 2 minutes remaining on a spectacular Roman to Mike Jasse bid that found the promised land. A couple more minutes of clock kill and the Zombies were able to close out the regular season with a terrific last minute win over a good (and rival) opponent. Big kudos to every one of the 13 (+OEJ) that played. Way to finnish up.

Here is another take on the 3rd period from a skater: "[in the third] We turned it up and started coming at them in waves.Finally about 8 minutes remaining, Magical Matt Elliot took a wrister from a seemingly impossible angle on the right side and beat their keeper high on the stick side. Turned out it was a deflection off of their D but they don't ask how, they only ask how many.We just kept it up with terrific contributions and short, strong, clean shifts from everyone in red. Then with 2 minutes left, at the end of a shift and nearly gassed, Roman beat 3 Blues to the puck, and from his knees, turned and fired a perfect tape to tape pass to the slot where Jasse slammed home a one timer via the five hole.We played stellar team D for the remaining 120 tics and got out of there with a well deserved come from behind victory."

We'll address one more point of interest before we get to the good stuff.

Here is another quote from a skater last night about the game in general.

"Once again, we went without pucks, water bottles and a beer man. We made do, but we look sloppy when that happens. Gotta look like we've done this once or twice before. The blog or the roster needs a beerman assignment. It's not that hard. We make sure we have a goalie and a beerman. Everyone likes to drink it, but only a few of us ever bring it. The negativity around the beerman on this team sucks. It makes the best team in the world suck. Sorry. Here endeth the contribution."

Wow. The blogger would like to apologize (again) on behalf of management for the absence of pucks and water. We'll try to be better about the beerman thing too... but lets be honest... if you know you want beer, and you want to be sure its handled... bring some. Not everyone drinks and it is hard to tap the same few guys for suds each week. Sorry. The blogger would also like to know where the cans of BudLight came from that are obvious in the photos of the 4th period below. Hmmmm.

Heres one more take on the extras: "Honerable Mentions- Truly a solid game by all but particularly well played by George, Sully and Bearded Dan, who looks to getting his legs back.Beer men- a little weak but the food made up for it. Campbell and Jasse each brought a handful of brews."

Ok Game Stars...

3rd Star: On a quote from Mike C: "Greg James - Steady D all night. Saved my ass a few times. Kind of par for the course, except he spent the weekend in Toronto staying up till 4 AM playing poker at a Bachelor party, only to fly home Monday morning, work all day, and then play with us. Good team player!" I'll say... way to go Greg.

2nd Star: Doctor Michael Jasse. On a feed from Roman Kurin, Jasse popped in the game winner with about 2 minutes left in the game. Here is a quote from a player on the scene: "Jasse has a sweet goal from an even sweeter pass from the corner from Roman who was on his knees.....Like a Hull and Oates one timer. The Blue team was not happy about that." We have to get this guy to give up the traveling life so we can get his offensive production all the time. Great job Mike!

1st Star: Miran James! Are you bleeping kidding me? Twice now this Goddess of Culinary Delight has brought seriously good chow to games and the blogger has had NONE! Arrrrg! No Fair! By all accounts Miran's goodies were first rate... and all the sweeter after a win. Here's another quote from a participant. "Miran should get first star for Eel Sushi, Fried Rice and Bourbon Chicken, Cranberry Coconut Pound Cake, and Chocalte frosted brownies. There will be NO debate about First Star"

Ok I agree.

Overheard in the locker room 1:

"Pete (who had a few penaliteis) mentioned that he graduated from the Mike Campbell school of Penalties.

Mike responded, "Your just a freshman." He then added, "Hammit is tenured." "

Overheard in the locker room 2:

Scott: "I can't stand that. Checking, Tripping, Slashing - all that stuff's fair game, but I hate it when they whack at your ankle. There's no need to be whacking at old men's ankles. You can get hurt."
DJ: "You should play in the girls leagues! That's all they do."
Scott: "Well, girls are dirty and immoral. Everyone knows that."

Referenced in several emails: "Dose cauck-suckaas!"

Blogger Honors: Mike Campbell, Matt Elliott, Dan Gregson, Mike Jasse. Thanks!

Fourth Period Honors..... and the blogger salivates....

Rosters this week!

Cadavers Canton Monday 8/20 8:20pm vs Blues

Roman Kurin
Matvey Nikhamik
Deb Dalessio
Scott Pounds
Peter Capraro
Michael Jasse
William Pearlman
Dan Gregson
Dan Herbert
Jim Sullivan
Matt Elliot
Greg James
George Moorachian
Mike in net

Schlitz Quincy Tuesday 8/21 10:10pm vs Rangers
Mike Campbell
Ijosh Greenstein
Nelson Sharfman
Dave Spenciner
Jeff Fosdick
Ken Goldenberg
Chris Fosdick
Larry Bell
Michael Jasse
Mike Hammitt
Stefan Wennik
Kevin Manning
George Moorachian
Lizzy in Net

Mad Matt stars in Suds showdown with Spartans!

Schlitz (14) vs Spartans

Thursday August 16th

9:00pm Milton Academy





6-3 win!

Yep. I'm here to tell ya. That was a grinder. A fun win with a good squad of Suds, and backstopped by.... Mad Matt Kilroy. That's right friends, Kilroy did his first stint between the pipes last night and came away with a W! We played the very veteran Spartans who had only 1 sub. Decent talent but old like us and they were bummin without legs to help. The Schlitz had our own concerns so things kind of evened out.
The night began with us behind schedule. Kilroy was running late, and was informed on the way in that there was no previous game to nab a keeper from. He was the man this night. It was a scramble getting him dressed, not helped by the ridiculously hot locker room. Campbell had something to say about that... just bad timing. Matt made it to the ice with less than a minute on the warmup clock. The Gold peppered him with some shots. The Spartans were paying attention.
The game got underway fine and we had no problem skating with them when they were fresh. They were able to get off a shot, slow and straight from the top of the zone in the early going, and it slid toward our man Matt, his moment of truth. And it went in. A dubious start, followed by the Spartans screaming "SHOOT" everytime they gained the zone for the rest of the game. They knew what they had, and that just made our task tougher despite their numbers.
We had a game.
Later in the first they scored again to go up 2-0 but only after Kilroy redeemed himself with a couple nice stops. Then we started to turn the tide. Matt Cicciari, abley filling in as part of the forward ranks got our first goal unassisted. We were playing very well at that point moving the puck around their zone and taking advantage of thier already tired legs. The period ended 2-1 and the Suds were feeling good.
Matt continued to play much better despite the Spartans getting a third goal as we got into the second period. The two goal lead didn't hold as the Suds applied consistant pressure working around their zone. On a nice cycle through the zone the forward line of Roman Kurin, Scott Pounds, and Dan Gregson created some good chances. A scramble in front followed by shots from Roman and Scott and Jeff F pinching from the point put the puck past the sprawling keeper. One goal game again. Matt's play continued to improve as he made more and more saves.
At the start of the third we had weathered a couple of penalties, Hammit for two and Campbell for one and we knew we'd have the chance for a good period now that they were really wearing down. A change of positions on the first line put Cicciari at center and moved Pete Capraro to the wing opposite Larry Bell. The move paid off less than 30 seconds into the period when Cicciari buried one with assists to both wingers. The Suds were rolling and were starting to feel it. It wasn't long after that that Pete put the go ahead goal on the board on a rebound from Roman.
The Suds did proud by the gold as they continued to apply pressure and swat away possetions as the Spartans came up the ice. Mad Matt was still playing great and really shone on the home stretch. Matt turned everything aside including a terrific right pad save on a blistering low shot. The closest the Spartans got was a goal after the net had been dislodged (courtesy of George Moorachain knocking their player into it).
Cicciari and Bell added the icing on the cake as the minutes ticked away and the Suds brought this one home.
Great effort by everyone involved. Nice come from behind win against a (albeit disabled) decent opponent.
Game stars.
3rd Star: This one is dedicated to George "where's the love for the D" Moorachain. George and Mike Hammit did a great job getting chances and taking the puck away all night. Hammit had some whistlers that had guys getting out of the way all night. THe second pairing of Jeff F and Mike Campbell likewise had a strong night keeping things away from our buddy between the pipes. Third star goes to all four defensemen.
2nd Star: Sub Matt Cicciari with the natural hat trick and great wheels all night. Two of his goals were unassisted, and he seemed to be all over the place. Thanks Matt, you are welcome anytime.
1st Star: Is there any doubt? Mad Matt Kilroy with a gutsy, gritty, dirtdog, came to play for the team performance between the pipes. You get big Kudos just strapping on the equipment dude, let alone winning the game. Great job.

Fourth Period Honors: Mike Campbell, Larry Bell (Beerman), Matt Kilroy, Mike Hammit, and Jeff Fosdick for a little overtime in the Lantanna parking lot. Good stuff gents.
Overheard in the parking lot 1: "Who brought the yummy meatballs tonight?"
Overheard in the parking lot 2: "Wait... you met your wife in Amsterdam?"
Overheard in the parking lot 3: Something about blowjobs...the topic of the night...anyone there can pick thier favorite. Wonder why this always comes up in Milton.

Quick check of the leaderboard...not just for 'ho's anymore.

Ok ok... I just couldn't resist. Next time I'll have to photoshop the image so it says "Stat Whores" and I'll put Larry's face over the chick with the big... ah... guns.

Here you go a quick update of our scoring (and penalty) leaderboard, for all you eager "stat whores"(not just Larry). We have only 3 regular season games remaining then 6 in the playoffs (3 for each squad) maybe more if one or both teams advance.

The race is tightening, no question about it.

Larry holds a 3 point lead over Kevin Parker with Jim Sullivan just one behind him. This is the most competition Larry has had for the scoring title in quite some time. Keep in mind he was coming off a rough injury the whole first half of this season. He's made quite a run.

Nice to have some of the new guys (soon to be vets) in the top ten. The aforementioned KP, JS, and Matt Elliott. Rounded out by some familiar faces from the greybeard side of things, with the likes of Nelson Sharfman, Dangerous Dave, Mike Jasse, Chris Fosdick, and Matvey Nihkamik, making veteran contributions every week. Excellent work by all of you.

I'll let the Penalty minutes speak for themselves... but you know... that race is pretty close too. It will only take one blowup and ejection to push any of those guys lurking around second place to jump right up to the lead. We'll see how it plays out.

Here is the sheet as of yesterday.

If you haven't responded to Matt about tomorrow....get on it. He's trying to put together a roster. Nice to see so many people responding positively to the winter season. This would be really fun to do for the winter with both teams. My blogsense is tingling.

Let me know if there are any glaring mistakes or anything / anyone I've left out. It happens so speak up if you see something that doesn't look quite right. I'm only one guy... and I do have to do some work sometimes.

Enjoy.

Schlidaveur Round 5 Zombie Shutout!

Cadavers(15) vs. Schlitz(13)
Monday August 13th
Bavis Ice Arena


Cadavers - 3
Schlitz - 0



Now that was fun. A 'daveur for the ages. Not one of our many many ties but a very even and competitive game. Both teams played very well, including both goalies, and there was no shortage of extra effort when it came to the chippy stuff for a while.
Yes there were some boiling tensions as this nip and tuck affair drew out. There was a nice firey exchange between OEJ and Nelson Sharfman, on Nelson's first shift no less. Plenty of poking and hacking that OEJ seemed a little sensitive over. The other good boil over was Matvey taking a few shots after getting the textbook Hammitt take down. Seems Matvey was a little sensitive too. Kudos to Hammitt for not taking it to the next level. Lets remember everyone... we're all friends out there, so don't go taking anything too personally.
I give you an exchange between myself and scoring leader Larry Bell during the fourth period.

Larry: Nice hit in the corner. I can appreciate a good hit.
Blogger: I'm just glad I caught you... so I could hit you.

Another moment that is recorded in our photo section is the Hammitt Pancake on Dangerous Dave Spenciner. Good one there. Way to keep after it and bounce back Dave.
The whole first period was scoreless until less than a minute left when Chris Fosdick finally broke through for the Zombies on a Power Play goal with an assist by Matvey.
Then Dangerous Dave exacted his revenge by potting one with help from Nelson.
The Suds continued to mount decent attacks and defend pretty well but OEJ was having none of it. Time after time he turned away the Schlitz shots or gobbled up the rebounds.
It wasn't until almost halfway through the third when Jim Sullivan (from Bill Pearlman) delt the back breaker. By then the Suds were desperate to get something going and were starting to allow too many odd man rushes. OEJ held on an preserved his fourth shutout on the year. Great job. The Zombies worked hard all night with consistent pressure and deserved the well fought win.
The penalty scene was active but not out of hand. Nelson had one and Hammitt and Jeff Fosdick both had 2 for the Suds. Billy Pealman has two also, along with the roughing on Matvey for the Zombies. There was also a bench minor that Scott Pounds was nice enough to serve. Really the zebras could have called a lot more.
There was even some fandom! Yes, the Blogger's family decided to make a night of it and not only came to root on the Suds but took pictures and videos of the game. Thanks to Crystal, and Amanda (the photographer), Justin and baby Jenn for making the trip. The Blogger beams with pride.
The Pearlman clan was on hand as well. Billy brought along all his kids and so the blog sends the Schlidaveur salute out to all of his kids. Thanks for coming.

Alright.... Game Stars.
3rd Star: The goal scorers for the Zombies. Chris Fosdick, Dangerous Dave, and Jim Sullivan. Way to finish guys, a great effort from all, all night long.
2nd Star: Lizzy. Yep, our gal Liz made a number of excellent stops and despite being on the losing end deserves a star. She made a bunch of good saves on odd man rushes (feeling snake-bit Larry?) and shots that came through traffic. She kept the Suds afloat for the whole game. Thanks.
1st Star: Who else? Mike "Dr. Zero" Gash. OEJ's fourth shutout on the season. Eighth win out of eleven played, and a phenominal 1.45 GAA. The man keeps on bringing the good stuff. Great season Mike, keep up the good work.

Great Fourth period work by Grillmaster Mike Campbell. Also Greg James for bringing the (BS) cookies... you know what we really want Greg, and Chris Fosdick for the yummy Meatballs. Thanks to everyone who brought beer or snacks... it was a great night for it.

Ok there are videos and photos that I will include in their own posts below this.
Enjoy and stay tuned for the rosters for Thursday night's (Schlitz) game in Milton at 9pm.

Schlidaveur Round 5 Videos

Some videos ... a little shakey but mmm mmm good.


Nelson gets a penalty as OEJ takes exception to his being in the crease. One of our few testy moments in the evening.


I think this is Jim Sullivan's goal in the third period.


Nice. The Blogger cusses with his whole family there. Of course the video was running at that moment. "what'd he just say?" Never mind buddy.

Schlidaveur Round 5 Photos

Again... the Blogger wants to give BIG PROPS to his daughter Amanda for doing such a great job with these. Thanks. You get an honorary game star for the night.

Schlidaveur Round 5: The Final Chapter?

! TONIGHT !

SCHLITZ VS. CADAVERS

BAVIS ICE ARENA ROCKLAND

7:00pm

Showdown Number Five

Tonight is the night kids. The last regular season Schlidaveur is at hand. This could be the final meeting of our double headed franchise against itself, unless we meet again in the playoffs...which certainly could happen. It did last year. So be ready.

Well, the story line this summer has been one of Suds dominance. Over the first four meetings of the two teams The Schlitz have been nearly unstoppable holding a 3-0-1 record in those games. The goal differential tells the tale on how the games went other than the 1-1 tie that started us off. Schlitz hold a 26 to 9 scoring ...ah..edge on the Zombies over the four games total.

Tonight things will be a little different as we have swapped the goalie assignments. Mike will play for the Cads and Lizzy for the suds. Also with a good "random" shake up of the rosters, hopefully we'll end up with a good match.

Check out some 'daveur stats. This is the scoring breakdown for the first four meetings. Of course Larry at the top, but he's got serious competition from Matt Elliot, Jim Sullivan, Nelson Sharfman, and Kevin Parker. Given the way these games have been going the 'daveur scoring lead is totally up for grabs.
So.... bring on the fans. Bring on the beer. Bring on some rivalry action. And bring on the game!

An early one tonight... so travel accoringly. Anyone willing to take photos or have a guest do so is welcome. Let's try to get a good group photo right at the end/begining of the game.

Looking forward to seeing you all tonight. Let the smack talk begin.

Dagerous Dave, Bill Pearlman, and Larry Bell.... just so you know. You're all on my list of "things to do" (re:smash) tonight.

Zombie Suds Win Shootout with 'Runners

Schlitz (12) vs Double Runners
August 9th
Bavis 10:30

7-6 Win.

Well, we should have known that this was not going to be your average night at the rink when while dressing we couldn't decide which team we were supposed to be. Red? Yellow? Whatever. The three guys already half dressed had the red socks on, so red it was. The Suds skated as the Zombies and took the ice with 11 against our old friends the 'Runners. They didn't have a lot of guys, six I think was their total, so the early signs looked good. As we all know however... looks can be decieving. The Runners had no shortage of effort and tenacity as they responded very well to our first goal by promptly turning the tables and scoring 2 to put us down. Now we had to play from behind.
Our first was scored by Mike Jasse who was well on his way to a career night. He worked very well with linemates (and scoring leaders) Kevin Parker (assist on first goal) and Larry Bell. The second line of Jeff Fosdick, Scott Pounds, Mike Hammitt and Matt Kilroy (rotating), was not nearly as productive but got in some excellent "grinding" and "checking".
Later in the first Jasse scored again to tie the game on a helper from Billy Pearlman. This was not long lived as the 'Runners came right back and put another one by our gal Liz to put us down 3-2 at the end of the first.
The second period was much more of the same as the shootout really came to life. Billy Pearlman scored to tie the game at 3-3 (assist Larry) and the mood was good on the Zombie...err Suds bench. Nice touch from the point and great cycling by that first line to move the puck around and get chances. Unfortunately this was short lived as well. The 'Runners were able to go ahead again right away, then to make matters worse scored a second to go up 5-3 a few minutes later.
Concern was growing on the bench. Down by 2 more than halfway through to a team with 6 guys... wasn't looking great. During the course of the second the Suds struggled with a grip on the game and two penalties ensued. Mike Hammitt got a 4 min major on a nice takedown of the whiney guy with the old blue helmet. The Runners second goal that period came as the time was expiring on this penalty. Not long after Billy Pearlman got the hook on an interferece (rub out) move.
The Suds must have felt a little of the Zombie pride thanks to those sharp red shirts because thats where we dug in and started our climb back. The Pearlman penalty was well killed with a strong effort from the D and second line.... and then we got back in the game.
With time running down we gained a draw in the offensive zone. Lots of yelling to line up and get a chance as the clock ticked down under 20...18 seconds. Larry was able to win the draw and through a scrum the puck made it out to Pearlman who buried it and gave us some momentum going into the third.
The third period continued with the drama. The first line went out for their first shift and produced 3 goals. That's right kids. We took them from 5-4 and put them down 7-5 in a matter of a couple minutes. Goals by Larry Bell (from Mike Campbell), and then 2 more from Dr. Jasse (Parker, Bell and Greg James assists) put us on top and feeling pretty good about things as the period went on.
The 'Runners showed thier stuff and played great down to the end scoring once more to come within 1 and then getting a power play with under 4 minutes on a call on Campbell. The got some good chances but the team defence paid off and the Suds were able to take this one home to much satisfaction.
Nice job to all players for a great come from behind win. Everyone brought it and contributed in what some folks in the parking lot were calling their "favorite game of the year".
Good showing in the Parking lot for the 4th period. We even had a couple of fans. Point of interest were the Jello Shots brought by Kevin Manning. Sweet!
Big Fan Honors go out to (in no particular order): Crystal (I'm so bored I came to hockey) Cormier, and Miran (you have to ask for the cookies) James, and of course Lizzy's folks. Thanks for coming and cheering us on. It really does feel good to have people there pulling for you.
Crystal even took some photos of the game. Unfortunately she was supplied with a camera that had dead batteries so she was only able to get a couple. Blogger's bad on that one. Thanks anyway Crystal next time we'll get it right. Here is the best one from her small batch.

Game Stars.
3rd Star: Larry Bell. Laurence continues his domination atop the leaderboard (stats to come...) with a nice 3 point night (1 goal, 2 assist). Larry was buzzing around the offensive zone all night making things happen.
2nd Star: Billy Pearlman. A great night for Billy... must have been that #4 jersey we gave him before the game. Channeling the greats... whatever works. Billy had 2 great goals from the point and added an assist (and a penalty) to round out the night.


1st Star: Dr. Mike Jasse with 4 goals. A great night for the travelin' man cleaning up the "stuff" out front, gettin our first two and last two including the game winner. Excellent finish and good job working with the first line. Cheers.

Overheard in the Parking Lot:
Beavis: "I learned something tonight... I learned that you play well when you're angry or horny."
Butthead: "If I played well whenever I was horny, I'd never play bad."

Zombie Tough... just not enough.

Cadavers(14) vs Scapegoats

Thursday August 9

4-2 Loss

A hard fought game against a tough opponent. Zombie pride was on display last night as the Red Skating Dead took on the Scapegoats in Canton.
Good turnout (all scheduled 11) and a good matchup. The Red took the early lead on a goal from the Russians. Roman Kurin put one in with the helper from Matvey Nikhamik. The Goats came back and tied the game before the end of the period. Early in the second the Goats scored again to go up 2-1 but the Zombies had no desire to go quietly. Nelson Sharfman tied the game with some help from Dangerous Dave Spenciner to keep things tight going down the stretch.
The only penalty of the game for the Cads was by Jim Sullivan. Sully took an interference/holding that was a breakaway saver. "...it was actually more of a great tackle from behind with the Scapegoat slamming into the boards and Jim sliding into him to add to the pain)". Sweet.
Alas things didn't go the way of the dead in the third period, but there was no lack of fire from both sides. Aparently in the third period OEJ decided to take matters into his own hands after taking some "stuff" in the crease. Apparently enough was enough.
Here's a first hand account.
"Tough fought game. In fact there was indeed a fight. After OEJ took offence ... at being run after a break away a little stand off ensued. Some pushing and yelling and one Scapegoat challenging OEJ to "Fight after school".
Order was restored and play resumed. A few minutes later the Scapegoats scored (and with my limited view from the bench) saw George cross check the Scapegoat followed by OEJ jumping into a pile, skates in the air with his helmet ripped off, punching the opponent who was being held down by George."
Excellent. Here's another recap.
"There was a little rough stuff at the end of the 3rd.
Mike got run into and was sticked all game....he was not happy with them.
Surprisingly a little scrap went on and Mike became a 3rd goalie in with a bear hug and "my blocker and helmet were off so I gave him kidney punches"....no penalties called.
I guess there is an unwritten rule if you are in a scrum and the goalie jumps in from behind all penalties are null and void..."
Nice. Good stuff there. Nice to see the fire behind the mask.
Well by the end of the final frame the Goats had 2 more goals and solidified a 4-2 win for themselves. Tough one, but it sounded like a tight one and no let down in Zombie Pride.
Not much postgame but for a few cold ones in the locker room brought by BD. (Bearded Dan).
No game stars in a loss but lets do some Honorable Mentions.
HM 1: Goal scorers Roman and Nelson. Good job guys.
HM 2: BD and iJosh on the game recap info. The blogger is in your debt.
HM 3: OEJ "Battling Mikey Gash" for a good game...and being a gamer. Attaboy.

Schlidaveur rd5 Roster Breakdown!

Team,
This just in from the Cambridge Schlidaveur Lunch Society. The selections have been made in the second annual Schlidaveur draft lottery. The rosters set here, today, at this table in a humble corner of Carlie's Cafeteria will serve as the rosters for Monday night's final Schlidaveur event and theoretically through the playoffs. We'll see what we end up with after dropouts and obviously availability for playoff games, so nobody get excited.
With the guidance of management, and a healthy reliance on the Hockey Gods (of chance) we cut up all the names from the combined roster then set about selecting for each squad. This is what we came up with. One thing to note. Bearded Dan (BD) wanted to be recognised as the #1 pick, as his name was the first chosen after the goalies. Another item of note was the fact that Kilroy had a BLT and the rest of the table had Cheeseburgers (1 double plate, 3 clubs).
Here we go:
Cadavers
Larry Bell
Pete Capraro
Chris Fosdick
Ken Goldenberg
Dan Gregson
Greg James
Bill Pearlman
Scott Pounds
Kevin Manning
Matvey Nikhamik
Dave Spenciner
Jim Sullivan
Stefan Wennik
Mike in net

Schiltz
Mike Campbell
Deb Dalessio
Matt Elliot
Jeff Fosdick
Josh Greenstein
Mike Hammitt
Dan Herbert
Mike Jasse
Matt Kilroy
Roman Kurin
Kevin Parker
George Moorachain
Nelson Sharfman
Lizzy in net