Suds bag the Goats!

Schlitz (3) vs. Scapegoats
Thursday 10/18
UMass 10:30pm

2-1 Win!

Sounds like this was a good one. The noble Suds went into the U-(m)Ass House of Horrors and came away with a huge first win of the season against the team they played in the championship game just a couple of weeks ago. There was definilty some roster issues with the 'Goats as they didn't seem to have as many of their no-faceshield guys... could have something to do with the Sox Game or the fact that this game was at such a desirous place and time...cough cough. That made for a much better matchup for the Gold which was nice. So the Suds win to improve to 1-2-0 with the Cads at 1-2-1 just a measly one point ahead.
The D was manned very well (by all reports) by Mike Daley and Matt Elliott, and George Morachian and Stephan Wennik. Mike OEJ Gash was in the pipes again.
The forward lines broke down into...
The Russian Line: Roman Kurin, Matvey Nihkamik and Dan Gregson (not Russian).
The Geek Line: (self proclaimed...) Nelson Sharfman, Deb Dalessio, and Ken Goldenberg.
Roman was first to put the Gold on top on a feed from Matvey (and possilby a defensemen...?) and the Schlitz were out in front. Its unclear when but the 'Goats came back to tie it up. Most accounts speak of OEJ making great saves all along during the game... this should come as a surprise to no-one... they guy has been awesome.
The Gold went ahead for good on a goal by Dan Gregson, who put away (poked home) the rebound from a George slapshot from the point that made it all the way through. Here is a first hand account:

"George unleashed a slapper that got through and started bouncing on a goal line, Dan was trying to be unslefish at first and have George get the goal, but then decided to poke it in just to make sure."

That would be how the game went to the finnish with the Golden Suds picking up their first official win of the season. Also important to note... if you can believe it... NO PENALTIES. Great job to everyone who showed up last night and made it happen. Here is one more first hand account of how things went down the stretch.

"Our defense was solid, dont remember any defensive breakdowns to speak off. George - Stefan pairing was especially fantastic. Last couple of minutes were pretty nerve racking, they pulled a goalie and put a lot of pressure on OEJ, but as usual he saved our bacon. So yeah really solid game from everybody, one of the better efforts this season, might be because of the lack of talent and a short bench on the other team."

Nice recap. The Blogger would like to thank Matvey, Nelson, and Roman for major contributions to this post. Thanks everyone.

Gamestars

3rd Star: Both defensive pairings. In particular Matt Elliott making his Schlitz debut at D...

2nd Star: OEJ. Not a shutout... but no question he's the guy that helps us win, especially when he plays like last night. By the way... Mike has a 1.50 GAA through his first 4 games.

1st Star: I'm going to go with Roman Kurin. A goal and an assist and all around good play. Its been while since Roman got some love in the blog... so here you have it. Great work.

The schedule has come out for the next month or so... at least through the end of November. Expect an email from Matt in the very near future regarding the next couple of games. There is only 1 game next week then followed by 2 weeks in a row of Monday night Schlidaveurs. Woo hoo. I'll post the schedule (with game results so far) over the weekend or on Monday.