Russian Roundup! Schlidaveur round 3 is a tie!

Cadavers(9) vs Schlitz(6)

Tuesday Nov 13
Hingham A
10:00pm

Schlitz - 2
Cadavers - 2

Woo Hoo baby, nothing like a tightly played Schlidaveur. Tight score wise, of course, everything else was kind of loose. There was plenty of pregame smack being run, and there was a nice turnout of players resulting in 10 per side and a very even match.

True to form we had a tie, which was a first for this season, but we have had a long history of tie games in our Schlidaveur events so this was nothing really new.
The pregame smack mostly centered around the "Red Army Line" that had been assembled by the Cadavers. Roman Kurin and Matvey Nikhamik, two of our Ruskie regulars added Cadaver alum Jan Yevmenko to thier line and pretty much backed up the smack all night long. Jan, wearing number 19 was a force to be dealt with all night and the guys in gold spent a long time chasing him.
The gold had some new blood as well. The defense for the Schlitz featured newcomer George Sargent who was skating for his first time with our ragged band and played very well. In fact George scored the games first goal on a nice slapshot that went like a laser past OEJ who was manning the Cadavers net. Credit iJosh and Mike Campbell on the assists.
It wasnt five minutes later that Zombies and their Red Army Line got going with a little help from the guys in gold. Mike Campbell made a ill-advised pass to the middle of the Schlitz Zone after taking it away. Unfortunately Jan Yevmenko was waiting right out front and took the puck and put it past Jim Sullivan for the equalizer. Somehow both Stephan Wennik and Roman were given assists on this goal... the zebras must have been feeling generous.
A tie game going into the second the Russian connection struck again when only 2 minutes into the period Jan buried another spectacular shot, this time with the assists coming from Dan Gregson and Stephan. The Zombies played well with the lead and the Gold didn't help themselves when George Sargent was whistled off for roughing less than two minutes after the goal. The Schlitz stood stout, and with solid play from the rest of the Gold defense (Greg James, Mike Daley joined George and Mike C) they were able to survive the penalty kill and the rest of the period.
So to the third we went, Zombies up 2-1. The Schlitz mounted some good pressure early in the period, particularly on from the Matt Elliot, iJosh, Scott Pounds line. Their hard work paid off when George scored his second from the point taking the outlet from Elliot and Daley. This equalizer energized both benches and the play was tight and (almost) fast for the rest of the way. As the minutes wound down more chances were seen at both ends and both keepers made some excellent stops.
That would be the way it ended with niether team able to get the game winner in the last 10 minutes. A really fun game, that was well played by everyone. Great job to everyone who skated and welcome to the newcomers and alumni visiting.
Game Stars.
3rd Star: I was going to give this one to Stephan for his two assists and his all around good play that doesn't often get "pub". But I decided against it. Good job Stephan but the 3rd Star goes to Dan Gregson for playing after coming home from something like 4-5 days in Vegas (yes that Vegas) on the Red Eye and showing up for the team and collecting an assist. Tremendous effort. Big props to you big guy
2nd Star: George Sargent. Holy crap, another solid rookie pickup. Looks to me like George will work out just fine as an additional defenseman and all around talent. George led the scoresheet for the suds with the only 2 goals and the only penalty. Wow. Larry must not be happy about that.

1st Star: Jan Yevmenko. (on left with Roman and Matvey) A blast from the Cadaver Past, Jan was in town this week and set up a few opportunties to skate with the old club. Great job Jan, two very nice goals and you were a great addition to the Russian Line. You guys deserve all the props. You talked it and you walked it. Great work.

Honorable Mention: This one is for our intrepid leader Matt Kilroy returning from a... uh... thumb injury (that's kind of putting it lightly) that kept him out of commission for a few weeks. Matty gave 'er a try and it worked out fine. Glad to have you back dude.

At left Matty gives us the 1/2 thumbs up.

Fourth Period Honors to the usual cast of characters. Campbell brought beer and his grill. Kilroy brought beer and the fixings for burgers. Dr. Pounds brought beer, as well as a bunch of other folks whom I can't recall right now. Nice turnout for the fourth for a 10pm game, I'm glad everyone was able to hang out and have a burger and a brew. Thanks again to everyone.
Good turnout for Schlidaveur #3.

Nothing like meat on the grill after a 'daveur.

a less formal pose.

James and Campbell enjoy a brew and a burger...nice hat Mike.