Suds continue Slide... lose to Streetcones.

Schlitz (8) vs Streetcones
Sunday Nov. 18
Canton 10:20pm

5-7 Loss.

Another in a string of tough nights for our heroes in yellow. Another night when the bench was not what it could have been. A few late drop-outs led to a small number of Suds answering the call, and on top of that the Ref's wanted to start the game at 10:10 instead of the 10:20 on the schedule. That meant the Suds started with only 4 skaters. Woah. They held tough though and didn't let one up while they were down a man. Soon some more bodies trickled in and the Guys in Gold went the distance with just 8 skaters plus OEJ. Kudos to all of you that showed up for this game and obviously gave it your all.
All reports said that it was a good and close game with lots of give and take and good chances at both ends.
The lineup looked like this. On D a 3 man rotation of DWH, Gregson, and Mike Daley. The Forwards were, Roman, Matvey, Jasse, Capraro, and Scott. A hearty bunch to be sure.
The 'Cones put one up on OEJ in the first but the Gold were hangin' tough. The Second period things stared to get wild. The 'Cones put up 4 goals in the second with the Suds only able to answer 1 of those talleys. That goal would be from DWH (Dan Hebert) with the assist going to Magic Mike Jasse.
A quick note on Jasse. No fewer than 3 independent reports (none of them Mike) that gave glowing renditions of the way Dr. Jasse played. Lets here from a few...
"...a few assists from Jasse that were very Gretzky like." Woah... he invoked the holy name of the Great One. Woah.
"...They pulled ahead by four goals, but the Gold kept chipping away, led by some fine passing from Jasse and the Russians who seemed to be able to find DWH open on every shift." good stuff...and finally....
"Speaking of Mike Jasse. Holy crap the dude was flying out there, we may not have scored a goal but he was setting up people left and right. I could not believe it, easily the best player on the ice last night in my opinion. Usually going down the right wing and them setting up people with a drop pass. He set up me up a couple of times at least..."
Alright, alright. Good recap's guys. Great work Mike. Gold star for you.
So chip away the gold did. Starting the 3rd period down 5-1 the gold put up 4... thats right... 4 goals in the third period. Another 2 from DWH and one each from Roman, and Mike Daley. Along the way Daley collected an assist on Roman's goal and Jasse got another one for DWH, and Capraro figured for 2 assists total. Great work everyone.
Unfortunately it wasn't enough. Despite a tussle that took 2 of their guys off the ice, the Schlitz were unable to find the equalizer and down a goal 6-5 they pulled OEJ and the Cones iced it with the dreaded E. N. G.. Sigh. Not to be. Here is the recap on the penalty draw.
"Pete charged down the left boards, fighting off a D and was taken down hard. Not only did he not retaliate (much), but managed to draw two penalties to give us a 5 on 3 advantage. "
another 3rd period recap here...
"We came back strong in the third period with a lot of offensive chances. Roman hit the post 2 times at the end of the game failing to tie the score. We had a couple of scraps at the end as well with Matvey obviously being in the middle of one of them." Little shot at our guy Matvey there that wasn't necessary but good recap anyway.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the blog for this one.
Gregson, Scott, Jasse, Roman, Capraro, and DWH.
Gold star for each of you.
No game stars.... again.
The Suds are now back on a losing streak dropping the last two to fall to 3-4-1.
Lets get 'em next time.