Beercans tied up by 'suckas.

Schlitz (18) vs. Windsuckers

Wednesday January 30th

UMAlcatraz 9:20pm

5-5 Tie

All kinds of stories coming in from last night at the Prison by the Bay. A rousing matchup with the Windsuckers at our less that favorite (but about to be eliminated) venue. Here are a group of guest bloggers to tell us the tale.

First up is Goalie Mad Matt Kilroy:

"Right away they score twice. Wrister on my right, he made me move first. Then a wrister on my left, I over compensated from the first goal. Didn't look good, I wasn't at all focused. BUT from then on out it was mostly in their end and I focused. Kenny gets us on the board with the first goal, being where he is suppose to be in front of the net. Neslon and Larry scrapped it out to Kenny who punches it home. Then Kenny ties it up the same way, being where he is suppose to be.
They go up 1, then Daley tied it up.
They go up 1, then someone else from our team ties it up.
We go up 1 with Nelsons goal to make it 5-4. This goal was great because Ken broke out of our end with the puck deeked by a defender and took it all the way to the net but missed wide. Nelson was right there and scooped in the slop.
Kenny gets first star easy, with maybe second and third star too. He played great. Jasse also was all about the place playing well. Some great passes and a great move to the net a couple of times. His assist on Ken's second goal was much the same as Ken's assist on Nelsons. Jasse broke out of the neutral zone with the puck made a couple of good moves and got a good shot off.
After their first two goals, we were in their end most of the night with a ton of shots. We got unlucky. All three of their last 3 goals were deflections that went in. Oh and their last goal to tie it up was with like 20 seconds left in the game."

Oof. Sounds like a tough one... but a hard fought match. Here are some more comments.

This one from TSW Larry Bell:

"No 1 star: Ken "don't call me Mitch" Goldenberg. This was without a doubt Ken's finest performance in Beer League hockey. He was only a "net-dislodged" whistle away from a natural hat trick in the first period as the first of his three goals was disallowed when the net came off its mooring. He followed that up by knocking in a rebound from one of my drives to the net. Next, Jasse took the puck to the net, was denied, but Ken was there to follow it up with his 2nd allowed goal of the game. In the third period, he set up our go-ahead (at the time) goal by racing for the puck down the right wing, getting off a shot that left a juicy rebound for Nelson to find the twine with.
Scoring was:
Ken from LB
Ken from Jasse
Daley maybe unassisted
LB from Elliot
Nelson from Ken"

Lastly this in from Dr. M. Jasse:

"Ken 2 goals and assist (first star)Larry had a nice break-a-way goal on a sweet feed from Elliot (I think)I had a helper on Ken's 1st.Nelson scored our last goal after Ken took a loose puck from center ice and had a nice bid for the trick. Took the shot and the rebound went sky high. When it finally landed Nelson buried it home. Should have been the game winner but we couldn't hold it.Good skate, good game. We should have had a big X in the W column, though. Sigh."

The one theme running through here is the play of longtime vet Ken "Mitch" Goldenberg, who has been overdue for a night like this for ... a couple years. Great to see him break through... shame he couldn't land the 'trick.

Too bad also that the Beercans couldn't lock this one away... but it sounds like there was no lack of effort.

So... we don't usually do this but I'm giving game stars for this one...if only 2 since it was a tie.

2nd Star: TSW Larry Bell... goal and an assist and good hard play...as always.

1st Star: Who else... the man of the hour... Ken Goldenberg. Ken has been with the club... hell Ken RAN the club (Cads) for many years before the current administration. Its great to see him have a break out night. Great work Ken!

Stat update... and correction.

Just a quick stat update.

Larry helped me find an error in my formulae.

Here is the new (hoepfully more acurate) up to date as of today...Stats.

As always....

click to enlarge.

Comments and corrections welcome.

Still, a very nice scoring race going on.

The leaders are tightly grouped but pulling

away from the pack.

Larry, Mike Daley, and Roman are all within

two points of each other.

Larry... in his quest to lead everything....is

also on top of the penalty totals.

Great numbers and good fill in work from our

substitute Goalies. Hats off to new guy Brian

Carey who has played twice and done very well.

Word even has it around the halls of the corporate

offices that Lizzy is pretty well healed from her knee injury and will be available

for some spot duty between the pipes.

Feel free to comment... talk smack... call the blogger names....whathaveyou.

Cats pounce on the Cads...again.

Cadavers (20) vs Tigers
Bavis Ice Arena
Monday Jan 28th
10:20pm

0-2 Loss


Another tight game with the El Tigre. The Cads went to the mat with the Cats last night in Rockland, and once again stared down an opportunity to beat this new rival club. Once again the opportunity slipped by and El Tigre has run his streak to 3-0-3 against us.
All of these games have been close. All of them have featured long periods of 0-0 or tie scores, more than half of the games we have led... every lead more than 1 goal. Yet this team turns it around on us in the third period and beats us, or rallies to tie every time.
Last night was no exception. Running right to formula the teams came out and played to a 0-0 draw after the first two periods.
The first frame, and the first real momentum of the game clearly belonged to the Tigers. They were able to get several quality chances on new fill-in keeper Brian Cleary. Brian has played a pair for us and has really brought some nice game. On no fewer than 3 occasions he kept us in the game singlehandedly... just in the first.
The often scrambling defensive corps in front of him were the pairs of Marc Valenti, Billy Pearlman, and Mike Campbell, Jeff Fosdick.
The Forwards consisted of two solid groups that got some, but not an abundance of chances as the period wore on. Chris Fosdick, Kevin Parker and Scott Pounds were backed by Mike Jasse, Pete Capraro, and Chuck Slate.
The Zombies survived the period and even had a nice penalty kill when Kevin Parker was sent to the box by our large friend with (stretching) stripes.
The Second period saw a near repeat of the first but the Zombies were more in the game neutralizing some of the initial momentum of the Cats. Brian continued to make great saves as things routinely broke down in our zone.
That scrambling led to the gamewinner at the 9:30 mark of the third when the Tigers held it in our zone with good pressure and finally netted one of the many rebounds.
The Zombies kept moving. There was clearly lots of effort from the Dead in Red... it just wasn't enough. More exhausted scrambling during a (second) penalty on Mike Campbell led to another breakdown and they put it out of reach with about 5 minutes left.
Another chance by the wayside. Sometime we are going to get over on these guys. There is a sentiment to assemble a "squad" for our next meeting. The Blogger agrees. These guys are like the new Blues. A team we can run with...that we should be able to beat... but we don't. Credit to them, they've beat us as we've worn down and found a way every time.

No game stars.

Let's get a good turnout for Wednesday night's Schlitz game against the Windsuckers.
Go Zombies.
Go Suds.

This week's rosters.

Tonight Bavis 10:20pm Cadavers vs. Tigers

Jeff Fosdick

Chris Fosdick

Mike Campbell

Scott Pounds

Mike Jasse

Bill Pearlman

Kevin Parker

Marc Valenti

Chuck Slate

Pete Capraro

Brian Carey in Net

Wednesday Night 9:20 UMass Schlitz vs Windsuckers

Roman Kurin

Matvey Nikhamik

iJosh

Nelson Sharfman

Ken "Mitch" Goldenberg

Larry "TSW" Bell

Dr. Michael Jasse

Stephan Wennik

Dan Gregson

Dan "DWH" Herbert

Matt Elliot

Mike Daley

Blake Underhill

Kilroy in Net

Going into this week the Cads are on a nice little 2 game winning streak as they head into a rematch against the Tigers (who beat the beercans last week) . Overall against this team we are 0-2-3 which really should be better. Let's get over on them tonight.

The Suds take a .500 record (7-7-2) into the Wednesday night tilt with the Windsuckers. We have only played the 'suckas twice...both against the Cads and we won one, and lost one.

Let's keep the ball rolling this week as next week we have a juicy double header scheduled against clinic teams. Good a time as any to get some wining streaks going!

Play well.... and may the puck be with you.

Almost forgot.

For all you SW out there... a quick look at the scoring leaders....

1. Daley, Mike 17GP 12G 10A 22PTS 1.294PPG
2. Kurin, Roman 18GP 12G 10A 22PTS 1.222PPG
3. Bell, Larry 16GP 10G 11A 21PTS 1.313 PPG
4. Greenstein, Josh 14GP 6G 10A 16PTS 1.143PPG
5. Elliott, Matt 16GP 4G 9A 13PTS 0.813PPG
6. Herbert, Dan 19GP 8G 4A 12PTS 0.632PPG
7. Nikhamik, Matvey 16GP 3G 8A 11PTS 0.688PPG
8. Fosdick, Jeff 17GP 5G 6A 11PTS 0.647PPG

Pete Capraro has 9 pts and there are 3 guys (Nelson, Parker, and Chris F.) that have 8.

Beercans Melt the Freeze!

Schlitz (17) vs Deep Freeze
Wednesday Jan 23
UMalcatraz 9:20pm

6-2 Win!

Alright, alright. A nice sounding win for a change...esp at the prison by the bay. Here with the long and short of it are the guest bloggers.....

iJosh with the "short & sweet recap": Pretty much our game all night. We scored about 15 seconds into the game. Were up 4 - 0 at one point. They got as close as 5 - 2 with the final score rounding out at 6 - 2. Their goalie was pretty bad. Our fill-in goalie was decent.

A very nice recap from Chris Fosdick:
Lines were:Chris F. LW, Larry C, Nelson RWScott LW, iJosh C, Ken G. RW Roman floated Defense: DWH, Dan G., Mark V., Bill P.
I scored 2 and 1 assist, I know Larry scored 2, Scott scored 1, Dan G. scored 1, Larry had two PIM's and iJosh got a dbl minor for a meele that erupted with about 2 mins left in game. One of their guys hacked Ken down next to their net, then iJosh crosschecked him from behind and continued to crosscheck him while he was on the ice, at which point one of their guys (#11) comes off their bench and tackles iJosh. Meelee ensues.
Generally, we were all over them most of the game. My line was passing like we knew what we were doing. There were so many close chances that the score could easily have been 20 - 2.
D played great coming back after pinching a little too much. Bill P and Mark both caught up to save a few odd man rushes. We did let up about 4 clean breakaways, but Brian denied all but one. Both goals they scored were good ones, nothing to apologize for on the goalies part.
4th period was good with Mark & Larry, Scott, and Myself supplying beer.

Good gratifying spanking of a weak team. Nice to get thrown a bone once in a while.

Larry on the "melee": The end of the game featured some melee as Ken "the Goon" Goldenberg was sniffing around the net for a rebound just before the whistle blew. The deep freeze defense took exception and planted Ken on his ass. IJosh stood up for his teammate and quickly retaliated on the df dfense. Then, #11 on df came skating off the bench straight into the crease and cross-checked Ijosh from behind. The resulting call - 2 minor penalties on df, one on #11 (who should have been thrown out) and one on the dfense who planted Goonberg. Double minor for Ijosh.

iJosh himself on the "melee": "With about 4 or 5 minutes left in the game, Ken (Mitch) tried to put a loose puck into the net and wound up just hitting the goalie's glove (and apparently knocking it out). The whistle blows and Mitch is hit from behind and hits the ice. That prompted me to take out the guy who started it, with a solid hit. Some pushing ensued and some f*gg*t jumps off the bench and gives me blindside crosscheck. No more hits are thrown as it is stopped pretty quickly unfortunately. Somehow, the guy who started it and the guy who jumped off the bench to join in (should be an automatic game misconduct) get a single minor each. I somehow get the ire of the fat-assed, lazy referee who slaps me with a double minor. His reason? It was a crosscheck from behind (um, and I didn't get crosschecked from behind). Anyway we scored again during the 5 on 5 that resulted and the game ended. Good times indeed."

The Official Scoresheet from Larry...
Goals
1: LB from Chris
2: Big Dan from Ijosh?
3: Chris from Nelson
4: LB from Nelson
5: Scott from Roman
6: Chris unassisted.
Penalties
LB 2 Penalties
IJosh 2 Penalties

This came in from Billy P: "One last thing, you know the scene in the beginning of SlapShot when the guy comes up to Reggie Dunlap and says he shitfaced and if anyone hits him he's gonna piss himself? Well, the DF had this asian kid on defense who apparently was shitfaced. He probably pissed himself too, because your bro Chris took him down like a ton of bricks during a scramble in front of the net, that left the guy 'twitching' on the ice. Later on, during a scrum at the blue line he ran into me and fell like a ton of bricks and did the whole twitching on the ice thing again. Numerous times all night he would take these horrific falls (due to lack of skating ability) and slowly get back up, only to have it happen again and again. It was pretty amusing!"

Game Stars:

3rd Star:Nelson Sharfman. Two assists from the ever-hard working veteran.

2nd Star: Larry Bell. Two goals and a pair of penalties for the always relevant to the scoresheet Mr. Bell.

1st Star: Chris Fosdick. How about 2 goals and an assist for the night. Not to mention a solid blog contirbution AND he brought beer. The guy does it all. Great work bro'.

Good job by one and all. Never a dull moment with the Suds. Good work.
See you all this week!

Generals Surrender to the DEAD!

Cadavers (19) vs. Generals
Tuesday January 22
Boston University 9:20pm


8-2 Win!


The Hockey Gods were clearly showing favor with the Dead in Red last night from the start. First of all there was a scattering of parking spaces right up close to the rink at the bottom of Babcock St. . Secondly we were located in Locker Room #1. That's right, nice and big, (relatively) clean and above all else warm. A chorus of "why can't we play here every week" went around the room as everyone got dressed. Things looked good with a strong turn out of 12 skaters for a face off with our old friends The Generals.

The lines broke down thus...
Offense Centers: Mike Daley, Matvey Nikhamik, and Roman Kurin Offense Wingers: Pete Capraro, Dan Gregson, Matt Elliot, Blake Underhill, and Matt Kilroy (who also took a shift or two at center).
Defense 1: Dan [DWH] Herbert, and Greg James
Defense 2: Mike Hammitt, and Jeff Fosdick
Pipes: Mike [OEJ] Gash

Rumor had it that Roman Kurin switched into this game for point collection purposes, given that we have an excellent record against the "not so stalwart" Gens. Those sparks of rumor evolved into a full scale blaze as the Radical Russian pounded out 2 goals and a handful of assists on his way to a 6 (six) point night.

The First Period saw some nice pressure in the Gens zone. A few nice cycles, and multiple passes from the Red, and things were looking good. DWH started the scoring off with a very nice rush. Dan made a nice move up the ice and then after a shot and rebound took a glancing feed from Matt Kilroy and buried a beautiful wrister. The gauntlet was tossed and The Dead in Red kept it up and swarmed the Gens zone with many more chances.
On this night, unlike the previous, the chances were falling. Next up Jeff Fosdick sent a long drive in from the point that glanced through Blake Underhill on its way off the back boards and on to Capt. Kilroy who was waiting at the side of the crease to bang home his own tally. There was really good play in general by everyone wearing red. DWH and Greg James played strong D and got good chances with occasional rushes throughout the game. Greg was also nice enough to bring along a fan... the lovely Miran. After Kilroy's goal it was 2-0 Zombies after one.

The Second period saw more of the same but not without a few twists. Jeff decided he would see what might happen if he lazily turned the puck over RIGHT IN FRONT of OEJ. Nothing of course because OEJ was on it. At least Jeff "somewhat" made up for it with a nice rush of his own. Taking the clearing pass combo from Matt Elliott and Roman he took a nice breakaway into the zone and fired it low right side for the third goal. Somehow he must not have seen Roman with him on that rush for the pass....
Jeff wasn't done... he figured since OEJ stopped the first one, he'd try again. After the SECOND turnover RIGHT IN FRONT of OEJ the Generals were on the board with a goal. Somewhere the Coon of Shame picked himself up, brushed himself off and began to look for a ride to Jeff's house. BTW... where the hell is the 'coon anyway? Post in comments if you've seen our furry friend.
The rest of the period was really all good and saw two nice goals from Matt Elliot, both assisted by Roman and Mike Daley. Matvey got in on the action before the end of the second with a goal (from Roman...see a trend here?) of his own. 6-1 Zombies after two.

The third period saw the emergence of Roman as he potted a few of his numerous chances to add to his pile of points. Roman scored two goals, mostly after some nice cycling in the zone, and usually after a few rebounds. Both assisted by fellow Comrade Matvey and the second also by Matt Elliot, who had a very nice statistical night for himself (2 goals, 2 assists). The Generals were able to break through once more as the Red scrambled a bit in our own end, but that was as much glory as the Generals would taste.
That was it, a nice 8-2 win for the Zombies.

Game Stars.
3rd Star: Matvey Nikhamik. A good solid game with a goal and two assists.
2nd Star:Matt Elliott. Another gritty, grind it out performance from Matt. He was all over the place and figured heavily in the scoring with 2 goals and 2 assists. Great job.
1st Star: Roman Kurin. A stellar 6 point night with 2 goals (after numerous rebounds) and 4 (count 'em Larry) assists. Clearly Roman chose the right game to give himself a "boost" in the scoring standings. Great job, nice finish, good solid work. Now lets see some more.

Honorable Mention 1: Mike Daley. A force all night at forward. Mike was all over the place in the attacking zone and did a nice job with face offs. Great work all around.
Honorable Mention 2: Pete Capraro. Ditto...except the part about the face-offs.
Honorable Mention 3: Blake Underhill picks up a point. Great work out there, its tough to get going but you are coming along nicely. Blake had some terrific breakups and played strong positionally.

Don't forget Larry and Roman are on the roster for tonight against the Deep Freeze at the Prison by the Bay. Tune in next time for scoring updates!

Tigers chew up Beercans

Schlitz (16) vs Tigers

Monday Jan. 21

Milton Academy 9:00pm

3-1 Loss.

The Tigers seem to be having thier way with us lately. Not so good. It didn't help that the boys took the ice last night with only six (6) skaters to start the game. They ended up with a hearty nine but it sounded tough. Look. Things happen. Things come up. But if you know you can't make it...be sure to let management know... early. This public service message brought to you by Schlidaver Management and the 6 wheezing dudes that took the ice last night.

We'll have some guest blog action today to help out with the game story. This one wasn't pretty so here we go.The lines (after the 9 showed) looked like this.

Offense 1: Larry Bell, Kevin Parker, and Chris Fosdick

Offense 2: iJosh, Scott Pounds, and Chuck Slate

Defense: Marc Valenti, George Moorachian, and Stephan Wennik

Here is iJosh on the first Period: [We were] slow and tired. The Schlitz can't get out of their own way and certainly cannot even clear the puck. No whistles blow and rest is nothing more than a fantasy. The team is skating more like the Skating Dead than the team we usually know. The Tigers get on the board early to make it 1 - 0. Then later in the 1st as our Favorite Team in yellow tries to create an opportunity, it loses the puck in the neutral zone. The Tiger player shoots the puck. OEJ makes the initial save, but the puck bounces high and just over his head, where it wobbles into the net, 2 - 0 Tigers.

Here is Chris Fosdick with a nice whole game summary: "As usual we played them pretty close, although the Tigers seemed to have only their best players, and we had legs of lead at first. They scored two goals in the 1st. They seemed to be very good at intercepting passes, and generally getting in the way. They were playing better than I have seen them play in the past. They were very good positionally. The suds one bright spot was that we did continually improve over the course of the game including our legs. We held them from the 1st on, and Larry finally put one home as he flipped it out from behind the net and it ricocheted off the goaltender's pads back into the net. During the 3rd, in particular my line, and iJosh's too, had MANY great opportunities, but their goalie was pretty good, and we just couldn't put 'em in. Many post ringers, etc. We were really swarming on them, but it was too little, too late. We pulled OEJ with about 2 mins and they got a lucky empty netter on a clearing shot right at the end. So final was 3 - 1. We had two penalties I think, and don't recall who they were. Both on D, I believe.."

Feel free to "fess up" to the penalties in the comments section gentlemen.

Here is Larry on the 3rd Period: "We were all over them in the 3rd period. Chris gave me a great feed for a one-timer from the high slot with Parker in front of the net. I dinged it off the inside of the post and out. Next shift I got a rebound in front, deked the goalie down and skied a backhander over the empty net. Next shift, I tried to make a pass from behind the net that bounced off their D's skate and into the net. Last shift, got the puck to the left of the goal, tried to slide a backhand feed to Parker on the other side of the crease. The puck bounced off the goalie's skate right to their D who whipped a blind backhander down the length of the ice into our open net. We just didn't get the bounces last night..."

iJosh's thoughts on the end of the game: " As the 3rd period began, the team put it into desperation mode. Working as hard as they could to even up the score or even get on the score board. Larry barely missed two opportunities as he put one past the goalie, only to have it hit the far post and bounce back out across the crease and out. Then minutes later, he would be stuffed by the opposing goalie on a seeming goal. As his shift came to an end he would jump off and iJosh would jump on, only to have the same thing happen to him as Parker would give him a perfect pass with the left side of the net mostly empty. He would lift the puck about two feet up, but it would not be enough as the goalie kicked it out with his pads.

[In the closing minutes] OEJ rushed to the bench and I rushee onto the ice as the 6th man during a 6 on 4 power play. I kicked the puck at the blue line to keep it in and carried it a few feet before throwing a wrister at the goalie. A save is made and it deflects to Larry "TSW" Bell. Larry throws it toward the net, but it deflects off a skate between a few yellow jerseys. But the yellows are just not close enough to beat the red jersey as he bindly backhands the puck perfect and straight for the empty net goal ...3-1 Tigers.

Wow. Rough night for the Skating Beercans.

No Game Stars for sure.

Better luck next time boys.

Goons Pummel Ladies in Schlidaveur 5

Cadavers/GOONS(18)
vs
Schlitz/LADY BYNGS(15)
Monday January 14
Bavis Arena 10:20pm

Goons 10
Byngs 0


Well. That didn't really go the way we were hoping. A fun night if you were a Goon, not so much if you were a Byng. Splitting the teams along the lines of the the penalty leaders versus the penalty (virtually) free, was a good idea, and one we may revisit with some careful consideration, but the execution didn't work so well. Keep in mind that the Schlitz had a few key players that were not able to make it, that could have changed the game at least a little. No sour grapes from the Byngs however, as the Goons deserved their victory. The Dead in Red skated hard and finished well all night and sent the Byngs home crying in their now tarnished sportsmanship cups.

The Goons had a great turn out with all Thugs reporting. Campbell and James (The Twin Towers) worked with George and Valenti (The Mediterranean Duo) as the Goon Defense. Thugs R Us Forward lines were Larry, Daley, and Pounds as the first line, and Gregson, Pearlman, and Matvey as the second. Latecomer (and Goon) Mitch Goldenberg rotated in. They were backstopped by Goaliegoon Mike Gash.

The Byngs had a bit of a cobbled together look, with several subs filling out the ranks. The Good in Gold were led by Chris Fosdick, Parker, and Capraro on the first line of offense. Newcomers Chuck Slate and Mark Bates, worked with sub Eric Bauer and Roman as the second line. The D pairings were Jeff F and familiar fill in Kevin Manning, along with DWH and sub Jeff Spears as the other pair. Thanks to DWH for bringing along Eric and Jeff, things would have been a lot thinner on the Byng bench without you guys. The Byngs were backstopped by Goodguygoalie Madd Matt Kilroy.

Things were downright tight in the first period and things looked to be shaping up for a good match up as the Byngs were able to cycle the Goon zone and get some good chances on OEJ. It was not to be as the Goons took to the counter attack and it wasn't long before Dan Gregson broke the ice with a nice goal from George Moorachian. It couldn't have been much more than a minute or two later when they struck again, this time Mike Daley began his parade of goals, this one from Mike Hammit. Before the first was out the Goons would effectively ice the game with an unassisted tally from Marc Valenti, and a nice goal from "Wild" Bill Pearlman set up by Larry.

That was pretty much it for the guys in yellow. The second and third periods provided some opportunities here and there but they were never really able to mount any kind of offense against the smothering thuggery of the Goons. The second period saw goals from Pearlman (from Matvey), Daley (from Larry), and Valenti (from Hammitt) again and a deepening hole for the Byngs.

The third period saw no real change in things as Pearlman rounded out his hat-trick (from James) and Mike Daley scored two more, one short handed (from George)...[ I guess he needed to bring up the difficulty] and the last unassisted... and frankly gratuitous. Just kidding. I would have done the same thing if I had the chance.
Big time props to all the Goons with goals. Nice job boys, you certainly backed up the smack.


So here we are with... Game Stars. This win was so big, I'm giving the boys more than just 3 stars, I'm giving them 5.

5th Star- George Moorachian and Larry Bell. Great defensive work and two assists for George. Solid as always. Scoring leader (for now) Larry with 2 assists.
4th Star- Mike Hammitt. Two assists and the Goons only trip to the box. Good enough for a parking lot Goon serenade of "MVP, MVP, MVP...." whatever.
3rd Star- Marc Valenti. Two nice goals from the Rookie with the big shot. Nobody wants to get in front of that. Keep up the good work.
2nd Star- "Wild" Bill Pearlman. Nice hat-trick. We have to get this guy the puck in front of the net more often. Dude clearly has some finish. Good job.
1st Star- Soon to be scoring leader Mike Daley. A beautiful 4 goal performance from the Rookie of the Year candidate. Daley was playing a lot of D when he first got here but lately has been racking it up on the offensive side of things. He is now only 1 point behind Larry for the combined scoring lead. This might be interesting. Good game.

Honorable Mention 1: Mike Gash. No star buddy, you know the drill, you were never really tested. Good job with the shutout nonetheless.
Honorable Mention 2: Madd Matt Kilroy for the 6 FOOT SUB and BEER for postgame. Dude... you are the best. Thanks.

Here are some grainy pics of the postgame vittles.....my that's a big sandwich.

More Picture Smack! Byngs on Goons!

Courtesy of Madd Matt Kilroy... Lady Byng Goalie.
This here is a Goon... but I'm not sure he skates much.












Also these photos were all chosen by the Blogger to represent the Goons.


Tie Domi was always a Goon. He was such a Goon that he really should have his face on the Goon's Jersey.

I'm pretty sure this dude is a Goon.

Really this guy is a Rat. [Claude Lemieux] But you know... lots of Rats really turn out to be Goons, or worse, Goon wannabees. Acutally... he kind of reminds me of Larry.

Picture Smack! The Goons tee off on the Byngs

The Blogger had to share some of the immediate email smack talk... and post it... just because it has been pretty good so far. This is all Goon Smack the next post will have Byng Smack...

Scott Pounds (Goons) sez: Here is a photo obtained by our moles of the Schlitz [Byngs} practicing their defensive zone strategy.








Greg James (Goons) sees it going something like this.

Billy Pearlman (Goon) adds this: "Goon Cadavers vs. Lady Bings cover...check it out!"

as well as this....

"Lady Bing Team Picture"

....notice how the Goon misspelled Byng.



Another from Dr.Pounds:

Chuck Norris says: “The Cadavers don’t shoot the puck. The puck flees in terror from their sticks.”

Schlidaveur #4 Roster Madness!

Cadavers vs Schlitz
Round 4
Series: Schlitz 2 , Cads 1 , and 1 tie.
Monday January 14th
Bavis 10:20pm

We threw out the possiblilty of a guest GM and got a terrific idea back from the team. Billy Pearlman gets all the credit for his suggestion...

"Why not do an all penalty team against an all no-penalty team?" Ok so he didn't really say "no penalty team" but I don't want to repeat it here.

Schlidaveur Management thought this was a tremendous idea. Then after looking at the numbers we decided that this would be a great way to go. So here is the breakdown. We have one team of the penalty leaders and one team that while not completely clean, has almost no penalties. Given that the Cadavers, as a group have been called for 34 penalites versus the 13 collectively called on the Schlitz, they (the Cads) would be the GOON team and the Schlitz will play as the Lady Byng's.

So here are your rosters.

The Goons (Cadavers)
Larry Bell
Mike Campbell
Matvey Nihkamik
Greg James
Mike Hammitt
George Moorachian
Mike Daley
Dan Gregson
Bill Pearlman
Scott Pounds
Marc Valenti
Ken Goldenberg
Mike Gash in Net



Lady Byng's (Schlitz)
Roman Kurin
Jeff Fosdick
Mark Bates
Chuck Slate
Dan Herbert
Kevin Parker
Matt Elliott
iJosh Greenstein
Kevin Manning
Pete Capraro
Chris Fosdick
Stephan Wennik
Matt Kilroy in Net


There you have it kids. Let the smack talk begin. And remember you Goons... you can't score points from the Penalty Box!
If everyone shows this has terrific potential for a good matchup.
See you all on Monday!

Upcoming Schedule

Mon, Jan 14, 2008 BAVIS 10:20 PM CADAVERS VS SCHLITZ
SCHLIDAVEUR ACTION BABY!!!

Mon, Jan 21, 2008 MILTON ACADEMY 9:00 PM TIGERS VS SCHLITZ

Tue, Jan 22, 2008 BU 9:20 PM GENERALS VS CADAVERS

Wed, Jan 23, 2008 UMASS 9:20 PM DEEP FREEZE VS SCHLITZ

Mon, Jan 28, 2008 BAVIS 10:20 PM TIGERS VS CADAVERS

Wed, Jan 30, 2008 UMASS 9:20 PM SCHLITZ VS WINDSUCKERS

then another double header....
Tue, Feb 05, 2008 UMASS 9:20 PM CLINIC MAROONS VS SCHLITZ
Tue, Feb 05, 2008 UMASS 10:30 PM CLINIC BLUES VS CADAVERS

Anyone who would like to be GM for the day and pick the teams for the Monday Schlidaveur please send management an email immediately. We've done this before and its been fun, so if you'd like to give it a try let us know. We give you the list of confirmed skaters, you pick the teams... any way you want.

Otherwise be sure to get your IN and OUTs into Kilroy as soon as possible. Also let him know your availability for the upcoming weeks.

Thanks. See you all Monday!

Doubleheader Gm2 Cadavers Tied Up By Blues

Cadavers (17) vs Blues
Wednesday Jan 9
UMass 10:30pm

0-0 Tie


Game two of the double header at the Prison by the Bay did not go nearly as well as game one. Granted the opponent was of higher caliber, but that in combination with some sluggish play by the Cads (and fill in Suds) led to a tough match up against our old friends/foes the Blues.

There was a call from somewhere on the bench as the teams skated out for the opening puck drop "Win it for Lizzy!" That was a nice touch. Unfortunately the inspiration of our former net minder wasn't enough to generate significant offense.

The game was tight for sure. A scoreless affair through the first two periods, and despite the Dead in Red getting more and better quality chances than the Blues they still had nothing to show for it. One interesting point was that perennial defense man Mike Campbell skated the first 2 periods as the centerman between Ken Goldenberg and Blake Underhill. It was truely a sight to see Campbell forechecking and bouncing around the Blues zone.

The rest of the forward lines broke down like this. Larry Bell centered Matt Kilroy and iJosh as the holdover line from the first game, and The Russians, Roman Kurin and Matvey Nikhamik were joined by Jeff Fosdick on the wing.

The D pairings were Marc Valenti, and occasional veteran Kevin Manning, along with Greg James and DWH. Overall this defensive group was excellent, snuffing out most of the Blues' chances before they got going.


The third period was really a test. The Blues were able to mount more chances in the third than at any time during the game. The D held firm, but the Skating Dead just couldn't get anything going in the offensive zone.

The game was a draw. Zero - zero at the final buzzer. Kudos to the Defense men and to Mike Gash (1 shutout and only 1 goal given up for the night) for securing the shutout. It was really a pity to not come up with anything on the other end.

No Game Stars for this one... it just didn't feel like a good thing.

I guess that's why they say a tie is like kissing your sister... not so much fun.

That's all for now. Schedule updates on the way and roster info for the forthcoming Schlidaveur....

Doubleheader Game 1 Schlitz vs Deep Freeze

Schlitz (14) vs Deep Freeze

Wednesday Jan 9

UMass 9:20 pm

7-1 Win!

Game one of the Alcatraz State double header was a good one. The flying Beercans ended up with an even ten against the blue clad Freeze and didn't wate any time getting down to business.

Marc Valenti opened the scoring in the first period with an unassisted goal that was apparently a slapper through traffic. 1-0 good guys.

Mike Daley was next on a feed from Larry Bell, and then iJosh put one home before the end of the period with assists from his line mates Pete Capraro and Matt Kilroy. Larry was skating regularly with Matt Elliot and Mike Hammitt as the other line. Daley was paired with Dan Gregson and Mike Campbell with Valenti for the defensive groups. The game saw some good action, mostly in the Deep Freeze end with lots of chances for the guys in Gold.

The second period was really more of the same as the Beercans kept up the pressure. Larry got a goal assisted by Valenti and Elliott, then Mike Hammitt put one home from Campbell before the middle frame was complete. At this point, even the Suds, who have been known to give up a lead were feeling pretty good. Mike Gash was barely tested until the third period was well underway.

Speaking of the third.... Mike Campbell was whistled off at the 13 minute mark (the first, and ONLY penalty of the game for the Gold) and the Freeze was able to convert on the powerplay. Colapsing in thier own zone the gold gave up a number of shots, one of which made its way through. Too bad about the shutout.... Campbell wasn't happy about it given his unprintable comments upon returning to the bench.

Mike Hammitt finished out the period with a very nice unasssisted goal of his own to bring the score to 6-1. That was the way that one ended.

***this just in***

iJosh tells me that Mike Daley scored one more before the end of the game so really it was 7-1.

That goal was Daley's second of the game and was assisted by Kilroy and iJosh hizownbadself.

That kinda changes my gamestars a little....

Game Stars.

3rd Star- Larry Bell for a goal and an assist and lots of ice covered. We are going to add Mike Daley here as well given that after a recount he ended with 2 goals on the night. Mike has been outstanding in his rookie season so far....

2nd Star- Marc Valenti, another goal and assist performance, worthy of note.

1st Star- I'm going with Mike "The Hammer" Hammitt. Again Mike is showing that his mobility has increased and he is really making some nice contributions. The chances have been coming and his 2 goal performance shows he's making good on them. Plus he brought 16oz. Schlitz pounders for after the game! Keep up the good work.

Honorable Mention 1: Mike Gash... sorry dude... one goal is good... but you were never really tested.

Honorable Mention 2: iJosh for bringing his camera to the bench. Here are a few pics of the game for your enjoyment. And for reminding me of the actual score of the game....

A Big Pair for Wednesday Night!

Wednesday January 9th
UMass Boston

Schlitz vs Deep Freeze 9:20pm
Cadavers vs Blues 10:30pm


That's right. All hands on deck for Wednesday night as both teams skate at Alcatraz State and not against each other. Thats right a double header. The Schlitz take on the Deep Freeze at 9:20pm in the early game, and the Cadavers face off against our old friends the Blues at 10:30pm in the nightcap. Check your roster spot and bring your "A" game. If we win both than we can still pull the Cadavers back up to .500 and we can get the Suds up over .500 by a game. A big night and a big pair of games for our teams.

Schlitz Roster vs DeepFreeze 9:20pm
Mike Gash in Net
Mike Campbell
Nelson Sharfman
Scott Pounds
Matt Kilroy
Larry Bell
Mike Hammitt
Dan Gregson
Matt Elliott
Mike Daley
Marc Valenti
Pete Capraro
Blake Underhill

The Cadavers vs The Blues at 10:30
Mike Gash in Net
Roman Kurin
Matvey Nikhamik
iJosh
Jeff Fosdick
Ken Goldenberg
Chris Fosdick
Deb Dalessio
Mike Jasse
Bill Pearlman
DWH
Greg James
Kevin Parker

Like I said... A big pair....

Sorry... I couldn't resist.

Tigers Claw Back! Tie Up Suds!

Cadavers (15) vs Tigers
Monday January 7
Milton Academy 9:50

3 - 3 Tie

A good solid roster and plenty of optimism went into last night's tilt with the Tigers. This was a team that the Teams have played very close but never really gotten over. In the previous three meetings with the Tigers we were a collective 0-1-2 with both ties standing at 3-3 and the loss 2-3. The most recent meeting was a 3-3 Tie with Kilroy in net where the Tigers did a good job coming back in the third period. The first time we saw these guys was back on the first game of the winter season when we...wait a second... skated to another 3-3 tie. I think you might be spotting a trend here. A week later they... come on... came from behind to beat us 3-2. But all that was in the past right?
Apparently the Skating Dead couldn't buck the trend as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period at Milton Academy last night only to let it slip away as a 3-3 tie before the final buzzer sounded.
Things got off to a great start as the Dead in Red cycled beautifully around the Tiger end. Chances came by the handfull as the forwards cycled low, passed well, and snapped off good shots. In fact the Zombies broke through about 5 minutes into the game when Rookie Chuck Slate in his debut performance with the Cads banged home a pass from Mike Jasse to put the good guys up by one. Way to be in the right place, and close the deal Chuck. Before the period was out Kevin Parker netted a nice combo from Chris Fosdick and Mike Daley. Those three ran as a line with Scott Pounds and iJosh working with Jasse and Slate. The forwards had a great first period and the Dead were up 2-0 and feeling good. But you've seen this story before... haven't you?
The Second Period saw a remarkable momentum shift as the Zombies seemed to be clutched by rigormortis and the chances became fewer and fewer. Gone was the clean cycling in the Tiger end, soon they started mounting chances on CEO/BMF Matt Kilroy. The defensive pairings were Mike Campbell and Greg James as the Twin Towers, backed up by Jeff Fosdick and Marc Valenti...they would be the "we might be old but at least we're slow" pairing. The Tigers were able to break through as as far as the blogger remembers... scored at least one and maybe two before the end of the second. If it wasn't before than it was early after the start of the third and the Zombies knew they were in a fight.
Zombie Pride did indeed surface for a while at the begining of the Third Period when the Dead in Red got a handfull of good chances and started to get things moving again. Things were looking better and at least the Cads looked like they had something going when holding the puck down low in the zone Jeff Fosdick was able to feed Kevin Parker who labeled a great shot for the go ahead goal with less than 10 minutes remaining. Things were looking good as the Dead dug in for the clock kill. It wasn't long after that when our old nemesis... the whistle tripped us up. Greg James was sent to the box for a rough and the Zombies were forced into the PK. Kilroy and the defense held strong, completed the kill and continued the grind under 5 minutes.
Then with 1 minute 30 seconds remaining another whistle. This time Campbell for a hook. The Tigers called time and then pulled thier keeper for a 2 man advantage. The Zombies countered with the remaining 3 defensemen and Chris up front. The Cads cleared the zone twice but the Tigers came back. Then intercepting an outlet one of thier forwards buried the turnover from about 12 feet and got the equalizer with 40 seconds on the clock.

Crusher. The kittys got us again. Looks like we should have checked our history on this one, but I don't know if it would have prevented us from re-living it.

No Game Stars after this one. It felt too crappy.

Honorable Mentions go to...
Chuck Slate and his dynamic debut.
Kilroy. Who despite his record is really coming along nicely.
Parker. Nice to have you back...and your two goals too.
Campbell... for bringing beer....like always.

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