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.