Suds fall to the Golden Gophers in Dedham

Schlitz (20) vs Golden Gophers
Wednesday February 13th
Dedham Rink 9:00pm

6-2 Loss.

A tough draw for the skating Beercans against a C level team at the new digs in Dedham. Despite a valiant effort on the part of all participating Schlitzers, the Suds fell to the higher division group who certainly played up to their ranking.

Let's roll with the guest bloggers.

Here's Greg James on the tilt:
"Lost 7[6]-2 to a C division team that clearly practices once per week, we missed several great chances including a Nelson breakaway, I was thrown in the box when an opponent fell down simply for being within 2 meters of me, I fell down several times just stepping onto the ice, Campbell was thrown out of the game... Nuff said..."
Good recap Greg.

Now here's CEOBMF Madd Matt Kilroy's take on the game:
"Lost 6-2. They were the bottom team of the C division. I think it was Paul's test to make sure his divisions are correctly aligned. Anyway, they were pretty good. They all could skate and they passed great. We scored first and stayed with them through the first and most of the second. I think it was only 2-1 them, at the end of the second. Then they scored more. We had lots of penalties and they had a couple power play goals. Campbell had three penalties by the end of the 2nd and was tossed. It was a skate your balls off game. Good natured game, no one got out of hand on either side. We were a little winded at the end. Much fun though, good workout. Brian made some great saves. If I were in goal it would have been about 12-2.
1st goal parker from nelson
2nd goal hammitt

Another nice recap. Thanks Matt.

Here is another from regular guest contributer Matvey: "Good game, we were right there with them for about 2 periods. I think the score was 3-1 after 2nd period. We actually scored first, and then they got a couple of power play goals. We were out of gas by the 3rd period and Campbell was thrown out on his 3rd minor of the game end of 2nd or start of 3rd - can't remember.

They were quicker and better than D level teams - so when a D team usually turns the puck over 50% of the time - they wouldn't, so instead of jumping the play trying to force a turnover and getting ourselves out of position we needed to skate with them and just play better positional hockey. I think with their quickness they got us running around in our own end a few times creating a lot of chances.


Here are a few brief notes from Mike Campbell:
"It's a new rink.
The doors were still sticky.
I felt it was necessary to contribute to the well being of the rink by
"breaking" in the penalty box door, by opening and closing it
repeatedly... Seven times, in fact. (Once was to let Parker in.)
I was just trying to help."
Ok Mike.

Lastly some more notes from Nelson Sharfman:
"For the record, Nelson was stoned on two break aways and one beautiful feed from Kevin. The goalie was good. I was not.
I did have one assist on a goal by Kevin. Hammit had the other goal on an assist from Kevin.
We skated with them for a while, but our legs gave out and theirs didn't.
The goalie played a hell of a game and kept us in it much longer than we deserved.
Greg did actually back into the person who fell over, but it was a pretty cheap call nonetheless."
Good effort boys.

Let's hope our future games at the new rink go better than this one.