Zombies Beat Suds! Force ULTIMATE Schli-double-daveur-championship Game!

Cadavers (2)[2-1] vs
Schlitz (3)[2-0]
Monday April 28
Canton, 9:10pm

Cadavers 3
Schlitz 2



Well now its on, isnt it. The Golden Schlitz with a chance to lock up the first winter season Championship in Franchise history let one get away as the plucky, pugnacious, persistant Zombies fought and scratched their way to an impressive 3-2 win. This game was close, all night long. Looking back its hard to place another Schlidaveur game that has been played with more intensity. Tight forechecking, good scoring chances, odd man rushes, rebounds, penalties this game had it all.
Now the table has been set. There will indeed be one more game. The Cads have now won one and lost one (first game) to the Schlitz and that forces the Ultimate Championship Game coming your way later this week. (Stay tuned).

Lets talk about how this one went down first. There were a few players not participating, Blake Underhill, and Mark Bates were out, and Mike Hammitt was a late scratch for the Zombies. Likewise the Golden Schlitz were without 2 key defensemen Greg James (involved in some sort of Japanese Schoolgirl Fantasy Camp) and Marc Valenti (sprained wrist) were out. Valenti was nice enough to come and take some pics [see posts to come] and help run things on the Gold bench. True team player.

The first period saw furious action back and forth but not much scoring. The Schlitz had chances to go up early but were turned away. Likewise the Cads would have their fair share. The Schlitz let the penalty bug nip them as Billy Pearlman was sent to the sin bin for a hook at 14:35 remaining in the first. The PK worked well for the Cans and the period began to wind down.
It was the Cads turn next as habitual offender Mike Campbell was sent out for a trip at 4:17. The Schlitz totally botched the powerplay not only not getting any good chances but as the penalty expired the Dead in Red swooped into the zone courtesy of some nice work from Stephan Wennik and landed the first point of the game. Stephan went behind the net, aptly avoiding the D and popped a shot on Brian that rebounded out to Ken Goldenberg who was standing alone in the slot and rang up the first goal.

The Schlitz frustration would boil over as the period expired and Kevin Parker went out this time for a crosscheck with only 2 sec on the clock.

The Second period saw more scoring and more up and down action. The Beercans would even up the game on a nice play from DWH who buried another sweet wrist shot past OEJ, credit the double Matts (Kilroy and Elliott) on the helpers with 14:20 on the clock.

This lead wouldn't last long however as the Zombies fought right back this time Matvey Nikhamik put one home from iJosh and Ken to go back up on top at 11:17. Again the Zombies would send men to the box as the Schlitz ramped up the play after going down a goal again. Matvey would go for a charge at 7:45, and Larry Bell would sit for a trip at 6:02. Alas the Golden Schlitz couldn't capitalize again, with poor work on the power play. This led to more bad news for them as the Cads would score again, this time Mike Campbell from Larry and Mike Daley to go up 3-1 with 2:40 left in the second frame.

The 'cans would manage to get one back less than a minute later when Matty Elliott put home a nice feed from Nelson that was the end of a long rush. Matt and Nelson were behind the D in the neutral zone and took a long pass off the boards up ice for a nice rush, the feed from Nelson was a thing of beauty, and Matt finished nicely. 3-2 after 2.

The third period was a grindfest on both ends. Another penalty for the Dead, Ken Goldenberg (all over the scoresheet last night) went at 12:44 for a hook, and another huge missed opportunity for the Schlitz. Despite the ineffectiveness of the power play the gold did manage to build some momentum and started to get stronger chances as the game wore down.

Then the bug came back. With 4:15 Jeff Fosdick took a terrible Interference Penalty after knocking iJosh down in the slot, essentially killing all the momentum the Cans had. To make matters worse 30 sec later Kevin Parker returned to the box for his second Crosscheck penalty of the game. That was it. Despite pulling the goalie in the last 2 minutes the Gold just couldn't put anything together and the strong D of the Cadavers cleared everything away and preserved the win with no further scoring.

Game Stars.
3rd Star: The Cadavers D. Great play from Mike Campbell, Mike Daley, George Moorachian and Stephan Wennik propelled the Zombies to greatness.
2nd Star: Matt Elliott. The plucky Schlitz forward tallied a goal and an assist and had strong work all night long.

1st Star: Ken Goldenberg. Yep thats right. Mitch scored the ice-breaker for the Cads than assisted on the next one. He made the tri-fecta with a penalty in the third and just played great all night. Great work Ken.

Honorable Mention 1: Great play from Larry and the rest of the Cads forwards.

Honorable Mention 2: Teammate Kevin Manning for showing up (despite not being able to play) and bringing JELLO SHOTS for the post-game. Great to see you Kev. Thanks for the jello and coming by to root on the troops.

Honorable Mention 3: DWH played great all night, had a critical goal for the Schlitz and continued to influence the play all over the ice. Dan is one of the guys (Daley and Elliott also) who played a tournament over the weekend and I think was playing in his 5th game in 4 days. Great work.

Postgame stuff.
The Sandwich; Billy gettin jiggy with it;
Kevin (thanks for the jello!);
Daley, Valenti and Elliott.


So now it comes down to just one more. One last winner take all game to settle the Winter Championship for the Huskies Division. This time someone is going home with the trophy. Will they be in a Red Jersey or a Yellow one? Who will be able to make this game? This is what its all about. Two teams enter... one team leaves. We've reached the summit, the climax, the Ultimate Championship Schlidaveur Scenario is upon us. If I could think of any more supuraltives I'd blurt them out... but you get the picture.

Stay tuned team. ... wait... this just in...
THIS THURSDAY NIGHT !
MAY 1
Canton 9:10pm
for all the marbles.
Be there or be square.

Go Zombies.
Go Suds.
Someone is wining the title Thurday night.
Are you on the wining team?