Zombies Beat Tigers... Improbable Sweep Forces Championship Schlidaveur!!!

Cadavers (2) (1-1) vs. Tigers (1) (1-1)
Thursday April 24th
Brockton 10:10 pm

4-2 WIN!WIN!WIN!


The Magical Playoff Mystery Tour continues here at Schlidaveur International as the Zombies pull off a most gigantically clutch sweep of the Tigers with a massive Playoff win that now sets up...
The Game of the Century.

That's right the Cadavers win in fine fashion against the division rival Tigers to clinch the epic Championship Game this coming Monday Night.
The Cadavers faced a Tiger team, whom we hadn't beaten in a season before the Schlitz Massive Shootout Win on Monday night, and who were probably looking for a chance to get over on us, and earn another crack at the 'cans. Not to be. Thanks to all the Dead in Red are the ones that have earned all of us a "in house" Division Championship Game. Man that sounds good.

But let's get to the tale of how this has come to be. Starring once again as Guest Blogger, iJosh will tell you how
Zombie Pride Prevailed against El Tigre.

So without further ado....

Tremendous Guest Blog Action from iJosh.
"Results from last night:

With a Schlidaveur on the line, the Skating Dead had some pressure to perform. A HUGE traffic jam in Boston caused those from the north to be a bit delayed, but only Stefan missed any real ice time.

Starting the game would be:
Line 1: Hammitt, Larry, Nelson
Line 2: Scott, Matvey and Roman
iJosh would float.
The Defense was:
Campbell, Mike Daley, DWH and George.

The game would not start well as within 90 seconds Campbell (in his own words) coughed up the puck and let the Tigers score. 1-0. This would hold for much of the 1st. Late in the 1st the Cads would get on the board as Gritty Old Nelson did what he does best, put the puck in the net. And at the end of one it would be 1-1.

Stefan would join the Black and Red in the second changing the lines to be:
Centers: Larry and Mike Daley
With the wing pairs as: iJosh & Nelson, Scott & Hammitt, and The Vodka line.
D would now be:Campbell, Stefan, George and DWH.

A lot of tough passing by the Dead as the Tigers kept intercepting ill advised, poorly thrown and telegraphed passes. It was noted that we had not had any shots from the point so far in the game. Anyway the Cads kept plugging away. After a few offsides calls on potential opportunities (yep, Me!) and a goal called back due to a high sticking violation (Me again as I successfully tried my softball skills at slapping the puck into the net), the period would end with no further scoring.

The team regrouped and decided that if the Tiger were going to get in the lanes, then we would have to do a better job at passing, allow the defense to carry the puck more and generally dump and chase when needed. This strategy would bring more scoring chances, but the fruits of that labor were scarce. The Tigers would finally go ahead with some gritty work in front of the net. 2 - 1 Tigers.

Before the [Third] period began, Larry made the statement that it was a 17 minute season. I couldn't disagree with him more as I believed it was a 119 minute season (1 period and 2 more games for those trying to do the math).
So the Cads were working better and producing more chances with nothing to show yet. Then a hard shot would rebound out towards the point. DWH swooped in and netted the puck top side right. Just a beautiful shot. 2 - 2 game.

Thoughts that another shootout with the Tigers were lingering. But unlike the Beercans, the Dead wanted to win in regulation. So, Mike Daley, in close to the goalie, then lifted the puck over the net minder and put the Dead ahead with about 3 minutes to play.

The Tigers were now ready to pounce and tie up the game. But Mike Daley would have none of that. He single handily held the puck for at least 45 seconds allowing precious time to tick off the clock. When the Tigers finally were able to get the puck only 90 seconds remained. The Tigers went to work without a goalie and put some good pressure on OEJ. After the Tigers won a face-off they would rifle a shot just wide. iJosh then raced to the puck and gathered it, took about two strides just beyond the defensive dots and fired the puck up ice. Nelson graciously let the puck go and land smack dab in the back of the net. 4-2 Cadavers. And that is how the game would end.

Welcome to Schli-championship.

See you all Monday.
1st Star: Mike Daley
2nd Star: DWH
3rd Star: Nelson
Honorable Mention: OEJ"

Just phenomenal.
Excellent work iJosh, and all the Dead in Red.
To top us off here's some Stats [of course]from Larry...

"Stats from Last Night, (for the blogger and any other interested parties):
1G Nelson, A DWH
2G DWH, A LB
3G Daley, A Roman
4G iJosh (en)
Penalties:
Daley - rough
Campbell - trip
Hammitt - rough "

This was something we barely dared to talk about when starting two teams, and now here it is, a Schlidaveur Championship Game. Good deal. Winner gets a trophy.
CEO Big Daddy Matt Kilroy put it best in his email to the team...

"YeeeeeeHaaaaaaa!!!
Saddle'em up boys because we have a SchliChampionship (aka
ChampionshipDoubleDaveur) barreling down the pipe.
Goalies are IN...
The rink is cold. The beer is
cold. The sandwich, like the list of goal scorers on the Schlitz, is Long."

See you Monday.....
Game of the Century
Schlitz (3) (2-0)vs Cadavers (2) (2-1)
Canton. 9:10pm.
For the Huskie Division Winter Championship

Bring everyone you know.
Bring a camera.
Bring the desire to hoist a trophy.
Just Bring it...