Cads Pound Suds, Get First Win.

Cadavers(6) vs Schlitz(7)
Tuesday June 24
BU 9:10pm

Cadavers 6
Schlitz 1

Ah yes friend reader of the blog we had yet another memorable night at the rink as the two teams faced off at BU for Daveur #3 on the season. This one was interesting from the start. Initial rosters had 11 a side, then the Schlitz lost one a day before the game.

The Golden Schlitz sported Marc Valenti, Dan Gregson, Billy Pearlman, and Greg James on D. Then Larry led the forward corps with iJosh, Capraro, Kilroy, Matvey Nikhamik and Ken Goldenberg. Chris Fosdick was also scheduled but was the only dropout. Mike Gash was in net.

The Cadavers would run Capt.George Moorachian, Jeff Fosdick, Dan DWH Herbert, and Mike Hammitt on D, and Jim Sullivan, Matt Elliot, Chuck Slate, Scott Pounds, Roman, Parker, and Blake Underhill on offense. Brian Carey in net.

The game would get underway, undermanned on both sides. They don't waste any time over there at BU and the game got underway with really only 7 or 8 on each side. Late arrivals were Hammitt, and DWH and then Blake for the Cads, and Greg James for the Schlitz.
Poor Greg, he went to Canton thinking the game was there. Then, according to his description in the lot after the game drove 100mph to BU going FAAAAAAAAAAARRRG! the whole way. Too bad... the guys in Gold could have used him in the first period. He finally made it to the ice about 8 minutes into the second.
The game got underway and the late arrivals filtered in over the first 6 minutes or so.
The Cads grabbed an early lead on a rare, but massive mistake by OEJ in the Schlitz end. OEJ came out to play the puck well into the faceoff dot (near the top) and then lost it. The Cads forwards were there to scoop it up and before you know it, from George to Chuck and into the net. 1-0 Red.
The Cads, still with more skaters than the Gold, struck again with only a minute left in the period when Matt Elliot swiped at the puck as it lay in front of OEJ's pads and it trickled through him and in. OEJ wasn't too happy about that one for sure, but the Cads were off and running. They led 2-0 after one.
Things began to get interesting early in the second as the DWH would bury a nice shot from Parker and Sullivan to build the lead to 3-0. The Gold would come back and make a showing as Larry SW Bell would pot one, from iJosh and Matvey to cut the lead to 3-1 and by that point James had shown up, and it looked like momentum was shifting in the direction of the yellow shirts.
During this stretch there was big pile up in front and eventually on top of Mike Gash. Valenti, and I think Capraro ended up in the pile, and according to Marc OEJ said he got knocked in the head 4 or 5 times. He skated into the corner with his helmet off and took a moment to get himself together. The zebras were nice enough to stop the clock and when he had composed himself everyone on the ice and benches clapped their sticks to show some support.
The game would go on but things were just starting to get dramatic. Going into the third period down 3-1 the gold continued to work hard and get chances that Brian did a nice job snuffing out in general in the Red end.

Marc Valenti had a nice rush going on one shift until he tried to bank it off the boards and instead plunked DWH right in his grill... so much for that. It didn't put DWH off at all either.

It wasn't long after that that Big DWH would score again, this time from D partner Mike Hammitt (who had made his standard 2 trips to the box already), with a smokin' wrist shot that beat OEJ cold. Again we would get the helmet off, need some time to adjust my pads, think I'll sit here on the ice for a while, can't believe I'm playing this bad routine from OEJ. Like I said... dramatic.
Well it wasn't over by a long shot. DWH would complete the Hat trick with another wicked shot, this time from Scott and Sully, a few minutes later. This time OEJ stayed on the ice for even longer with his helmet off, so long that the Zebras were getting frustrated with him and just started the play. I think there was even some grumbling from the Gold bench by this point.
This time, right after the drop of the puck Roman Kurin would take the faceoff and make a very slick dash into the zone, past the D and roofed one by OEJ for a breakaway goal, now putting the Cads up by a gaudy score of 6-1 and that just put Gash over the edge.

He wouldn't get up at all. He just sat there, pulling the whole "woe is me" routine. On and on with the whole helmet off, zebras frustrated, Gold bench frustrated scene. From the Red bench it was pretty bizarre.
Gash had signaled to the bench and Kilroy that he was all done. Kilroy comes off the bench and says "If you aren't going to play then get off the ice, we'll skate without you." So off he goes... to the locker room, with six minutes left in the game.
Now Mike's story is that he got his head knocked and he just couldn't continue. Only problem with that is that it happened a period and a half before he left the game. Funny how the 6th goal made his head hurt that much more, isn't it.

Now... before I get carried away, let me make something very clear. Head injuries are no joke. As we have all seen from DJ's unfortunate situation, it can be very serious. Mike, if you were really hurt, I take everything I've typed (and am about to type) back, and offer you my best wishes for a speedy recovery.
But see... I'm not buying it.
I think the only thing you hurt, was your ego... and to leave the game, to walk out on your teammates just because you were having a bad night, is inexcusable. Its being the worst kind of teammate you could be.
"Take me out coach, I don't want to ruin my GAA..." I've got news for you dude... this ain't the NHL, and you ain't Patrick Roy. Take it from a guy who is no stranger to a -8 or 9 night, ok? I've had a handful of them lately, but I've never left the ice, gone home or feigned injury to get off the ice. That would be selfish, petty and weak. I could go on... really but I wont, yet.

The Gold played out the last 6 minutes of the game with 6 skaters on the ice, and really played pretty well. With full rosters these teams should have played a pretty competitive game.
That was how things ended, with minor scuffles (filled with laughter) up and down the ice, Kilroy and Underhill, Pearlman and Fosdick, Larry and everyone wearing Red, Fosdick hanging on iJosh's back as he stood in the crease. It was good fun, hopefully next time we'll have a better all around game... and maybe a little less drama.
In that vein....

Game Stars.
3rd Star: SW Larry Bell. Clearly his teams leader and major driving force for most of the game. When you play against Larry, you know he wants to win. A nice goal and relentless effort all night. Its why he's so good.
2nd Star: Brian Carey. Cuz I feel like giving it to him. Some nice stops and his second 1 goal game in a row. Great work Brian.
1st Star: DWH. Mr. Hat-trick with the wicked wristahs. When Dan showed up, things went really well for the Red. He played great on both ends shoring up the defense and giving a major boost on offense. Nice work.

Honorable mention 1: Jim Sullivan for a pair of helpers and solid play all night.

Honorable Mention 2: The Goldenberg Family! In particular Jenn for bringing along superfans Robyn and Max! Robyn could be heard all night hollering for the guys in gold.
A delightful child with terrific taste in players (she said she liked #10 the last time she came to a game) she was the vocal equivalent to a full section of BU fans rooting on the home squad. Sorry that Daddy's team didn't win... and that we didn't have any Root Beer for you in the parking lot... but we appreciate the support.

This brings us to the final award for the evening. We have a slight variation on an old favorite. This week our furry friend the Raccoon of Shame has a new home, and possibly a new name as well.
This week I award the VAGISIL COON OF SHAME to Mike Gash for all the reasons laid out above. Sorry dude, but in all my years playing hockey I've never seen a goalie walk out on his team because he was getting racked. Sorry you had a bad night. Sorry you got landed on in the crease, and I do hope you are not injured. Still... you have to be called out. That shit was weak. Take a few Midol and cut the drama.

Standby for update....

Schlidaveur last night at BU.

Good game... well... an interesting game, with lots of subplots that the Blogger can't wait to dig into.
ALAS...

The blogger is very busy with the end of the fiscal year so there may be no game story here until later this afternoon, or possibly tonight/tomorrow am.
Sorry... but the blogger knows who butters his bread...and it ain't the blog.
Still... I'll tease you all with this.

The Cads got off the "shnide" with a BIG win over the Golden boys.

The Gold would have had a better showing if...
1. Their power defenseman (who's initials are GJ) had not driven to Canton for the game before coming over to BU where we were playing and...
2. If they didn't have to play without a goalie for the majority of the game... although they did seem to play better after she left the game with 6 minutes remaining...

That's enough TEASING for now... more to follow when I have time to give the subject its proper attention.

Emails with "overheard in the parking lot" or any anecdote or game situation you'd like to have mentioned will be welcomed with open arms.

And NO Larry that is NOT a Cheese-Eating French Surrender Monkey... I haven't found a pic for that yet...
Stay tuned....

Tuesday Schlidaveur Rosters!

Schlitz (4-1-1) vs Cadavers (0-4-1)

Tuesday June 24th

BU 9:10 pm

Here are your roster's for this week's Daveur. Anyone with conflicts please email Jeff right away. Otherwise... see you tomorrow night!

Schlitz
Marc Valenti
Greg James
Bill Pearlman
Dan Gregson
Larry Bell
Pete Capraro
Chris Fosdick
iJosh Greenstein
Matvey Nikhamik
Matt Kilroy
Ken Goldenberg
OEJ in Net

Cadavers
George Moorachian
Dan Herbert
Jeff Fosdick
Mike Hammitt
Jim Sullivan
Roman Kurin
Kevin Parker
Matt Elliot
Chuck Slate
Blake Underhill
Scott Pounds

Brian Carey in Net

Suds chill the Freeze!

Schlitz (6) vs Deep Freeze

Sunday June 22nd

Canton 10:20pm

7-1 Win.

Talk about a turn around. Given the last time we played these guys, we've had a significant market correction. The question is... which is closer to reality? Certainly they aren't as good as that first meeting would indicate (maybe we just aren't that bad...) but they also can't be a soft as they showed at times last night. I think there was two different goaltenders involved... on both sides. The good news is that the guy we faced last night is more likely their regular... and unfortunately for the Freeze... he didn't have a great night. But... they do have awesome new unis that they designed themselves.

[If DeepFreeze Dave or anyone else from the Freeze is reading please email me a pic or graphic of that new logo.. it is pretty awesome. fearlessfoz@gmail.com]

Conversely Brian Carey ran his record to 3-2 on the season (2.80 GAA), with a sparkling performance in net last night, giving up only one goal and making some tremendous point blank stops that kept the Freeze at bay and frustrated.

This was a night much needed for the team's morale. We've been getting kicked around our own division a bit lately so it was nice to have a good matchup with an opponent we could run with, and even better to get some breaks on long shots that helped boost our score.

In general the Gold did a very nice job of working hard and creating chances that really paid off. We started out with an even 10. Valenti and Jeff backed by Pete and Elliot on D, with iJosh, Chuck and Ken, running opposite Larry, Roman and Matvey. Nelson would show about halfway through the game and would rotate through the lines.

It didn't take long for the Gold to capitalize on their chances and about 5 minute in Roman would break the ice on a pass from Matvey to get things going. Not more than a couple minutes later the second line would break through as Chuck Slate buried one that came down from Marc Valenti. 2-0 good guys and there was serious positive mojo on the Gold bench. Before the end of the period Chuck would bury another one, this time from Ken Goldenberg with a dandy pass and the first period would end 3-0 good guys.

The Second period, usually not our strong suit was a true grind. No scoring on either end but lots of chances. Brian would turn away a bunch of good chances from the Freeze who were playing hard, and getting frustrated as they tried to break through time and again. Big time credit to all in Gold last night for the continued effort to win pucks and make good passes all night long. The Schlitz held onto their lead tenaciously but they knew, even with a 3 goal lead things could change fast with the next goal scored.

As the third got underway the question of that next goal was answered to the delight of the Skating Beercans when Roman, taking a long pass from Nelson ripped a long shot that went in and out of the net so fast that Roman himself didn't realize he had scored. He wasn't the only one who didn't "see" it... if you know what I mean.

The Beercan Pride was in effect, and by no small measure the Freeze had lost their steam, as the game wound down. The Can's would strike again , iJOsh from Chuck, and then Father Time Sharfman would score on a breakaway (from Roman) to put the Gold up 6-0 and the Freeze tender might as well had "TKO" blinking over his helmet.

Again credit the Freeze for keeping after it. They would finally land one with about 2 minutes left to spoil Brian's shutout. It was a good play all around by them and not much anyone could do about it. iJosh would bang home what ended up being a near empty netter when the Freeze keeper came out to play it, then let Josh have it as he pressed forward into the zone. Josh flipped it into the vacated net and time expired on a very nice (and uplifting) 7-1 win.

Good show all the way around for the Gold who move to 4-1-1 on the season.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Brian Carey. Another solid performance for Brian who is starting to put together a nice season for us. Great work.

2nd Star: Chuck Slate. 2 goals and an assist on the night for the Chuckster who played great and (obviously) put the puck on net when he needed to. Nice Job.

1st Star: Roman "Really... it went in?" Kurin. Also with 2 goals and an assist Roman played terrific all night long. Clearly he was undeserving of the crap Jeff was yelling half the time from the bench and played strong on both ends of the ice. Great work Roman.

Postgame sadness... the blogger couldn't believe it... he left the parking lot at 11:32pm without having one single solitary cold adult beverage. There was none to be had and therefore... no 4th period. Sigh... I suppose it had to happen sometime. Ok for a late Sunday night game....

Suds Sing the Blues at BU.

Schlitz (5) vs Blues
Thursday June 19th
BU 10:10pm

7-1 loss.


Another night at BU, another hot (temperature) game and yes another case of zebra pre-e-clock-u-lation as the clock was started AGAIN before all of our players were on the ice. Something to keep track of for future late games at BU... they ain't waitin' around.

This one sounded like a tough one. I'm going to turn it over to a great group of (reluctant) guest bloggers who clearly would rather forget the night happend... but here they are anyway. Lets lead of with the first responder... Dan Gregson...
"Roman got the only goal. It was a nice rainbow shot. We kept it close until about halfway through the second when we just lost our skates and and about 6 goals went in.
Mark that in the Oooops column."
When later pressed about the final score his response was...
"i think it was 8-1 You mark that frame an 8, and you're entering a world of pain."
Game Star to Gregson for making a Big Lebowski reference...

Next up was Dr. Pounds but he just kept sending FAIL photos... I've added them to the post.
We'll now hear from regular contributor iJosh on the game...

"We played like we were in Game 6 of the NBA finals...... Except we were the Lakers
Once again the game at BU started ahead of schedule. So by the time everyone got to the ice 2 minutes had ticked away from the clock. I think it is time to teach the refs come time management skills.

Anyway we started quick on the first shift as Roman tapped one over the goalie and in from Parker. 1-0 Suds. Later in the first the Blues would get the equalizer as a scrum would slip one past Lizzie. That is how the second period would end.
The second would see the Blues pull away a little with more grit and determination than the Old Beer Cans. They would put a few past Lizzie to make it 4-1 after the second period.

The third would see the valiant opponent pack it in and accept its fate. As the time started to tick away, there was much grumbling on the bench regarding smart play, tough play and hard work. All was true, but that did nothing to stop the slide. After 2 more Blues goals, the Schiltz would send two the box one after another for a one minute 5 on 3 PK as Valenti would go first and George second. And that would effectively end the game. A grand total of 7 goals to 1.

A common bright side, we all had a nice leisurely evening in the parking lot beating them by at least an hour. Beverages provided by Dr. Pounds, Valenti and Lizzie and Dad."
Excellent work my good man... too bad the final score wasn't so excellent. Good strong recap though... the blogger appreciates it.


Now we have the goal scorer of the night... our favorite Russian named Roman...
"I think the final score was 7-1, Game started very well for us, we scored the first goal, Parker left a puck for me and I took a shot towards the net, It got deflected and went over the blues goalie. Really the first period was close, we had several chances just could not capitalize, their goalie played very well. I think it was 2-1 after the first period. In the second their goalie made a diving save on Gregson, that was a sure goal, what a robbery that was.
At some point in the game they started pouring it on or we just lost our legs. At the end of the game ref decided to call penalties on us leaving us with 5 on 3 situation on which they subsequently scored. George and Parker to the penalty box. So yeah, this game doesnt inspire a lot of writing.
Forward lines were Parker-Roman-Gregson, Scott-IJosh-Eliott with George, Valenti, DWH and Hammitt on defense."
Another good guest blog. Thanks Roman.
Special thanks also to Kevin Parker, Matt Elliot, and Marc Valenti for sending in reports.
Dont forget about the game on Sunday night. 10:20pm in Canton...

See the roster on the post below this. Please show up on time in case we get the "in a hurry to get home" officials...

Another quick note here on how the season is going. We've played 5 games per team and 2 against ourselves, one of which was a tie. Taking those two games out we are 2-4 against everyone else, with the two wins coming over Inglewood Jacks (4-1) and Last Call (6-3).
NOW... the four losses have been U.G.L.Y...we aint got no aliby... ugly.
Rt.138autobody 11-2, DeepFreeze 10-1, Double Runners 7-3, and the Blues 7-1.
Uh... not so good.

Tonight @ BU and Next 2 games!

Thu 6/19 BU 10:20 Schlitz vs Blues

Roman

Ijosh

Ken

Scott

Pearlman

Hammitt

Gregson

Dan H.

Matt Elliot

George

Parker

Lizzie - In Net

Sun 6/22 Canton 10:20 Schlitz vs DeepFreeze

Roman

Matvey

Ijosh

Nelson

Jeff F

Ken

Larry

Elliot

Valenti

Chuck

Capraro

Brian - In Net

Tue 6/24 BU 9:10 Cadavers vs Schlitz - SCHLIDAVEUR!!!

EVERYONE NEEDED

Campbell, Nelson, Jasse, and Reynolds are out.

Corpses run down by Runners...or Celtics Win!

Cadavers(5) vs Double Runners
Tuesday 6/17
Quincy 10:10pm

7-3 loss.


Man. The Celtics were awesome last night weren’t they? Yeah. I didn’t watch much of the game but Chris and I listened to some of it in the car on the way to the rink, then the Zebras and scorekeep were giving us updates as we played. “up by 23… up by 32…” that kind of thing.
After the hockey game we listened to Grandy and Max having fun with the celebration as the minutes wound down and the Lakers lay down like the Euro-Weenie weasels they are.

The hockey game sucked. Believe it or not, like just about everyone else in our division the freaking Double Runners have had a talent upgrade as well. Of course this would be ignoring the fact that we all have to come to grips with just how OLD and just how SUCKY we have become… or at least how we can play sometimes.

It wasn’t for lack of trying, but the Dead in Red just didn’t have it. It was really all about the Celtics. We certainly didn't bring any game. Did I mention that the fat glasses wearing zebra was giving us score updates as we went…? Oh yeah.

At the start of the game I skated with him across the ice after asking him the score and he told me all about the several beers and corned beef and cabbage he just shoveled down over at the bar for the last hour or so. Thanks. He was fine last night… there wasn’t much he could do to help/hurt us.
The other thing that happened right at the beginning that should have tipped me off to this not being a good night (for hockey) was when I stepped and then wandering like the slow kid in traffic walked right into Campbell who was trucking along with his usual substantial inertia.
POW!
I got knocked on my ass and… never really recovered. I’m still feeling that one this morning…again it wasn’t Mike’s fault, I was busy daydreaming about how much corned beef and cabbage and beer I could eat and drink before taking the ice…and what it would look like on the ice after I puked it up.
The Dead in Red was looking for its first win of the season and really we had a decent roster to throw out against the runners. D was manned by Campbell and Capt.George, and Valenti and Jeff. O consisted of Nelson, Chris, Pete, and Larry with Sully, Parker and Scott as well.
The Runners ran around us and scored about a minute and a half in. We dug in realizing we would need to really grind to get up on these guys. It held for a while but from right at the start they started getting good chances on Brian. Brian played admirably considering the number of odd man rushes, guys left in front, and deflected shots he saw. Big ups to him… he was alone most of the time.
The Red was able to answer with a goal from Veteran Leader Nelson Sharfman from Sully about 5 minutes after the goal against us. About five minutes later The Runners scored again and took a 2-1 lead into the second.
They scored 4 goals in the second (it felt like 20) that featured mostly the aforementioned odd man rushes and multiple, swarming chances on and from in front of Brian. Sully was able to grab a goal on a nice lifted wrister at some point in that period.

After they were up a few there was an interesting sequence in our end in which 42 in white slid into the slot and was met with a bump by Marc Valenti. Jeff turned to see 42 cross check Valenti across the zone and proceeded to assist. Larry had seen it too and gave a nice chuck from behind. 42 came up steaming and cranked Jeff in the grill while looking for Larry. That was good, it was the best play I had made since walking into that bus… err Campbell during warm-up. Still feel that one in the chops today too.
The guy went for a rough that old Corned beef and Cabbage called then earned another for mouthing off. It was one of our most productive shifts. I don’t think we got many chances on the power play.

I guess the Red did get some chances but not enough. They had picked up one of the Clinic goalies from the session that was on the ice before us. Seriously…a Clinic goalie. Sigh.
There were more penalties along the way, Valenti was called shortly after in the second and Campbell and Parker each went once in the third.
They scored one in the third and we matched with one from Parker via Nelson. There was not much hope at that point.

We were deader than the Lakers, deader than disco, drive-ins and the guys on our shirts. Deader than Hillary’s campaign, Jimmy Hoffa, King Tut under his pyramid, Blackbeard the pirate in Davey Jones locker, and all those freaking penguins on the melting ice shelf.
Dead. 0-4-1 dead.
De-Ceased.

Did I mention that the Celtics won? Yeah that's awesome. It was cool we listened to the radio as we had a few cold ones in the parking lot. Good times.

Thanks to Scott, Larry and Mike for the beer.


Overheard in the locker room:
Valenti: “We need to kill a chicken or something before the next game…:”
Nelson: “Rooster…”
We need something.

Rosters so far...2 games this week.

TONIGHT! Celtics Championship Special!

Tuesday 6/17
Quincy 10:10pm
Cadavers vs Double Runners

Campbell, Nelson, Jeff F, Chris F,
Scott, Larry, George, Parker,
Valenti, Capraro, and Sullivan.

With Brian Carey in Net.




Thursday 6/19
BU 10:20pm
Schlitz vs The Blues

Roman, iJosh, Ken, Scott, Pearlman,
Hammitt, Gregson, Dan H., Elliot,
George, and Parker.

With Lizzy in Net.

As always get your changes into Management... right now. Email Jeff instead of Matt this week.

fosdick@chemistry.harvard.edu

Scorapalloozadaveur ends in a TIE!

Schlitz (4) vs. Cadavers (4)
Wednesday June 10th
BU 10:20pm

7-7 Tie....

Well that was fun. The teams met up for a Youngn's vs. Oldn's showdown latenight at Boston University. This game was a tough one as there were a bunch of people who couldnt' make it, but we ended up 9 on 9 until the 3rd when the Schlitz added one more... who would prove critical to the outcome of the game... but more on that later. This one turned into a good old fashioned shootout with multiple lead changes and scoring chances a-plenty.

It all started a little strangely. The games were running a little late I guess for when the Zamboni left the ice the horn blew. This was as I was walking out of the locker room. By the time I got to the bench a minute of game time was already gone. WTF? I asked why they started the clock so early and both refs and the scorekeeper pointed to the clock that said about 10:23pm... uh...ok. We have had these refs before... John Flood and Bill Tuminus and they were clearly not interested in hanging around. They also barely gave any assists during the game which sent the blogger fishing for stories to sort out the game... from his cloudy head... and the stats. As by way of excuse making... that's part of the reason this post is so late.

In regards to that the email of the week comes from Dr. Jasse probably out in the wild hinterland of the mid-west wondering just where the hell this gamestory has been....

Dear Blog Management,
I would like to register a complaint.
Here I am, all alone in the hinterlands, nary a hockey player in sight. Not only did I miss the Grey-beards vs. the Youngin's but I haven't had a whiff of info from what had to be a classic battle of the 'ages'.
So what' the deal? What's more important? Fulfilling your job that puts food on your family's table or meeting my needs as a wobbly-kneed veteran who just wants desperately to connect to a game that is rapidly passing me by?
BLOG ME, DAMMIT!!!
I need, I need, I need.
Best,
mj
Ahem... ok Doc. You got it. Here it is.
The game got underway with about 15:00 left in the first thanks to the hurry-up refs. The Oldguy Cads had Jeff, Campbell, and Stephan at D. The Front line of Nelson, Parker, and Capraro was backed by Pearlman Hammitt and Blake Underhill. The Golden Babyfaces had DWH, Valenti, and Manning on D with a front line of Larry, Elliot and iJosh (i think) backed by Roman, Matvey and Gregson. I may not have that exact...please comment if it was otherwise.
The game got off to a rocky start for the Oldsters as the Goldenthumbsuckers went up first led by the flying Russians. Roman Kurin scored the first two goals of the game to put the Gold on top in the early going. Here's Roman to tell the tale himself.
"I scored the first of the game off the scramble in front of kilroy where I think everybody on my line got a shot off (Matvey, Gregson).I scored the second goal of the game of the long wrist shot that Kilroy missed, probably because he was screened."
Nice work Roman. But the overexhuberence of youth would not get the best of the wily Vets as the Cads turned it on and started to get some pressure on Lizzy. Billy Pearlman got a nice one to break the ice for the Vets. Here's Billy's take:
"Me and Hammitt combined on our first goal when Mr.Angrypants drew the D to him and then feathered a beautiful pass to me in the slot and I put it over Lizzy's shoulder top corner...a nice shot if I may say so myself."

Next up for the oldsters was Jeff Fosdick, pinching down deep. He threw a shot at Liz from a near "baseline" angle that saw its own way through the bodies and under her arm into the net. All tied up. The first period had some serious action folks, and it wasn't over yet.
Not to be out done the Schlitz mounted another set of attacks on Kilroy and the Red. This time DWH scored a beauty unassisted, only to be followed by Gregson putting one home from Matvey to put them back up two. Here's Roman on that one..
"On Gregson goal I got the puck on the boards and passed it to streaking Gregson who let go of a low wrist shot that went into a low left corner."
Sweet. At the end of 1. 4-2 Schlitz.
It was the second period where the RedVets went to work. They would again come back to tie the game with a pair of goals. Jeff Fosdick again with a nice shot, this time from the hard work of Nelson and Parker. Those two would combine again when Parker scored from Nelson and Blake, with Blake touching it to Nelson who got it to net crashing Kevin for the equalizer.
The Red weren't done and Stephan Wennik showed his wheels as he put home a rush unassisted to give the vets their first lead of the game. The Gold then came back to tie it at 5 with their only goal of the period, Matvey from DWH. The Vets were still not done as Kevin Parker would strike again, this time from Stephan and Campbell. Here's Mike with the play.
"Stefan had the puck on left D, right at the blue line. He had just stopped it from
being cleared out, and I was skating backward, along the blue line, away from him. He dished it over to me... Not a hard pass, but it eventually got to me. I wristed it at Lizzy, and she stopped it, but left the rebound right in front of Parker who stuffed it home."
This would leave the game 6-5 Cads at the end of 2 periods. Clearly a brilliant, see-saw, back and forth game that was promising to have a wild finish. There had been a few penalties along the way but I can't remember the circumstances. Campbell had 2 through 2 periods, as did DWH for the Schlitz. The only other penalty was called on Parker in the third.
The third period was not as high scoring as the first two but was very intense. The Red fought hard to hold onto the one goal lead as the period wore on. About halfway in the Red would get a huge lift. Once again Jeff Fosdick stepped up (literally) and scored his third for a natural hat-trick. Jeff pinched into the zone getting a take away on the loose puck and driving toward Liz fired a hard one that slipped under her glove. The Blogger beams with pride...it just doesn't happen like that for Jeff very often.
Again the grind was on. Now down 2 the Schlitz came back hard. Larry and the boys fought hard and started to pile up the shots and chances. They finally broke through and pulled within one on a goal from iJosh with about 6-7 minuets left. Here's iJosh.
"Larry Bell got the puck behind the net and as the CADs collapsed on him centered the puck to me. I then tapped a backhand through Kilroy's pads."
The Schlitz were within one and were grinding hard. They were buoyed by the arrival of Jim Sullivan who was very late but arrived just in time to give the Schlitz the boost they needed in the third. Here's Nelson with some great comments on how the third period wound down.
"Sullivan showed up early in the third when the Cads were up 6-5. Miraculously we even scored another after he showed to make it 7-5, but the young legs eventually wore us out.
Many kudos to Matt. He made a flurry of saves late to keep the lead deep into the third.
Further kudos goes to Hammit, who was a virtually non-stop skating minor penalty but somehow managed to get none of them called. Old age and treachery...
High stupage (stupidity or courage, you make the call) marks to Blake for sacrificing his body for a late game shot block at the blue line."
Great stuff. Thanks Nelson.
Indeed the young legs did wear us down and the Gold broke through one more time to tie it all up with under 2 minutes remaining. Here's Roman on the goal.
"On the tying goal I kept the puck in the offensive zone and put it towards the net, It was going wide but Jim intercepted this shot and let go of a beautiful backhander that Kilroy had no chance on."
That is how things would end... Seven-seven all even. Not bad for a scoreapaloozadaver. Here are some random comments from a group of the very good guest bloggers that helped out this week.
"... You have to mention Lizzie stoning Nelson, and even with all those goals scored I don't recall Larry ringing anything up, did he go scoreless? Definitely worth a mention if he did. I thought Roman skated great, I thought Blake played great position and really worked hard, and I thought Kilroy, even with all the goals scored was great. He saved some stuff that really should have gone in."
-Hammitt

"….Since you were drunk and can't remember...both me and Hammitt had hat tricks....AND....we F'd that hot co-ed from the BU dorm that came down to see her hockey heroes!"
-Pearlman ...something tells me it didn't really happen like that...

"I had my bell rang on few occasions by the likes of Hammitt and Campbell, I vividly remember the Campbell freight train leveling me on the blue line when I was trying to stick handle around him, next thing I remember I was lying on the ice trying to take a breath of air, brutal, got to keep my head up.
So that's that, first half of the game felt like a pick up game because of low intensity but intensity picked up after a few penalties and physical play."
-Roman

Great contributions one and all the Blogger thanks you all. Now its time for...
GameStars.
3rd Star: Tie. Kevin Parker and Matvey Nikhamik. Both with 3 points on the night. Parker with a pair of goals and Matvey with one but 2 assists. Great work by both guys.
2nd Star: Exercising restraint from hubris the blogger names Jeff Fosdick as the number 2 star. A three goal night hasn't happened for a long time for Jeff and all three were pretty sweet. He would have made 1st star if the last one held up as game winner. Instead...

1st Star: Roman Kurin. Great work all night and a bucket full of points. 2 goals to lead the game in the first and two more assists on the way for a nice four point night for Roman. Great work.

Mike Gash is havin' a birthday bash!

Our resident Goaltender extrordianaire wanted me to pass along an invite to all of you to his Birthday Party this coming Saturday.

Here is OEJ with the "official" invite...

My wife decided to throw me a b-day party June 14th at my house. you are all invited.

I am trying to get my band to play around 4.
It is my 40th

56 Purchase st
Carver, MA
508/866-7537

Sounds like a good time Mike!

Happy Birthday from the Blog!

Schlidaveur #2. Rosters for Tuesday!

Cadavers (4) vs. Schlitz (4)

Tuesday June 10th

BU 10:20pm

Management has come up with the next brilliant (phoney-baloney) roster divisions for this weeks team on team smackfest.
We'll settle it out by age. Yep...

Ageist Daveur.

The old guys vs. the young pups.

Greenhorns vs. Greybeards

Babies vs. Buzzards

Kids vs. Cremudgeons.

If you have another snappy cliche for young vs old please add it to the comments.

Be there or be square.

You'll notice that the Greybears pic has a classy hockey player lifting a sacred trophy... and you Young Pukes have a pic with your Mommy helping you put your equipment on. I see the game going something like that....

Here's your (high-scoring) Davuer Lineups.

Schlitz (Young'ns)

Roman Kurin

Matvey Nikhamik
Jim Sullivan
Matt Elliot
Larry Bell
Ijosh Greenstein
Pete Capraro
Dan Herbert
Dan Gregson
Marc Valenti
Kevin Manning
Lizzy - Goal

Cadavers (Old'ns)
Kevin Parker
Chuck Slate
Mark Reynolds
Mike Hammitt
Nelson Sharfman
Blake Underhill
Chris Fosdick
Mike Campbell
Jeff Fosdick
William Pearlman
Stefan Wennick
Matt Kilroy - Goal

Suds answer the "Call" go to 3-0!

Schlitz (3) vs Last Call
Thursday June 5th
Dedham 7:10pm

6-3 Win.



Good game last night in Dedham. First look at the Last Call, who were really the split up and reformed Generals… with better players. Clearly these are a new group of Generals. They added several good skaters, and really it was to the Gold benefit that the game was early, and the Call started the game with only 1 or 2 subs. They had 2 or 3 more guys filter in during the first period.
Thankfully, it looks like the new talent is like us… old. They were pretty spent after playing the majority of the 1st without a break. There was plenty of cherry picking from early on.
The game started on time… with the cheery news from the Old guy at the rink that the “ice is ready. You guys are all set” We asked if he was going to make ice after the figure skating class that was out there before us. Capt. George was busy telling stories about how he broke his foot once in a groove on the ice…after a figureskating practice. Great. But the Old Dude held firm. “Eh..there was only a couple 6 year olds out there. The boss says no.”
Uh..ok. So needless to say… the ice was lumpy and slow. Not that we have any speed skaters… you know what I mean. But that didn’t sitifle the optimism of the Schlitz… winners of the first two games of the season and sporting a pretty niffty lineup for the evening.

The crew broke down like this.
Badass Brian in Net
Ministry of Defense: Capt George and “Laserbeam” Valenti backed up by Greg “Freight Train” James, and Jeff.
Oh-Fence: SW Bell, Chris, and Dr. Jasse backed by Sully, Mark Reynolds and Nelson “I love wearing Yellow” Sharfman. K.Park was a no-show.

Now as far as a 10 players and a keep… what say you reader? You’d take that group against just about anyone…(with the exception of Route138Autobody)…right? I thought so. The Gold felt good about whatever we were going to face.

Turns out during warmups that these guys are the Generals, with an upgrade and that they were shorthanded the confidence was there strong. The game got underway and we “felt each other out” for a while. Stop it Greg… I know what you’re thinking. It was clear that with some work we were going to get plenty of chances. Still the play went back and forth and there was no score for the first 6-7 minutes. Just under the 10min mark the Suds finally got it toghether and got something going.

Mike Jasse picked up the puck up at center ice on his side. Joined by Jeff he pressed forward over the blue line, drawing some defensive attention. He slipped the puck back to Jeff high in the center. Jeff shot it toward the net where brother Chris was waiting to jam home the first goal of the game.
The guys from the Call were not going to go quietly however. They struck back with a goal of their own only a minute and a half later. They were clearly pressing to stay with us but the game was tight. As the period wore away the Suds gained more chances and felt the momentum a bit. The Gold showed grit and tried to cycle the offesive zone and kept getting chances. Larry, doing a lot of work in the zone, was able to feed Marc Valenti at the left point. Marc let go a trademark “Laserbeam” and put the Gold up on top again. Before the period ended the Gold scored again after a series of nice passes in the zone but it was waved off due to a weak “interference” call in the crease.
The Call had gained a bench and the game was close in the second with both teams grinding for chances. Brian Carey made some quality stops, providing some nice work between the pipes.
Regardless, the Call would not fade away. They scored again on a nice play to tie the game up again at 2. The second period ground away with the Suds not as confident as the early part of the game, but nonetheless determined to make it happen. Jim Sullivan was able to break through with a wicked shot from the face off dot that found its way home. Credit Reynolds and Valenti on the assists, doing the grind to keep it in. Sullys shot was wild, as he was off balance and kind of whipped through the shot sprawling on the ice as it shot into the net. It was a huge goal.
That’s how it would go into the third. Suds up 3-2. More grinding to start the third and the Suds were on the move again. The fourth and critical goal would come from The Cagey Vet Nelson on a cool play. The Call was forcing the play in our own end, Mark Reynolds got a good take away and fed Nelson just outside the line, with a step or two on the defender in the high slot. Nelson was off. A rumbling tumblin breakaway, he stayed just ahead of the D pumping away. The keeper made his move and Nelson lifted a wrister smartly into the upper (left?) part of the net. 4-2 suds and the Call was fading but not giving up.

The third period wore on with more good action. Despite a fishy call on Larry, that sent him to the box, the Suds wouldn't be held down. On a breakup and outlet from George and Valenti, Sully sprung lose for a quick rush and fired one into the net for the 5-2 lead, shorthanded. That was a killer. I think this is how this went... someone correct me if I have the goals mixed up please.

The Call stayed resilliant. They managed another round of pressure and scored thier third with still plenty of time remaining (about 5 minutes). The Gold didn't slip a bit. In fact they saved another sweet one for last.

This play started at the left dot in our end in front of Brian. Jeff called out "Nelson's side" before the faceoff. Sully won the drop clean and sent it back to Jeff. He turned and fired a slapper around the boards behind Brian over to Nelson's side. The reliable Vet was there to meet the puck and poke it past the defender and the race was on. Nelson got it up to Jasse as they went into the Zone, Jasse got it back to Sully in front, who closed the deal with another great shot, giving him the hat-trick and finally puting this one to bed.

A really good game for the Suds who really worked well together. Kudos all around for the guys in Gold who now have a 3-0 record to start off the summer.

Nice job everyone.
Game Stars
3rd Star: THE Man Nelson Sharfman for putting home an awesome breakaway. He added the assist on Sully's third, and played like he always does. Hard and effectively. Dude is a machine.

2nd Star: Defenseman Marc Valenti. A crushing slapper for a critical goal and two timely assists helped out the team greatly. Marc covered a lot of ice offensively and defensively and was clearly a force all night long.

1st Star: Jim Sullivan. A natural Hat-trick with a couple of eye poppers for shots. Sully continues to impress this season with 4 goals already and last night's "trick" was killer. Great work.

Honorable Mention 1: Dr. Jasse with some nice work and a pair of helpers.


Honorable Mention 2: Mark Renyolds with a pair of his own. Mark is showing clear dominace in the Rookie of the Year catagory.. in fact he leads all scoring with 6pts in 3 games. (Sully's right behind him with his 4 goals in 3 gms.)


Honorable Mention 3: Mike Campbell who must have been very lonely last night as he called the blogger from a sportsbar in Long Beach California to check in on our result. He must not have had too many friends while the b-ball game was on...no?


Great work everyone. Don't forget Schlidaveurtime next tuesday (6/10) @ 10:20pm! Email your date of birth to Kilroy today!

Schedule Update ... its exciting...

Here are the games for the rest of June. Two more team on team events planned and some visits by some old friends that we haven't seen in a while. Check your schedules...especially for Tuesdays... and get back to Management if you know you have any conflicts.

I can't really offer an explanation for the included photo... I just couldn't come up with a good excuse to use it. The June schedule seemed to fit this morning. Hm... maybe schedule posts could be designated hockey babe posts... yeah... feel free to comment and enjoy.

Next Tuesday June 10th Schlidaveur #2!

@ BU 10:20 pm

Tuesday June 17th Cadavers vs. Double Runners

@ Quincy 10:10pm

Thursday June 19th Schlitz vs. Blues

@ BU 10:20pm

Sunday June 22nd Schlitz vs Deep Freeze

@ Canton 10:20pm

Tuesday June 24th Schlidaveur #3!

@ BU 9:10pm

Tuesday July 1st Cadavers vs. Blues

@ Canton 7:00pm

Wednesday July 2nd Schlitz vs Scapegoats

@ Quincy 8:10pm

Thursday Night Beercans vs Last Call

Don't forget Team...

The Schlitz have a game *tonight*

Thursday Night 7:00pm

in Dedham vs Last Call.

Never played these guys before as far as we know so lets be ready for anything.

Here is the roster.

Nelson "Greybeard" Sharfman

Chris "Ricochet Rabbit" Fosdick

Larry "SW" Bell

Jeff "Bloggah" Fosdick

Dr. Jasse (Ph.D, OBGYN, BMF)

Greg "the bachelor" James

George"Capn" Moorachian

Kevin Pahkah

Mark Valenti

Mark Reynolds

Jim Sullivan

and Brian Carey in Net

Hopefully someone in this group has a water/pucks setup?

Suds win Campbelldaveur!

Cadavers (3) vs. Schlitz (2)

Tuesday June 3

Canton 7:00pm

Schlitz 3

Cadavers 1

Last night the 'davers gathered at Canton for the first team on team action of the young summer season.

Guest GM Mike Campbell deserves high marks indeed for concocting a potent and well-balanced matchup for the Campbelldavuer. The game was a fun skate, and a close game throughout.
Larry led a scrappy group of Cadavers featuring a frontline of Jim Sullivan, Dr. Jasse and himself. They were backed by Matvey, CEO BMF Killroy, Scott. They were backed by a strong group of D led by Capt. George, Marc Valenti, Pistol Pete Capraro, and newcomer Mark Reynolds. This group was abley backstopped by Brian Carey.

The Cads came out strong and scored less than two minutes into the game after some strong early pressure. Russian scoring machine (sorry Roman) Matvey Nikhamik tipped a hard shot from Mark Reynolds, through the Schlitz D and keeper OEJ. The Dead in Red took the games first lead and the up and down nature of the early play meant this was going to be a hard fought game as the Schlitz looked to get going.
The Schlitz liked their chances going into the game, keeper OEJ (out of semi retirement…err musical sabbatical whathaveyou) had a D corps of the Double Dans (DWH & Gregger) backed by Jeff and Greg James. The Golden Beercans were lead by a frontline of Roman, Chris and Kevin Parker. Those guys were backed by iJosh, Ken and Chuck Slate. Mike the Hammer Hammitt did rotation duty.
It wasn’t long before the Schlitz had a handfull of chances of their own and quickly got their feet under them after the early rushes by the Red. It was clear both teams were going to get chances. The Zombies had several breaks that got behind the Gold D but OEJ held tight making a handfull of very nice stops. The gold was definitly building to a pitch. The first period was drawing to a close with the Zombies up 1.

Then the Gold got a break. Jeff took a center ice turnover off the stick of CEO Kilroy and went hard into the Zombie zone. Harried by George first he kept barrelling toward the net with Valenti closing. Brian went down, and Jeff shot through him as Valenti caught him with a cross check that sent all concerned into the net… Marc, Jeff and Brian (who got the worst of it) in a heap just after the clunk of the puck in the back of the net. Valenti for a rough, Jeff for the goal, unassisted, and all even after one.
The Second period was an even-steven grind it out for chances affair straight up. Both teams had strong chances. Both keepers made solid stops. Both teams worked hard trying to gain an advantage. The Gold had a larger share of the chances, especially in the second half of the period. We went to the third with the Gold pressing, the Zombies scrambling to get something going, and the game still tied.
The game would turn again less than a minuet into the third. The Gold took the faceoff into the Red zone, and DWH fed Kevin down low. Parker threw it at the net from the side angle, looking for someone in front, and the shot sneaks through and gives the Schlitz their first lead of the game with 16:21 remaining.
The Red frustration would start to show as George took a whistle for knocking Ken down a minute and a half later. The Schlitz couldn’t capitalize on the power play as the Red did a great job keeping the puck out of their own end. They would continue to get chances but OEJ was having none of it. The Gold held tough and did some more knocking on the door of their own with Brian up to the task as the game got late.
Greg James would go to the box at 3:05 and the Red looked like they would have their chance to tie it late. The Cans were up to the task and after a few anxious moments and a few good chances by the Zombies, they were able to kill the penalty. Just as the time ran out on the James penalty Mike Hammitt took a turnover of his own and fired it into the empty net for the game sealer with :30 seconds on the clock. Game over.
A really good matchup, well played by both sides. Lots of effort out there from everyone. Once again management wants to thank Guest GM Mike Campbell for coming through in the lineup department. This was an excellent way to start off the summerdaveur season.
Big Kudos also go out to our significant fandom that was in full effect last night. The Capraro Crew and the Slate family were there, to cheer on both dads and their teams. Thanks for coming out boys and girls. Thanks also to Moms Kerry and Danielle for making the trek and bringing the kiddos.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Guest GM Mike Campbell for a great matchup

2nd Star: DWH for superior defensive and offensive play and the assist on the game winner.

1st Star: Kevin Parker for the game winner. Nothing pretty, but it won the game. Great job.

Honorable Mention: CEO Matt Kilroy for providing the tasty pizzas. Thank's Matt!

Overheard in the parking lot 1:
“I don’t think the bag of cheetos was really a good choice for pregame.”
“Yeah.. I kind of underestimated the nastyness of the cheeto-belches…”
Overheard in the parking lot 2:
“That stuff’s all chemicals, it can’t be good for you.”

“Think of all the sperm I’m killing.”
“Are you kidding? Your wife’s gone all month, you’re going to be killing sperm for weeks.”
“Well…what’s your excuse? I mean, your wife doesn’t travel.”
“Good point.”

Some of the crew met for pre-game... but no beers. Nice to see that everyone got there early for a 7pm game.

Pizza courtesy of CEO Kilory and Zorba's!

Dr. Pounds Aircraft party shirt was a hit.

Tuesday Campbelldaveur! Early Game!

Schlitz (2) vs Cadavers (3)

Tuesday June 3

Canton 7:00pm

Time for the first Schlidaveur of the Summer Season. Double check that game time and get your excuse ready for the boss... we need everyone to show for gametime. I'm sure there will be stragglers... but you wouldn't want the game decided while you weren't there... helping out your team... would you? I didn't think so.

The Cads clearly are looking for some bounce back after taking a severe thrashing in the frist two games of the year. While the Suds look to keep the winning momentum. We'll just see how it all shakes out.

Guest GM Mike Campbell, while not in attendance for the game, has chosen the teams... so any complaints can be directed to him personally. Just kidding. Looks like Mike has cooked up some interesting rosters. So be ready and lets get the smack talk going in the comments.

Here are the rosters. See you Tuesday night!

Cadavers

Matvey Nikhamik, Larry Bell
Jim Sullivan, Mark Reynolds
Michael Jasse, Blake Underhill
Scott Pounds, Matt Kilroy
Pete Capraro,

George Moorachian
Marc Valenti,
William Pearlman

Brian Carey in Net

Schlitz
Roman Kurin, Chris Fosdick
Kevin Parker, Ijosh Greenstein
Mike Hammitt, Ken Goldenberg
Dan Gregson, Chuck Slate
Dan Herbert
Greg James
Jeff Fosdick

OEJ in Net

Don't forget to bring a cold beverage for after the game if you are interested or a tasty treat!

Freeze Ice Cads. Cads meltdown!

Cadavers(2) vs Deep Freeze

Sunday June 1
Canton 10:20pm

10-1 loss.



Wow. Another stinker, but this time at the hands of an opponent we know so well. By all accounts this one was a true trainwreck. Looks like the Freeze has done some considerable upgrading in the offseason. A fresh looking set of Uniforms and some considerably decent looking talent upgrades wearing those new sweaters. They had a number of guys who could produce... and apparently did.

Not much on the glory side for the Cads. They open the season 0-2 and 21-3 goals against vs scored. Yeeesh. This one ended with a scene, and Miss Lizzy letting the frustration get to her as she completed thermonuclear meltdown in the waning seconds. But, alas the Blogger was not in attendance. That being said... I'll now turn it over to a pair of Sharp Guest Bloggers...
First up Doctor M. Jasse will make the rounds and brief you on the debacle.

There was a moment in Apollo 13 when Ed Harris’ character, Director of Flight Operations Gene Krantz, after hearing a litany of issues (lack of oxygen, surplus of carbon dioxide, broken heat shield) had to look at in another way;
“Let’s look at this in terms of status. What do we have on the spacecraft that’s good?”
To that end, we had a respectable 4th period.
These were not your father’s Deep Freeze.
They had the usual suspects: hard skating #8 and girly girl #9 (whatever you do don’t get near me b/c I’m special) but they had some additions that could lift this team out of the bottom feeder status of D league. #’s 11, 92 and 94 all could play and all figured in the scoring.
For the CADs:
Josh centered Chuck and Jasse while Roman centered Gregson and Pounds.
DWH, Parker, George and Elliot were the D and our gal Lizzy in between the pipes.

Things started out well as we took it to them the first part of the 1st. Josh ended up scoring nothing short of a brilliant goal after DWH crisp pass from the D zone sent him on a breakaway where he would have drawn a penalty (is there a mauling infraction?) but he ended up scoring from his backside right before he went crashing into the boards. Truly, a Sports Center Top 10 highlight.

Jasse was awarded a penalty shot after getting slashed on the wrist at the tail end of a breakaway. The good Dr. unfortunately added to his breakaway futility by going wide on the penalty shot making him an unofficial 0 for 19 on breakaways/PS in his NESHL career. The horror.


We stayed w/ them for a bit then a turnover in our D zone led to a goal that Ken Dryden couldn’t have stopped.
Then the floodgates opened and opened wide.
To take a line from Dennis Miller’s act: "We got stomped like a narc at a biker rally."
We couldn’t get it out of our zone and when we did we generated nary an offensive opportunity (until maybe the 3rd when we were all playing with a simmering rage).
Penalties:
George had 2 roughing minors (one he came with/in a 3 foot radius of girly #9)
Kevin had a roughing with #11 after #11 dropped in directly from B league and ringed one of the crossbar in the 3rd. Kevin, with eyes as wide as saucers and dripping with sarcasm asked,
“Gee wiz, can you sign my puck?”.
Things got a little testy before the two combatants were in the box b/c the typically mild mannered Doc Jasse questioned the fighting ability of the Freeze's #11 and then proceed to get into a spat with #8. The verbal gymnastics ended when Jasse, with a tip of the zinger cap to Jeff Fosdick, questioned #8 why he had ‘cock breath’.
Scott Pounds had a run in with the Freeze’s keeper (apparently, Billy Smith came out of retirement to chip a few more ankles).

The game ended with Lizzy going ballistic on #9 and having to be restrained by her mates.
Beer Gods: Jasse, IJosh, Scotty Pounds with the Mike’s Hard Lemon
Oh...boy. Nice work on the recap Doc. Lets hear from another regular... iJosh with another Guest Blog.

Things Heat Up with the Freeze.
I would like to say that things were all good at good ol Canton. But I would be lying. So the night started tough with only 7 skaters in the locker room as the zamboni hit the ice. DWH would show with enough time to dress before the game would begin, leaving us with a strong 8 to start. On D were: George, DWH and Matt Elliott. Playing forward was: Jassman, iJosh, Scott, Roman and Chuck.
As the first began it was obvious that the Freeze learned from their past experience with us, that the best way to beat us is to play with people who clearly don't belong playing down to our level. So needless to say the Freeze have added some talent in the off-season. Regardless, the Dead in Red started the game with some energy. Early in the first period, DWH would send a puck up to a moving iJosh who would skate up on a 1 on 2, get hit and put the puck in the net. 1-0 Cadavers. But not before George would pick up a penatly while tussling with their resident bitch (more about that later). Gregson and Parker would then enter the game at forward and defense, respectively to give us an even 10 for the night.
Later in the period the Freeze would tie it up and then with only seconds left in the 1st period net another one to make it 2-1 after 1.
Entering the 2nd period it was obvious that the Dead had to work smarter and harder else it the team would be six feet under before too long.
Once again Hammitt, I mean Campbell, I mean George would exit the game while taking a Frozen Opponent with him. This time #8. Both for roughing. Jasse later got hit with a good lead pass and headed on a breakaway. He would be slashed from behind and awarded a penalty shot.
Starting at center ice, Jasse would pick up the puck and head toward the goal, he deked twice and made his shot as it went wide left. Fast forwarding to the end of the 2nd it was deja vous again as the Freeze would score with less than a second left on the clock. So the 2nd would end with the Freeze leading 6-1 (yes I said we are fast forwarding because it was just too damned horrible).
Now things would heat up. George had already gotten to some of the players in black and blue. But this time it would be Parker who would scuffle with an opponent and leave the ice with matching minors. As the Freeze piled up goals with for more in the 3rd, including a natural hat trick by #11, the resident chick on the Freeze had some not so kind words for Lizzie. This prompted Liz to start yelling back at her. Just before the puck dropped, Liz skated toward the girl, but stopped as play resumed. Once the game ended, Lizzie went into a verbal assault of Mrs. Freeze and then dropped the gloves and headed to the Freeze bench.
George screamed at Gregson to stop her, but she was already past him.
Luckily someone got to her just as she got to the bench, but that did not stop the colorful language flowing from the mouth of sweet little Lizzie. This would be followed by someone in the balcony (I can only assume it was her dad) screaming at the team from his high perch.
So the end result was a 10-1 loss (according to the scoresheet, but I don't remember that many goals) and a night to talk about.
Lizzie would calm down in the 4th period with a few beers as we at least beat them there. Beverages provided by Dr. Pounds, iJosh and Jasse.
Ok. So that sounds like an interesting evening. I really only have this to say....



We get a group Cooning on that one. Yep. The Coon of Shame makes a comeback and is decked out in his full Cadavers jersey (and goalie equipment) and is chuckling to himself today. We certainly didn't coverourselves in glory on that one.


Regardless... we may not have won the game with a stacked squad given the talent. It remains to be seen wether they play with these guys for a whole season... and you know we'll be seeing them again... probably more than twice... so we'll need to take some notes and be prepared for the next time we go up against the Freeze. Be aware...

Don't forget its Campbelldavuertime tomorrow night... EARLY! I'll post the rosters this afternoon.