Mattdaveur ends All Tied Up!

Schlitz (6) vs Cadavers (4)
Monday October 27
Bavis Arena 10:10pm


3-3 Tie




This one had it all folks. A truly competitive Daveur very similar to the last one we played. The rosters for this one were set by CEO BMF Matt Kilroy and Power Forward Matt Elliot to make this one the MATTDAVEUR. Excellent job by both guys assembling teams from the available rosters. Kilroy did a fine job insuring he would have some Stout D in front of him as he would be in the pipes for the Dead in Red when we took the ice.

Here is the roster breakdown.

Schlitz

Brian in Net

D1: Valenti, Pearlman

D2: Jeff, Carl

O1: Chris, Elliot, Jasse

O2: Daley, Ken, Matvey (Parker rotated)

Cadavers

Matt in Net

D1: Campbell, DWH

D2: George, James

Offense: iJosh, Nelson, Roman, Chuck, Reynolds,

Scott, Gregson, Capraro, Blake

The game was off and running to a solid start and the teams "felt each other out". The Skating Beercans would test CEO Kilroy early and often... but they didn't count on 1 thing. CEO Kilroy was not only ready and willing, he was able to turn aside anything the 'cans threw at him in that first period. He flashed the glove, he made a kick save, he jumped on rebounds. The Blogger is here to tell you friend...it was a sight to behold. The Schlitz would have some chances but no promised land to start the game.

The Cads and the Suds would both get power play opportunities in that first period. Greg James from the Dead in Red would go first for a slash but the Suds would do nothing with the man advantage, thanks mostly to excellent D play by the remaining Zombies. In fact the Zombies killed the penalty so well they would score on a rush while down a man. Nelson Sharfman would pop one by Brian with an assist from Chuck Slate to put the Red up 1-0. Nice work guys. Before the end of the period Marc Valenti would exit for the Suds courtesy of a hooking call but the Cads wouldn't score. End of one, 1-0 Red.

Well the Golden suds finally solved the Riddle of Kilroy and Chris Fosdick potted one from Jasse and Matvey a few minutes into the period. The Suds felt good, but the feeling was short lived. The Red would start to take a few penalties. Naturally Mike Campbell was first on the list, doing his best "slide into second and take out the thrower" when he sent Jeff sprawling in the neutral zone. Of course this was the Zombies plan all along because while shorthanded the scored again. This time Greg James took a pass from Roman (wait let me say that again... pass from Roman... hmm why does that sound so strange?) and shot a LASER from the point that beat Brian and put the Red up 2-1. The Gold were shaking their heads but still pressed on trying to get something going against Kilroy. Matvey would take a high stick call but the Red only were scoring shorthanded that night so there was no goal.

The Red would continue a trend when Mark Reynolds would go off for slashing Jeff, then George would go later (no scoring on either power play) for an interference, knocking Jeff to the ice... hey wait a second... is there a trend here? Bastards. Anyway... thats how the second ended with the Cads still up 2-1.

The third was more of a momentum shift back the other way... but only to a point. The Gold would have a bit of a revival. Kevin Parker would put one home past Kilroy on a feed from Matvey to tie the game. The Red would then counter as Mark Reynolds would put them back on top unassisted (breakaway?). But the Gold wouldn't slow down. Shifting hard and playing harder the Gold would work to break the tough Red D and finally broke through again, tying the game with only about 6 minutes left to play.
This was a great goal from Ken Goldenberg, right in front scooping up a rebound picking his spot an putting it past Matt. Credit Matvey and Parker with the hard working assists. The Gold was feeling great about their chances. Even better when usually quiet and unassuming Dr. Pounds puts the hammer down on Billy Pearlman at the top of the Red zone. I mean dropped him.... astounding... its always the quiet ones that surprise you. There was nothing doing though as the Red successfully killed the penalty then as time went under 5 minutes the momentum was stopped.

Billy would go off for a hold... but it was a delayed penalty... while the red tried to play keep away the zebras got Bill for another one, this time a slash and called a double minor against him that would put the Gold down for almost the rest of the game. The Red would have a few chances but were unable to get anything past Brian.

At some point in these closing minutes there was a tremendous collision between Marc Valenti and Greg James who collided leg to leg then flew spectacularly into the air in a Matrix-Like display rotating away from each other. They would both land on the ice shaken but thankfully unhurt. It was quite a sound.

Ultimately the story was that the Gold surge was stopped, and this one would end with a very hard fought tie.
Great job by everyone.... sorry the blog was so late (only about a week...) but the blogger needs to make sure he stays employed from time to time.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Matvey Nikhamik. A three assist night Matvey figured in all of the Gold's scoring. A strong night for the always reliable Russian. Nice to have it show on the scoresheet. Way to play it hard Matvey.

2nd Star: With a tremendous game and the game tieing goal for the Gold. Ken Goldenberg. Big night for Ken as he was standing up to the (tall, large, fast) Red Defensemen all night. Taking on Campbell at one point undaunted. Nice for him to finish off with a sweet goal. Great work Ken.

1st Star: Has to be the CEO BMF Hisownbadself Matt Kilroy. A shutout in the first and a hard fought tie really showed how well he has improved in the pipes. Matt was able to get into the game rythem in the first making a handfull of good solid saves early. Great work down the stretch. Always Team First... Matt Kilroy. Nice job.