Zombies Defeat Sparta!

Cadavers (2) vs Spartans

Thursday October 9th

UMass 10:30pm

3-1 Win!

Alright, alright. Here we are with another season underway and another series of quality Guest Blog appearances from our Man on the Scene iJosh! He is on the case with a red-hot wrap up of last night's action at the prison by the bay. So without further ado.... here's iJosh:

So we returned to the hell hole that is: UMasscrack, The Prison By the Bay, UMalcatraz. Some people parked far away, some paided the $6 to park even though the gates closed in 5 minutes. A few just ignored the toll takers and lived to tell about it.

This was Kenny D's first time at the beloved rink and his comment simply was: "This place is a $%!(hole".

We dressed as the Sitniks played to a 2-0 win just prior to us. So with Matvey and Roman double shifting with the two teams, that would leave us with full squad of 13.

The defense would throw out: Valenti with Pearlman and Daley with Matt Elliot.

The offense would run with: Jasse, Kilroy, Capraro; iJosh, Matvey, Roman; Chris F, Gregson, Kenny D.

The first period would see the Dead in Red have numerous chances and pretty much control the play. But despite the strong chances there would be no spoils to show. Though Marc Valenti would attempt to break the record for quickest penalty ever with a trip in the first shift at 0:59. The penalty kill would play nearly flawlessly. The Spartans could not get off a decent shot the entire kill.

Into second we go. The first shift would see some good pressure on the Spartan's goaltender, who played extremely well all night. But extremely well isn't perfect and the Skating Zombies would take advantage of that. At 0:51 of the 2nd period, Roman would take the puck to the corner. He would eventually pass up to the point to Billy Pearlman who skated in close to the net and sent a pass/shot across the crease. It would land on iJosh's stick and he would tuck it home for a 1-0 Cadavers lead.

Pearlman would not be done with his offensive pressure. In his next shift he would take a pass at the high slot and slap it toward the net where it would ring post to post and out. Roman would do the same from the right side of the net as it bounced off the post and away. The rebound would go to the left side and collected by the Spartans. But Billy would skate over and take the puck away from him skate across the ice and bury the puck into the net for a 2-0 Zombie lead.

Mike Daley would get caught trying to take a puck away from the Green, only to have him miss and take the guys legs out. So end result, 2nd penalty for the Dead. Penalty kill, again, was strong. The Red did not let the Green get any strong chance. The Green would mount a couple of strong chances, just not on the penalty and "Dr. No", Brian Carey would have none of it.

The last period would see a breakdown. Billy Pearlman would cough up the puck near mid-ice where the Spartans would collect and go on a breakaway. This one just could not be stopped by Brian as he was just left out to dry. Sorry Brian. But the Dead would pick themselves up and dust themselves off. But not before losing a player. Kenny would land on the ice and take a knee to the chest. Despite trying to tough it out for a couple of shift, he just could not go on. Hopefully it is not too bad. So we would finish the game with 2 centers and 3 sets of wings. Before long, Mike Daley would pass off to Matt Elliot who would catch a streaking Roman up the ice with a perfect pass. Roman skated in and beat the Spartan goaltender on a nice little deke to make it 3-1 Cads.

The Spartans would pick up the pace and put some more pressure on Brian. Some bad decisions would lead to some good chances for them. But again, the Doctor said No. iJosh would get beat on the right side of the net and would get called for the hook. This PK was no different than the others. Just no real changes for the opponent. So after the Green took their timeout and pulled their keeper, they would try to mount one last ditch effort. The Cadavers stood their ground and prevented any real pressure from the Green.

Final Score: 3-1 Cadavers

Honor Roll:
3rd Star: Roman for having a 2 point night even though he played 2 games in a row.
2nd Star: Billy Pearlman for his defense a goal and an assist. Though he gets down graded from 1st to 2nd for "assisting" on the Green goal.
1st Star: You want him in that net. You need him in that net. And he's rather that you just said "Thank you" or go on your way....Brian Carey.

4th Period would be rather subdued due to it being UMass and all. But a few diehards stuck around and had one, if only to celebrate the 40th Birthday on one CEO and now old fart, Matt Kilroy.

Overheard in the "locker room": Sitnik player: Roman playing with you too? He's a tool.

Overheard in the parking lot:
Person A: Your rod hockey team name was the "Rodfathers"? That sounds like a gay porno. Rodfathers: Maybe a regular porno.
Person B: No it sounds like gay porn.

Great job iJosh! See you all next week at the 'daveur!