Zombies Bring Down Sputnix

Cadavers (8) vs Sitniks
Tuesday November 25
Canton 10:20pm

8-6 Win!



Oh baby this was a good one. A wild west style shootout with the Zombies and Ruskies going back and forth all night. Just like a cold war spy novel this one had twists and turns, handsome guest players, and plenty of "competitive escalation" on the ice.
There was some good pregame anticipation as we got ready to face off against our teammates and friends Roman and Matvey and their comrades. The Zombie locker room was a bit on the light side before game time when this guy/kid pokes his head into the room and says this:
"Do you guys need skaters? I was supposed to play for them but they have too many guys."
Jeff looked around the room, counted to 8 and said. "No problem." The kid (in shape and had the look of a ringer) said he knew someone on the 'niks and he had asked him along. No problem. So in an ironic turn of Glastnost... or would it be Peristrokia... the Sputniks held true to thier communtist manifesto and "spread the wealth" just enough to help thier opponents (us) out. Thanks commrades.
The kid... Tyler Mather turns out to be awesome. Not very tall but other than that he could skate, stickhandle, shoot, and pass with the best of 'em. He was a nice addition considering that there were plenty of new recruits in the Sputnik lineup that would have made the game a much more difficult experience had we not had our talent infusion.
The Dead in Red ended up with 12 total. Larry and Mather (wearing #1) centering 3 sets of wings. iJosh and Parker, Jasse and Jeff, Dr.Pounds and Mitch. The D was ably manned by DWH and Capt. George, and Hammitt and Valenti. Lizzy in the pipes.
The game was fast paced. Lots of stuff going on all over the ice at both ends. Lizzy was spot on through the early going.
The Flying Purple Satillites would strike first netting one at 8:36 in the first after a long scramble in the Cads end. They had broken through for the game's first blood and Team Zombie knew they had their work cut out... extra help or no.
DWH would strike with a great shot after a beauty of a rush up ice just 2 minutes later. Dan and George were really flying out there covering lots of ground against the rushing Russians. The Zombies would strike again with 3 minutes left in the first. This time Parker on the feed from #1. This was a hard cycle down low and a nice finish (gritty) from Parker. Larry would go for a hook late in the period but it was killed. 2-1 Cads after 1.
Good things kept happening for the Dead as Parker would score again (unassisted) at the start of the second. Niffty #1 would put another one in at the 10 minute mark and things were really looking good for the Cads. They were up 4-1 and the Russians were frustrated. Of course... the Sputniks had us right where they wanted us. The penalty bug would bite again, as it always does, in the second, when Parker went for a rough at 8:03. The Purple Satillites would score 20 seconds in to make it 4-2.
Then came the avalanche. The Cosmonauts would score THREE more times in the next 4 minutes of playing time to lead the game 5-4 with just under 3 minutes left in the period. There was no question a visible let down on the Red side as things just fell apart at the seams. The Purple were getting good shots and taking the game right to us winning battles.
The tide would be stemmed by the Red getting back on track with a great shift from iJosh and Parker and Nifty#1. They would do some hard work cycling and the play would go iJosh to Mather to Parker and in the net. Parker with the natural hat-trick, and well deserved. 5-5 after 2 exhausting periods.
The blogger is here to tell you there was definitely some Zombie Pride in the house as the teams took to the third. Everyone was tired. Nobody let up and we really finished strong. At the end of the first shift in the third Jeff would pick up a puck that Valenti kept in at the point and went through a defender to the net. He kept going and managed to get off a shot that found its way home and the Dead were back in front in the early going.
Another 7 minutes of hard work later Dan With Hands would take a nice feed from #1 in the slot and did like a turn around backhand thing (I think...) that put the Red ahead by two 7-5. Not enough can be said about the work of the D corps, DWH on the board with 2 and a bunch of play breaks, George covering lots of ground, and Hammit making some nice plays. Marc was probaly just happy he didn't have to deal with Jeff as his D partner for the night. Great work by all of 'em.
The game would have one more twist as the Sputniks would score with under a minute left to make the last 30 seconds interesting. Lizzy once again made some just terrific saves in the closing seconds as the russians buzzed around the net.
The game ended with (appropriately) our sub Mather landing the empty net with 3 seconds remaining to end the game 8-6. He gave a tremendous contribution all night with this legs and hands moving the play or stopping it when we needed to. We told him he could come back any time. (like when he's home on vacation again from St.Mikes...)
Game Stars
3rd Star: DWH with 2 nice goals and lots of plays on both ends. Breaking up plays or starting a rush, then finishing it, he had great contributions all night.
2nd Star: Parker with the hat trick, and probably an assist somewhere in there and just tough Neelyesque play all night. Great work.
1st Star: Who else but Tyler Mather the Young Gun, number 1, our able substitute that was very nearly skating for the other side... glad to have you skate with us. Come back anytime. Thanks.

Suds sunk by Lobsters in slugfest....

Schlitz (10) vs Lobsters
Monday November 24
BU 10:20pm

8-1 loss


Wow strange stories coming back from this one. The Lobsters seem to have improved themselves greatly recently and we've had a few feisty matchups with the new girls and unfortunately we have not been on the good side of the final score. First game we lost. The second time we earned a hard fought tie. This one was similar to the first beat down but offered some extra curriculars that weren't so prevalent in the first meeting.
I'm going to let our gal in the pipes Lizzy take this one with a few "colorful" comments on how this one went down.
Here's Lizzy:

" I am sure there will be lots of guest bloggers today, b/c last nights game was like a circus of fairies...Well I used to play against the lobsters alot a few years ago and the were nothing like they way they are now, they used to be a like really friendly team. Now they are like the whiniest and dirtiest team. They played real chippy, yet they were still able to draw penalties every 2 mins. Aside from that they whine to the ref every 2 secs. Its like shut the f up.

From a goalie p.o.v the first period was pretty even, 2 goals scored in the last few mins of the first period and they were truly fluke goals, one was a like a pass and one fell out of my glove on a one on one. However the lobsters, were already playing dirty, by crashing the net, and diving, and using their stick to hook, trip etc. But only we were getting penalties.

Mike and Greg played great d together and continued to do so. In the second period the lobsters took it up a notch and scored three more goals, which were for the most part quality. We scored on goal and it was by Mike D. I think. It was a really nice goal. Mike C. had a beautiful end to end attempt to score and Roman came pretty close to scoring to.

The third period was the worst though. The Refs were constantly favoring the lobsters and we had penalties like every two min's. Again, the lobsters were diving and playing dirty. At one point Matvey got crossed check in the head from behind, I could see it clearly, as could my mom who was in the stands.
The lobsters scored three more goals one which, went in by them just crashing in to the net and pushing the puck in. My finger got skated over and I was pissed so as, the game came to an end they crashed the net again so I told them to chill the f out b/c the score was 8-1. So number 15 I think said "take a tampon you bitch" So, I thought carefully about what to say and I decided to call him a c**k sucker as not to discriminate, but I also used another c word to in my anger.
There was a penalty shoot after this because a girl on the other team got hooked, and the ref said he felt obligated to call a penalty.(?)

Then with only seconds left in the game Kenny fought back when he got pushed and a fight ensued. Kenny was on the ground at on point and who he had a couple of lobsters on him. I don't know who jumped in but people jumped in to help. the fight got broken up and the game was over. Most of the Lobsters left without shaking hands. I know the refs from work so they spoke to me about the game and said they had to give me some "paperwork" for the game. This was the funniest part it was like some suspension paper for Greg...and they were like this is official, and they told me to give the paper to Greg, they were trying to be serious but they new it was funny too...It was so funny. "

Wow. Thanks Liz! That was an EXCELLENT guest blog appearance. Nicely done, especially on your first try. The blogger thanks you. Too bad the game didn't work out the way we like it...
The day after this game the blogger was cc'd on a sent document from Greg protesting his written 2 game suspension. While there is plenty of humor there... none intentional... I dont feel obliged to share it just yet... lets see how his "hearing" with the league goes... if there ever is such a thing.
The story that the bogger heard is this. Newcomer Kenny Douville was taking some heat from one of the shellfish. He didn't like what the dude/dudette was sellin' so he had a few words in the face for him. This guy turned around and gave Kenny a good working over. Apparently Ken was not getting doing well as the scuffle went on and on with the refs making no attempt to stop it. Greg, being the standup guy that he is, came to his teammates aid rather than watching him have his head caved in.
Greg's description fell along the "I tried to restrain the fighting players...." in the parking lot last night after the Cads game I heard something along the lines of "then Greg flying tackles the guy beating on Douville..." As far as the blog is concerned these are the same thing. Good work Greg... that is unless the league upholds the suspension in which case Schlidaver management frowns upon your hooliganism.... at least that would be our official stance.
Please... Please feel free to comment to help out the blog to rough out the scene from Monday night. Anything you have to add will be welcome. Even if you shellfish are reading... come on and tell your side too.

Standby...

The blogger apologises.

He has to catch up on posts from this week.

Here's the fast and dirty.

A loss 8-1 on monday against the lobsters

and a rousing 8-6 win over the Sputniks on Tuesday.

The blogger promises to catch up soon.

More on the whining Blues captain later too...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

Tonight vs. Lobsters @ BU!

LOBSTERS VS SCHLITZ
Mon, Nov 24, 2008
BU 10:10 PM

Team. Just an updated roster for those playing tonight.

Lets get a W out there tonight.... and someone remember the scoresheet.

Oh... but dont beat them too badly, maybe thier captain might start whining like a bitch to Paul, like the Blues captain did after we smoked them last week. Gotta watch out now that we have so many "ringers" on the roster. I know, I know... I can't believe it either.

Anyway here is your big Suds vs. Lobs roster.

Roman, Matvey, Campbell, Larry, Gregson,

Elliot, Greg James, Chuck, Mark R,

Mike F, Mike D, Blake U, Ken D,

Lizzie in Goal

Rosters Stats and stuff...

Team. We have a couple of games coming up at the beginning of next week.

Here are your Rosters for those games.

LOBSTERS VS SCHLITZ

Mon, Nov 24, 2008

BU 10:10 PM

Roman, Matvey, Ijosh, Ken G, Stefan, Gregson, Dan H, Elliot, Kevin, Mark R, Mike F, Mike D, Ken D

Goal TBD

SITNIKS VS CADAVERS

Tue, Nov 25, 2008

CANTON 10:20 PM

Campbell, Nelson, Jeff, Scott, Larry, Jasse, Hammitt, Greg J, Blake, Marc V, Chuck, Carl

Goal TBD

Also we have a stats update from the early part of the season. The Cads have played 7 and the Schlitz have played 9. This includes the 3 'daveurs so far this season. Both teams are 1-1-1 in the three 'daveurs which is nice and even.

The Cads are treading water at 3-2-2

The Schlitz are sinking at 2-6-1

Remember everyone makes the playoffs for winter season so there is no need to panick. Of course it would be nice to get both teams to .500 or better by the end, but we won't get greedy. That may be a tall task for the Schlitz regardless.

Now... for your scoring leaders.

Kurin, Roman GP8 G6 A3 Total: 9 Pts PPG 1.125
Bell, Larry GP7 G6 A2 Total: 8 PPG 1.143
Nikhamik, Matvey GP7 G2 A5 Total: 7 PPG 1.000
Sharfman, Nelson GP7 G2 A4 Total: 6 PPG 0.857
Daley, Mike GP8 G2 A3 Total: 5 PPG 0.625
Greenstein, Josh GP9 G2 A3 Total: 5 PPG 0.556
Moorachian, George GP8 G1 A3 Total: 4 PPG 0.500

There are ten players that have 3 points...

Including Ken Goldenberg with 3 goals (better than most of that list above...).

Also keep in mind that OSW (the original stat whore Larry) had 4 goals in the Clinic game, while the NSW (new stat whore Roman) had 3 in that game. Take those away and things would look much different...eh?

Also notable are steady veterans Nelson, Matvey, and iJosh making solid contributions as always. Likewise its nice to see Daley and Capt. George in there making a run at it. Should be an interesting season for sure.

Here's your penalty leaders.

Larry 5

Valenti 4

iJosh, George, and Campbell with 3

Matvey, Pearlman, and Reynolds with 2

The pic at left was a favorite last year... just figured I'd throw her in this week.

Orange Whips Whip the Blues Black and Blue (figuratively)

Schlitz (9) vs Blues

Monday November 17th

BU 10:20pm

5-0 win for Schlitz

We are going to Jumpin George Moorachian for a stellar Guest Blog apperance in just a second but the early responders had some nice short and sweet comments about this one.

Dan Gregson with this quick recap: "4-0 shutout win. I shit you not.
Lizzy made some good saves to keep it going.
DWH had a nice fake shot deke on a breakaway like on NHL 92 on Sega GOAL!
Stefan had a nice wrap around that went in and out but was put back in by Dailey I think. I don't know if the refs saw it go in initially on the wrap around.
I had a lay up rebound from Dailey and Elliott. The other goal was either Matvey or Chuck I'm sure they will tell you. The Ice was terrible. We had it in our offensive end for a big portion of the game. Great game by the D blocking shots getting a stick on almost all shots that were incoming."

Stephan Wennik encapsulated the night with these two words: "Lizzy ROCKED!!!!!"

Matvey chimed in with some words too: "Very good game in all phases, except for a couple of breakdowns – Lizzy was there to save us. We generated lot of pressure in their zone. Nice breakouts from our zone. D did a great job jumping on the shooters, not letting them to get many shots off.
Game star for the whole team!"

Now we go to Georgie for the full story. Great work on the ice and at the keyboard this week. Hell, he even outshines the blogger this week given that he's written his post about the correct team. Here's George:

From the start we had a solid 12 skaters show.
The lines were:
On D, you won't find a more solid line up consisting of D1-DWH paired up with Stefan, and D2-Capt George with Marc Valenti
Centers were Mike Daley and Roman.
Wing pairs: 1-Chuckie and Matvey, 2-Danny G. and Mattie E., 3-Kenny Douville and Fitzie
And our gal Lizzy "the puck stops here" DeFlurin

Before the game began I think were all expecting a good game from the Blues. They usually play us tough. But other than a couple of odd man rushes, which Lizzy shut down, Schlitz handled the Blues, seemingly with little effort. Throughout the course of the game the Gold's defense didn't allow many shots, routinely breaking up plays, beating the Blues to the puck, and clearing the zone. Of course there was some excellent back checking, specifically from our speedy centers, Daley and Roman. Solid two-way play, guys. In the Blues end we cycled the puck like I've
never seen before, beating the Blues to the puck, digging in the corners, moving the puck around, and using the points. The forwards were making it happen and skating hard. We applied the pressure like I haven't seen a long time.

Ok. Here's scoring as I remember it, aided by having the score sheet in front of me. Some time during the 1st period, the ice breaker, and as it turns out the game winner, was score on an unassisted end to rush of Schlitz's version of Paul Coffey... DWH. DWH moved around the Blues like that were stationary cones, and once getting to the goalie, brought the puck to his forehand faking the shot, faking the goalie out of his jock, and then bringing the puck to his backhand and putting it away. Sweet moves! The 2nd period would prove to be when the Golden Beer Cans
applied their offensive might, scoring 3 more goals. 2nd goal of the game was after some hard work by Daley, and the Blues goalie leaving a rebound in front of him. Matvey sitting on the doorstep, gathered the puck, and like a true goal scorer, with composure brought the puck to
his forehand and slid the puck between the goalie and right post.
Admittedly I don't recall exactly what happened for the 3rd goal of the game. But, the score sheet says it was Daley assisted by Stefan. Of course the way the Daley and Stefan skated all game, it's only fitting that they figured in the scoring.

4th goal worked out just how I like to see it. Mattie Elliot working hard, as he had done all game, arranged to have puck find it's way to the Blues goal crease. And I was happy to see Gregson, who had set up a camp site there, collect the puck and beat goalie near-side... Nothing but net. That would be all for the 2nd period. But, the Orange Whips weren't done scoring. We had a bit more to do in the 3rd. Of course for the final goal of the game, we would employed the assistance of one of the Blues defensemen. The score sheet says the goal was scored by Chuckie from Matvey. But, these guys were working hard and eventually the puck found its way to the front of the net, only to be redirected by the skate of a Blues defensemen... Five-hole and into the net.

That's how the scoring would end, 5-0 shutout.
We only had 1 penalty in the game. Chuckie got caught for slashing, and had to go to the box for 1:30 minutes... By himself... Then he went free.
A few more game notes:
First of all let me say it was a solid performance all around for the boys (and gal) in Gold. I had very little to complain about our play... And you all know that's a lot coming from Capt George. When we got to the locker room, after the game I asked Lizzy how many shots she thinks saw. She said 2. I think she stopped more than that. But, I guarantee that she didn't see more than 10 shots on net. But, Lizzy stopped the ones that counted... All of them. Great job! Great shutout!!!

Now for my individual player accolades:
Daley was getting after it all night. Skating hard and making plays.
Roman played some of the best hockey I've seen from him. He was skating hard, back checking, covering for the pinching D, heads-ups passing, and even the smart pass to the point on occasion. Great two-play from both of our centers.
The rookie wing pair of Fitzie and Kenny D (Not be confused with Kenny G... He plays for the Blues.) skated with a never say die attitude. I don't think I saw their legs stop moving, except when they were on the bench. The didn't figure in the scoring, but they made life difficult for the Blues.
Chuckie and Matvey played well, skating hard and making plenty of scoring chances. And play after play, Matvey also demonstrated that he was excelling at the mental aspects of the game... Proper positioning, good decisions with the puck, and composure. Smart play!
Any couple of guys that played as good a game as I've seen them play was the wing pair of Gregson and Mattie E. Both of them were moving their legs, digging in the corners, and playing a huge part in the offensive zone cycling clinic we were putting on for the Blues.

OK. OK. I'm not going to call out everyone in the Defensive corps. But, the D shut down the Blues. Without shots making it to the net, it's tough to score. By and large, the Blues didn't do much in the Schlitz defensive end.
And Lizzy... Absolutely solid between the pipes. I don't need to go
into details....SHUTOUT!!!!. 'Nuff Said.

Here's my opinion on stars of the game:
3rd Star: DWH - scored the 1st goal to open the flood gates, which turned out to be the game winner. And he was part of the stellar D corps performance.
2nd Star: All 4 defensemen (Valenti, Stefan, DWH and Capt George) - Like I said earlier, when pucks don't make it to the net, you can't score.
1st Star: Lizzy - the only justification required.... SHUTOUT!!!

Wasn't much of a 4th period. Roman share a beer courtesy of a couple of Blues. And George eventually chatted with the 3 them for a few minutes. Maybe everyone was too tired from kicking Blues ass!!!!

Just a tremendous job Captain. A blogger standing ovation to all contributions this week on the ice and off, great work everyone, terrific victory... and blog.

Suds..er Cads Smoked by Rats

Cadavers (7) vs River Rats

Monday November 17th

Canton 10:40pm

8-0 loss

This one sucked.

I think Campbell mentioned in the parking lot afterward that Paul was giving us our due for having won the division 3 seasons straight. The Suds have had a tough go and havent won many games this season. Last night was no exception....except we were the Cads...

Of course the rink is on a new schedule 10:20 instead of what the website says... but the scorekeeper and refs were cool and waited unitl Brian was out there before they started the pre-game clock.

Regardless the Cads were short handed. The rest of the 'daveurs were at BU playing at the same time so this one was a little on the thin side. We started the game with 8, and Kilroy showed a few minutes into the game to make 9. The roster looked like this.

D: Campbell, Jeff, Kilroy

O: Chris, Larry, iJosh, Ken, Scott, Parker.

Aaaand thats it.

The Rats were pretty good. This club hasn't played them in a long time. It is curious that they had a losing record going into the game and played very well. They had a couple of standout players, 9, and 14 I think were very good, but the topper, clearly the best guy on the ice didn't have a number... hmmm.... just a plain white jersey. He made sure that whenever the Red got something going, it stopped in a hurry. Just for good measure he would skate it end to end and take a shot or two in case we spent any time in thier zone. It was that kind of night. I'm not calling for any "ringing" endorsements here... we dont know this team well enough... but one of these things... is clearly not like the others.

Any way. I think it was 3-0 by the time Kilroy dressed and made it out to join the team. They scored 2 more in the second, and topped it off with another 3 in the third.

There is a (VERY) small consolation that we kept them from scoring 10. They were clearly trying. Our friend without the number had many chances in the 3rd, and seemed quite eager to stick it to us repeatedly. That was nice.

Chris had the only penalty, a total bullshit call from our friend Butterball the Zebra. This was early in the game so he wanted to get his hits in before things got out of hand.

That's it. We all felt bad for Brian who didn't get a world of help back there.

The parking lot was a bit of co-miseration. Highlighted... or lowlighted as the case may be, with Parker making a Gregson in a thong reference... I'm serious... and then Larry running over his hockey bag... twice. If that doesn't tell you how the evening went... I don't know what will.

And that's just about all I've got to say about this one... other than we are playing these guys again in the coming weeks. Lets be ready.

Sheesh... edited to account for Gregson's Comment... and the fact that we skated as the Cadavers last night... I think the blogger needs to cut down on the 3 martini lunches....

Davers see Double! Two Games Tonight!

Team.

We have twin games tonight in the Ten o'clock hour. Not exactly ideal for scheduling purposes, but as Bill Belichick always says..."We just play the games as they are scheduled... it is what it is..." So hope everyone is ready and knows which rink they are headed out to.

Check the rosters below and remember it is "all hands on deck" tonight meaning we need as many skaters as we can for both teams.

Someone remember to get the scoresheet at the BU game for blog purposes. The blogger thanks you. Good luck tonight everyone.

Go Zombies.

Go Suds.

BLUES VS SCHLITZ

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

BU 10:20PM

Roman, Matvey, Stefan, Gregson, Herbert,

Elliot, George, Marc V, Chuck, Mike F,

Mike D, Ken D

Lizzy in Net

RIVER RATS VS CADAVERS

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

CANTON 10:40 PM

Campbell, Ijosh, Jeff, Ken, Chris, Scott, Matt,

Larry, Bill, Greg, Parker, Underhill

Brian in Net

Lizzy Running in the 5k Gobbler!

Team. A moment of your time for a Public Service Announcement.

Our gal in the pipes Lizzie is raising money for Best Buddies of Massachusetts by running in the Milton 5k Gobbler later this month. Of course Management here at Schlidaveur International feels very strongly about contributing to our communities and naturally are supporting Liz in her efforts.

Liz wanted me to pass these words of thanks along to the team, and to everyone who has, or has yet to, help her out. Don't hesitate to visit her page (link below) and help in any way you can. SI would like to thank Lizzie for her donation of time and effort for a good cause. Way to go!

Here's Liz:

"Thank you so much to everyone on the team for the support, encouragement, and interest the Best Buddies Race. I would also especially like to thank Schlidaveur International for the kindness to sponsor me in the race, and their very generous donation. With everyone's help I so far raised over 200 dollars!

This is the link to the web site that shows Schlidaveur International and other donations, as well as my goal BBMA Milton 5K Gobbler 2008 - General Donation Again thank you so much to everyone I greatly appreciate the help to this good cause, and if you would like to run with me you can still sign up! Lizzie"

Suds fall to El Tigre

Schlitz (8) vs Tigers
Monday November 10th
Milton Academy
9:20pm

5-2 loss


A good competitive game on Monday night against division rival the Tigers at Milton Academy. The Tigers certainly had a good turnout with at least 3 lines working the game. The Golden Beercans were a plucky nine just before Larry came through the door at the last minute to make an even ten. Larry by the way wins the "fastest dressed" award this week.
The hearty ten were as follows.
O1 iJosh, Jasse and Ken Douville
O2 Larry, Roman and Dr. Pounds
D1 George and Carl
D2 Jeff and Matt Elliot
Lizzy in net.

The game started out pretty well for the Gold and they took the play right to the Tigers in most of the opening minutes. There were a few good chances by both lines, the team got into a good rythem, and Lizzy made some good stops. However... we were not without breakdown. The Tigers made a nice rush that was met by soft D (Jeff) and the resulting breakaway shot trickled through Lizzy after hitting her. Down 1-0. The Gold continued to bring the game to the Red but another breakdown, this time a turnover deep in our end led to a quick shot right in front that made it 2-0 Cats.
Undaunted, the Gold got on the board before the close of the period when rookie Ken Douville fed iJosh with a nice set up. The keeper made the save on Josh but Dr. Jasse was in position to flick it home. The Suds were in it but down 2-1 after 1.
The second saw a familiar parade to the penalty box that often is troublesome to the team. Especially the second period. We seem to break down for part of the game. The Tigers would apply good pressure and get a bunch of good chances. Lizzy held firm and kept the game close. Then Larry took a matching penalty after exchanging a few pleasantires with a Tiger. No big deal but things became worse when George was called and went off moments later. Now down a man for only a short time Jeff would go for a slash/trip to put the suds down 2 men.
The trioca on the ice of Carl, Jasse and iJosh(?) held the cats at bay for the whole first penalty, but the Tigers would score before the end of the second penalty to go up 3-1. Thats how the second would end.
The third was a bit better from the Gold perspective at least at the start... the end, not as much. The Schlitz mounted a good attack in the early going and got some good chances and a few near misses that could have landed.
Then breaking out of our own end Jeff passed up to Larry going up the right side. Jeff continued up ice and Larry passed it back to him as they closed on the slot. Jeff fired it farside low (mostly because he was too weak to lift it) and past the goalie to make the game 3-2.
That was the end of the good times as the comeback would fall short when the penalty bug came back and there were some more breakdowns in the closing minutes. The Tigers scored one to go up 4-2 then added another garbage time tally before the clock ran down to end the game 5-2. Anyone willing to give some more clarity to that description of the end of the third (or any part of the game) is welcome. Please add a comment. I cant remember right at the moment... partly because its now Wednesday night....
Good effort by everyone

Cads Turn Up the Heat on The Lobsters

Cadavers (5) vs Lobsters
Sunday November 9th

Canton 10:30pm

3-3 Tie

A quick double up on the Lobsters meant that we had a second crack at these guys within the same week. The Suds did not fare so well against this group last week... see here... so we were hoping for a "return to form". Hell... thats probably wishfull thinking... I dont think any of us will be returning to any type of "form" any time soon... but one has to hope.

Once again the blogger turns to the trusty, stalwart work by guestblogger iJosh to bring you readers the game story on this one. I think I'm starting to like iJosh's blogs better than mine.... anyway here is iJosh and we may hear a few words from some others before the blog is through....here's Josh:

"Going into this game there was a lot of talk regarding the painful loss of the week prior. A couple of the players were noted to keep an eye out for and our expectations started out a touch low. Even for our standards. Then something odd happened. Kurt Russell barged in the locker room and told us that this was our time. If we played these guys 10 times they might win 9 of them. But not this time. Ah Kurt. If he had only predicted a win instead of not a loss. Eh, worse things have happened. So the Dead in Re..um actually. The Lobsters are red. So this night we would don the Yellow Jerseys, which apparently got the Lobster chuckling as if tonight would be a big night for them (according to Valenti this was true).
So onto the game. To start the 1st we would be a little light on Defense. We had to put a rag tag group together. That would leave us with regular Marc Valenti, occasional defender Kevin Parker and journeyman defender Matvey. The lines would eventually shape up to be: iJosh centering Roman and Mike Fitz; Nelson centering the Kenny line of Ken Mitch and Ken Douville. Early on we would get our chances. And on the 3rd shift paydirt. Nelson would slide it over to Ken D who centered it to K.Mitch who tucked it home. 1-0 Cads.

Both lines would continue to play tough. The Dead in Yellow would continually clog the lane, disrupt their skaters and get in the way. Later in the 1st, Roman would get called for unsportmanlike as he slapped a loose stick out of the way toward the boards. Usually you would think no problem. Except the Lobster was using his pincer to pick it up at the time. So Roman headed to the timeout box. The Deadcans would kill this penalty and again continued to play smart and hard. Then as the Lobsters tried to make a change they would send a puck up the boards. The puck would strike the player getting off the ice with one leg on the bench and the other dangling. Parker would stop as he assumed a penalty call. But the refs cannot count to seven.....yes there were seven Lobsters still on the ice. Their top player #16 would gather the puck and beat Lizzie as he was all alone. After griping the to ref, the response was that it never stuck the player, but trust us it was clear as day. They guy just missed it. The first would end in a 1-1 tie.

The middle period would be more of the same. Good chances, smart play and lots of hustle. Again the Kenny line would capitalize on their effort. This time it would be Nelson would would center the puck to K.Mitch would one timed the puck past the goalie. 2-1 Zombies. The lead would last toward the end of the period. But with about 2:30 left in the period, Matvey would be called for interference in the corner. The PK would play well but with only seconds left in the period, the Lobsters would get their break as the D would breakdown and let #16 skate in again and beat Lizzie for a 2-2 deadlock.
The third played almost the exact same way as the 1st two. Play was pretty hard and everyone was giving it their all. Ken D. would essentially draw a penalty on #10 by skating hard on a chase for the puck deep in the Lobster zone. He would slip in front of her and she could not really prevent herself from putting her hands up, getting the stick too high before the smashed into the boards. That would leave the Cads with a man advantage. The Cads would be unable to score. Valenti would then get called for interference. This time the PK would play well until the final seconds. An errant pass would deflect toward a Lobster as a man or two changed. This lead to the the Lobsters charging in and getting a one goal lead. 3-2 Lobsters. But then the charge was on. The Kenny line would again come through. This time Valenti would send in a shot that Nelson would collect and tuck in before landing on his back, prompting Mike F to ask if he was okay. Answer: I think so. We're just old.

The game would then have a few moments where it got chippy. While trying to set up in front of the net, #8, Lisa White, would get her stick up and catch Lizzie in the side of her neck. As Lizzie yelled, iJosh would then throw the Lobster (honestly she looked like a man, man) out of the crease. This would result in matching minors. As tempers started to get a little hot, Valenti would decide to call timeout and calm things down. This would prove to be a good move as the Cads were able to collect themselves and play good hockey. Seconds later another Lobster would find himself in hot water as he would go off for interference. The Cads were not able to take advantage. But were able to put some pressure on. As the penalties expired, one or two very close calls would almost find their way into the back of the Lobster pot. But the goalie was just quick enough to make the stops. The game would end in a 3-3 tie.

All in all a good game. If not for a couple of breakdowns, this could have been a win. But given the talent on the other team, we were proud to come away with the point. #8, Lisa White, decided not to shake hands for some reason. Maybe we can shake it before the next time we play. Or not. Don't care much. Just something to note.

Though we usually only give stars for a win. This one deserves stars:
#3 Star: Lizzie. She played well. And only got beat when the Lobsters had big advantages.
#2 Star: Gritty Old Nelson. Played hard and set the tone for his line. Not to mention the goal and two assists.
#1 Star: Ken Mitch Goldenberg. Play great positioning all night. Came away with two important goals and barely missed the hat trick. Unfortunately the 4th period would end in a 0-0 tie. Late night Sundays don't appeal to either team this time. "

Phenonminal work Josh. Thanks very much for your story. Lets also check in with a few comments that Radical Russian Roman passed along as well... here's Roman.

"It was a 3-3 tie at the end, but I think we deserved better then that. We pressured them at both ends of the ice all night long, we definitely out chanced them and should of scored more then 3 goals.

Forwards were forechecking and backchecking consistently throughout and were not letting their skaters go through neutral zone with a lot of speed.

They scored 3 goals, one on the botched call where should have been called on too many man on the ice and they scored 2 more goal on power plays on questionable calls. Lizzy played great and made some huge saves to give us more confidence. Definitely one of the stars.

And last and not least, the defense played a super game. Mark, Matvey and Parker were always back in time and didn't give them a lot of chances. I think lobsters were frustrated the whole night that we always had couple of guys back.

One time Mark made a spectacular sliding save to keep puck in their zone and was shooting bombs from the point, Parker was solid as always and was everywhere, I wish I buried his pass on the 2 on 1 that we had. Matvey stepped up and played defense since we only had one real defenceman this game and he did an awesome job, played a very responsible game and broke a lot of their plays, especially number 16 who was trying to run circles around us but would end up losing the puck most of the time.

Mitch scored 2 goals and continues his recent goal scoring streak. "

Alllriiiight! Thanks Roman. Always good to hear from you. Thanks for the notes!

Lets see... I think we've got one more here... Yep... Lizzy checked in with a quick comment:

"Matvy played defense and he was all around great. He's my pick for star of the game, hope he plays d again!...the second goal shouldn't have counted because the net was off due to pushing around the net...and the two new-ish guys Ken and Mike played really well and put in great effort. "

Thanks Liz, and great job last night. We'll see you again tonight!

Also please note Dr. Pounds sent along the essential Blog Nutritional Guide seen just above here. Thanks Scott... good stuff.

Ok thats it on this one from here. The Suds play El Tigre tonight at 9:20pm @ Milton Academy. Dont forget for those of you on the roster...

Go Suds.

Go Zombies.

Big Pair of.... games to start off week.

Team. We've got two Big-uns coming up Sunday and Monday nights.

Here are your rosters for each game. If you can't make it for any reason be sure to get in touch with management.

Play well everyone.

On Sunday lets avenge that loss to the Lobsters from Monday night this week, and avenge that championship game loss to the Tigers by beating them on Monday night.

Good luck and Dogspeed to you men....

Sunday November 9th

Cadavers vs Lobsters

Canton 10:30pm

Roman, Matvey, Ijosh, Nelson,

Ken G, Larry, Jasse, Hammitt,

Kevin, Marc V, Mike F, Ken D

Lizzie in Net

Monday November 10th

Schlitz vs Tigers

Milton Academy 9:00pm

Roman, Jeff, Scott, Matt K, Larry,

Jasse, Pearlman, Elliot, George,

Capraro, Carl, KenD,

Brian in Net

Suds clawed by Lobsters....

Schlitz (7) vs Lobsters
Monday November 3rd
Milton Academy 9:00pm

7-1 Loss....


Eww. Well it looks like someone has been doing some roster improvement over the last season or so. We haven't played these guys in a while and they certainly had a few new things to show us when the Golden Beercans met up with the Lobsters at Milton Academy on Monday night.
This one had some late arrivers due to traffic snarls... imagine that, traffic in Boston...hm. But the crew that showed tried hard and everyone desrves some credit for good effort against what apparently was a formidable opponent. Take note, the Cads will play this crew next coming up on Sunday night (11/9 Canton 10:30).
Lets throw it out to a great group of Guest Bloggers who have covered the game...
Here are the boys.

First responder credit goes to Mark Reynolds... but he didn't have any good news.

"The recap is we sucked. We got outplayed, out skated, out passed, etc.
Brian did a great job, or the score would have been worse than 5-1."

...whoa. Ok thanks Mark, lets see what Mike Campbell has for us.

"Hmmm.... Any word on last nights game? Any word? Let's see. Here are
a few I used to described last night to my wife this morning:

Spanked, Spackled, Paved, Whooped, Smoked and Shelacked

We got beat. Badly. Started out with six guys (Me, Mark, Chuck, Cark,
Ken and Parker) until 2:08 left in the first. Construction on 93 South
kept the Cavalry at bay for the whole first period. This applied to the
Lobsters (or Lasers, or Lesbos...not sure who they actually were -
mainly because they were deeking me out of my shorts for most of the
night) as well as us, but their Cavalry was a LOT better.

Although we thought could skate with them early on, it was still 2 to 1 when the Cavalry arrived, and before most of our additional guys skated a single shift, it went to 3 to 1. In the first period, this looked like a team we could beat. They had one good skater (#16), but otherwise, we were better than they were. As Parker noted in the locker room after the game, "They got better fast." Their additions included a lot of ladies, and a few guys, all of whom were pretty good. Our
additions included Larry, George, Valenti, Daley and Big Dan, and well as Fitzy who didn't know there was a locker room and got dressed benchside.

They passed well, and we gave them the passing lanes all night long.
They stick handled well, and moved the puck through us for much of the
night. Too many times we were out of position, or blew our chances when
we had an open pass to make. We had a few good shifts with some
pressure, and a couple of break-aways, but their entire team (including
the goalie - who seemed pretty soft to start the night) changed with
their new players. Unfortunately, ours didn't. Brian played pretty
well, but it wasn't his night either. We made sure it wasn't his night
by giving up probably 25 or so odd-man rushes.
Ended up 7 to 1, I think.

I don't recall who got our goal, but I know Ken and Valenti each got one
penalty, and I got called for Checking. In fact, this is the very first time I have ever been called for Checking. Usually it is Roughing, or Tripping or Slashing and there's the occasional Boarding, but never a Check before. Then again, I don't think I have ever done what I did last night before. After being beaten for what felt like an hour by #16 (it was only a period and a half, but I was on the ice all but two shifts), and occasionally being beaten very badly, he came across the blue line carrying the puck (again) and was about to slip it between my legs, or under my stick, or through my shin (again) when I simply stopped skating backwards, and laid an open-ice check on him, straight in the middle of his chest. He stopped on a dime (but to Valenti and Larry's disappointment, not on his ass), didn't beat me that time, and I was sent to the box to George screaming from the bench, "You knew you were gonna get called for that."
Yup. I did.

He didn't go through my legs again though. He beat me a few more times,
but not through my legs.

Kudos to Larry for bringing beer. In fact, kudos to all of you North
Shore guys, because we would have been MISERABLE had you not stuck it
out through the traffic. Better luck next time.

Overheard in the parking lot, "Well, at least we're breeders."
Fucking hysterical.
~ Mike

Tremendous guest Blog Mike... great work even if it sounded like a long night at the rink. Thanks a lot for your words and stories. We had a few other comments that were note worthy.

Larry added this:

"We got killed 7-1. Half of us showed up late in the 1st period due to traffic. The lobsters have upgraded talent, and they were faster, more skilled, passed better, anticipated better, were better looking and smarter, drove nicer cars and live in bigger houses than we do.
Cheers,
LB"

...and Dr. Pounds posted this. I dont think I've figured it out yet...

"http://www.thetoque.com/031014/corkedstick.htm
The compound yew stick sounds sweet. "

... um thanks Scott.

Well... lets get them next time... The Cads play these guys on Sunday night so lets be ready.