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Sunday December 7th

Milton Academy 4:00pm

Matinee Specialdaveur

Cads 4

Suds 3

Wow. What a fun afternoon at the rink. The xth daveur of the season brought us to Milton Academy for a Family Matineedaveur where many of our proud families came to see just what Dad does when he goes to play hockey with his pals. First off our heartfelt thanks to all the wives and kids who made the trip to the rink to check us out. It was really great to have you and to have a bunch of people in the stands. It really made the afternoon nice.

The game on the ice was a good one. The teams had been picked by Dr. Jasse who picked for the Red and iJosh who picked for the Gold. The squads were pretty even and the game would be tight the whole night with the decider coming with just over a minute reamining. Can't ask for much more than that.

The Rosters were as follows.

Cadavers

Brian in Net

D1 DWH and Campbell

D2 Valenti and Jeff

Forwards: Chris, Jasse, Roman, Matvey, Carl, Blake, Reynolds, and Gregson

Suds

Lizzy in net

D1 George and Greg

D2 Daley and Elliot

Forwards: iJosh, Larry, Ken, Pete, Mike Fitz, and Kilroy

The game got off to a good start. Both teams jumped into the fray and we had chances immediately at both ends. The Cads would get the best of things in the early going though and Chris Fosdick would open the scoring with a turnover in the Gold end that he shot past Lizzy who had made more than 1-2 saves in the scramble. The Red would keep it up and despite the Gold's effort the Red would double up their lead when Mark Reynolds, who was a workhorse for the Red, put a shot home off the pass from linemate Dan Gregson. It was 2-0 Red and it looked like things could potentially get out of hand.

The Guys (and Gal) in Gold were not about to let it go down like that though. The Gold slowly asserted themselves and by the late going in the first the momentum was definitly not in the Red's favor. After Matvey was called for a rough the Red would score on the ensuing power play to come back to within a goal. The talley came from Larry on a combo from iJosh and Nelson. Pretty good group of forwards there. The first would end 2-1 Cads.

The second period continued to show the slide in the Gold direction as they continued to get good chances against Brian. D players George, James, Daley and Elliot were working hard for the Gold and doing a good job getting the puck up ice. Things looked dicey when Marc Valenti took a trip call that put the Red down a man again about mid period.

This time things would go the Red's way when Jeff Fosdick picked up the puck in the neutral zone then would let a slapper fly from outside the blue line that hit Lizzy's stick then went into the net for a shorthander and a 3-1 lead for the Red. That was the end of the good news for the Red as the Gold would continue to take it to us while the play was even.

Nelson Sharfman would talley one from Mike Daley that would make the game 3-2 at the end of the second.

Into the third we went in a game that was turning out to be very close as it wound down. Nelson (THE MAN) would strike again. This time taking a pass from iJosh then beating the Red D and nailing a beauty of a shot that went high corner far side on Brian and tied the game. You know (speaking as a defensemen who was on the ice at the time) its bad enought that you can't knock the guy (Nelson) over when he's on the puck, but when he scores such pretty goals to boot... its just not fair. Great work as always by the cagey vet.

Mike Campbell would go off later for a trip (dive) on Capraro but the Red would hold tough through the kill and limited the Red opportunities. Which brings us to the final minutes of the game. Both teams pressing like anything as the clock wound down. One shift more urgent than the next.

We had a face off to Lizzy's left in the Gold end. Roman tied up the play and shuffled the puck to the side. Carl Schiller took his man and tapped at the puck and sent it free from the fray. Jeff Fosdick would step into the space and reach the puck first. He fired low and hard and the shot went through several groups of legs and skates and into the net for the game winner.

Cads 4 Suds 3 is how it would end, and it sure was a fun one to play in.

Of course with the families in attendance many people made their way to Mike and Beth Jasse's house in Weymouth for the after party which was a Wing-Ding! Thanks again to the Jasse's for hosting our crew for the evening. The food and beer was great and big kudos to everyone who contributed something to the feast. Great times.

Without further ado... lets have some pics from the scene....

Thanks to all the kids for coming out to the game. There were great signs and autographed pucks and sticks after the game!

The kids on the balcony... the old fella security guard was beside himself most of the evening...

Dan Herbert (DWH) with new daughter Alex

Mike Daley and son Ethan at the rink!

Little Mackenzie Anne Fosdick (Chris' daughter) and Mom Alex took in the action at the rink and the Jasse's.

The spread at Jasse's was epic. Along with the Chilli, Meatball pie, and assorted chips and snacks there was the Six foot Sangwich courtesy of CEO BMF Matt Kilroy.

And of course the awesome hockey cake Beth Jasse made... hey I think I regognise those players from the rod-hockey world championships....

So one more bit of business... Game Stars.
3rd Star: iJosh for a 2 assist night, and a solid all around game. He kept turing up at the right place and making a good play all evening. Good work.

2nd Star: Nelson Cagey Vet Sharfman. 2 beautiful goals (and an assist) and just his regular run of the mill, all around toughness that makes him such a great contributor to any roster he plays for. Good job.

1st Star: Jeff Fosdick. 2 goals including the game winner with a minute and change remaining. The Blogger beams with pride and thanks Dr. Jasse for the "player of the game" award, that was presented in his kitchen. The cheese slicer will go to good use... and I'll refrain from making a "cut the cheese" joke here.

Really the Stars of the game were all the kids and parents who came out and made this such a fun night. Thanks to everyone, hope we can do this again sometime soon!