Zombies sink Blues midweek redemption!

Cadavers (12) vs Blues

Wednesday July 29th

Dedham 10:10pm

1-0 WIN

The Zombies went to Dedham Wednesday night in search of redemption against team Blue, who has had their way with us over the last few games, and came home with a rough and tumble, gritty 1-0 win that would be our first this season against the division rival. The good news came in over the 'daver network as several players would chip in the good news of the hard fought victory. To that end we will go right to the email reports and the Blogger wants to get his sincere thanks in early to all the Guest Bloggers that contributed to this space.

Lets start off with first responder Kevin K-9 Parker and his take on the night:

"1-0 win baby!

Solid two-way effort by the forwards and good defensive play. Brian had a great game, making some tough saves when there were breakdowns.

Forwards: Roman, Matvey, AK, Mitch, Nelson, Goody and Neil.

Defense: George, Greg, Kevin, and Campbell.

Neil got hosed on a phantom "which one of these red shirts is not like the other" calls that made for his 3rd penalty. Roman (I think) got the goal from me late in the 2nd. Best team effort we've had all season. Defense rushing the puck, forwards fore checking and getting back, goaltender stealing a few here and there. Egad, we looked like hockey players last night!

Oh yeah, chippiness. #3 is a tool and should be taken out back and beaten with a rotten salami. Cheap shots and dives all over the place and a very "un-captain like" performance that cost his team the game. He tried to draw a penalty on me when I bumped him on the puck instead of playing defense (which led to the goal). And late in the 3rd he gave Mitch a forearm shiver at the blue line that earned him the gate and pretty much sealed the deal for us as we were on the PP for the rest of the night.

Oh yeah, Greg clanged one off the post on an empty-net bid in the waning seconds. At least he can shoot it hard enough to make it clang...small victories.

~Kevin"

Nice! Thanks for the words Kevin. Great recap. Now here's Mike Campbell for another entertaining take on the night in Dedham:

"NO water bottles.
NO Pucks.
NO Beer.
And….

NO GOALS given up by Brian “Brickwall” Carey, who played out of his mind, making at least three spectacular, diving saves to lead us to a 1-0 win.

Tons of chaos…penalties galore. Uhm…except for yours truly, who stayed out of the Sin Bin surprisingly. Neil got tossed for three though, wrongly.

Roman got the one goal, on a shift after dallying and dallying and carrying the puck too long in the wrong direction, and not claiming the blue line, and not passing, the fucker goes ahead and gets the only goal.

We shut down the Autographer – kid in the red pants, and made their captain (#3) lose the show, so he got ejected. We played hard. Forechecked hard – after his second shift in a row of doing so, I had to compliment Roman on his effort. We kept at it all night and played one of the better games we’ve played as of late.

~Mike"

Very nice Mr. Campbell... and Management apologizes for the lack of water bottles and cringes with shame and regret that there was no cold beer to be had after such a victorious night.

We've got another report here from 'The Vet" Nelson Sharfman as well:

"Epic 1-0 victory.

Truly standout performance by Brian. Multiple ten bell saves including several of the "flopping" variety when he had to make the third or fourth save on a series of rebounds.

Clutch goal by Roman.

Strong team effort, especially on defense.

Neil got tossed in the second for accruing his third penalty. Happily we had a perfect 11 on hand.

The refs were definitely whistle happy, though curiously more on the Blues than on us. We had a stretch in the second where the Blues had four or five consecutive penalties which should have led to about ten minutes of 5 on 3 for the Cads. However the scoreboard operator/ref combo was sufficiently clueless-apathetic that they just let the penalty time expire on running time while various people discussed the calls and SLOWLY made their way to the penalty box. No power play goals were scored.

In a gross violation of the space-time continuum, with all the penalties that were called Mike Campbell was unable to log a single minute in the sin bin.
-- Nelson"

Phenomenal. Thanks Nelson. We've got one more guest blogger to go team, here is Mitch with a very nice recap of his own:

"Lots of penalties on both sides (at one point they had ~4 guys in the box) though we couldn't score on the brief 5-3. Neil got tossed for 3 penalties, though the 3rd one was a phantom that was a questionable call on someone else. Refs (as usual) didn't really want to discuss this. Matt probably SHOULD have been tossed with a minor and a double-minor, but neither the refs nor the scorekeeper seemed to notice this...

Roman had the only goal, certainly not his prettiest ever, but I had a clear view while ineffectively hovering in front of the net. I like to think I screened the goalie, but that may just be hindsight to feel better about my inability to score into an empty net as the seconds wound down in the 3rd.

Tough fought game on both sides and the difference was clearly goaltending. We easily could have been down 3-0 after 2, but Brian stood on his head and kept us in it.

My wrist is killing me from getting flattened late in the 3rd. No water bottles (scavenged some), no pucks (same), no beer (parking lot emptied pretty quick).
--Mitch

Brilliant. Thanks again for the words guys. Mitch, I know how you feel, #3 has left a "lasting impression" on me after a few of these games. All I can say is that we are not done with the Blues, not even close. There will be more games this season, certainly a playoff matchup and there will be more close hard fought games like this one.

Great work by all the Zombies from wednesday night.

Game Stars:

3rd Star: Mike Campbell. In a game with lots of penalties somehow Mr. Campbell stays out of the box. I dont know if this is a sure sign of the impending apocalypse or just some bizarre twist of coincidence... either way it needs to be recognised.

2nd Star: For a tough goal by Roman Kurin. Its always nice when our Radical Russian finds the net, even better when its a game winner. Good job Roman.

1st Star: Who else could it be? How about Brian "Brick Wall", "Solid Blue Line", "Long Arm of the Law" Carey with a stand on your head, clutch performance that brought home the shutout. Great work by all reports from Brian. Nice to have you back there.

Good job everyone. There will be a game next week and Hockey at the Beach posts maybe later today or Monday.

Suds sloshed by Blues

Schlitz (12) vs Blues

Monday July 27th

Quincy 8:10pm

5-1 loss

A hot steamy early night by the swap for a very familiar matchup between the Golden Beercans and the Blues. We havent had much luck, collectively, against these guys for a while. There was some eagerness for a win in the pregame room and the suds looked like they had a good group to go into battle.

Lizzy donned her Providence Friars shirt and went for the 'Vader look. In front of her Steve Baker, Di-Lo, and Jeff would be the defensive troika. Larry would center Jassman and iJosh, and the second line would have Neil Shah centering, Pete and AK Douville. A solid 9, and the Blueshirts appeared to have no more than a full 2 lines and all the regulars were in attendance. Red Pants Robbins, and the dude with Green socks, as well as their D men (DBs) 35 (Steve) lightbluepants and #3.

The trouble started right after they dropped the puck. Seriously.

The Blues basically took it right off the drop and proceeded to stuff it down our throats for the first 6 minutes of the game. The first goal came no more than a minute in. A bang bang that had been around the zone once. Classic runaround trouble on our part. The next one came as a wraparound about a minute later. Maybe another minute after that came a long shot from the side that snuck through at the post. One more to top off the run and I can't recall exactly how that one went and it was 4-0 Blues after about 5 or 6 minutes of playing time.

The Gold would settle down and the teams would play fairly even after that. There would be chances but the 'cans just couldn't get it going, and the early lead would never be in danger. Jeff would go to the box on a trip (number 35) before the end of the first but the Gold would survive the pk. The ref was heard mumbling "...got your money's worth..." on the way by the box. Jeff was heard mumbling "We have to stay out of the box..." as he came out at the end of the period.

The Schlitz would score in the second... I can't recall exactly who... please someone comment to claim the score... the scoresheet is a complete joke... the loser kid couldn't be trouble to take his head out of his laptop and ipod to pay attention, let alone write anything down... there are things written down... just nothing that has anything to do with the game. Thanks kid. All you had to do was take 30 seconds to fill out the sheet, then just write the numbers and times down when the man with the stripped shirt tells you them... imbecile. We had another penalty, I'm pretty sure it was Di-Lo who had a pretty good game all the way around. The Blues would connect once more to make it 5-1 and we would play out the third to a draw.

A few things have to be noted. Aside from the shakey early going Lizzy settled and made a bunch of good stops later in the game, particularly in the third. Also there was good hard work

and all around effort at the very least from most of the Gold. Steve was covering lots of ground, Larry was flying around as usual, Pete and AK were mixing it up on a regular basis and Neil had some chances. Other than that... man it was pretty lack luster.

Lets have a better showing against these guys on Wednesday.

No game stars.

Double Trouble! 2 games with Blues this week!

Dont forget we've got two big games this week against old time rival Les Blues. Lets get a good turn out and take 'em both. Check your email for lineups. Bring your A game and skate hard. Someone bring beer...
Thanks.

Tonight!

Schlitz (12) vs Blues
Monday July 27th
Quincy 8:10pm




Wednesday!

Cadavers (12) vs Blues
Wednesday July 29th
Dedham 10:10pm

All hands on deck for the RightyLeftyDaveur!

Schlitz (11) vs Cadavers (11)
Monday July 20
Canton 9:00pm

4 – 4 Tie

Even handed. Opposite handed. Open handed. Under handed. The night of the hands would have it all. The Righty versus Lefty breakdown was a smash success, even if in interesting or unpredicted ways. This game had a wealth of interesting angles and plays. A very good game. Also easily the most confusing and frustrating game we’ve had in a while. Eveyone played by the management mandated “no set positions”… well everyone except Pete… and the game was a fun experiment for a night.
The idea was to shake things up and get people playing in places they normally wouldn’t. Defensmen playing forward and vice versa. We had regular goaltender Brian Carey skating out with the LeftySuds. They would also feature a Off handed guest appearance by Dan Herbert playing with a wrong handed stick. Yup, DWH was in the house but the only place to play was with the Leftys… so he left his regular stick at home and played a good game… backwards. Here’s the Suds Roster:
Lizzy in net
DWH and Brian, Larry, iJosh, Jeff, Howard, Roman, Steve, Campbell, Jasse, Hammitt, Goody, Dr.Pounds, and Matvey.
The RedRightwingZombies would feature some more visiting teammates from the winter, Dan Gregson and Matt Elliot. CEO Kilroy was between the pipes and was joined in the Red by Dave Di, Blake, George, Greg, KenMitch, Neil, Kevin, Pete, and Chuck.
The game was confusing from the start. We were certain on the Gold side that George would have the Red regimented and prepared with a pregame chalk talk, but we figured we’d counter that with complete disregard for preparation and basically kept saying “yeah, just talk out there… talk to each other”. I don’t really have any defense for this line of thinking but for whatever reason everyone seemed to get with the program and over the boards for both squads.
The game started pretty fast with complete madness on the benches by the third shift. A little sloppy but clearly some chances. The skaters were going to have chances, and there would be strange matchups all over the place. Both goalies made good stops in the early going and the game would start to be “contested”. Mike Jasse and George would get together and exchange some pleasantries. In fact they felt so strongly about it the Zeebs asked them both to take a rest for a few. They weren’t the only Red and Gold shirts doing some mutual roughing and needing separate boxes.
The game would see its first score just moments later when Larry would provide some nice finish on iJosh’s attemept/pass. Gold 1-0 at the 11 minute mark. Things would continue to look good for the LeftySuds as they carried the play for a few minutes and topped it off at 8:30 with a Steve Baker score on a feed from Mike Hammitt. That put the ever dangerous confidence in the Suds and things sort of got rocky immediately afterward.
At about 3 minutes Dave Diloretto would put one past Lizzy to pull back within one. Credit Matty Elliot on the assist on Dave’s goal. The First would end 2-1.

The Red had moved the momentum though and scored moments after the start of the second to tie it up. Neil Shah would provide the talent and Dave the pass. All tied up the game would just be one long chaotic flow for the next 12 minutes of playing time. Somewhere in there Greg James and Brian Carey would get tangled up and there would be some words and feelings expressed. Likewise things were getting interesting in the slot in front of both keepers. Somewhere in that period Jeff and Dave had some moments in front of Kilroy… and I just have to say, next time Mr.Diloretto is going to need to apply for a “hall pass” from Mrs. Blogger if he’s going to be that friendly. It was all good an all in fair play, but I’m here to tell you there was plenty of “fairness” going on out there.

Well, you had to know the Zeebs wouldn’t let it all go forever and the game would take its next turn when Mike Campbell for the Gold would be called for a trip at 3:40. This would be followed five seconds later with a Kevin Parker bid that would end the penalty and put the Red up 3-2. Credit Dave (him again) and Pete on the assists.
Just to make the meltdown complete the gold would again have Zebra trouble when Hammitt would get a whistle for a rough with a minute left in the period. We would hear from Dr. Jasse again who would be called just before the end of time for a slash, interestingly enough on George again. The second period would close out with the Red ahead and the game very much up for grabs.

The third period would open with the Gold still killing a penalty, but they would get themselves under control long enough to get that accomplished. This good fortune gave the Gold a little boost when they would get a bounce about 2 minutes in. Jeff made a long bid and while being chopped down by Pete fumbled a shot at Matt. The shot was so wide it hit Dave who apparently had to be involved in even our scoring and it deflected into the net. That would tie the game, much to Jeff’s surprise and things looked pretty good.

Of course the Red would come right back a minute and a half later and would take the lead right back when Cheatin' Pete Capraro would score on a hard work effort, assisted by Matty E again, and... you guessed it... Dave. This came with 13 and a half left in the game.

The Red would be able to hold that lead for a full 6 minutes of grind time until Larry would take it on himself to change the game again. Larry was working hard all night but on this occasion outdid himself... and everyone else on the ice. SW Lawrence would make a nice move in the offensive zone, would go around a couple guys, through a couple more, then while falling he would get the shot off and bank it into the net for an EPIC game tying goal at 7:33 remaining. Larry clearly laid it out and got what he wanted and everyone took notice. Great work by him.

The rest of the way was full on confusion grind. Thankfully no further penalties for either side. But there was some "rules" infractions. Pete would get some unwanted recognition when he made a not so subtle move to switch with Greg James (so Greg could play D) right before a faceoff. This had the Gold howling and CEO Kilroy scolding his own player. In fairness Pete and Greg switched right back. It wasn't unnoticed however that the Red D had a very familiar look all night. George spend a lot of time at the right D and with time dwindling somehow Dave, George and Greg seemed to be manning the points... I'm just sayin'...

And after the remaining minutes ticked away neither team got much of a chance and we were left with a tidy 4 - 4 tie to end the night.

Game Stars:

3rd Star: Cheatin' Pete Capraro (just kidding...) with a nice goal and an assists. Pete is never short on effort, enthusiasm and strong play. Another good showing... even if the Coon of Shame walked by your truck... twice... slowly...

2nd Star: Larry with a pair of nice goals for the Gold. The game tying goal being the play of the night, and a great effort all the way around for number 16. Way to go.

1st Star: This one could shake the SW rankings to the core. Dave Diloretto with a four point night that really was five if you count the goal they gave to Jeff but went in off of Dave. Three helpers and a goal for himself and a certain presence on the ice. You know when he's out there and better be paying attention. Great work Dave... looking to wrap up that Rookie of the Year award early this year.

Honorable Mention: Matt Elliot with a pair of assists on the night. Always nice to see some of our winter friends. Same can be said for Dan Gregson who voiced his regret at not playing for the summer while holding a very nice cold BL Limey in one hand and a cigar in the other during the fourth period.

Speaking of the 4th period. Another epic Daveur 4th period to be sure. First of The CEO BMF comes up with the 6 foot Italian Sub of DOOM for the occasion. Just for statistical accuracy the blogger needs to point out that the 6 foot sub REMAINS UNDEFEATED. That's right... when I left at somewhere close to 11:35 there was easily a foot and a half remaining. I can only assume the Sandwich has taken us once again.

The Sandwich was probably aided by the first rate contributions of Miran James (and thanks to Greg for bringing it) who continues to be a 4th period star weather she shows or not. This evening was a fabulous tray of beef and veggie sushi accompanied by a delicious tray of cookies. Major thanks and appreciation to our friend Miran for making our festivities so civilized.
Beer was well handled by a bunch of folks, Howard brought some vintage Schlitz. Campbell had a case of "dont leave home without them" Limeys. I think Gregson or Elliot brought some Harpoon... sorry if i dont get everyone. There was plenty and it was good. Real good.

Another great night in the warmth of the parking lot. Something about the post game brew and chow on a summer night after a tough game. Hanging with our hockey friends in the post game glow. That something ladies and gentlemen... is why we do this. I hope you all enjoyed your hangovers yesterday... I'm sure it was worth it.

Lefty-Righty Super'daveur on tap for Monday!

Cadavers (11) vs Schlitz (11)

Monday July 20th

Canton 9:00pm

Alright alright team... Managment has set the squads and there are at least 12 confirmed per side and we are ready to get down and dirty with a lefties vs righties Schlidaveur for Monday night. This is already the "last" 'daveur of the season (that was quick) and will be the breakdown we will use for the playoffs.

Word has it there will be a 6 foot Sammich in da house as well as rumor of BL Limeys... but dont be afraid to bring either BEER or GOOD THINGS TO EAT. As they say... the more the merrier. Lets make this an evening to remember.

Here are your lefty righty breakdowns... and no we aren't going anywhere near Lib/Con comparisons...

Cadavers – Right Handed Shots
Nelson
Ken G
Greg
George
Kevin
Blake
Chuck
Pete
Dave
Neil
Steve
Ken D (out for this game but on this roster for playoffs)
Matt E
Dan G
Matt - Goal

Schlitz – Left Handed Shots
Roman
Matvey
Campbell
Ijosh
Jeff
Scott
Larry
Jasse
Hammitt
Mark R
Howard
Goody
Brian
Lizzie - Net

There you have it kids. Be sure to let Management know if you can't make it for any reason. Otherwise we'll be seeing you Monday night in Canton!

Game on!

The Dead sing the blues... again.

Cadavers (10) vs Blues
Wednesday July 15
Quincy, 7:00pm


6-2 loss




Another whiz bang matchup with old rival The Blues. We have a long history of interesting games against these guys, we see ‘em every year, the games are close, and always eagerly contested, this week was no exception.
The Dead in Read managed to get everyone in the house but not on the ice for the opening whistle. Zombies arrived to the bench in the first few minutes.

The opening 5 of Campbell and Jeff on D, Howard, AK (angryKen) Douville, and Mitch held down the fort with support from Scott and Matvey. The Russian played D with Mike and Jeff and Dave Diloretto showed up and they skated as a pair as well.

The forwards were supported by Roman, iJosh and Nelson. This meant an 11 for players and unfortunately the early confusion was only a foreshadow of numeric difficulties we would have at the end of the game. CEO BMF and all around good guy Matt Kilroy backstopped the team looking good in his new/old Goalie stuff and in general looking and playing the part of starting goalie quite well of late. Need some more stickers for that helmet.

So not only did the Red “hold the fort” for the opening shifts, it was clear immediately that we were, as always well matched, even challenged, but very well matched and in a game. The boys went right after it and got some good chances and wouldn’t you know it, just over 2 minutes in Howard Heppelman would tuck home a rebound from Dr. Pounds and would put the Red up 1-0. Nice work from AK, Scott and Howard in the early going. Naturally this being a good matchup, the Blues would come back three minutes later with a nice goal from the Blue’s stud, red pants Robbins. He is apparently the son side of a father son thing les blues have going. He was clearly their standout and he did a good job all night shoving it down our throats. 1-1 after 1. No penalties. Really.

That would change in the second when MC would go on and inevitable collision on the boards and that would be the start of something. Red hung tough, Matt played great tying up the puck when necessary and getting in front of the shots. AK would go for a rough, that I think was a match with his wrestling partner from the slot.
Pretty quiet by the bench in the second intermission. It was clear we needed to outwork the Blues to win the last period. We couldn’t afford a meltdown with the Zebras. So you know whats coming, right? Do I need to say the words? Do I need to lay it all out in the cold light of the blog for all to see? … of course.
The Zombies proceed to open the period like this. Red Pants Robbins and the blues took the opening face off and charged into the zone. Turning Campbell then walking past Jeff he tucked the lead past Matt about a minute in. That would be followed 30 seconds later by AK’s second rough, for which he wanted an explanation and the Zebra wanted none of it. This would be followed after Mike’s time expired by another goal from the Blues. This one came as a tip off the shaft of the stick out front. 3-1 badguys. It would take the Blues another 3 minutes to get the next one, another walk in from Red pants. 4-1 and the meltdown was on.

Campbell would go again followed by AK taking his third and an ejection. The Red would have some trouble working the numbers out around the penalty times. We had trouble putting 5 guys out there on 2 occasions in the last 10 minutes. Seriously at this point we should be able to keep track... sigh.

Matvey and Nelson would hook up on the only shining moment of the period for the Dead nice hard work by both guys and Nelson would feed Matvey who would be right out front and bang it home. Of course Team Blu would answer about a minute later and then put one more up on us just to round of a 4 goal win 6-2 over the wheezing Dead.

Just pathetic.

The only saving grace was the BL Limeys in the parking lot courtesy of Mr.Diloretto and some very curious talk about Ben Franklin being the Father of the Orgy and Betsy Ross's tramp stamp American flag... with the 13 stars in a circle... Strange evening by the swamp. There was even a mention of Jordache jeans and Caldor... yes... Caldor. Anyway the Franklin stuff made me thing of this...

Everyone beat it by the time the mosquitos decended. Not a memorable evening. Except for the Ben Franklin stuff... Father of invention or penetration...?

Suds go down to Dogs.

Schlitz (10) vs CH Terriers

Tuesday July 14

Dedham 10:10pm

4-0 loss

Almost total radio silence on this one... as could be expected. No scoring and just a handfull of penalties. However not only does he run the teams but he also occasionally throws the Blogger a bone and guest stars right here. This is from CEO Kilroy:

"Last night 4-0 loss, I think. First goal SOFT. Bad Matt. 2’nd and 3’rd goals definitely harder but stoppable. I don’t remember the 4th.

Campbell had an epic collision with a player on their team. The collision was at the opponents blue line. I was watching the puck from our end admiring the graceful ebb and flow of total movement, keeping an eye on the center of the gold and red whirlwind and letting my peripheral vision take in the outskirts. No doubt you would question the use of the word ‘graceful’ because, as we are all well aware, the components of the flow are comprised of individual hacking/smashing/falling middle aged D league, but the big picture is a bit graceful. I did not see the actual collision, but just as the puck pulled the center of the whirlwind to the left there was a sudden and violent stoppage of movement in the pucks wake, accompanied by a small shock wave that passed through the arena.

There were no tangential forces deflecting movement and body parts as happens with an angled collision, there was only full-on hard-hitting physics denying the occupation of the same space by two solid objects. They both went down, both got up, both took a second to run an internal diagnostic for broken parts, and then enjoyed the instant camaraderie that comes with cooperatively (or luckily) averting major harm.

Larry in the box, Matching
Campbell in the box at least once Matching
Kevin in the box?"

Good stuff boss... the recap... not the game. No Game Stars... again.

Zombies gnawed by Tigers... again.

Cadavers (9) vs Tigers
Mon July 13 7:00pm
Milton Academy



2-1 Loss


An early night and a good matchup in Milton last night as Team Zombie faced off against division rival El Tigre. The Tiger has had the best of our little rivalry the last few seasons and this one has been no exception. Last week we dropped a heartbreaker 2-1 to these guys.

Roman, Matvey, Larry, Hammitt, George, Greg, Kevin, Chuck, Dave, Mark R, Ken G, Goody, Steve, and Lizzie in Net is about what I have for a roster.

Here is guestblogger Greg James with a quick recap:

"Lost a tough one. We had a strong team, but the tigers worked a little bit harder on the boards and in the corners. I think the final score was 2:1. Lizzy was solid despite still recovering from her surgery. Dave DiLorretto is the new Mike Campbell in terms of the box. Opponents just have to stop bumping into him and falling down..., and no beer in the parking lot after the game."

... and a comment from Rookie standout DaveDiLo:
"Well, we would have had more goals if Larry didn't enjoy admiring the very clear view of the puck's flight trajectory into the corner instead of to the net, but I digress...I had 2 penalties... 0 points Seriously, we had plent o' chances just didn't convert"

Sounds like another tough one for the Dead in Red. We have to get over on those guys... maybe the playoffs. Thanks for the words guys.
Thats all from here... no game stars.

Rosters for Next Week. Threefur!

Team,

Here are the preliminary rosters for next week's Threefur of games. Please let Managment know as soon as possible if you have a conflict. Let's be sure to get a solid turn out for each game. This is a good group of games against three teams that play us very close. We had a wing-ding against El Tigre last week and a tough one against the Bluesers the week before. Let's be sure to exact some revenge... eh?

This week's photo comes to you from the team that was skating after us in Quincy on Monday night. This is one of the greatest Men's league hockey team jersey's I've ever seen. A nice shade of yellow with the sillouette of a stripper. The name of the team... The Pumps. Sponsored by a Strip club called... Pumps. I freaking love it. This is almost as good as the Flying Nutbags shirts that Parker showed us a while back. (I've included that one below) Thanks to this dude who stopped for a second on his way to the ice to let me get the shot.

Here are your rosters.

Mon 7/13 7:00pm

Milton Academy

Cadavers vs Tigers

Roman, Matvey, Scott, Larry, Hammitt, George, Kevin, Chuck, Pete, Mark R, Ken G, Goody, Steve, and Lizzie in Net

Tue 7/14 10:10 Dedham

Schlitz vs Ch Terriers

Campbell, Ijosh, Ken G, Larry, Hammitt, Greg, George, Blake, Pete, Mark R , Dave, Neil, Steve

Net - TBD

Wed 7/15 7:00 Quincy

Cadavers vs Blues
Roman, Matvey, Campbell, Ijosh, Nelson, Jeff, Ken G, Kevin, Ken D, Dave, Howard, Goody, Neil
Net - TBD

Dead in Yellow down the Preds

Cadavers(8) vs Predators
Monday July 6th
Quincy 7:00 pm


8-3 Win!


Game one of a dava double headah was an early start in the City of Presidents. An early affair against a club that according to the crew we’ve played before… but the blogger will be darned if he can remember it. Regardless the Cadavers showed up and wore yellow so we played as the dead in yellow for no particular reason, hopefully we wont throw off the league office when the scoresheets come in.
The Cads in Yellow were well represented with a nice round 10 players. It broke down like this.
D1: Roman (yes that Roman) and Steve Baker
D2: Dave Diloretto and Jeff Fosdick
O1: Larry, Nelson, and iJosh
O2: Angry Ken, Mitch, and Dr.Pounds
Brian “Long Arm of the Law” Carey in the Pipes.

The game would really be decided in the first period and Larry would set the tone right off the oppening draw. Larry beat his man, turned the d and shot, Nelson and Josh kept it in and in less than a minute Nelson fed Larry who would bang it home for the 1-0 lead. Things were looking good. The Preds had a couple of good skaters but they were on one of the forward lines and it looked like they had at least three lines of players over there. The D was, well, not their best players and it looked good for the Red/Gold early. Of course the Yellow jerseys come with the usual attention from the zebras and we took a couple of penalties a few minutes after the first goal.
Baker would go for a trip (on their best player)
Jeff would go a minute later for a trip also. That left a breif 5-3 that the Gold killed off well. Of course the Green was gaining a bit of momentum, and when the penalties had expired they were able to break through with a goal that Brian didn’t have any help on.
Not to be outdone, Larry would take the faceoff and again turn the pylon defenders and plunk it home unassisted to put the good guys back on top. This would be followed within 2 minutes by a nice goal by iJosh, again from Nelson, and in the closing minute of the period Jeff would step up into the play in the neutral zone and went in on a breakaway that he finished by going 5 hole on the shakey keeper for a very nice 4-1 lead at the end of one period.

The second would see Nelson grabbing a goal from iJosh who was returning the favor, then Larry would complete his Hat Trick, again fed from Nelson, and Dave Di. Sporting a comfortable 6-1 lead the Dead in Gold got just a tiny bit complacent and the Green would land another one and held off the blow out to make it 6-2.

The third period would start off with Larry scoring his fourth goal of the game, this one from Jeff. There was more than a little banter about Larry being motivated by Jasse’s 4 goal night last week, and knowing Larry, it may not be too far from the truth. Whatever it was Larry was all over the ice last night. He had no fewer than 3 tremendous backchecks on their best player, to go along with all the scoring.
The Green would score another one, amazingly not on the power play as both Steve and Dave Di would go during the third for tripping. Steve would make up for it with a really nifty break away and wicked shot that capped the night off at 8-3.

Great effort all the way around. It didn’t show on the score sheet but it needs to be mentioned that the line of AK, Mitch and the Doc was very productive and came very close on more than a handful of opportunities. Also notable was the very solid Defensive play by Mr. Roman Kurin. Our Radical Russian deserves big kudos for not only volunteering for the position, but for good effort and solid play all night.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Hrm…hard to pick. I’m going with the Defensive corps. Roman for chipping in. Steve for a goal. Dave for a helper and really playing shut down all night, and Jeff for a goal and an assist.
2nd Star: Nelson “just doing my job” Sharfman. A quiet 4 point night for the cagey vet, with 3 assists and a goal. Its just something to watch the man work, shift after shift, season after season.

1st Star: Larry “anything you can do I can do better” Bell. a very nice game all the way around and 4 goals to really pad the stats. Larry was a force all night. Great work.

Check out the next post for the second game of the double header.

Just a quick note on last week's business. Everyone on both squads has been asking about Chris and he is doing much better. Everyone sends their best wishes and thoughts bro, we are all thinking about you.

Chris himself just checked in with an account of how his injury took place and I've added it to the game story from last week. Check it out, with gruesome visuals here.

Also here is a pic that iJosh grabbed of half the team in the penalty box. Shame it isn't clearer... it would make a nice banner for the blog from now on. Its pretty hard to win when 40% of the roster is in the box and busy yelling at the zeebs. Some of those calls were crap, to be sure, we just can't let our mouths blow the game for us...

wait that didn't sound right...

aw shut up Parker and stop looking at me like that...

....aahh just forget it.

Suds scrap with Tigers and get scratched

Schlitz (9) vs Tigers
Monday July 6th
Canton 9:00pm


2-1 Loss



The second game of the Monday night Davah Double was over in our other Home rink Canton. Management knew that it might be tough to get two full squads for a game on Monday right after a big holiday weekend, and the suspicion proved to be legit. There were quite a few drop outs and no shows, that are all understandable given all the beer, burgers and fun that was surely had by everyone over the weekend. With that in mind, the CEO asked a few guys to double up if they felt up to it. So the trio of Roman, Dave Di, and Jeff Fosdick would change in Quincy and boogie over to Canton to lace em up for the Suds in the nightcap. Good thing. with those 3 we made another even 10.
CEO BMF Kilroy in the Pipes.
D1: George and Jeff
D2: Dave Di and Mark Reynolds
O1: Dr.Jasse, Capraro, and Chuck
O2: Roman, Howard, and Kevin Parker

This game would not be the high scoring affair that the first one was. Not even close. This game would be a very nip and tuck, close to the vest kind of thing with our old “friends” El Tigre. They are about the same as they always are. Their talent skates the right D and wears number 8 and the Gold did a lot of chasing of that dude all night. Also noteable are regulars #18 and #55 both with Panthers jerseys like #8, and those two seemed like they were infront of Kirloy or crashing into him all night.

The Gold would play a up and down first period that was not without its chances and mistakes. Kilroy in general turned in another very solid performance and made some very nice stops in the opening frame that kept things under control. The Red would have one penalty in the first, but the Gold couldn't do a thing with the PP and the period would end 0-0 with a feeling that the game would be very tight the rest of the way.

The Red would open the second with another penalty but again no blood from the Beercans. That is until Kevin Parker would wrist one home from Roman and Chuck that would put the 'Cans up on top 1-0 with 8 minutes to go in the 2nd. The Gold would then pick up thier first penalty of the game about a minute later when Dave Diloretto would go for a hold. Sketchy. Interestingly enough the Red wouldn't score on the power play but did break through at the 4:30 mark beating Matty to even things up. The second would end 1-1.

So... observant reader of the blog. You know whats coming next right? You know what our rep is right? You know that as the game stayed tight and things got chippy, the whistles started coming, and the mouths started running. Diloretto would go again at the begining of the period. Then all hell broke loose when George would have a battle with Old 55 behind our net in which they exchanged some pleasantries and stickwork. On the way to the box George had a few things for the Zebra to consider... and 55 would go as a match.

But that was it. The dam was broken and leaking. Reynolds would go next 30 seconds later. Then Diloretto less than a minute after that. A bogus call that meant Dave was done for the night and he let the Zeebs know how he felt. Howard would serve that one.

So there we were, in a very tight game, now down 5 on 3 with one D man ejected and 2 in the box. Jeff would hack at #8 and got mostly puck but was called for a trip like 10 seconds later. So now we were still 5 on 3 but all three remaining D in the box. The Gold played admirabley on the kill. Namely Parker, Roman, Capraro and Kilroy doing strong work to keep the game tied. By the time we were all even again there was less than 4 minutes to play.

The attrition was too much. Too many plays where we got caught running around, Roman and Jeff were out of gas given that they had played two full games at this point, and the worst possible thing happened. (well maybe not the worst ... but you know what I mean). The Tigers would score on a screen shot after a long scramble in our end at the :50 second mark.

Blech.

A good effort, but not really very consistant play on the Beercans part and a tough loss in the waning seconds to a club we could have stolen one from.

No Game Stars, but honorable mentions to Matt for another solid game in net, and Dave, Romand and Jeff who played both games of the double header and are surely feeling it today. Well... I'm feeling it today.

Stay tuned for schedule updates later in the week.

Big Pair (of games) TONIGHT!

Hey everyone. Two big games tonight in two different locations. We've had some cancellations here and there, and even lost a player to injured reserve... so we may be tight on bodies tonight. Please be sure to make it if you've said you'll be there as we will need every one for both games.

Also SCROLL DOWN to view updated posts about the games from last week. I think I'm finally caught up....

Managment is still collecting emails and getting confirmations at this hour (1pm) so check your email and be sure you are able to make your assignement.

7:00pm Quincy Cadavers vs. Predators
Roman
Ijosh
Nelson
Jeff
Ken
Scott
Larry
Ken D
Steve
and a player to be named...
Brian – net

9:00pm Canton Schlitz vs Tigers
Kevin
Campbell
Jasse
Greg
George
Chuck
Pete
Mark
Dave
Howard
Matt – net

Rocked Lobster!

Cadavers (7) vs Blues
Thursday July 2nd
BU 10:20pm


7-0 WIN!



The Blogger is glad to report 2 things. The first is that he is finally starting to catch up on his "side-job" as team blogger and again apologises for the backlog. The Second (which is even better) is that Uber Guest Blogger iJosh is on the ball with a terrific game story from the Lobsters game from last Thursday.

Here's iJosh with a recap of the action:

"Over the last year or so the Lobsters, with the exception of one hard fought tie, have had our number. So if I told you that one team would be outnumbered, out hustled, out defended and just out played, which team would you think I was talking of? Well SURPRISE!!! You probably
didn't guess correctly. Yes boys and girls this one was a one sided
game in our favor and it was a wire to wire team effort.

So the rainy Thursday night game started with a full squad of 12. The Dead in Yellow's (we are playing the Lobsters so the Cads would don the yellow jerseys this night) defensive group consisted of: Capt George, Stephen Baker, Dave Di and Kevin Parker. The offense would be set with:
Larry and Roman as centers with the wing pairs of: Jasse and iJosh; Ken Douville and Matvey; Dr. Pounds and KenMitch.

But this wasn't without a sour feeling as two days before fellow teammate Chris Fosdick was put on the DL after having surgery to repair a broken wrist from the previous game. He was in our thoughts and just before the game began some guy sauntered into the locker room and started a little speech. Some old guy. His name might have been Nat or Ned or maybe Knute. Anyway he said: "I just came from visiting Chris and he told me: 'sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the breaks usually beat the boys -- tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Chrisser. I don't know where I'll be then', he said, 'but I'll read the blog the next day - and I'll be happy'"

So motivation in hand, the first shift promptly set the tone. Off the face-off the puck would bounce around the neutral zone and back to the defense. The defense would send a pass to iJosh just beyond the red line, who hit a streaking Larry Bell. Larry took the puck deep, made the pass to Jasse, who got sort of caught on his own stick and started to lose his balance and control. But the Jasseman would keep himself in control just long enough to get off the shot before collapsing into a heap in the crease and sliding into the scrum. The puck would find its way into the net for a very quick 1-0 lead. Then the Lobsters would get the one and only penalty of the game, a "too many men on the ice"
penalty that is usually reserved for the fine players of Schlidaveurs.
Play would go back and forth a bit and the Cads seemed to be giving up the puck and not necessarily making the best of passes. But the defense and Brian would bail them out a bit. But a few shifts later, Jasse would strike again. This time he would net one from Roman and iJosh, who fell to the ice and found a way to send the puck to Roman without using his hands, giving the Zombies a 2-0 lead. Play would continue to be inconsistent, but at the end of the period the score would be 2-0 Yellow.

Second verse, just like the first...and I mean that in a good way. The Schli...er Cads continued to take it to the Lobsters. Playing with a 2-0 lead the Cads hoped not to give up the gritty play and or the momentum that so often eludes us. And they would not lose it as Larry would send a backhand to iJosh, who would send a back pass to Jasse, who would send the backhand back to Bell, who would backhand the black disc into the back of the net. 3-0 Cadavers. So two shifts or so later, the Jasseman would continue to play inspired hockey. This time Dave Di would rotate deep into the offensive zone. Jasse would cover the point. Dave would make an attempt and then would slide the puck back to the point where Jasse would wrist a BEEE-EAUTIFUL shot past the keeper short side. 4-0 Dead. Then Roman felt the need to get involved as he would put one in from Parker and Dave Di. That would close out the 2nd period and the Zombies would take a 5 goal pad into the 3rd.

The third would be a bit more defensive. The Lobsters, I am sure, did not want to lose to us. Especially not like this. They were a bit steamed. The were trying to claw back and made some hits. But the Cads would not give in and played level-headed hockey. In one shift I swear Matvey was going to retaliate after being knocked to the ice. Nope he didn't. Then I though Ken D would do something after taking a check.
Again nope. And so the Cads were able to continue their assault. This time Mr. Bell would take a pass from Roman and rush toward the net.
Over on the bench Jasse turned and declared, "He is going backhand". Lo and behold, Larry would go top side on his backhand to pretty much put this game away. But Jasse, already with the hat trick was getting addicted and needed his next hit, I mean goal. This time he would take a pass from iJosh and Larry as he put it away for his 4th of the game.
This would round out the scoring and as the horn sounded, we looked up and saw a 7-0 win.

This blog has been mostly about scoring, since there was so much of it.
However the defense from the goalie to the D-men to the entire team defense was just in tune almost all night. I'm not saying we didn't have breakdowns. We did. But there was always the one person to pick up the slack (thanks Brian mostly). There were also at least 5 pucks that hit the post. 2 or 3 from us. So this could have been a 7-2 or a 9-0 game depending on a centimeter here or there. All in all just a great game. The beer, provided by Larry and iJosh, tasted good especially after a win like this. But Jasse wouldn't know as he is on a 28 day program or so and is without beer. You make the assumption.

Stars for the Game:
3rd Star: Brian for his shutout and the Team Defense: There are just so many people to give stars to tonight. But without the overall effort of the team defensively, this could have gone the other way against a team like the Lobsters.

2nd Star: Larry Bell for a 2 goal, 2 assist night. He helped set the tone and made the right moves at the right time.

1st Star: You know him, you love him, you think he's in outpatient rehab, but it is really a workout regiment, Mike Jasse for his 4 goal, 1 assist night that was just awesome. "


Scoring:
1st Period:
Jasse (Larry, iJosh)
Jasse (Roman, iJosh)
2nd Period:
Larry (Jasse, iJosh)
Jasse (Dave Di, Roman)
Roman (Parker, Dave Di)
3rd Period:
Larry (Roman)
Jasse (iJosh, Larry)

That is just tremendous. The blogger offers a standing ovation to not only iJosh but Dr. Michael F*in Jasse for his breakout performance. Great work boys.

Trying to catch up.

Sorry team the blogger has just not been able to keep up lately.
There has been some action since last posting.

A loss last Thursday to the Scapegoats 2-1.
Reynolds with the only goal unassisted.(see below for post 6/26)

A loss to the blues on Tuesday 4-3 to the Blues (see below for post)
... the big story there is veteran forward Chris Fosdick broke his right forearm on his first shift. Then spent the night in Norwood Hospital and had surgery the next day.
Good news is Chris is doing fine and even has some new equipment... mainly a plate and four screws in his repaired arm. Hell... can we officially call him a cyborg now?
Anyway early word is that the game Thursday night was a big success 7-0 we will have to wait on a guestblog on that one. Anyone with info on the Tuesday night loss to the blues would be much appreciated. I should be able to catch up when I get back from the holiday weekend.


Dont forget to check your email because we have double games (both teams in action, separate rinks) on Monday night.
Peace out and have a nice fourth.

Suds fall (and break) to Blues

Schlitz (8) vs Blues
Tuesday June 30th
Dedham 10:10pm

4-3 Loss




Well the blogger doesn't have a lot to run on with this one. The CEO in the pipes was able to forward me the stats for the game and you will see them below. The big story of the night was that Chris Fosdick broke his arm on his first shift. This was apparently the result of an awkward fall after some contact from a Blue defenseman. Dr. Jasse was heard commenting that he was on the ice and 5 feet away from him and didn't have any idea what had happened until Greg James called the ref over to get an ambulance.

Big Kudos to Mr. James for assisting Chris in getting undressed and to the ambulance. A true teammate move by Greg. Chris was in a lot of pain and was very grateful to have the help.
Despite an overnight at Norwood Hospital and surgery the next afternoon Chris was seen (breifly) over the holiday weekend in pretty good spirits, and significantly less pain. Here's to a speedy recovery... but the reality is we've lost a quality forward for at least 8 weeks.

The only other story line here is that the Suds were leading this game 3-2 with less than 10 minutes remaining and ended up falling to the Blues 4-3 in the waning moments. Frustrating. Especially against those guys.
Anyone with a story to tell or any kind of information on how the game went please PLEASE add it in the comments or email me.
Thanks. Here are the stats from Matty.

3-4 loss vs the Blues

1st Goal by Neil
2nd Goal by Neil
3rd Goal by Scott

2nd slashing Campbell
3rd slashing Larry

1st broken wrist - Chris


This was the pic Chris sent me while waiting for surgery on Wednesday morning.

Um... ow.

Chris just checked in with an account of how this went down. Here he is:

"The story: As you now we were getting great pressure on them that 1st shift. I had been in scrum in front of the net and flipped the puck toward a yawning net, when the sprawling goalie made an unbelievable stop with the tip of his outstreched glove. They got control behind the net, and I started moving back (toward our end), when their Defenceman tried to make a breakout pass that I intercepted in my skates, bounced out to my stick and I turned and whipped a shot at the net from the middle slot. Simultaneously, their other defenceman hit me from behind (remember I was aleady spinning to get that shot off), and as I fell my whole body was spinning. So, my right hand which is my downstick hand was away from my body and was accelerated as I spun and crashed down with all the force of my body and the spinning motion right on my hand (I was still holding onto the stick, which I think may have added to the shock). So, both bones broke about an inch above my wrist (thank god). Now they are plated and screwed together, and feeling much better. It still is a major pain in the ass, and I don't recommend it to anyone."

Thanks Chris, and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Everyone has been asking about you and hopes you are feeling better soon.
Good luck