Zombies win Superfun Saturdaveur!

Cadavers (5) vs Schlitz(6)
Saturday November 7th
Canton 7:40 pm


Zombies 3
Beercans 2

A great night at the rink for a Saturday night Schlitdaveur in Canton. Decent but not terrific turn out, but enough for two pretty evenly stocked teams. Managment had put out the call for guest general manager's but not a single 'daveur "rose to the bait". Oh well. That left managment with a couple teams to pick in a short time on Friday afternoon. The teams were selected hastily and the groups showed up for fun on Saturday night in the early evening for a classic 'daveur showdown.
Here's how the rosters broke down.
Schlitz
Mickey (fill in goalie from Lizzy) in net
Chris Foz, Mark Reynolds and a fill in guy from the Terriers on D
Hammit, iJosh, AK and Scott, Nelson and Capraro on Offense for the Gold.

Cadavers
Jeff Foz, George, and Steve Baker on D
Jasse, Daley, and Daley's brother in law Mike, and Roman, Chuck and Gregson on Offense for the Dead in Red.

A few roster and pre-game notes before we get started. Firstly Kudos to Lizzy for finding her own replacement, that's the type of initiative we like here at Schlidaveur International, and Mickey did a nice job filling in. Thanks to him for showing.
The teams were far from "stacked" with players so there was some last minute jockeying for guys. Hammitt and Nelson would show late for the Gold and due to a few dropouts they recruited the guy from the Terriers that had played the game before. Sorry I didn't catch his name. This might not have been necessary if they hadn't shooed Roman out of the room a few minutes before.
Roman was originally scheduled to play with the Gold but when he walked into their room some of the Gold told him he was supposed to be with Red. He told the Matvey couldnt make it (he was supposed to skate with Red) they basically said to go play with the Cads. Jeff would make a quick trip to the Gold room to verify that they were giving up Roman and gladly took the Russian and told him he was expected to score some goals against the guys that didn't want him.
This of course meant that Jeff would then have to talk Steve Baker into playing D with he and George. Steve wasn't happy about it, but after hearing Jeff out for a few minutes rose to the task and played great all night as part of the Red D troika.

So, due to the late arrivals the Gold were truly shorthanded (no subs or 1 sub) for something like the first 8 to 10 minutes of the game. The Red who would start with thier full complement of 9 would take advantage.
Not 10 to 15 seconds into the game Mike Daley would make a beauty of a rush that would finish with a brilliant flourish and wrist shot that would give the Red the early game lead 1-0. The Zombies were wise to press the issue in the early going as the Gold was still thin benched. A few minutes later the 2nd Goal would be scored by Dan Gregson from Jeff around boards behind to Greggy who landed it from the doorstep. 2-0 Red about halfway through the period.

Its interesting to note that at some time shortly after that second goal Nelson showed up and the Gold had enough bodies to get some rest and the game settled down quite a bit.

The game was pretty competitive and it wasn't long before George and Hammitt were tangled in a short lived mutual "slash-a- thon" that sent them both to the box for cooling off. The sides would skate 5-5 with the matching call.

The Gold would show they were not going to just hang in the game when Mark Reynolds took the puck and started a hard rush out of his zone. By the time he was done he'd passed everyone on the ice and deposited the puck behind Kilroy and brought the game under control to make it 2-1. Thats how the first would end.

The Second was the typical grind as the two teams would go at each other up and down the ice. Hammitt would make another trip to the box after a brief tangle with Dr. Jasse. The two exchanged "veiws" and then as Hammitt got the last shove Jasse went down like a sack of potatoes and drew the call. Jasse had no problem admitting he dove like a soccer player and the result paid off with a power play for the Red.

No blood on the power play and really the momentum continued to swing in the Gold's direction as they got a few more chances on Kilroy. At the end one rush Capraro ended up on his back at Matt and Jeffs feet right on the side of the net. Jeff took the opportunity to talk smack to Pete and rub it in a bit. Capraro would then proceed to outwork the Red D along with linemate AK and would shut up Jeff after he poked a rebound/pass from AK into the net past a sprawling Kilroy to tie the game. AK and Peter were both tearing it up all night and got their well deserved points on that play. Jeff apologised to Matt for leaving Pete open... and talking smack.

So thats how we went into the third period 2-2 and a very tight game developing into a dandy.
About midway through the third the game would take another critical turn. Hold the play in the Gold end Jeff would send a long shot toward the net. Roman, the unwanted Russian was there in position and jumped on the rebound/deflection and slammed the puck home for the go ahead goal. That's right friends, the man that the Gold sent away was there collecting the glory for the other side as his team went up with diwindiling minutes in the game.

The Gold was far from done. Nelson had a wicked breakaway shot that was labled and Kilroy came up with the save of the night on that one. Reynolds would also have opportunities but the Gold would be unable to put it all together even after pulling the keeper for the extra man. The Red would have one penalty with about 5 minutes left when Roman would go for a fishy trip call, but the Red would survive the power play and the game ended 3-2 in favor of the Dead in Red.

Good game and a fun night at the rink.

Game Stars

3rd Star: The blogger humbly nominates Jeff Fosdick who wheezed his way to a pair of assists for the Zombies and managed to not give the game away in his own end.

2nd Star: Matty Kilroy for not only a terrific night in the pipes but another phenominal attack of the 6 foot sub during the fourth period. Matty continues to shine in the net and his post game reputation only continues to be legendary. Thanks man.

1st Star: Is there any question? The man in question. The man with the game winning goal for the team who's roster he wasn't even on at the begining of the night Roman Kurin. Our Russian friend was not only able to survive the night of listening to Jeff yell at him from the bench but was also able to exact his cold siberian revenge on the crew that tossed him aside for... no one really. Great work Roman, a well deserved game star.

4th Period Honors to everyone who brought beer, Daley, Chris Fosdick, Chuck, Matt for the Sandwich, Gregson for bringing the sandwich, and anyone else I've missed out on. A cool but nice night for postgame.

It needs to be noted that the 6 foot sandwich continues to run UNDEFEATED against the combined Daveurs. There was talk that at this point the sandwich just laughs at us whenever we unwrap it. "Oh... bitches again. Ha. Call me when you get to 3 feet." We have yet to bring down a whole sandwich. Gregson took home about 2 and a half feet. Someday... someday we may get over on the sandwich... but it wasn't Saturday night.

Overheard in the parking lot... NSWF edition: "No really it will feel good.... like Pop Rocks in your p*ssy." This during a discussion of the spermicidal nature of... Diet Coke.

I'm not kidding.