Cadavers (14) vs D-MinusTuesday January 12
Milton Academy 9:20pm
3-0 Win
A cold night at the nice rink in Milton, and an evening that looked like it might be long on shifts and short on skaters as the room was a little on the empty side about 10 minutes before gametime. Nelson walked in and scratched his head knowing that not many usually show up after him, and he made 7.
Of course let it be known that the early omens weren't good.
There happened to be a neatly printed page taped to the door that said "Girls Locker-room" which was noticed by more than one Zombie on the way in. Then there was the copious lack of water bottles... Mike Campbell had a full one in his bag, but since it had been in his truck all day, it was solid like a rock.Luckily some more players filtered in. Goody, then Blake and Reynolds showed to round the Zombies out to a nice even ten.
Here's what the lineup looked like.
Brian "Long arm of the Law" Carey in Net.
D1: Campbell and Jeff
D2: Reynolds and Hammitt
O1: Goody, Baker, and Underhill
O2: Nelson, AK, and Chris
Not bad for a chilly Tuesday night and all ten made it to the bench in the opening few minutes of the game.
The D-Minus crew had their usual solid turn out. Again the Blogger salutes them for having one of the best Jersey's we've seen in our division in a while. Givent that those shirts are dark red the Cads would skate as the Gold for the night. They seem to have added a girl along the line somewhere and she was a bright spot showing great hustle all night. The rest didn't show too much pop and the Zombies in Gold were able to control the play for the balance of the evening.
Most of the Gold played pretty well but despite many many opportunities in the first period
they were unable to break through to gain a lead. The Minus stood up pretty well to the Gold barrage, and Brian had to make a few stops as they counter punched a few times. The first would end 0-0, no goals and only one penalty to Hammitt who held up his man at the offensive point for a hook late in the period. The tie at the end of the first was good because we were able to beg for a water bottle and thanks to the Minus sportsmanship they shared and we had some much needed hydration.
The second saw a step forward for the offense but a continued problem with penalties. First the offense. The Gold was doing a solid job with the forward cycling and doing a nice job keeping the puck in the zone and moving it around for chances. Nelson would make a great play jon the end boards and fired a nice pass out to the point. Jeff one-timed the pass to the net and AK (who was mucking it up in front) deflected it by the keeper for the 1-0 lead.
Shortly after that the Gold would get called for too many men when there was a botched change about midway through the period. The PK went just fine, in fact the Gold was able to get a couple of chances even being down. Nelson and AK both did great work on the PK all night.
Speaking of the PK, Hammitt would make his next trip to the box later in the period. Hammitt got to a puck in our own end and fired it then decked the guy covering him. The ref came by the bench chuckling after the call and had this to say.
"I think that was the first roughing call I've seen from a belly buck... did you see how far the kid went that he hit?" The guy was noticeably smaller than Mike, but apparently had been running his mouth... for what its worth...
The third would see more of the same from the second. Goody would score a nice goal, lifting it over the keeper after a nice pass from Blake Underhill. This was actually the second goal scored in the period but the first one was disallowed because of Zeebra "selective shortsightedness"... he couldn't see the puck... mostly because it was behind the keeper...
The Gold would strike again when Nelson would take a pass from Jeff at the point and pop it home for the icing on the cake. 3-0 and no further scoring to report.
Hammitt however... would make the game complete as he would collect another rough after knocking over his guy after taking the puck from him in our end. 3 and out for Mike again and he watched from outside the boards the rest of the way. Campbell would take one in the closing minute... I think just to make sure Ham didn't get too far ahead in the Campbell Cup standings.
Game Stars
3rd Star: *cough cough* Jeff Fosdick for two nice assists and not a horrible night on D.
2nd Star: Nelson for a nice goal and an assist and his usual excellent leadership through hard work. The guy just never stops trying.
1st Star: Brian Zero Degrees Carey for a nice win and shutout.
Honorable mentions to AK for being all over the place and having a great night, and Mark Reynolds for the same.
Brian "Long arm of the Law" Carey in Net.
D1: Campbell and Jeff
D2: Reynolds and Hammitt
O1: Goody, Baker, and Underhill
O2: Nelson, AK, and Chris
Not bad for a chilly Tuesday night and all ten made it to the bench in the opening few minutes of the game.
The D-Minus crew had their usual solid turn out. Again the Blogger salutes them for having one of the best Jersey's we've seen in our division in a while. Givent that those shirts are dark red the Cads would skate as the Gold for the night. They seem to have added a girl along the line somewhere and she was a bright spot showing great hustle all night. The rest didn't show too much pop and the Zombies in Gold were able to control the play for the balance of the evening.
Most of the Gold played pretty well but despite many many opportunities in the first period
they were unable to break through to gain a lead. The Minus stood up pretty well to the Gold barrage, and Brian had to make a few stops as they counter punched a few times. The first would end 0-0, no goals and only one penalty to Hammitt who held up his man at the offensive point for a hook late in the period. The tie at the end of the first was good because we were able to beg for a water bottle and thanks to the Minus sportsmanship they shared and we had some much needed hydration.The second saw a step forward for the offense but a continued problem with penalties. First the offense. The Gold was doing a solid job with the forward cycling and doing a nice job keeping the puck in the zone and moving it around for chances. Nelson would make a great play jon the end boards and fired a nice pass out to the point. Jeff one-timed the pass to the net and AK (who was mucking it up in front) deflected it by the keeper for the 1-0 lead.
Shortly after that the Gold would get called for too many men when there was a botched change about midway through the period. The PK went just fine, in fact the Gold was able to get a couple of chances even being down. Nelson and AK both did great work on the PK all night.
Speaking of the PK, Hammitt would make his next trip to the box later in the period. Hammitt got to a puck in our own end and fired it then decked the guy covering him. The ref came by the bench chuckling after the call and had this to say.
"I think that was the first roughing call I've seen from a belly buck... did you see how far the kid went that he hit?" The guy was noticeably smaller than Mike, but apparently had been running his mouth... for what its worth...
The third would see more of the same from the second. Goody would score a nice goal, lifting it over the keeper after a nice pass from Blake Underhill. This was actually the second goal scored in the period but the first one was disallowed because of Zeebra "selective shortsightedness"... he couldn't see the puck... mostly because it was behind the keeper...
The Gold would strike again when Nelson would take a pass from Jeff at the point and pop it home for the icing on the cake. 3-0 and no further scoring to report.
Hammitt however... would make the game complete as he would collect another rough after knocking over his guy after taking the puck from him in our end. 3 and out for Mike again and he watched from outside the boards the rest of the way. Campbell would take one in the closing minute... I think just to make sure Ham didn't get too far ahead in the Campbell Cup standings.
Game Stars3rd Star: *cough cough* Jeff Fosdick for two nice assists and not a horrible night on D.
2nd Star: Nelson for a nice goal and an assist and his usual excellent leadership through hard work. The guy just never stops trying.
1st Star: Brian Zero Degrees Carey for a nice win and shutout.
Honorable mentions to AK for being all over the place and having a great night, and Mark Reynolds for the same.
One more HM for brother Chris who just happened to have a handfull of cold delight tucked under his seat. There was a very cold footstamping, hat adjusting, cars running sibling conference in the parking lot for no more than 15 minutes. No frostbite to report.
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