Zombies and Suckas MLK Monday

Cadavers (15) vs Windsuckers
Monday January 18

BU 10:10

1-0 Win!

Another matchup with the Windsuckers on the old Walter Brown Arena ice for this MLK day showdown. Sounds like this one was another classic division battle, and a very very close game. Once again the Blogger stands aside and gratefully presents some terrific guest blog comments and stories from the game. As always many many thanks to everyone who contributed. Lets start off with the short and sweet from Mike Campbell:

MC: "PIMs: Campbell 1:30; Capraro 1:30; Angry Ken 1:30
Larry got the only goal in our 1-0 win. We should’ve whooped them, but the win is a win."

Next up we hear some good stuff from Greg James.

GJ: "Ken got into another fight last night (pretty much in the same spot on the ice as a year ago when I pulled a third man in in exactly the same situation). And, despite my overwhelming urge to step in and play the role of heavy and crack some heads.., and despite the fact that by simply changing the date on a word document on my laptop I would have the suspension appeal letter already written… I quickly realized that the NESHL commissioner also had a readymade suspension appeal reply letter already written (coldly reading only: “suspension stands”), I smartly decided not to jump in. Turns out Kenny didn’t need my help anyway and ended up pulling a guy 3 times his weight down to the ground. Nicely done bro.

I don’t really remember anything else from the game except for perhaps some wicked point shots on net by me, sorry Jeff. -Greg"

No apologies necessary Greg. Thanks for the great recap. Now we move on to frequent contributer Pete Capraro who has another angle on things.

PC: "Hard fought win, I think we had 2 good offensive lines going putting solid pressure on all night. We did well bringing it through the neutural zone and putting it on net, lots of rebounds by the netminder that we could have capitalized on. BU ice looked 10x worse than the Capraro arena, with cones on the ice warning of the holes at center ice. Some terrible calls by the zebras but it didn't throw us far off our game, in fact we scored when I was in the box, see what happens when you get rid of trouble?"

Now we hear from a major player Ken Douville about how the night went:

AK: "Larry got a ridiculous goal shorthanded to win the game 1-0. Everyone played a great game which was needed versus that team. ... when asked to elaborate on his "incident":

sure... this team was very physical all night in front of the net with crosschecking etc. So when this guy started pushing I got into a little tussle with him and ended up on top. I usually don't win those so I was happy with the outcome. "

And lastly... but certainly not least... we have the Cagey Vet Nelson Sharfman.
NS: "Larry gets the number one star for a workman-like effort and a more than nifty unassisted goal, the only goal of the game, when he pressured the Windsuckers SHORTHANDED, caused a turnover behind their net, got the puck out from behind the net, skated by himself in front of the net, and roofed a wrister point blank off the goalie's glove and into the top netting.

Brian was also quite solid in net. Hard to win those 1-0 games unless your goalie throws a shutout.

Their goalie was really tough, and they had a very solid defense in front of him (lead by the dude in the yellow helmet, not to be confused with the man with the yellow hat...). We had a lot of pressure against them all night but both the defense and their netminder was more than up to the task. I can think of at least one breakaway, one on zero, that came up snake eyes for us (that would be me), but I believe there were others as well.

Not that many people in the sin bin that night. What's that you say? Well, now that you mention it I don't remember Hammit being there...

A well earned and exhausting victory. The drive home at midnight is a lot easier to make when we have the one and they have the zero. -- Nelson"

Awesome work Team! On the ice and with your keyboards. Thanks for helping to keep the blog on life support.... the Blogger appreciates it. Great win guys... looks like things might be turning around on this season....