Civil War Daveur @ BU Snowdome

Cadavers/South(19) vs Schlitz/ North(19)

Tuesday February 16

BU 8:10pm

SouthCads 6

NorthSuds 5

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS...

Well... we had a great concept... some good teams, an early start time and a pretty good location. Against us from the start was the weather, which was a classic snowy or wintry mix(!) for the whole day, continuing into the evening and game time. Most players had to find parking along the snowbanks on Babcock street or pay the $5 to park in the BU lot... the parking guys hadn't gone home yet... but in general everyone made it ok, if not eventually... except for one.

We didn't have two of our regular keepers available and Management called in a guy from the Goalie list to help out and play for the Suds. Lizzy was there for the Cads but as game time approached no sign of the fill in. This guy's name is Anthony Damplo, and had confirmed that he would be there. Given that there was no change in the weather during the whole day we can only assume that he wasn't taken by surprise when he realized it was snowing when he left for the rink... who knows. We may never get the story because Anthony Damplo didn't show... didn't call... just disappeared i guess and left the two teams, two refs and scorekeeper in the lurch. No official game, the crew went home, we turned over the net and played an hour of pickup. Too bad... we need to have a rating system for the goalie list so we can trash losers like Anthony that pull a no-show. Maybe someday he'll google his name and find this post... who knows. Chances are he could give a shit.
Anyhow Management apologizes for the lack of a game and hopes to not have this problem in the future...

The teams were pretty good and this is how they played out.

Schlitz/North

Goalie= No show

D= Daley, DWH, James and Elliot (i think...)

O1= Larry, Neil, and AK

O2= iJosh, Greggy, and Mitch

Cadavers/South

Lizzy in net

D1= DiLo, and Campbell

D2= Reynolds and Jeff

O1= Jasse, Chris, and Baker

O2= Nelson, Scott, and Goody

The game was actually pretty low scoring with only a goal a side for the first period. Lizzy making nice saves, both teams getting decent chances. The play was a little awkward as we called our own Goalie covers and offsides, but it had a cool almost pond hockey kind of a feel so it was alright. I believe that Greggy had a goal in the first for the Gold and possibly Chris for the Red... not certain... please comment to set the record straight.

We switched sides in the second and the Red shot on Lizzy while the Gold shot at the net webbing on the turned over net. If my recollection serves me the teams ended up 2-2 after the second period with Larry scoring a goal for the Gold and somebody (Baker maybe...) for the Red.

During the second there was a terrific collision between Greggy and Campbell as Mike was coming back out of the zone after a rush and the two Big Boys collided at the blue line. No reports on what the Seismographic Institute recorded when the two of them hit the ice... but chances are it rocked the needles. There was certainly some physical play here and there given the lack of refs, but really it stayed pretty subdued. No one took any rough or cheap shots and while there was a little contact here and there nothing egregious took place and in general everyone deserves a gold star for sportsmanship... maybe not Campbell... but what do you expect...

We switched at about 16 minutes left on the clock for the third and then the game opened up a bit. The Red went on a tear scoring the next three goals to bust open the game at 5-2. Again I'm not really sure about the goals but I do know this. Jeff scored the goal to make it 4-2 on a nice steal, rush and shot, and then must have felt so good about it... you know... scoring on the turned over net and all... we know what an accomplishment that is... that he turned and proceeded to ride his stick out of the zone. Uh... only one problem... he fell flat on his face as his legs went out and came to a skidding stop on the blue line... on his face... an epic fail of gratuitous grandstanding... good entertainment for everyone else. The Red would get that one more but then maybe Jeff's shenanigans spelled doom for the Red as the game would turn suddenly.

The Gold would swing the momentum right back as they would make a nice run, led by a terrific goal by Larry, fed by either Neil or AK... or maybe both... to bring them within two. Then Dan "The Ghost" Gregson would proceed to rack up two more goals, both of them coming after the Gold had done a nice job keeping it in the zone... letting the Red defence run around (Jeff)... and then deftly, silently,... ghostlike... slid into position on the left post and banged home two goals only a couple minutes apart to tie the game. No sign of Jeff on either goal as Greggy stood there wide open, in great position.... maybe he was still thinking about what went wrong on that goal celebration...

So there we were, with less than 4 or 5 minutes left tied up nicely with both teams making runs and getting good chances. As time was winding down the Gold would pull their goalie... which meant Daley would turn the net right side up and join as the 6th man... really they had nothing to lose... right? But the Red would capitalize as Hard Workin' Hard Skatin' Good Shootin' Nelson Sharfman would hold the puck in the Gold end and would unleash a nifty shot from the low left side (below the dot) that would find the net and put the Red ahead with less than TEN SECONDS on the clock. Really for an unofficial game... it was pretty darn good. A nice skate from everyone there and a good way to forget the bummer of the no show.

No Game Stars...

Which is a shame because Dan "The Ghost" Gregson came away with a beauty of a Hat Trick... that's 4 goals in 2 games also... and had a great night. So an Honorable Mention goes out to him.

More props to Larry who had a great night and a pair of goals, and to Nelson for the Game Winner, and Dave DiLoretto for great work on D all night for the Red.

At some point Jasse and Chris combined on a terrific rush that resulted in a great chance but no goal. This was highlighted by a give and go between them all the way up the ice.

Last but not least the atmosphere was actually pretty great... the snowy walk down the slippery ramp at the beginning of the night to the slushy BU lot with the cars warming, sharing a few (really) cold ones with the Apres Skate crowd. Big ups to beer men Jasse, Campbell, and... Larry maybe... again please comment to set it straight.... it was a fun night after the game.

We may just keep these teams for the end of season Daveur which is coming up in about two weeks which means they could be possible Playoff Rosters as well. Please comment to voice your opinion.
Thanks for reading... and being patient... the Blogger appreciates it...