Cadavers (2) vs Lobsters (7)Monday March 29
Dedham 9:00
3-1 Win
The playoffs for the Winter season kicked off last night at the Boch Ice Palace in Dedham. The number two seeded Cadavers would take on the ever fiesty Lobsters who came in as a seven seed in the Islanders Division. Of course the Lobs wear red so Team Zombie skated as the Golden Schlitz. This squad… you may recall was George’s crew from the ‘daveur a few weeks back. The roster looked like this.
Jim Sullivan in Net
D1: George and Pete Capraro
D2: DWH and Jeff
Centers: Larry and Roman
Wings: Blake, Jasse, Gregson, Scott, Chris, and Neil
The game would start off with the Cads immediatley scrambling. It was clear early on the Lobsters had their excellent female player (8) and a pair of good players (73 & 75) who would take their chances and would press us whenever possible. The goldencads would scramble around a bit in the early going just trying to get set up and deal with the red. It wouldn’t be until well halfway through that the Gold would roll and couple solid shifts that would result in some extended time in the offensive zone and a handful of chances. Jim would be a stabilizing force for us in our own end making more than a few quality stops and forcing play stoppages when needed.
There was only one penalty, to Larry who went for an elbow… as a kind of strange match for the hack he took just before, and the teams skated 4 on 4 but there was no blood. The first would end with no score.The second would see more good back and forth action and both teams pressed for chances when they could. It was more than halfway through when the dealock would be broken. A just under the eight minute mark Jeff would take the puck on a rush through the far side of the neutral zone and over the line. Dealing in traffic he worked the retreating defensman and slid the puck to himself coming toward the center of the zone. A quick shot beat the keeper far side and low and Jeff came back up the ice with his arms up.
The red wouldn’t take it quietly and they wouild counter with solid chances. At one point Sully would make a great stop and fell back on the puck as it spun around litterally on the line. Another occasion he came sweeping across the crease and making a Bruce Lee-equse kick save that shot the puck out into the corner and away from traffic. Needless to say Jim was a big factor in the game for the GoldenZombies and did a great job filling in for regular Brian Carey.
The second was noteable for one other event which was a remarkable clearing out check laid on Roman right by the offensive net. What made this check unique was that it was delt by Chris Fosdick as he chased after the puck and got tangled with the russian (who landed on the ice) on his way by the net. Both guys had a good night on offense otherwise and got lots of chances. The second would end Cads 1 Lobs 0.
The third period would see a bunch more action on the ice and the scoresheet. Less than three
minutes in the Zombie offense would hit paydirt. George would keep the play in the offensive zone and fed Larry who made a beauty of a pass to Roman who was out front. The Russian ripped a quick shot that put the Zombies ahead 2-0. Only another three minutes later the Gold would strike again. Dan Gregson kept after the puck in the offensive zone and then made a nice pass to Larry who buried a rising shot for the 3-0 lead and the zombies were feeling pretty good, now with just over ten minutes left in the game.As the game would go under 10 minutes things would start to get desperate for the Lobsters and they would definitly turn up the heat. On a good break one of the 70s guys would turn Jeff but not before the flagging defenseman would get a piece of him with his stick. Jeff would go at 920 for the slash. No blood on the PK but the Lobs were gaining momentum
Jeff was back on the ice and trying to defend a fast paced 2 on 1 but was unable to intercept the pass and the Shellfish would score on the attmept @6:06 remaining. It was really a good pass and rush from 75 and and #8 finished it off nicely.
Number 8 would then tangle with the D once or twice, the second time resulting in a small skirmish with DWH. Of course Dan would be sent to the box, and no match for #8... who apparently doesnt take penalties because she's a she... The zebra didn't seem interested in any conjecture from Jeff or George and got downright snippy about it... but again, no blood on the penalty kill.
Thats how it would roll. The Golden Zombies trying to finish out the win and trying to keep thier mouths shut from inducing any more penalties.
Game Stars
3rd Star: Hmmm. I'll say DWH and George(1assist) who both had very solid nights on D and did a great job all the way around. I'll have some honorable mentions for the other candidates for this star below.
2nd Star: I'm going with Larry "I wish I didn't send that email" Bell. A goal and and assist and a typical hard working great effort all night. Also... Larry was sporting his new "I'm not saying shit to anyone about anything" philosopy... which seemed to work out... but he still made it to the box once. (but he didn't say anything...)
1st Star: Not a shutout but Jim Sullivan was a major factor in net. More than a handfull of EPIC saves and very solid play all night that helped anchor the defense. Great work Jim, nice to have you with us for the "tournament".
Honorable Mentions:
Jeff Fosdick for a wicked goal. (if the blogger does say so himself)
Dan Gregson for a terrific assist on Larry's goal.
Pete Capraro for playing D all night.
Blake Underhill for bringing the effort all night.
Roman for his goal which was a nice tally.
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