Suds Fail... D-minused.

Schlitz (4) vs D-Minus
Thursday May 27
Hingham 10:10pm

3-1 loss

The Beercans had another south shore matchup with the D-Minus crew who we spanked just a week ago at the same rink. Certainly everyone was hoping for a similar result. Unfortunatley the pregame lockerroom chatter about “carefull about underestimating the opponent” turned out to be a foreshadowing of exactly what we would do on the ice.

Heres your roster to start
Brian “Long arm of the Law” Carey in Net
D1: George and Mark Reynolds
D2: Campbell and Jeff
O1: John Carey, AK, and iJosh
O2: Baker, Parker and Gregson with Dr. Pounds doing an admirable job all night rotating through the lines and keeping track.

The Golden Beercans would skate circles around the rink in the first, lots of passing and a good number of chances in the Minus end. John Carey would pop in a rebound (from iJosh) only 40 seconds into the game to put the gold up by one. Unfortunatley, and somewhat unexpetedly, that would be the only tally of the period and there was no question the prevailing attitude on the bench was “we got this”… cue the ominous music going into the break

With the game not even close to being decided the Gold seemed to perceptibly slow as the second period wore on. It was like a slow power drain as the Minus played with a little bit more grit and opportunity than in past contests. They would start to get some chance on Brian and the Gold was getting fewer chances in the other end. Reynolds would go for a trip halfway throught the period but no scoring on the penalty
Then with just under 3 minutes to play in the period George would go for a hook and Maroon wasted lest than 30 seconds before they would pop one home by Brian to tie up the game. The Gold then got the first wiff that the night might be going sour.
Worse than that was the fact that right after that there would be another scramble in front of Brian and the Minus would knock it in during the scrum and would take the lead along with all of the momentum in the building.
Now the second goal was a bit fishy. It seemed Brian had the situation covered and the crowd had kind of stopped around him, but the zeebs were holding the whistles tight and it seemed to take a long time to get one just about everytime it was tied up.

Regardless the now tired and bewilderd Beercans faced the third period now down a goal and the opponet was feelign the confidence and the momentum.

The third just went predictibly badly. Looking eerily similar to the cheap folding table, poor excuse of a professional hockey club from Boston, the Gold litterally just let it slip away in the third. The shifts weren’t as short as they should have been and that led to tired legs. We lost almost all intensity and aggresiveness in the one on one battles and turned the opponent into more of a force than they were in the earlier part of the game.

About 4 minutes into the period the Maroon would score another on a good hard work effort by their forwards and the Gold was in full involuntary constricting upper esophagus collapse.

Now… before I get all dumpy on the good guys… there were chances, and opportunities… just nothing that worked. Jeff would have something like 5 shots in a shift early in the period, the only problem was that none of them were actually on the net. Barn door, Jeff. Jeff, barn door. Nothing. Steve Baker would wheel and deal a few time and ended up with 3 legit breakaway chances none of which had much hope. George had a nice rush and wrap around attempt but the Minus were up to the task.
They did have a differnent keeper than the last game but honestly it wasn’t like we challenged him with many really strong chances
Parker would take a matching penalty close to the end but that was just about it. No big finish or comeback to report.

The only up side was a few cold ones, Gregson and Jeff brought a few Buds of the light and the regular variety that were enjoyed in the atmospheric lighting of the rink parking lot.

Honorable Mentions to Scott for doing the rotating and keeping track up front, and to our gal Lizzy for keeping score in excellent form. Honestly the blogger looked over at her in the booth sipping a Bud light at one point thinking I’d rather be there…
Sad.

Zombies tied up by Shock

Cadavers (4) vs Shock

Monday May 24th

Canton 9:20pm

5-5 Tie

The blogger wasn’t in house for this one… and there were no guest blog contributions, but we will have a semi game story nontheless. Thanks to a well completed game scoresheet we have a good idea of how this one went down. Kudos therefore right off the bat Larry Hudson, Canton scorekeeper extraordinaire.

This was apparently a pretty good matchup, but the dead in Red felt that they let one slip away that they should have had. Team Zombie led most of the night only to succumb to the Shock in the end and finished up with a tie.

Lets check the roster.

Matt CEOBMF in Net

D: DWH, Eric Bauer, Reynolds, Daley (?)

O: Baker, Hammitt, Elliot, Shah, Sharfman, Nikhamik, Capraro and Kurin

A good group to be sure, and the Red had some confidence to start off.

Capraro would lead off scoring with a a goal from DWH just 3 minutes into the first.

The Shock would counter with a goal at the ten minute mark to pull even.

Hammitt would score, assisted by Matvey just under the six minute mark and the period would end 2-1 Red.

Hammit would continue to roll and would score the first goal of the second, this time assisted by Neil and the Red would lead 3-1 just two minutes into the second.

The Shock didn’t stay down though, and they countered with another goal just a minute later. They would also see three penalties before the end of the period.

The Red would take advantage and get the lead out to 2 again when Mike Daley would score from Matt Elliott with 6 minutes left in the period. Good guys 4-2 at the end of two.

Dan with Hands Herbert (DWH) would lead off the third the right way and would score unassisted at 14:32. This meant a three goal lead for Team Zombie, but unfortunately it also meant the Shock had them right where they wanted them.

The Shock would take the next 3 penalties, one a misconduct and then things really started to change. Neil went for a highstick that looks like a match to one of those Shock penalties, but regardless when those penalties expired The Electric Company would take over.

Scoring at 9:35 they would bring it back to 5-3. Then the Shock scored again at 4:13 and again at 2:13 to tie the game. Apparently a torrid comeback from three goals down to tie up the Zombies… and that’s how this one would end. 5-5.

Sounded like a whiz bang of a game, too bad about the total collapse.

I’m thinking no game stars.

…nice to see the CEO back on the ice…

Suds sloshed by Call

Schlitz (3) vs Last Call
Thursday May 20
HinghamC 9:30pm

5-0 loss



A nice night for summer hockey on the south shore as the Golden Beercans would take on the Last Call who have been a bit of a division rival the last few years and who also fared pretty well in the just closed playoff season. The Call were even sporting new white shirts, with a terrific logo consisting of a foamy beer mug with crossed sticks behind it.
The shirts were new but the guys were the same and they had all of their best in attendance on Thursday. These guys aren’t going to win any speed skating competitions but they know how to play and have certain players who can “turn it on” for a shift or rush whenever necessary… this happened several times during the night.

Here’s your Lineup
Brian Carey in Net
D1: Mike Campbell; Eric Bauer
D2: Jeff Fosdick; Mike Daley
O1: Larry, Nelson, and Neil Shah
O2: Steve, Dan Gregson, and Matt Elliot, with iJosh floating

The first period was pretty back and forth but it was clear early on that the Suds would have their hands full all night. They were able to move the puck and get shots and we were… well… unable to do that… consistently.

The good news was that the Gold held the Call scoreless until the closing minutes. Then a pinch and turnover in the White end resulted in a 2 on nobody rush for the White which they neatly buried behind Brian and we went into the break down 1-0.

The second wasn’t as good. The Call would get another within a minute of the start of the period on a nice bang bang pass and shoot from behind our net. A mere 3 minutes later number 16, I believe the chap with the neon pink helmet, no shield decided to “flick the switch” and took a nice end to end rush and finished with a flourish putting the White up 3-0. Daley would take a trip call shortly afterward but the Gold played well on the PK and there was no scoring. The Call would tuck another nice goal away before the end of the second and the period would end with the good guys down 4-0.

The third would see two more penalties by the ‘cans. Bauer for a rough and Larry for a trip but again no blood on the penalties. That didn’t really matter much to the Call who would score their 5th with more than 14 minutes left. The gold was clearly overmatched and really struggled to get just about anything going for the rest of the way. Neil and Larry had a nice pass and shoot just before the end, and there were a few other “almost” situations but really… we had no answers.

And that’s how that one would play out. I guess you could say it was a minor victory of sorts just holding them to one goal in the third, but its pretty pathetic when you have to hang your hat on that.

The fourth period was a little lean with just a few beers that Jeff brought along, but it was nice to see the Icebergs drinking just a few parking spots away. They had just finished a game on the other side. It was great to see Matt Cicciari and Eric Marino and to catch up for a few minutes.
Quote of the night from Mr. Marino, who has been a ‘daveur from years past:

“Now I’m 50, I’ve had seven knee operations and I’ve been shot twice, but yeah, I'm still doin’ this" (takes a swig of beer)
Phenominal.
Nice to have a beer with you boys...
And that’s all there is to say about that.

Zombies beat by bewbies Hack Pack

Cadavers(3) vs Hack Pack
Wednesday May 19
Canton 10:20pm

4-1 loss


This one didn’t sound like it was very enjoyable. The word coming back to the Blogger was that the new team was fairly evenly matched against us but there was just nothing going on for the Dead in Red and stayed that way all night

There was a goal, a good one from Larry but I don’t recall if anyone assissted.

Aside from that there was reports that Sully had a good game and the other team had a handfull of very solid shooters. Unfortunately Sully would get run into just before the end of the game and ended up with a badly twisted ankle. There has been no word from the Schlidaveur medical staff on his injury but he was seen limping to his car at the end of the evening. Hopefully Sully will be back in the pipes again soon...

Anyone that has any comments or stories to add to this one is encouraged to use the COMMENT FEATURE and give us a word or two. The Blogger would be very appreciative.

No game stars.

Suds sink the minus... weak revenge.

Schlitz(2) vs D-Minus
Thursday May 13
Hingham 10:10pm

8-4

The league called up and offered us a "bonus" game of sorts, so the Dead in Red..err Golden Beercans threw together a roster and met up with the D-Minus over in Hingham for a late evening engagement. This was the same club that beat the Cads in the one game playoff game at the end of last season. That night they had an epic goaltender and really stole on from the Red, so there was a thought of retribution in some minds as we took the ice.
Heres the Roster
Lizzy in Net
D1: Brian Carey; Mike Campbell
D2: Jeff Fosdick; DWH
O Centers: Jason Seaver, Neil Shah
O Wings: Roman, Matvey, Capraro, Gregson, Baker, and John Carey

This one would be a bit wild, and it didn’t start particularly well. The Minus would take the opening face off, walk into our zone and let loose a low skidding shot that slowly rolled right at Lizzy, right under her and into the net for a 1-0 lead just 20 seconds in.

The Gold shook their heads and headed back up ice. Thankfully new star center Jason Seaver would tie the game less than 30 seconds later and it was clear we were in for a long night.

The Gold would follow with a goal from Matvey assisted by DWH and Neil, then an unassisted tally from John Carey for a 3-1 lead pretty early on. Neil would get one of his own on a return the favor pass from Matvey and the first period would end 4-1 good guys. It was clear that the talent in Net for the Minus was well off from the playoff performance.

Steve Baker would take a roughing penalty in the second, and Neil would go for a hook (totally suspect call) in the third and that was all the penalty minutes for the Gold.
D-Minus would score another early in the period to close to 4-2 but the Beercans would answer with another run. Goals from DWH, assisted by Neil, then Neil assisted by Brian Carey, would keep a healthy lead for the good guys. D-Minus would score their third somewhere in there but Neil would complete the Hat-trick before the end of the period, this one from Matvey again. So into the third we would go 7-3.

The third would prove to be the quietest period of the night scoring wise with a goal a side. Roman would knock one home from Mike Campbell that would seal the deal at 8-4. That’s how it would end and in the second half of the game it was a lot closer than it had been in the early going. It will be interesting to see if their goalie situation changes at all when we see this club later in the season.

Game Stars
3^rd Star: Dan "DWH" Herbert for a pair of assists and yet another excellent game of defense
2^nd Star: Matvey Nikhamik for a goal and 2 helpers and a very solid game all around

1^st Star: Neil Shah. A hat-trick along with 2 assists for a terrific five point night.

The Fourth period would be sponsored by beverage contributions from Gregson and Campbell which were tasty and pleasant to enjoy after a 8 goal winning night.

There were unconfirmed reports about Campbell and Fosdick racing to the bottom of his cooler of ice cold Budlights… but they hadn’t seen each other in a while and its amazing really they could drink that much beer between the two of them never shutting up for 2 seconds.

Good win boys and girls.

Zombies beat Leafs!

CADavers(2) vs. NESHL Leafs
Tuesday May 11th
10:20pm Canton

4-2 victory for the Dead in Red.

The Cads were back in action on Tuesday night.
Here is the gamestory from SuperGuestBlogger Dr. Jasse:

Hopes were high as we saw the assembled team of newbies gather in the Canton lobby and procure their bran’ spankin’ new blue jerseys. Games vs. clinic teams in the past usually guaranteed not only a victory but huge deposits in individual stat-whores score sheet accounts. So, confidence in the locker room was high as we knew we had a solid line-up against what we assumed would be a pushover of an opponent.
Brian ‘long arm of the law’ Carey (looking very undercover bad-ass with his new chops) would be ‘twixt the pipes.
The formidable D would be the foursome of
Mark R, DWH, Mike Daley and fresh off the IR, Kevin Parker
We had one no-show so Larry and Jason Seaver would center the 3 pairs of wings made up of:
Jasse & AK
Eric & Matt Elliott
Scott Pounds & Dan Greggson

Right off the bat the line of Larry, Jasse and AK would attack the offensive zone, swarm the net and have 2 near-misses; Jasse couldn’t quite tuck the puck in off the side of the net and Larry almost banged home a rebound out front. Good start but no finish.

Lines would change and Jason Seaver (let us applaud management’s scouting and farm system) would make his presence immediately felt. 1 shift, 2 shots, 2 pieces of rubber touching the twine. For a squad that found itself offensively challenged much of last season this guy is an immediate upgrade and welcome addition.

Speaking of upgrades, Eric Bauer may not have made the scoresheet but his impact was felt throughout the game and another obvious improvement to our forward lines. He had consistent, hard-working shifts all night and it won’t be long before this guy joins the scoring parade; he too has hockey smarts and skill.
So, 2-0 good guys at the end of one.

Not too far into the start of the second, Jasse and AK put on (if I dare say) a dazzling passing clinic which was essentially a tic-tac-toe through the neutral ice into the offensive zone which ended up with AK taking a cross ice pass from Jasse at the doorstep and bangin’ it home. Pretty stuff and 3 nill.

This was not your father’s clinic squad. They too had some skaters and anytime an opposing player dons a no shield helmet, defense beware. This guy made a pretty twirl in the slot move and blew one by Brian to cut the lead 3-1. No worries; Jasse with a touch pass to Seaver who threads a pretty pass to AK parked in the EXACT SAME SPOT as before to slam it home. 4-1.
The Leafs would find the back of the net to make it 4-2 and then really turn on the pressure but our D and Brian Serpico Carey would shut the door.

Game Stars:
3rd Star: Reynolds, Daley, DWH, Parker. Don’t let the name of the opponent fool you; the assemble clinic group brought it last night and had their chances. But the puck control of DHW & Daley combined with the tough shut ‘em down tenacity of Parker & Reynolds really shut the door on these guys.
2nd Star: Ken AK Douville. He is always around the net. Ak is always a pest in the offensive zone with his wheels and his high-motor persistence. His effort netted him 2 goals and an all around excellent game
1st Star: Jason Seaver, 2 goals and a helper. This guy is going to be huge for our team, obviously. But what I also liked about him was his self-less play. Anyone remember Dixit? Clearly the best skater on the ice (poetry in motion on blades) but his 8 ½ minute shifts and no-pass attitude got him shipped out of town (that and a job offer). Seaver was feeding the wingers all night, strong on face-offs and in the D zone. Good stuff

The IR turnstile: The IR gives and taketh away:
We welcome back Brian (who looked sharp) and Parker (who always plays a consistent hard-fought game) from the MASH unit and we say adios to Jasse. A pulled groin a few months back turned into something worse last night and he’ll be on the shelf for a bit.

Zombie-Fiesta Cincodemayodaveur!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz (1)
Wednesday May 5
Canton 8:10pm

Cadavers 2
Schlitz 0

The Summer 2010 season began on Wednesday night witha classic 'daveurs matchup and postgame that kicked things off in style. Lizzy and Team Dead would earn a tough 2-0 shutout shutdown of the Golden Beercans that would see lots of hard work, (and wheezing), but not much scoring.

The season opening rosters would include some new faces, and a bunch of old ones, as Schlidaveur International would welcome Eric Bauer and Jason Seaver to the ranks of our merry band of skaters. Who knows what their impressions were halfway through this slow-speed slugfest, but I’m pretty sure that when they left the parking lot they felt indoctrinated into what it means to play with the ‘daveurs… but more on that later.

The old faces included appearances by Matt Kilroy, yes you read that correctly, the CEOBMF is back, and skated out even, and Brian “long arm of the law… now surgically repaired” Carey who also skated out. Kevin Parker would also be returning from surgery as well, and it was great to see all of you guys back in the game.

This game had a bit of bigness to it right from the start, being first game of the season, a ‘davuer, new faces and old, and a warm summer night with the promise of beer and pizza, really all the elements were in play. You could feel it. Ok before the blogger gets lost…Here’s your game rosters

Cadavers
Lizzy “The GrimKeeper” in the pipes

D: Daley, Valenti, DWH, and Kilroy

O1: Capraro, Nelson, and Baker

O2: Eric Bauer, Elliot, and Gregson

Schlitz

Sully in net

D: Sgt. George, Reynolds, Brian Carey

O1: Jason Seaver, Neil and Scott

O2: Jeff, Roman and Parker

So the game would get underway and right off the Gold were a bit back on their heels. The Gold bench didn’t quite fill out right away as they would skate with 8 for a while before Parker would arrive five minutes into the period. The Red was definitely ready to play and immediately took the game to the Gold pressing the play in the Suds end and giving Sully some shots early on.

It wasn’t long in when the Gold would get caught in the neutral zone and Steve Baker would make a great play and spring a breakaway with Capraro. A slick pass and Pete buried the shot for the 1-0 lead at just the three minute mark. It was clear the Suds had their hands full, as it was no more than another 2 minutes later when Baker would take the puck and making some space for himself would unleash a nice shot that made the game 2-0.

Aside from getting Sgt. George to an early boiling point… you could tell as he started bubbling out condemnations and ”guys we gottas…” the Gold seemed to hold themselves together a bit and tried to match the intensity from the Cads to try and settle things down. This was mostly accomplished but the Red would get a handfull of other chances as the period went on. Sully did a great job keeping the suds in the game, for the rest of the way really.

The end of the first saw another bubbleover by Sgt. George who seemed to have plenty of wind for blowing hard at the Gold bench while the rest of us caught our breath. The Gold would keep after it, and had their chances but they were much fewer than the Zomies over the next two periods.

The Big Red defence that included Marc Dan and Mike with regular brief appearances by Kilroy, played formidably all night long, taking away chances, and setting the play down when needed. They were just plain tough to get around. The Gold didn’t get large numbers of quality chances, and when they did Lizzy was there and made the play. Lizzy was looking like her namesake, decked out in all black she stood a bit taller as she turned aside everything that came near her, reaping the shots and collecting loose pucks.

The Gold for their part couldn’t get any consistent pressure going in the Red end, and despite a handfull of breakaway chances for Jeff they couldn’t come up with anything over then next two periods. Jeff would clank one off the post in the first, Lizzy would squash the next shot, and the third breakaway, late in the game Jeff just faked himself out, trying to make a pathetic backhand and plowed himself right into the net instead of the puck. He got up muttering something about how they all now knew why he usually played D… or something like that.

Seaver, Roman and Neil had little other luck. Lots of just missed passes and bouncing pucks. Mid range shots were gobbled up by Lizzy and the Defense and trips were not plenty in to their end to begin with. Great work byt the Red all the way around.
Mark Reynolds would take the game’s only penalty in the second for interferece but the powerplay was a wash.

The Beercans would pull Sully for the final minute but again no blood on the odd man situation. The Red celebrated the first win of the year and a nice shutout and the teams adjourned to the locker-rooms and then the parking lot for the fourth period.

True to the special feeling of the night, the lot did not disappoint. Thanks in major part the CEO who provided Zorba’s Pizza (like seven of them) and icy cold Limeys for all to enjoy. All did enjoy as the weather was downright summer-like in the sixties under the stars. The teams were joined by Scott’s wife, Carlotta Pounds and Neil’s girlfriend Sarah and it was great to have both of them with us. Scott (true gentleman that he is) grabbed the seat from the back of his mini-van for Sarah to sit on. She was with cast, recovering from knee surgery. Sarah actually has a human cadaver ligament in her new knee so she has now been confirmed and Official (maybe the most official) Cadaveur by the organization. Welcome!

The Pizzas were devoured, the Limeys and Coronas slurped and smiles were plenty. The assembled ‘davuers basked in the start of summer hockey and it was pointed out by Roman that just a week ago the Cads were standing in the same parking lot and the feeling was totally different. A week ago it was chilly and the guys sulked around a few beers and felt bad about the whuppin just put on us in the dampness.

This week it was all good, even for the guys that got shutout, by the end of the night. Summer was here. The beer was cold and the pizza delicious. Good friends and teammates doing what we do, having a good skate and then a nice hang afterward. Welcome to the summer season. I have a feeling its going to be good.

Game Stars

^3rd Star: Big Red D. DWH, Mike Daley, Marc Valenti, and Matty Kilroy. Great work all night.

2^nd Star: Steve Baker. A two point night for the victors. Nice work all around.

1^st Star: The dark keeper of the crease. Lizzy for a season opening shutout. Nice job.

Nice job to everyone who came out. That was a good way to start off the season.

Summah Season Kicks off with CicodeMayoDaveur!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz (1)
Wednesday May 5th
Canton 8:10pm


Summer season opener!


So much for the off-season.

Fresh off a royal "ousting" by the Blues last week to conclude the Winter season our heroes of the rink head back to the ice to open the Summer 2010 season with a CincodeMayoDaveur tonight in Canton.

Schlidaveur Incorporated opens another season with new and familiar faces and the league has been nice enough to give us a season opener "get to know you" Schlidavuer game. Everyone will be on deck tonight in Canton to get things underway.
Management consulted the hockey gods (there's a temple deep in the catacombs under world-headquarters), and meditated, even offered some sacrifices (the gods are picky... and hard to reach this time of year) and came up with a nice split roster that will hopefully make for a good game tonight.
Here are your game rosters.

Cadavers
Nelson
Dan G
Dan H
Matt E
Eric B
Daley
Steve
Mark V
Capraro
Matt
Lizzie - Goal

Schlitz
Jeff
Roman
George
Reynolds
Neil
John Carey
Brain Carey
Jason Seaver
Scott
Ken D
Kevin (coming back from injury, trying it out, take it easy)
Jasse (maybe... new baby in the house)
Sully - Goal

Daveur-parenting

This just in from World Headquarters.

Daveurbabynewsflash.


Congratulations go out to Dr. and Mrs. Jasse for the birth of their second daughter Maya Avery Jasse. Born Sundday @ 9:37am 8lbs 13 oz 20 1/2 inches.

Best wishes from all the 'davuers to Mike and Beth and the whole family.


And now a quick check in with Greg James... you may recall he and Miran welcomed twin baby girls and we now see how Greg is coping with the new arrivals. He sent along this picture...




Way to be Greg. One of the responses in the email thread aptly summed it up

"The only way to parent... drunk."

Amen to that brother.