Cadavers vs Rangers Tuesday 6/29

Cadavers (7) vs Rangers
Tuesday June 29th
Canton 8:10pm


Rangers 4
Cads 3


The blogger doesn't have much on this one. He did collect the scoresheet from the CEO who had a few words but no official guest blog on this one.
Lets start off with who was there:

Roster
Campbell
Ken/Mitch
Baker
Jason Seaver
Scot Pounds
Dan G
Dan H
AK
Brian Carey
Kevin
Blake
Howard
Goal- Matt

Sounds like it was a tight game and the Dead in Red kept the game close and kept coming back, but unfortunatley the Rangers would dominate late and snatched the game from our cold withered hands.
Here is how the scoring looked from the sheet.

1st per: Larry assisted by 36 @ 16:25 Pen: Baker rough 14:46
The Rangers scored in 1st @ 4min and 2:55

2nd per: Rangers score @ 2:55. Zombies Jay Seaver from DWH @ 1:50. down 3-2 after 2.

3rd Per: Rangers score @13:12. Zombies Seaver from Howard @4:31 Pen: Larry rough 1:59

That was how it would go. Just not enough to come back and tie it up at the end. Good work by the Cads to stay with it and make a game of it, too bad we couldn't pull it off.
Well... so not much of a story here... so lets revisit some ancient history involving the Rangers... shall we?



Old time hockey...
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Suds downed by Sputniks

Schlitz (9) vs Sitniks
Monday June 28th
Canton 10:30pm

4-2 Loss

Late night in Canton for a Monday work week starter special against our old friends the Russians. Roman and Matvey are well know moonlighters with the team that usually wears purple. Must be a Tzar thing... The Sputniks have given us trouble over the past few seasons but most of the games have been entertaining.
Monday night was close at least, most of the way... but didn't end with the good guys on top.

Here's your Golden Avenger Roster
Nelson
Larry
Hammitt
Elliot
George
Mark R
Ken D
Neil
Steve
John
Jason
Eric
Jeff
Brian in Net

The blogger barely remembers this one... again I'm writing from a distance here. It might have had something to do with the night. The Summer heat had set in, muggy and damp. The day was long, and the blogger was delighted, distracted, and divided in thought, with sunshine daydreams, nice things, smiles and beers that he almost missed the game. He didn't though and it all worked out...even after arriving to the bench a few minutes into the first.

The Gold would take the lead on a Steve Baker solo run with about 10 minutes gone in the first. The game was close played and clearly it would be a back and forth affair. Both teams had their chances and escaped without any penalties in the first. End of 1, 1-0 Gold.

The Second would see more action and the Sputniks would score just after a penalty to Baker (leg check... iffy) would expire and the game was tied at about the 12 minute mark. Baker would go again though, coincidentally after he had plenty to say to the Zebra about his first penalty, but again the Gold would survive the PK only to give up another goal just a minute or so afterward.

Not to be totally out done the Gold would get one from Jeff Fosdick who would score on a long shot from the point (pass from D partner Hammitt) and was glad, even though in his mind he'd wished it was his second score of the night... and the game was tied 2-2.

The Sitniks weren't done with this period by a long shot and niffty #5 for the Purple would pot two more goals before it was over and the Gold would find themselves down 4-2 after two periods of work.

The Gold would fight the good fight in the third but could never seem to get over on Team Sputnik. AK and Larry would both take calls in the period, AK early, LB late but again no scoring on the man advantage. Brian did what he could between the pipes but there wasn't much he could do given that we weren't able to score any more and the game would end 4-2.

Gotta hand it to the bad guys for the hard work in the third that prevented any momentum for the Gold. No game stars... or regrets.

Baker-Hammit-Daveur a success!

CadBakers (6) vs GoldenHammits (8)
Thursday June 24th
Hingham 10:10pm

Cads 4

Cans 4

A great night for hockey in Hingham as the collective 'daveurs got together for another you guys pick 'em Schlidaveur event. Summer hockey at its finest on a blamy moonlit evening. This one was abley Captained by Mssrs. Hammitt and Baker for the Gold and Red respectively. They did a great job putting the rosters together and it resulted in a fun game.

The Blogger recalls (even at this late date... writing weeks afterward here) arriving at the rink and witnessing the CEOBMF and Blake Underhill locked in the heated battle of a chess match behind the CEO's truck in the parking lot. The CEO was clearly in control but Underhill was making him hurt despite his disadvantage in numbers.
The closing moves were saved for the postgame and apparently the CEO came out on top.
Here are your official rosters. DWH was awarded to the Gold via coin toss before the game.

Gold
D1: Daley; iJosh then DWH
D2: George & Jeff
Offense: Roman, AK, Matvey, Nelson, Hammit, Gregson, Pounds, (iJosh joined)

Red
D1: Campbell; Bauer
D2: Parker; Goodwin
Offense: Bell, Baker, Seaver and Elliot Carey, and Underhill, & Capraromatt smack talk to pete.

Now, at some point in the pregame locker room I believe AK asked the Russians (whom he was skating with) which sides they preferred to play on. To which Gregson added this tid bit
"it doesn't matter they still wont pass"
Ouch baby. Very ouch.

The game got underway and the teams went right after each other.
Kilroy in net for the Gold couldn't help himself after an early shot by good buddy Pete Capraro, and gave him a little smack talk about losing something that he had in his glove.
Pete responded and scored the first goal for the Red just a minute later. (he would also assist on the next goal) Kilroy would reconsider his smack talk policy there after.

Some time later in the first Nelson would take a nice break away down only to be met by Brian "long arm of the law" Carey who would actally make a double stop. He blocked the first and as Nelson whacked the rebound he would smother that too.

The Red would keep after it and Captain Steve Baker would score the next one (assist by Pete) from right in front of the CEO.
The Gold wasn't about to be silenced for the whole period and AK Douville would take a very nice end to end bid all the way around and would score on the wrap around on Brian just before the end of the period. After 1, 2-1 Red.

At this point DWH, who was late arriving would join the Gold and help out and the momentum stayed with the Beercans. Nelson would finish a nice drive to the net by Scott Pounds and the game would be tied just a few minutes into the second.

As happens so often in these games the momentum would shift and the Red would come right back to take the lead again. This time Mike Campbell would take a pass from John Carey and would race toward the CEO and just bury a nice goal past his brother-in-law. All that was missing was the applause. Red up 3-2.

The Gold would get one more in the second when Captain Hammitt would finish on a Gregson rebound that would tie the game again. End of 2, 3-3.

The third would see a grind it out finish, and this time the Gold would take the lead for the first time in the game as the play went around the red zone. Jeff Fosdick would take a loose puck at the point and would fire it toward the net. With the help of Kevin Parker's chest deflector the puck would find its way to the top corner and the Gold led 4-3.

The rest of the period was a straight out grind. Larry and the Dead in Red would pound the puck at the Gold and would take the play harder and harder to them. Matty would make a couple of just awesome saves on Larry shots during this time.

As the clock got small, the Red turned it on and Larry would break through with a poke it in under the pads move to tie the game. Seaver on the assist with good work in the zone. Just relentless work to tie the game.
And that was how it would end. 4-4 and who could ask for more?

4th period. Beautiful night full moon warm parking lot. Beers from all over... Limeys...

Tonight! HammBakerDaveur in Hingham!

CadBakers (7) vs GoldenHammits (8)

TONIGHT June 24th

Hingham 10:10pm

Alright Team.

The rosters are set and we are go for another Thursday night Hinghamdaveur! Management conscripted...err requested the assistance of a couple of guest GMs to serve as Team Captains and to pick out the sides. This has had some interesting results so far and management thinks this format for daveurs may be seen again this season.

On Wednesday Mike Hammitt and Steve Baker took their rosters of available players and meeting via conference call at 'daveur World HQ picked up the sides.

Steve Baker won the even/odd guess and started with the first pick.

Here are your rosters for tonight.

Baker-Cads

Steve Baker (C)

Jason Seaver

Larry

Eric Bauer

Pete

Kevin

Campbell

Goody

John Carey

Elliot

Blake

Brian in Net

Hammit-Suds

Mike Hammitt (C)

Daley

AK

Roman

Jeff

Nelson

iJosh

George

Matvey

Scott

Gregson

Matt Kilroy in Net

Remember. With this new format the Captains of the respective teams call ALL the shots tonight. They make the rosters and pairings. They make any ingame strategy or personnel decisions. Its thier night to run thier club. So everyone listen up to the Captains please.

Hope everyone has fun tonight. Beerman applications are still being accepted so feel free to bring along a beverage (or snack) for after the game.

See you all tonight!

Zombies vs Mowhawks... Lakers win.

Cadavers (x) vs Mowhawks

Thursday June 17th

Canton 10:30pm

No game/No show.

Game 7 of the Finals between the Lakers and the Celtics must have been too much of a draw to get the Mowhawks to show last night in Canton. Reports are coming in that not so much as a single one of their guys made it to the rink. Hope they didn't bet too heavily on the Celts to pull it off last night... not so good.

Anyway our guys showed, and so did the refs so that left us with a 1-0 forfeit win over the Mowhawks whom we've yet to play against. Here are a couple of on the spot comments to give you a sense of how the evening went.

First up is Mike Campbell:

"As I just told Jasse, the other team no-showed. Most of the Schlitz bailed, and sat in the lobby drinking Kilroy-supplied Bud Light Limeys, watching the Celtics game. A few die-hards (Baker, Reynolds, Mitch and Gregson, I think) resisted the temptation of all things green, and skated.

Kilroy and I, as you might expect, could not resist, and even completed the trifecta with a trip to my truck at half time. ;)

I love alliteration. Truck trip trifecta.

I hate Kobe Bryant. "

Nice. We here at the Blog hate Kobe too... Thanks Mike.

Next we have iJosh with a few words.

"We did not play last night. Not a single player for the other team arrived. We had a solid group. Myself, Blake, Campbell and Kilroy enjoyed Bud Light Limes in the Lobby and watched the 2nd half of the Celtics game. The rest of the team played a half ice scrimmage and managed to join the rest of us to watch the last 5 minutes of the game.

We made sure to share a beer with the scheduled refs. Though they did promise to put Campbell in the box next time, just to make up for him missing some time in there this game."

Alright. Thanks boys for the kind words. Glad everyone made the most of the evening.
Hey... we'll take it... but too bad about the Celtics.

Schlitz take on Hillside Pub!

Schlitz (7) vs Hillside Pub

Sunday June 6th

Canton 10:30pm

4-2 win!

The Blogger wasn't around for this one, but thanks to Larry Bell we've got a very nice summary of the action. First here is your game day roster.

Larry
Hammitt
Elliot
George
Kevin
Mark R
Ken D
Neil
Steve
John
Howard
Eric
Lizzie in Net

And now without further ado... Here's Larry:

Good matchup against Hillside Pub. They scored first despite Schlitz having the edge in play. Schlitz came back to tie on Howard Heppleman's first goal of the game - a result of working hard and crashing the net to put in the rebound. The "Hepper" put us up 2-1, again crashing the net and putting in the rebound of Bakers slapshot. Hillside came back to tie late in the second. Hammit put us on top 3-2 after a nice passing combination from LB and Neil. LB finished the scoring by following Hepper's example and crashing the net for a rebound from Hammit and Capt George.

Box Score:
1st: None
2nd: 1 Howard unassisted, 2 Howard from Baker
3rd: 3 Hammit from Bell and Shah, 4 Bell from Hammit and Moorachian

ALRIGHT! Nice work boys. Thanks for the guestblog Larry! Great work all the way around. Usually when we play a squad that has the name of a business (autobody, soandso'sbar...) we get our asses handed to us. Nice work for the win crew.

The blogger apologizes for using the pic of Howard in the brace... but its the only pic I have of him. I'll bet it feels better scoring 2 goals than walking around in that thing... welcome back Howard.

Zombies stomp Suds!

Cadavers (5) vs Schlitz (6)
Thursday June 10th
Hingham 10:10pm

Zombies 6
Beercans 1


This week's daveur was assigned guest gms and Matt Elliot (Cads) and Dan Gregson (Suds) met via conference all with upper management on Weednesday to choose out the sides. Each Captain selected his crew and the teams hit the ice Thursday night ot see how the matchups fared.

The out of town lines from Vegas and points West was that the Zombie roster looked like a strong bet to do well, and they lived up to potential. The Suds played hard all night and the game was close after one and somewhat in reach after two before going all Red by the end of the night.

Cadavers
Brian Carey in net
D: Valenti, Daley, Parker, Bauer
O1: Larry, Baker, Sharfman
O2: Capt. Elliot, Capraro, AK with John Carey in there too

Schlitz
Matty CEO BMF in Net
D: George, Jeff, Hammit, Reynolds
O: Neil, Roman centers
O/wings: Capt.Gregson, iJosh, KenMitch, Howard, Matvey and Dr.Pounds

The Suds knew they had their hands full from the start. Looking at the Zombie first line was enough to let them know they would have to play a defensive style and to bring the effort. They were successful in the strategy while their legs were best in the first period. Larry would score, unassisted, left alone nearby Matt and he buried it. The Zombies would also have a penalty, Captain Elliot for a hook but there was no other scoring in the period. End of 1 Red 1 Gold 0.

The Second would see a bit more “action” in every sense of the word. The teams were clearly in the flow of the game and it was getting appropriately physical for long periods in the first and the second only ramped up the contact as the game stayed close.
Mike Daley would land a nice shot, fed from Steve Baker to bring the lead to two.

Not long after Marc Valenti would chase a puck into the offensive corner only to get tangled up with Mitch and he took a fall into the boards. Marc was less than happy and was certainly feeling it after the spill.
The scrappy play would continue as there were good heated exchanges all over the ice. Capraro and George (several times), Jeff and Nelson boxing each other out in front of Matt, Capraro and Neil, and many more. All were in good spirit and stayed for the most part on the clean side. Mark Reynolds would take a whistle for a Slash on Steve Baker minutes after the KenMitch penalty was up. The Gold would survive both penalties but were slowly going back on their heels.

Fortunately Valenti was back on the ice and in the closing seconds would contribute for his team. Marc would send a long shot from the point (pass from Mike Daley) that would go through all kinds of traffic and under Matt for a goal just as the buzzer would sound. The time expired literally less than a second after the puck hit the back of the net.
3-0 after 2.

Things would just go downhill for the Gold in the third. They opened the period with a too many men on the ice penalty after a mixup between Mark and George. Larry would score unassisted again on the power play and the game was officially turning into rout. Larry followed up his second goal with a trip to the box (stat whore is as stat whore does…) for a slash. This was no problem for the Red as Steve Baker would bag a short handed goal on a nice shot and the blood was clearly in the water. AK would get a goal, assisted by Steve, and the game was 6-0 and the Beercans were almost completely crushed.

Thankfully Roman Kurin would show some flash and would take a long rush and score on a solo bid that broke up Brian Carey’s shutout for the night. That was it for glory on the Gold side and this one would end 6-1.

Game Stars
3^rd Star: Matt Elliot for picking the Red Squad and doing a nice job with the team.
2^nd Star: Steve Baker, 2 helpers and a nice goal. He was a threat all night

1^st Star: Larry Gimme that Stat Sheet Bell. Two goals and an assist and a slashing penalty. Tough consistent play all night. This was a classic Larry game. Nice work.

Special Thanks to the CEO for the delicious post game beverages.

Tonight! Schlidaveur in Hingham!

Cadavers (5) vs Schlitz (6)

Thursday June 10th

Hingham 10:10pm

Alright alright. More 'daveur action set for tonight on the south shore. I think we will be in the A rink which is to the left if you are looking at the front of the building... but I'm not 100% so you may want to check with the desk when you arrive.

Regardless the preffered postgame location is the right side (near) of the rink. ... cuz that's probably what's most important to easily 30% of us.

This week's daveur lineups are provided by a pair of guest GMs.
Picking for the Cadavers would be Matt Elliot and the Golden Beercans would be Dan Gregson.

So here are your lineups. Bring your game and someone bring some beers... and we'll see you tonight in Hingham.

Cadavers

Capt. Matt Elliot

Mike Daley

Larry Bell

Marc Valenti

Nelson Sharman

Kevin Parker

Eric Bauer

Steve Baker

Pete Capraro

John Carey

Ken AK Douville

Chris Fosdick

Brian... sheesh I have to bring the kid again... Carey in net.

Schlitz

Capt. Dan Gregson

Neil Shah

Mark Reynolds

George Moorachian

Jeff Fosdick

Roman Kurin

Matvey Nikhamik

Mike Hammitt

Howard Heppelman

Ken Goldenberg

iJosh Greenstein

Scott Pounds

Mike Campbell (late addition awarded by management)

Matty CEO BMF in Net

One more thing. The Captains for tonights game have final say on all matters regarding each squad. This means, the captain will set the lineups, and make any in-game decisions (if necessary) regarding powerplay/penalty kill groupings or anything else.

Its their night, good or bad, and they run the show.

So it should be fun.

See you tonight!

Way to go 'Hawks

The Blog... and Schlidaveur Incorporated International LLC... would like to congratulate the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the Stanley Cup Championship last night.

The Hawks had a great run, and a nice group of players. Fitting that Patrick Kane put in the game/series/championship winner in overtime. Also fitting that Johnathan Teowes won the Conn Smythe trophy. Good stuff.

I guess the blogger wants to congratulate the loyal and long suffering hockey fans of Chicago. Fans in the Boston area should feel really good for their blue-line brethren in the windy city. They too have suffered for years under the yoke of an ownership that is completely disinterested in the product on the ice and completely focused on the total of the bank account.

Thanks to the advent of the salary cap, and rampant mediocrity, places like Chicago and Boston have at least some pathetic hope of seeing glory for their teams. Put together a solid club and you never know, you could go far, and depending on the matchups (with other mediocre teams) you could find yourself with Lord Stanley's bowl.

Now... I'll give you that this Hawks team is a much better assembly of talent than the fraudulent softness of the local product and thereby they really had an actual chance. Boston was lucky to go as far as it did, thanks to the weak rosters they faced.

So raise a glass. The poor saps in Chicago got theirs, and you never know, maybe one of these years the local pathetic excuse for a professional hockey club could stumble right into a chance to win one too.
And if its any comfort, they still have the same greedy puke of an owner, who is sure to suck the life out of whatever goodness comes from this... just like the asshole that owns the team here.

Suds and Lobster Summer in Hingham

Schlitz (5) vs Lobsters

Wednesday June 2nd

Hingham 9:50pm

4-4 tie

Another spot for a terrific guestblog by one of our finest. Here is iJosh to tell you all about how this one went down:

Welcome to another summer edition of Schlidaveur Hockey. When I think of summer I think of barbeques, cold beer and fresh Lobster. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

This evening in good ol' Hingham would have the Schlitz trying to cook some Lobster. The team would suit up an even 10 players. Jason Seaver would center Larry Bell and Chris Fosdick. John "Daddy Drove Me here" Carey would center Mike Hammitt and Ken Mitch Goldenberg. On defense would be Mike Campbell paired with Marc Valenti and George Moorachian paired with iJosh Greenstein. Between the pipes would be Brian "Damn, my son tagged along again" Carey.

Within the first few minutes of play the game was already eventful. First was Mike Campbell. He would quickly be escorted to the sin bin for slashing in our end. The puck, inexplicably, would be dropped in the defensive zone. After conferring with the referee later in the game it was explained that NESHL has moved to High School rules for the summer (and most likely beyond). The noticeable differences are face offs. All penalties move deep into the offending team's zone. Also all face offs (pucks into the stands, high stick violations, etc) go to the nearest face off dot rather than point of infraction. So the Golden Suds would be shorthanded early. About halfway through the penalty Mr. Hammitt would gather the puck in the neutral zone and skate it in. Upon hearing some on the team implore him to shoot, he did where he promptly buried the puck for a shorthanded goal. 1-0 good guys. Not too much after than, Mr. Valenti would be put in timeout for a high stick. This penalty would be killed as well. No scoring on this time though. But over all the Suds seemed to control the game. No big chances for the Lobsters. Then Larry Bell and Jason Seaver would play a little tic-tac-toe with Jason burying the puck for a 2-0 Suds lead. And the Schlitz would not be done. Once again, Mr. Seaver would tip one in from a rifle of a shot from Valenti giving the Beer Cans a commanding 3-0 lead after one period.

The talk on the bench was to keep the pressure up and to make sure to cover your men on defense since this team can and will put the pressure on. So early in the 2nd Hammitt would perform a "Hammitt Special". Basically someone knocks him over, so Mike levels the guy and then stands over him. Two minutes by yourself boy!!!! Unfortunately Hammitt would be let out early as the Lobsters took advantage and buried the puck to cut the lead to 3-1. Again Jason and Larry would combine to score again. This time Larry from Jason to bring the lead back to 3, 4-1 Suds. Now the Suds just needed to maintain the pressure and play solid D. But it is easier said than done. The Lobsters would claw back into this game. They would score two more before the 2nd period buzzer blew. One on a break-away that had a Lobster two-step away from the defense and get an open look at Brian to make it 4-3.

The third period was more of the same. The Lobsters had decided to take control of this game. They would get physical in front of the net. They were taking it as well as they were giving it. And finally they were able to break through again and beat Brian on the glove side to tie the game at 4. As the clock started to wind down the Lobsters would continue to have chance after chance. A few they should have had. In fact, this game was almost lost in the final minutes as Brian lunged to his glove side, making the initial save. The Lobsters picked up the trash and sent it just wide of the open net, top side right. The Schlitz would regain control just long enough to keep the Lobsters from making another shot, but it would be too late for the Cans to put on any pressure. The end result, a come from behind tie (that according to George is like kissing your brother....Glad I'm not in his family).

Beer in the 4th was sponsored in part by Bud Light, BL Lime as well as Bell and Campbell.