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.