Suds drop the Minus!

Schlitz (13) vs D Minus
Thursday July 29th
Hingham 10:10pm

2-1 Win

Another beautiful night for steamy summer hockey on the south shore and our heroes in Gold faced off against the more and more plucky D-Minus club that we've had some good games against this season. Last night was true to form and the game was even or a one goal affair for most of the way.

The heat hasn't done the ice in Hingham any favors and for a long time it was wet and soft in lots of places which had a big effect on the smoothness of the game for a while.

Here is your melty/sweaty humid Beercan Roster

Brian "long arm of the law" Carey in Net

D1: Reynolds, Parker

D2: Jeff, iJosh

O1: Baker, Chris, Jay Seaver

O2: Roman, Matvey, John Carey

O3: Nelson, Ken/Mitch, and Howard

The game was close. Brian made some nice stops but only saw occasional action as the Beercans would take the game right to the Minus and would do well moving the puck and getting chances. The Minus keeper played VERY well and saw lots of shots. He gobbled up everything near him and the Can's couldn't seem to get anything consistent going. The Minus players did a good job getting after it all night and contested everything.

The first would go scoreless and without penalties.

The second would go a long time before the lamp was lit and the ice "broken" as far as scoring. Mark Reynolds would make a nice play at the point and would drive a shot, two feet off the ice toward the net. Jay Seaver would pivot, and deflect the shot, in mid air into the net for the 1-0 lead. Nice work there by both guys. The second would end 1-0.

The third period would see a bit more action as contests for the puck all over the ice became... more contentious shall we say. Baker would go on a match for a rough early in the period. You could see it coming with Steve, he has been prone to boiling over lately when receiving "attention" from the opponents. The teams would skate 5-5. Then later in the period Mark Reynolds would go, also on a match where lots of pleasantries were exchanged. Just helpful hints and encouragement I imagine passing between sportsmen... or not.

Sometime before the Reynolds penalty, but with less than 10 minutes remaining the Beercans would strike again. This time John Cary would pick up a Roman rebound and bury it to give the Gold the 2-0 lead. Good work by Roman working the zone, and great finish by John who has been a nice little addition to our squad this summer.

The Minus weren't quitters and the two goal lead didn't slow them down. With just under 2 minutes to play the Gold would be back on their heels and scrambling in our own end and eventually they would poke one under Brian who had been down, up, and squirming around trying to get the puck... no one in Gold could get it either and the game was within a goal. They would pull their keeper but the Mighty Beercans would survive the last minute and a half and take home a very nice, hard fought 2-1 win... just like mother used to make.

Good stuff.

Game Stars: (two for one theme this week)

3rd Star: Nominated in the locker room by Brian... Ken/Mitch and Howard for getting after it and being in position all night. True dat. Props to the third line wings for making it happen all night.

2nd Star: I'm going with Mark Reynolds and Roman Kurin both with assists and good work all night on both ends of the ice.

1st Star: Goal scorers Jay Seaver, and John Carey. Without their finish... we'd be finished. Good work guys.

4th period awards....

Howard and Chris for bringing Bud Lite... and Bud Lite. Always nice to down a cold one... or two in the postgame lot in Hingham. Warm, moonlit night... Stones on the radio... too bad the blogger had to work today...