Zombies fall short in Championship

Cadavers(5) vs Blues(1)
Thursday 4/28
Quincy 7:50pm

2-1 loss

The Cadavers faced old time, longtime rival the Blues last night in Quincy for the Maple Leafs Division Championship. The game would be one of two if the Cads could pull off the win against the Blues who were 3-0 in the playoffs as the #1 seed, but if they won the season was over and they would take home the hardware. Its not the first time we've played for a trophy in that building and anticipation was high pregame.
Here is your Red roster.
Jacob Marks in Net
D1: George, Bauer
D2: Jeff, Daley
O1: Chapman, Baker, and Jasse
O2: Nelson, Joe, and Scott
O3: iJosh, Larry, Mitch

The last time we played Les Bleus it wasn't pretty. They had clearly added some talent and management was fully expecting a loaded team to show for this one. That wasn't really the case. They had all of their regulars and played very solid. #6 the most standout who was up and down the ice and all over the place getting chances pretty much all night. The Red had a deep bench, the Blues barely 2 lines and there was hope for good things as the teams got into the game in the first period.
The play was tight and physical. The Blues had no problem putting the body on and the Red took a little to adjust and really seemed a half step behind the Blue shirts most of the night. This is probably no surprise given the back to back with the game at BU the night before.
Larry would go for a hook halfway through the period but the Red did a nice job killing the penalty. Jacob was very solid as the Blues would get some good pressure on a regular basis. The first would end 0-0 and it was clear this one would be a struggle the whole way.
The Second period would see lots more action and a few more penalties. Eric Bauer would go for a roughing just 3 minutes into the period and Red would have to PK again. The Zombies did well but were still having a hard time generating offense well into the period. Finally the Blues would take a penalty when douchebag #3 Feury would get a trip call after taking down Jasse as he entered the zone. The penalty wasn't good for the Red this time and after a lackluster effort they would turn the puck over and #6 would put on the jets with a breakaway. He would finish nicely and the Blues were up 1-0 at almost exactly the halfway point in the game.
Larry would go for an elbow... and the blues would send another to the box as well. End of 2 and it was 1-0 Badguys.
Jacob would continue to do a tremendous job keeping us in the game through the whole 3rd period. One glove save in particular that had deflected off a stick in front was very impressive. We needed it for sure as the Blues kept coming. Despite being under-manned they outworked the Red on the majority of the shifts. They would break the game open when 7 would score from in front after a scramble. At this point Baker was playing D with Jeff and Daley had moved up front. The scorer was one of two guys in front, neither of which was Jeff covering. This was with less than 7 minutes left in the game.
The Blues #6 would go to the box for a ridiculous charge just about a minute later but again the Red would have a hard time making something happen up front. With just under 5 minutes left Larry would complete the tri-fecta with his 3rd penalty (another iffy one) and was bounced from the game. This left Red on the PK trying to make something happen. Chapman and Daley would play with Baker and Jeff. Paul suggested a play and got it right back to Jeff who misfired immediately (a theme), but luckily Steve Baker would pick it up and rifle a pass to the streaking Chapman (his plan) on the other blue line. Paul would lose a defender, make a sweet move and plunk it in for an unlikely but critical shorthanded goal.
Red would continue to try and ramp the pressure, with limited success as the final minutes would tick off. Really though, they struggled to get any consistent attack going. The Blues would salt it away and that was that. They would win 2-1 and celebrate with a hoist of the trophy and a picture.
Sad.
So begrudging Congratulations from the Cadavers and the whole organization... grumble grumble grumble.
4th Period honors to iJosh, Jasse and Bauer for bringing tasty beverages. Thanks to Heather for being a fan, and to Jacob and his crew that came up to see the game. It was cold comfort but good company late into the evening in the Quincy lot.

Good season Red. Good season 'daveurs. Thanks for playing. Hope to see you all back again soon.