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Cadavers (2) vs The Booze Brothers

Tuesday 10/4

UMass Boston 9:20pm

8-3 Win

Alright! With the return of #1 Guest blogger iJosh to the club this winter we will be treated to some excellent game story guest blogging! iJosh played last night at UMass and filed this report with the blog early this morning. The blogger just wants to say how overjoyed he is to have iJosh helping out making quality contributions in this space. I can't possibly play and write about 'em all and his help really keeps things going.

Thanks. Now... Here's iJosh:

Welcome to the Prison by the Bay on this raw rainy evening.  A perfect setting for this one of a kind rink.  They did spruce up the place a bit and painted the once crap-brown, stone walls white.  Still the same old crappy rink with parking fees and no locker rooms.  However let's not let that bring us down there is hockey to play.

So this night the Cadavers took on the Good Ole Booze Brothers Hockey team....from Chicago (I think).  With a name like that Larry was worried that maybe they would be the odds on favorite to win the 4th period.  But we can cover that later.  The Booze Brothers would don crimson, league issued jerseys.  So the Dead in Red would sport the yellow with the Schlitz logo.  I see a theme brewing. 

The game would start with Roman centering Matvey and Dr. Pounds.  Larry would sit in the middle between iJosh and KMitch.  And Matt Elliott, Gregson and new comer Theodore Galante.  The defense would feature Mike Daley, Geoff Marietta.  Both Dan with Hands Hebert and Marc Valenti made their return to the ice.  Randy Dudek would sit between the pipes.

The game started with the Russian Crew of Roman, Matvey and Dr. "Zhivago" Pounds.  With less than one minute elapsed on the clock a deflected puck would make its way into the back of the net behind Randy putting the Cads in a quick 1-0 hole.  Definitely not the way to start the night.  The next shift of Larry, iJosh and Mitch would quickly even up the score with a pass from iJosh up to the point.  Valenti would send the puck to the net.  Larry would pick up the rebound and put it home.  1-1.  Roman, never one to let himself slack in the scoring race, would net one from DWH at the 11 minutes mark to put the Dead up 2-1.  Next shift saw Larry put another one home.  This time from iJosh in the slot. 3-1 Cads. Then Dan with Hands in open ice tried to beat the goalie high and whiffed a bit on the shot only to have it in trickle far side right, just past the goalies skate.  And the first would end with the Cadavers holding a 4 to 1 lead. 

The Cads had spent much of the 1st period controlling the puck and play.  Randy was getting a little bored back in the defensive zone.  However the Cads, specifically Mike Daley, had no plans to make his night any more exciting.  So Daley would spend much of the 2nd period trying to explain to us how Kaberle should have been able to help the Bruins offense last season.  Thankfully for both the Cadavers, Daley pulled it off (and thankfully for the Bruins, Kaberle didn't keep them from winning).  Mike on the rush took a pass from Larry and shot it past the Booze keeper for a now 5-1 advantage.  But Daley would get in alone again and tuck it behind the goalie again 2 minutes later to make it 6-1. 

So the Dead go into the 3rd with a comfy 6-1 lead.  Randy would finally get to see some action as the Booze Brothers were able to beat him on a little breakaway to cut their deficit to 4 goals.  iJosh would get back on the score sheet with a backhand putback of Daley's shot to get back the goal.  But a deflection from a Cads defender off a hard shot would find itself top shelf behind Randy to Make it 7-3.  Mr. Valenti would cap off the evening from Gregson to make it an 8-3 win.

All in all not a bad game.  A few defensive lapses, but that wasn't really until garbage time.  Randy wasn't really tested much.  And only let in one goal off an opposing players stick. 

Despite Larry's pregame worries, there were Bud Light Limes, Bud Light and Molson Canadians to be had in the misty parking lot.  No Booze Brothers to be found except for a short conversation before they bolted for the car.  So with that a complete wire to wire victory for the Dead in the Schlitz logo. 

Game Stars:

 1: Mike Daley - 2 goals, 1 assist and stellar D.

 2: Larry Bell - 2 goals, 1 assist and 0 penalties.

 3: Dan with Hands - 1 goal, 1 assist

Cadavers Scoring Summary:

Period 1:

 (1-1) Larry Bell from Valenti and iJosh

 (2-1) Roman from DWH

 (3-1) Larry from iJosh and KMitch

 (4-1) DWH from Theodore

Period 2:

 (5-1) Daley from Larry

 (6-1) Daley unassisted

Period 3:

 (7-2) iJosh from Daley

 (8-3) Valenti from Gregson