Zombies Rung Up by Preds

Cadavers vs Predators
Wildcard Playoff Game
Canadiens Division Playoffs
Thursday Sept 2nd
10:30pm Hingham C

8-4 loss


The Cadavers, Mark's Gold squad from the final 'Daveur, took the Hingham ice last night for a Wild Card Playoff Game against the Predators. There was a bunch of scrambling Wednesday as to how to determine who was playing, as what team and when.

It was ironed out in an 11th hour management boardroom crunch session that Larry's Red squad would be awarded a phony "win" in the Schlidaveur as they had scored twice and it had not been seen or called by the game officials. This gave Larry the choice of which club to play as. He chose the Schlitz, playing as a 3 seed in the Blue Jackets Division.

That meant we had to throw together a roster for Mark's team, now the Cadavers to play in a "one and out" wild card play-in game. The urgency to make it to the double elimination round was palpable, especially since a bunch of guys on this roster couldn't skate.
This is what we ended up with on the ice Thursday night.
Brian "long arm of the law" Carey in Net
D1:Teddy Locke, and George
D2:Reynolds and Valenti
O1: Baker, iJosh and Seaver
O2: Nelson, Parker and Elliot
O3: Capraro, John Carey and Dr.Pounds
Our gal Lizzy was scorekeeper for the night.

Now. We had a slight case of "over manegment" here. Jeff in his haste to put together a solid 13 actually ended up as number 14 when Kevin Parker (the forgotten forward) came through the door as the 'boni was circling the rink. Jeff quickly undressed fetched himself a beer and a waterbottle and headed to the bench. Too bad for the rest of the guys who had to listen to him the rest of the night. Usually he's too busy wheezing to say much.
Anyhow... the game.
It was clear from very early on that the Preds had some added talent for the evening. A generic green shirt with a weak white tape 11 on the back and no face shield was clearly a stand out. The Dead in Red would spend most of the night chasing him around and just trying to contain him.
He could move any way he wanted at whatever speed and pretty much scored at will when he needed to. #2 on D was not far off from his level. Clearly, from the start it was going to be a long night.

I'm here to tell you friends that there was a little Zombie Pride going on out there and the guys in Red did the best they could with the situation at hand. Brian played great. He was tested constantly and early.

Number 6 from Green would get things going at exactly the one minute mark into the first with a sick double move then a wrister that was like a lazer to go up 1-0. The Red would try to take the play right back but had limited success. Frustration was already setting in as Parker would go for a slashing call at 14 minutes. The Red would survive the penalty and play tough. The Green would take a penalty for a high stick at about 1230 but no scoring on the penalty.

Marc "back from hiatus" Valenti would unleash a slapper at the 11 minute mark that their keeper had to make a big save on. Nice to see that slapper... Brian Carey would make a pair of excellent saves at the 10 minute mark that showed he was bringing it and hanging in there.


Then John Carey would score on a very nice lifted backhand shot from Scott Pounds at 7:40 and the game was tied 1-1. The Green would then ramp it up and came with the big guns again and they would take back the lead 4 minutes later when 2 would score after doing this ridiculous drag move at the blue line and fired a sniper shot from 30 feet. This was followed by the 8 and 11 show a minute later for a more comfortable 3-1 lead.
Red would take another penalty, Scott for a trip at the 1 minute mark and 11 would cap the period off with another goal in the closing seconds that would make it 4-1 at the end of the first.
Really things went off the rails about then. The Red roster was frustrated and starting to get mouthy. All agreed that the only way to handle it was to work hard and play the best we could. If douchebag 11 superfuckingstar wanted to score 17 he probably could. All we could do was play as best we could to combat the talent disparity. For the most part everyone did that. All the guys gutted it out and the second passed for a long time with no scoring. Red would send Parker to the box, then Teddy would go but still Red held on. Green would take the next 2 penalties but one was a matching with Valenti and still no scoring.
Green would of course score next at 630 but the Red would answer not 35 seconds later when Matty Elliot would drill a nice shot from the high slot to put up the second tally for the Zombies. All this meant was the big guns were back out and 11 made short work of getting the goal right back in less than a minute.
Baker would take a trip to the box, not without yapping his face off and Green would send one more and the period would end 6-2 Green. Just as a point in recap, we had 4 penalties in that period, and really the refs did us a favor by giving green 3.
Green would, predictably open the period with another goal. This time from 8.
Then Pete Capraro would land a beauty of a shot, again the helper from the Good Dr. Pounds for the 3rd Red goal. Not long after that Jay Seaver would weave his way over the line and pull up and score unassisted on a brilliant shot for the 4th Red goal.
Green would take 3 total penalties in the third, the Zeebs still working with us but we couldn't help ourselves. Baker continued the verbal onslaught.

Three quick examples.

First. iJosh comes out of the zone hollering about being slashed and swearing away and the taller Ref turns and yells "are you talking to me?!?" at which point the ENTIRE bench says "No hes not talking to you." Classic.

Secondly. George goes into the corner with a forward. They lock arms and tumble down. The tall ref is close by. The two get up and head back up ice and George can't help himself and he starts screaming at the ref for not calling something. The Ref pulls the whistle out and calls George, who goes to the box with steam pouring out of his ears like Yosemite Sam with a hockey helmet.

Third. At one point Jeff was holding on to Valenti who was about to go down the bench to stuff something in Baker's mouth which apparently just wouldn't stop working... There were thoughts of Dave Wheeler and Jamie Campbell running in his head. Marc wasn't the only one trying to impress on Steve that his mouth wasn't helping the situation.

The game would close out just as ugly as it had gone. Seaver gets caught up with a guy who gives him a shot and he boils over and takes a punch at the prick and he gets tossed.
Just to close things out old pall 11 would score once more in the final minute to make it 8-4 and put the Zombies to bed.
A truly frustrating night.

Jeff would approach the shorter ref after the handshakes and officially protested the game and basically called "bullshit" on number 11. There was a multiple email conversation with the league office during the day on Friday but (however predictably) there was no action taken against the Predators. Accoring to the leauge all their guys played that season. Funny to imagine that club having a 6-6-3 record with that kind of talent.
Grr.
The only bright spot was the parking lot postgame. Valenti and Jeff brought a few cold ones. Lizzy joined us for a brew, and new fan Heather came along with iJosh for the night and joined the apres skate. Warm night and cold beer couldn't wash away the bitterness of this one though.
Lets hope that Team Beercan fares better.

Zombies Crushed in Season Finale

Cadavers (15) vs NESHL Leafs
Monday August 30th
Dedham 9:00pm

8-2 Loss



Wow. Really. Nothing on this at all. Sounded like the Leafs have put together a nice little squad in their innaugural season in D league.

Here are the vitals on the Zombie side of things.
Baker, un.

Baker from Campbell and Nelson

Pen: Campbell,Baker, Reynolds,Hammit

The blowout against the Leafs was just ugly. We were down 3 or 4-0 before the end of the first. They had a couple of supastahs #5 on offense and #12 on D who were just doing whatever they wanted out there and (particularly supastah #5) celebrating like they just won the cup after each goal. Not a fun game. Props to Campbell, Hammitt and the rest of the team for keeping our cool during the debacle. Nice work by Baker to pot a couple of goals in the third. Otherwise, well, I'm just glad there was beer after the game.

Wow. Thanks to Larry for the words. Sounds like a long night at the rink. We'll have to keep an eye on these Leafs as we will probably be seeing more of them in the playoffs.

Zombies Battle Sparta... and Win!

Cadavers (13) vs Spartans
Thursday August 19
Hingham 10:10pm


5-1 Win



Team Zombie showed for a late evening match up with the Spartans and turned in an entertaining rarity these days... a win. The night featured a brand spankin new rookie goaltenter for the Zombies, a fan, a fight (nothing new here...), check that... Campbell fighting with high schoolers and yes you read that right... a victory.
Lets have the roster first off. Big ups from managment to our gal Lizzy for hooking us up with Teddy, a new goalie but experienced player who manned the pipes for us. This was good because the alternative was Nelson with the backup gear. No offense to Nelson, but we'd rather have him crashing the net than manning it.
So. Teddy in the pipes
D1: DHW, and iJosh
D2: Campbell and Jeff
OCenters: Larry and Jason and Steve (rotating)
Wings: Hammit, Howard, Elliot, Gregson, and Nelson

This group of twelve would do a nice job getting things underway and creating offense early. The Spartans had their usual crew (apparently some guys from the Wolverines crossover) and guys to keep an eye on. Number 20 (black helmet) needs watching and the Red did a good job setting the tone early and working the game.
Larry would be the first to break the ice. He would bury a play from Hammitt and Team Dead was up a goal just 3 minutes in. This was good! The Red were moving pretty well and doing a nice job counter attacking. Matt Elliot would score on a wild rebound and the Dead were up 2-0 at the 12 minute mark.
Interesting here that the Green got a few bodies added to their bench mid way through the period. They happened to have off colored jerseys, one with no faceguard and looking suspiciously fresh and young faced. Of course these two were awesome, and young and made for special minding whenever either of them stepped on the ice. The Green would get a goal at the six minute mark and it was 2-1. Thats how the first would end.
Things were growing a little contentious between the squads and there was no shortage of physicality here and there but nothing major... yet. Larry would strike again, this time with help from Dan With Hands Herbert and Team Zombie was up 3-1 now halfway through the game. But things were about to boil over.
As a by the way here... Teddy the guy who has only been playing goal for 6 months or so was playing well. Dude was athletic and made nice saves even if he was a little awkward around the net with the puck. He was asked to be there on a number of occasions and answered the call all night.
The two superstahs were ramping things up and Campbell, who started the game a little... amped up... was at the end of his rope. While towering over one of the guys (teal jersey) and working him off the puck... as Mike does so well... the kid had a bad idea. Launching himself up and under Mike's chin he stunned him with a head butt and the "horse left the corral" somewhere in Campbell's head. The kid didn't have much of a chance as Mike explained in detail that he took exception to the head butt. Mike was "explaining" with his gloves and arms pretty well, D partner Jeff was trying to hold off the other young dude (no mask) but couldn't keep them apart. Next thing you know Campbell is rolling on the ice with both the boys, and Jeff (now realizing the good fortune to be had here) is yelling to the ref that the other kid was 3rd man in and had to be kicked out. Two ringers for the price of Campbell immediatley seemed like a good swap.
Of course Jeff should have been paying more attention to Mike who was still "explaining" now with the original kid against the back boards and the Zeebs had thier whistles and hands in the air. Jeff soon corralled Mike and sent him to the locker room and the Zeebs tried to sort everything out.
Red ended up with a powerplay (Campbell for a double, a third and an eject) thanks to the 3rd man but before the puck was dropped they decided they needed to toss one more Red shirt... they just couldn't come up with a number. Now. The Blogger believes that they were probably looking for Jeff who was trying to separate Mike from the Green players but he never "got involved". Regardless someone had to go, the Zeebs told Jeff and he went to the Red bench. Now, Jeff offered to go unless anyone else wanted to... and Mike Hammitt (a little riled up hizownself) volunteered to go. This is a big teammate move by Mr. Hammitt and gives him an automatic game star. The Blogger doesn't think this really went the right way though in retrospect, Jeff should have gone as he was the only one it could have been the Zeebs were looking for. Regardless Hamm is a standup guy. Thanks.

Things basically settled down after that. A little pressure was off, the Green goalie had done enough screaming as time was going off the clock while the Zeebs worked things out that the Zeebs were not going to give Green any breaks. In fact they collected another two penalties in the third to only one for Red (iJosh with a hook).
Dan Gregson would put home a play from DWH and the Red would go up 4-1 with 5 minutes left in the game. Neslon would cap it off (from Elliot) with just over a minute to go and this game would be a rout as time ran out Red 5 Green 1. Good stuff.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Teddy Lock. Fill in goaltender. Nice work Teddy... we'll be seeing you again I'm sure.
2nd Star: Matty Elliot with a goal and an assist and a nice overall game.
1st Star: Larry for a nice pair of goals and his usual agressive play all night.

Honorable Mention: DWH for a pair of helpers and solid work throughout the game.
Honorable Mention2: Gregson for a nice rebound goal and celebration. I think his hands went up so quick it knocked the big man on his ass... in fact I'm sure of it. Doesn't matter. Nice goal Dan.

Thanks again to Gregson/DWH and Campbell for Apres Skate beers.
Thanks also to guest star Fan Heather who came along with iJosh. She said she wanted to see some action... we were glad to oblige. Thanks for watching... and for staying for the apres skate.

Zombies clawed by Wolverines

Cadavers (12) vs Wolverines

Monday August 9th

Quincy 10:30pm

6-1 loss

The Blogger put out the call for this one as he could not attend.... and Dan Gregson came through with a very nice Guest Blog contribuition.

Here's Dan:

The D lines were Elliott and DWH

Campbell and Bauer

First line was Jason, Neil and John C.

Second line was Hammett Matvey and Scott

I floated through the lines.

Brian kept us in it the first period and they only scored 1 or 2.The refs called a few crease violations as they were crashing the net and staying there. I recall John talking about being penalty free in the locker room, maybe the refs heard that one so they called him for something. Hammitt got a double minor for some guy fancy skating around him and him not liking that. Making it a 5 on 3.

The second period is when I got a garbage goal from off the boards on a DWH shot.Then it was all downhill form there. They had some guys who could skate and does not reflect their standings on the leader board. The end was somewhere around 6 to 1.The best part was Dr. pounds having some Corona and Sam light in a cooler with some freshly cut limes and a bottle opener.And after this game I hate Michigan even more.

Word to that Gregson.... I hate Michigan too...

Hey, look who stopped by for a word. It's Mike Campbell:

Took a beating. Brian played brilliantly, but couldn’t stop everything we let fly at him. We lost 6-1, although probably should’ve had at least two more.
These guys were good, fast, and pretty civilized, although there was a little chippiness by #22. Good effort, just outplayed by a better team.

Thanks to the good Dr. Pounds, though, we won the fourth period with icy cold Corona’s AND cut limes. A nice late night treat in the swamps of Quincy.

Right on Mr. Campbell. Thanks for the words.

Not a great night for the boys... hopefully we can fare better later in the week.

Zombies blow lead to Sputniks

Cadavers (11) vs Sitniks
Monday July 26th
Milton Academy 8:10pm

5-4 loss

Once again the Blogger was not in attendance for this tilt against our Russian friends. Therefore we will get a smattering of Guest blog action here to describe how the evening went. First off we have a very short and sweet (and stats oriented) recap by Larry Bell:

Come form behind loss as we gave up 2-0 and 4-2 leads to lose 5-4
1st: Seaver (unassisted) Pen: Baker-roughing, Baker-Fighting, ejected
2nd: DWH from Daley. Pen: Bell, tripping
3rd: Bell from Seaver, Seaver (unassisted)

Alright. Thanks Larry. Next we have a few more words from the always helpful Mark Reynolds on how things went:

"I have nothing but bad memories of Mon. eve. Overall a disjointed effort.
During Baker’s brawl, he did land 7 or 8 unanswered shots to the opponent’s cage. He was smart enough to leave his hockey gloves on this time (unlike his bout with Hammit).

Jay continues to be a stud player demonstrating some nifty puck handling and skating. Larry played a great game as well. His back-checking shut down some Ruskie plays.

In the end, the Ruskies had two players that controlled the pace of play when they were on the ice. We just couldn’t stop them.

Not much else to it." Thanks very much Mark. Good stuff.

And now we have a rarity in Guestblog action. Here, from the Opponent's perspective is Mr. Roman Kurin who skated with the Sputniks and had these words to contribute.

"To start the game the Schiltz had a good group of 12 skaters with Lizzy between the pipes. Sitniks only had 8 to start but then later 2 more people joined, so we had 10. Good back and forth action which was interrupted by a small fight between Steve and one of our D-men. The Refs got involved really quickly and that didn't result in ejections, just minor penalties. Unfortunately 5 min later there was another fight involving Steve and another D-man from our team which did result in ejections. Can't blame the refs, both guys were rolling on the ice, have to say it was entertaining. In any case that left 9 people for Sitniks for most of the game.

Lizzy made some amazing saves for the rest of the game, there were a few loud pings off the posts and crossbar by Sitniks. Jason scored a beauty of a goal, i had a front row sit for that one, he beat me behind the net, made a spin-o-rama and somehow managed to stuff the puck between the post and a goalie while skating from behind the net. pretty good stuff.

Second goal scored by DWH i think on the solo effort when he took the puck on the Sitnik's blue line and made a good wrist shot from faceoff circles. 2-0 after the first period. In the second Sitniks came back to tie it at 2-2. One was a solo effort by one of our guys and a good shot, the other one was a good passing game which was finished by "nifty #5".

In the third schlitz would score 2 more goals, one by Larry off the faceoff win i think and the other one was off the scramble in front of the net, not sure who got that one. Sitniks would come back again to tie it at 4-4 and then score the last goal on a breakaway 2 min before the time expired. All in all a good competitive game. Overheard during the game:"Way to be a hero!" to our guy who scored the last goal by Mark Reynolds"You got lucky!" - by Eric during hand shakes. Maybe true :)"

Great stuff Roman. Thanks very much for your contribution. The Blogger is in debt to everyone who sends in a few words and helps keep this space alive and ticking...

Suds downed by BC f*ckwads

Cadavers (10) vs The Hal Gills
Sunday July 18th
Quincy 7:50pm


10-1 Loss

Woah. The blogger got a few word of mouth reports form this Sunday night debacle in the Q. Tough night for a game, Sunday, during the summertime when we all have so many things going on, it was a bit thin stringing together a roster for this one... and it showed.
Team Zombie would report and start the game with 8 hearty skaters. There would be a total of 10 but not until later in the first. Here are the ten Zombies
Brian in Net
Chris, Hammitt, Daley, Seaver, Baker, John Carey, Scott Pounds, AK Douville, and Neil Shah, aand one more that the blogger can't recall... sorry.

The opponent for the night was the "Hal Gills" which we figured out is short for "BC fuckwad ringer cherry picking bastards". We'd never seen this group before which is appropriate given that they had a handful of players that were clearly not D League talent. These young pukes showed up with the BC gear, bags and equipment and all and had no problem showing off their obvious talent. They also had some D talent, after all they had 3 full lines at least on the bench. You may have a feeling that this didn't go well, friend reader of the blog, and you'd be right.

It took these guys all of about 2-3 minuets to be up 4-0 and Brian had pretty much no shot at all of those chances. According to Steve Baker, they were dipsy-doodling, behind the back spinnoramma type breakaway plays, that made his blood boil early. It was a test of restraint for Mr. Baker to not lay out any of these guys, apparently, and given that Mr. Hammit was on the roster its amazing there weren't more penalties for the Dead in Red. Nice work keeping cool boys.
The game was out of hand early. The BCringerpukes kept cherry picking the rest of the way, not concerned that they were up by 6, 7, 8, or 9 goals. Cool guys.
The Red did show Zombie Pride as they held the "Gills" (I preffer BCringerPukes) to only 1 goal in the third and only 2 in the second. Good work by everyone keeping your head with it.
Jason Seaver scored the one goal for Team Zombie. That would be the only bright spot for the night.

Hammit had a slash pen. then matching at end when a dude he rubbed up against took exception to the contact and threw a hissy. Nevermind that Hamm could have annihilated the guy, and didn't, and he did a nice job staying cool.
Daley took one late too... which doesn't happen often.

Thats all from here... hopefully we won't be seeing this group again anytime down the road.

Zombies survive the Shock!

Cadavers (9)vs Shock

Monday July 12th
Canton 9:20pm

6-5 Win

Here's Guest Blogger Larry Bell with a quick game story from the nightcap game from Monday night. Some guys did try to skate both and left the locker game after game 1 a Cadaver loss to the XXX and drove over to lend a hand.
Here's Larry:

The CADs showed up with a weel-stocked roster of 7 skaters at the beginning of the game: Capt George, Parker, Elliot, Hammitt, Seaver, LB and George's friend Greg. We received a bit of good news in the locker room that the goalie didn't have his skates because his mom forgot to pack them. Luckily? Greg brought an extra pair of size 9 skates for the goalie to put on his size 12 feet.

While he was busy stretching out Greg's skates, the Shock goalie was late coming out onto the ice which resulted in a delay of game penalty. The Dead in Red took advantage of the man advantage. I carried the puck over the blue line on the right wing and dropped a pass for Seaver trailing. Seaver's shot lead to a bobbling rebound that Hammitt was able to corral and deposit into the net. 1-0 Cads.

Later in the first, after getting hemmed into our defensive zone for a shift, Parker sent the puck 3/4 the length of the ice. Hammitt beat the goalie to the puck and fired it into the empty net. 2-0 Cads, end of the first.

In the second period we received some reinforcements as DWH, Daley, Bauer and Gregson arrived from the 8:00 game in Quincy. With our added bench depth we quickly coughed up the lead. 3-2 Shock end of the second.

Then DWH would take a feed from Bauer and tie the game at 3. Seaver then found Greg on the left wing and he buried the go-ahead goal for a 4-3 win. Great goaltending by Matt at the end of the 3rd with the Shock skating 6-5 preserved the win.

Nice stuff Larry. The Blogger greatly appreciates your contribution to help keep this space alive...

Fight night in Canton vs the 'suckas!

Cadavers (8) vs Windsuckers
Wednesday July 7th

Canton 9:10pm

4-2 loss

We are going directly to the Guestblogger for this one... and it sounds like it was a doozy. Here he is makin' it happen as always... guestblogger iJosh:

Dedham, MA - Some days it isn't easy being the Dead in the Red. Those red sweaters might as well have bulls-eyes on them at times. Last night against the Windsuckers was no different. On more than one occasion sticks were swung, hits were given and punches were thrown. It was definitely not the worst set of incidents ever for Schlidaveur Inc, but not the best either.

Dressing for this game would be: Larry, Neil, Blake, Hammitt, Jason Seaver, Howard, Steve Baker and AK for the forwards. Campbell, Capt George, Parker and iJosh for the defense. The fearless leader, Matt Kilroy, manned the pipes.

From the outset, this looked to be a tough game. The Cads did not put much pressure up front and rarely, if ever, got a strong shot on net. The shots that did get through to the net were in clear view and easily handled by the goal keeper for the Suckers. On the defensive end, the Suckers would get through early putting a shot by Matty. George would be sent off the ice early as well for a hold. The Dead would hold off that penalty. And Campbell, after a few games without a trip to the box, would return to his familiar perch. This time he would go for a trip. Again, the penalty would be killed. But Matt would get beat once again from close range. Despite a two man advantage in the period, the Cads were unable to put much pressure on the Windsuckers and the period would end with a 2-0 deficit.

The second frame would see things get more interesting. The Cads would finally get through to the goalie. The first an unassisted rush. George would get the puck and race up the right side. He fired a nice strong wrist shot that beat the goalie to cut the deficit to 2-1. A shift later, Baker would collect the puck from AK and let a nice hard shot go. It would be too much for the goalie to stop as it would find its way through the 5-hole and slid in for a 2-2 tie. Now the Suckers started to mount the pressure again. They were fighting for the puck and position. Each play ended with an extra shove, or chop from them. But the refs were on it at this point. And the word on the ice was to not retaliate and let the refs call it as they were. So numbers were noted for later if necessary. Midway through the second, Larry would get called for interference as he pushed a Sucker offsides. Not long in the penalty the Suckers would strike again putting one past Matty from the right side. On the ensuing face-off, the Suckers would take the puck right back at the net and bury it for 2 goals in 30 seconds. The period would end 4-2. The Cads hadn't played great, but were still in this game.

So the third round, I mean period, would see a lot more physical activity. Larry, not feeling really ready to leave the box so soon the first time, decided to return. This time for a little hook. Two more minutes to reflect alone. However, Larry would be joined not too long after by Mr. Campbell for a rough. A little scuffle in the corner turned into a little more when Big Mike was taken down and a little extracurricular activity led to Mike giving the guy a few hits to the helmet. But #19 decided that this was not going to be a one-on-one battle and jumped in. #19 would be shown to the locker room, but not before Hammitt had a little shouting match with him from the bench. Campbell and the Sucker would go off with matching minors. The refs would take their time - about 3 minutes - trying to sort everything out (it was a 4 on 4 for a few more seconds guys. It isn't String Theory.). The next shift would see iJosh collect the puck on the left point and take a wrist shot that was deflected into the goalie by [I think] Neil. AK would try to pick up the rebound, but it would be quickly covered by the keeper. #9 would take offense to AK having the gall to try to pick up a loose puck and throw AK a little jab. So AK - all 5'7" of him - would take on this 6'2" Sucker. Some debate was quickly made on the ice about weather or not to step in. It was determined, rightly or wrongly, that this one-on-one battle would remain one-on-one unless another Sucker stepped in. The refs even yelled a warning about 3rd man in.

So every Cad watched the Suckers to make sure no one got close. As soon as the 2 bodies fell to the ice, it was quickly broken up. AK, to his credit, agreed with the decision to sit tight and let him fight his own battle. You have to give him credit for doing so. Though Parker thought that someone should have stepped in considering the size difference. Good points were made on both sides of the argument.

Let it be known that if it got out of hand that someone would have stepped in as needed. AK and #9 would be sent home for the evening. But it wasn't over yet. Campbell would get a bit confused as his matching penalty expired and jump on to the ice and head to the bench. However, this would create a two many men situation and put a man back in the box. A minute later, iJosh (serving the too many men) would get some company in the form of Steve Baker for a slash. And more company was about to enter the box when Hammitt would deflect a puck just inside the defensive blueline. As he skated forward to collect the puck he would "Hammitt" a Sucker (a "Hammitt" would be to essentially run him over like a Battleship would run over a dingy). Bogus call if you ask this guest blogger.

Regardless, the Sucker would take exception to being no match for Hammitt and give him a push. Hammitt already aggitated by the 3rd man in on Campbell took his frustrations out on the little guy, who then tried to face rake our bull in a china shop. This would prove to be too much for the refs to handle who promptly ended the game with about 4 minutes left on the clock.

Hands would be shook by some still on the ice, but not all.

So the final tally would be: 4 goals against. 2 goals for. 3 fights. 7 penalties for the Suckers. 10 penalties for the Cads and 3 overall ejections.

The 4th period was thankfully not called off by the refs as the Cads enjoyed beer provided by Larry, Campbell and iJosh who also brought the leftover jello shots from the 4th of July.

Overheard in the parking lot regarding testicular fortitude of some players: Sometime you have a little pussy. Other times it becomes a Gash.

Scoresheet:
1st:
Penalty: George (holding the stick)
Penalty: Campbell (tripping)
2nd:
Penalty: Larry (interference)
Goal: George (unassisted)
Goal: Baker (from AK)
3rd:
Penalty: Larry (hooking)
Penalty: Campbell (rough)
Penalty: AK (fighting - ejected)
Penalty: Bench (too many men)
Penalty: Baker (slash)
Penalty: Hammitt (skating)
Penalty: Hammitt (roughing)

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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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.

Zombies tied up by Shock

Cadavers (4) vs Shock

Monday May 24th

Canton 9:20pm

5-5 Tie

The blogger wasn’t in house for this one… and there were no guest blog contributions, but we will have a semi game story nontheless. Thanks to a well completed game scoresheet we have a good idea of how this one went down. Kudos therefore right off the bat Larry Hudson, Canton scorekeeper extraordinaire.

This was apparently a pretty good matchup, but the dead in Red felt that they let one slip away that they should have had. Team Zombie led most of the night only to succumb to the Shock in the end and finished up with a tie.

Lets check the roster.

Matt CEOBMF in Net

D: DWH, Eric Bauer, Reynolds, Daley (?)

O: Baker, Hammitt, Elliot, Shah, Sharfman, Nikhamik, Capraro and Kurin

A good group to be sure, and the Red had some confidence to start off.

Capraro would lead off scoring with a a goal from DWH just 3 minutes into the first.

The Shock would counter with a goal at the ten minute mark to pull even.

Hammitt would score, assisted by Matvey just under the six minute mark and the period would end 2-1 Red.

Hammit would continue to roll and would score the first goal of the second, this time assisted by Neil and the Red would lead 3-1 just two minutes into the second.

The Shock didn’t stay down though, and they countered with another goal just a minute later. They would also see three penalties before the end of the period.

The Red would take advantage and get the lead out to 2 again when Mike Daley would score from Matt Elliott with 6 minutes left in the period. Good guys 4-2 at the end of two.

Dan with Hands Herbert (DWH) would lead off the third the right way and would score unassisted at 14:32. This meant a three goal lead for Team Zombie, but unfortunately it also meant the Shock had them right where they wanted them.

The Shock would take the next 3 penalties, one a misconduct and then things really started to change. Neil went for a highstick that looks like a match to one of those Shock penalties, but regardless when those penalties expired The Electric Company would take over.

Scoring at 9:35 they would bring it back to 5-3. Then the Shock scored again at 4:13 and again at 2:13 to tie the game. Apparently a torrid comeback from three goals down to tie up the Zombies… and that’s how this one would end. 5-5.

Sounded like a whiz bang of a game, too bad about the total collapse.

I’m thinking no game stars.

…nice to see the CEO back on the ice…

Zombies beat by bewbies Hack Pack

Cadavers(3) vs Hack Pack
Wednesday May 19
Canton 10:20pm

4-1 loss


This one didn’t sound like it was very enjoyable. The word coming back to the Blogger was that the new team was fairly evenly matched against us but there was just nothing going on for the Dead in Red and stayed that way all night

There was a goal, a good one from Larry but I don’t recall if anyone assissted.

Aside from that there was reports that Sully had a good game and the other team had a handfull of very solid shooters. Unfortunately Sully would get run into just before the end of the game and ended up with a badly twisted ankle. There has been no word from the Schlidaveur medical staff on his injury but he was seen limping to his car at the end of the evening. Hopefully Sully will be back in the pipes again soon...

Anyone that has any comments or stories to add to this one is encouraged to use the COMMENT FEATURE and give us a word or two. The Blogger would be very appreciative.

No game stars.

Zombies beat Leafs!

CADavers(2) vs. NESHL Leafs
Tuesday May 11th
10:20pm Canton

4-2 victory for the Dead in Red.

The Cads were back in action on Tuesday night.
Here is the gamestory from SuperGuestBlogger Dr. Jasse:

Hopes were high as we saw the assembled team of newbies gather in the Canton lobby and procure their bran’ spankin’ new blue jerseys. Games vs. clinic teams in the past usually guaranteed not only a victory but huge deposits in individual stat-whores score sheet accounts. So, confidence in the locker room was high as we knew we had a solid line-up against what we assumed would be a pushover of an opponent.
Brian ‘long arm of the law’ Carey (looking very undercover bad-ass with his new chops) would be ‘twixt the pipes.
The formidable D would be the foursome of
Mark R, DWH, Mike Daley and fresh off the IR, Kevin Parker
We had one no-show so Larry and Jason Seaver would center the 3 pairs of wings made up of:
Jasse & AK
Eric & Matt Elliott
Scott Pounds & Dan Greggson

Right off the bat the line of Larry, Jasse and AK would attack the offensive zone, swarm the net and have 2 near-misses; Jasse couldn’t quite tuck the puck in off the side of the net and Larry almost banged home a rebound out front. Good start but no finish.

Lines would change and Jason Seaver (let us applaud management’s scouting and farm system) would make his presence immediately felt. 1 shift, 2 shots, 2 pieces of rubber touching the twine. For a squad that found itself offensively challenged much of last season this guy is an immediate upgrade and welcome addition.

Speaking of upgrades, Eric Bauer may not have made the scoresheet but his impact was felt throughout the game and another obvious improvement to our forward lines. He had consistent, hard-working shifts all night and it won’t be long before this guy joins the scoring parade; he too has hockey smarts and skill.
So, 2-0 good guys at the end of one.

Not too far into the start of the second, Jasse and AK put on (if I dare say) a dazzling passing clinic which was essentially a tic-tac-toe through the neutral ice into the offensive zone which ended up with AK taking a cross ice pass from Jasse at the doorstep and bangin’ it home. Pretty stuff and 3 nill.

This was not your father’s clinic squad. They too had some skaters and anytime an opposing player dons a no shield helmet, defense beware. This guy made a pretty twirl in the slot move and blew one by Brian to cut the lead 3-1. No worries; Jasse with a touch pass to Seaver who threads a pretty pass to AK parked in the EXACT SAME SPOT as before to slam it home. 4-1.
The Leafs would find the back of the net to make it 4-2 and then really turn on the pressure but our D and Brian Serpico Carey would shut the door.

Game Stars:
3rd Star: Reynolds, Daley, DWH, Parker. Don’t let the name of the opponent fool you; the assemble clinic group brought it last night and had their chances. But the puck control of DHW & Daley combined with the tough shut ‘em down tenacity of Parker & Reynolds really shut the door on these guys.
2nd Star: Ken AK Douville. He is always around the net. Ak is always a pest in the offensive zone with his wheels and his high-motor persistence. His effort netted him 2 goals and an all around excellent game
1st Star: Jason Seaver, 2 goals and a helper. This guy is going to be huge for our team, obviously. But what I also liked about him was his self-less play. Anyone remember Dixit? Clearly the best skater on the ice (poetry in motion on blades) but his 8 ½ minute shifts and no-pass attitude got him shipped out of town (that and a job offer). Seaver was feeding the wingers all night, strong on face-offs and in the D zone. Good stuff

The IR turnstile: The IR gives and taketh away:
We welcome back Brian (who looked sharp) and Parker (who always plays a consistent hard-fought game) from the MASH unit and we say adios to Jasse. A pulled groin a few months back turned into something worse last night and he’ll be on the shelf for a bit.