Golden Zombies break the streak!

Cadavers (15) vs Lobsters
Thursday Aug. 18
Dedham 9:00pm


4-3 Win!


The dead in Red... actually yellow thanks to playing the red-backed shellfish... stumbled into Dedham last night like a weary leigonier dragging himself into a desert oasis, desperate for a drink from the cool fountain of victory, our lips parched from the blistering passage of a 9 game winless streak. Its been since June 16th, a night we put the hurt on an undermanned CH Terriers squad, since we'd had our itching thirst slaked. Long overdue, and thankfully the Lobsters provided us with a golden opportunity last night. They were thin on players and only had a few that could really compete, from early on it was clear they were very beatable.
Of course, if you've stopped by here more than 2 or 3 times, you'll know it wasn't all that easy, even against a weaker opponent for us to shake our losing ways.
The Dead in Gold had nearly a full boat with 12 and Randy Dudek in the pipes for his third appearance. Here's your breakdown.

Randy in Net
D1: George, iJosh (yep)
D2: Jeff, Matt Elliot (sloshed)
Centers: Larry, Baker
Wings: Roman, Matvey; Sully, Gregson; Mitch, Dr.Pounds

The pregame locker room had plenty of good optimism. Nice to see iJosh make a return, its been too long since he's laced 'em up with us. Matt Elliot agreed to play D with Jeff, actually talked himself into the job as it was revealed that he'd had quite a number of CL smoothies during pregame and apparently "was up for anything". He also made some slurred remarks about being "dangerous". Jeff was glad for his enthusiasm and agreed to the D pairing right away.

The first period was kind of frustrating. It was clear early on that we could out skate and out play these guys but somehow it wasn't translating into dominant play. In fact we looked like we didn't know exactly what to do with ourselves for half the time. 7 Minuets in the Lobsters would jump on a loose puck to Randy's left and thump it off him and the post into the net for the 1-0 lead. Worse than that one of their capable skaters made a nice play after a good pass and unleashed a strong shot that beat Randy for the 2-0 lead in the closing moments of the period.

So there we were, intermission number 1 and down 2 goals to a weak team. Looking down the barrel of 9 winless games (7 losses, 2 ties) over the last two months. I'm glad to report, that when it was gut check time, Zombie Pride made a comeback.

The Dead in Gold took to it and finally started to make some things happen. Jeff Fosdick led the way on D as he started to push things up ice at every opportunity.
A couple of minutes in he pressed the play up to Larry on the right. Larry gained the zone and made a nice pass back to Jeff who was crashing the net. Jeff took a couple of hacks at it, the keeper let it slip out from under and then Jeff flipped it into the net for the first Zombie score of the night.
The blogger gushes with pride to report that Jeff wasn't even close to being done. A few shifts later as the Gold continued to build momentum and keep things in the Lobster end, Jeff would intercept a clearing pass at the top of the zone. He grabbed the end over end flip with his left glove, plopped it down in front of him and whipped it in to Jim Sullivan who was streaking to the net. Sully took the pass and banged it home for the game tying talley. Nice work on the finish by Sully there.

Other notable items in the second were a handful of stops by Randy and a curious play with Baker and Roman that saw Baker hesitating at the blue line putting Roman off side. The blogger thought this was hilarious. Baker just Romaned... Roman. The period would end with the teams deadlocked at 2.

The Gold continued to roll as the third opened. Jeff again figured in the play as he pushed up ice into the neutral zone. There he led Steve Baker with a pass at the blue line. Baker slipped into the zone, and as the D backed off of him he pulled up and released the hounds in the form of a lasershow slapper that the Red keep had no chance on. Bang. Good guys up 3-2.
Good things continued to happen as everyone got it in gear and made some plays. The forwards were doing a nice job getting things going and keeping the play in the Lobster end when possible. We were a long way from anything like "polished" or "dominating" but it looked good at times.
Baker would strike again, this time from George who made a nice play to Steve. Baker would provide the nice finish again with a wicked shot that put the Gold up 4-2 with less than 5 minutes left in the game.
Now... The Gold could certainly taste it, but as stated earlier, we don't like to make anything easier on ourselves. So there was the standard chase it around out own zone for a couple of the final minutes. This led to a goal with less than 2 minutes left and the score was 4-3.
Regardless, Team Zombie was able to grind this one out, snuffing out any offense the Shellfish could muster in the closing moments. Felt good.

Game Stars (whoa... its been a long time) 3rd Star: Larry. A nice assist and a lot of hard work all night long. Good solid game.

2nd Star: Pair of goals for Steve Baker and some very nice all around play. Steve has had a great summer working hard and making plays. Good job.

1st Star: The Blogger blushes... but since he was given free license by Larry in the postgame locker room... awards 1st star to hard working Jeff Fosdick. An all effort 1st goal to get things going and then 2 key helpers to keep it going for the Zombies. Nice work big fella. This 3 point outburst puts Jeff among the team leaders with 10 points on the season(tied with Larry and Baker), only 1 back from Jim Sullivan who has 11.

Honorable Mentions:
iJosh for carrying the mail on a regular D shift with George all night. Nice to see you out there dude.
Matt Elliot gets the Mike Campbell drunken defenseman award for surviving the night. Only a few spills but in general Matt played great.
Randy Dudek for hanging with us. He went from blowout loss his first game, to a hard fought tie in his second, to a nice win in his third. Careful dude... we may want to keep you.

4th Period Beerman Honor Roll for Larry Bell who brought a deliciously marinated selection of Limeys in a cooler. Nice to hang with Larry, Ken, iJosh, and George after the game. Been too long since the 4th period followed a nice come from behind win.
Great job Team. (click to make stats big)

Now... not to get too far ahead of ourselves... we stand now 6-7-2 with 2 games remaining over the next 2 Thursday nights. The CH Terriers next week and the Blues the week after. If we can figure out a way to pull these games off we could still finish over .500.

Cads boil Lobsters for 2nd win!

Cadavers (2) vs Lobsters
Thursday 5/19
Dedham 9:00pm

6-1 Win.

The second game of the summer season saw the dead in Red taking on an opponent from seasons past in the Lobsters in Dedham on Thursday night. The Cads would play strong and come away with a big win after reuniting with the shelfish.

Here is your Zombie Roster.
Jon Cole in Net
Campbell
Bell
Kurin
Nikhamik
Sharfman
Moorachian
Parker
Gregson
Daley
Baker
Bauer
Sullivan

From all reports the game was really never close. Jon Cole played is usual very solid game in net and by all account Team Zombie passed and skated well enough to control the game most of the way.
Here is a basic rundown on scoring.
One goal in the first, Mike Daley unassisted to put the Zombies up 1-0.

The Second period would see Eric Bauer take a tripping call.
Steve Baker would score from Roman and Campbell, and the Lobsters would put one home to make it a 2-1 game after w periods.

The Third period was all Zombie. Larry would score his first of the season with help from Nelson and George at 13:30. Baker would land his second of the night from Gregson just two minutes later and the rout was on.
Kevin Parker would score (from Larry) with just over 2 minutes remaining and Larry himself would close things out, (from Nelson and Parker) with under a minute. Nothing like the Stat Whore squeezing one in before the buzzer with a 4 goal lead.
Great work all the way around by Team Zombie and the season is off to a nice 2 and 0 start.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Kevin Parker for a goal and an assist and all around solid veteran play.
2nd Star: Steve Baker for a pair of goals and not a single penalty... or moment of insanity. Nice work.
1st Star: Larry Stat Whore Bell. 2 goals and an assist. LB is already in mid-season form.

Suds take the Lobsters!

Schlitz (12) vs Lobsters
Wednesday July 21st
Quincy 8:10pm

5-3 Win

Another beauty of a summer night for hockey at our "home" rink in Quincy. Something nice about coming here in the summer, good memories in the building... and the parking lot.

The Beercans faced off against Team Shelfish on Wednesday night and it turned out to be a good competitive division game.

Here's the Gold Roster

Lizzy in Net

D1: DWH, Bauer

D2: Baker, J.Fosdick

O1: Larry, Seaver, Jasse

O2: J.Carey, Scott, Chris

O3: Nelson, iJosh, Gregson

The Lobsters had the usual suspects. They have a few players to watch but the young lady wearing #18 with Weiss on the back deserved special attention all night. She has wheels as many of us know and the Gold had to keep a close eye on her whenever she was near the puck.

The grumbling in the locker room about us not taking any opponent lightly must have paid off becuase the Gold came out with a stong effort and took the game right to the Lobsters.

Eric Bauer would break the ice with a nice spin-o-rama shot from about 15 feet. He called it a weak backhand but hey it went in the net so it goes down as a beauty of a spin-o-rama and a 1-0 lead for the Gold. Credit the good Doctor Jasse with the assist. Very nice to see the Jassman back on the ice after he was on the DL with the ever uncomfortable groin injury. Glad you're back Doc.

The Red would answer just before the end of the first with a good goal and the period would end 1-1.

Red would continue to take the momentum and despite lots of shots by Gold the Red would get the next one about 5 minutes into the second and would take a 2-1 lead.

Gold would not back down and the guys played great making sure we kept the energy up. Lizzy played great in net, the last goal she had been kind of hung out to dry and couldn't be helped.

The Gold got going and Chris Fosdick and John Carey did some very nice back and forth work that resulted in a terrific goal by John. Chris with the assist and some all around good work with the puck for the rangey forward. He pushed the play all night.

Striking again and taking the lead back, the Gold continued to play well. This time Nelson would put the finnish on a Steve Baker bid and the Beercans held a 3-2 a little more than halfway through the period. The second would end with that score.

The third saw another goal by the Lobsters to tie the game but afater that it was all Gold. Dan "DWH" Herbert would land a beauty of a shot through traffic that would beat the goalie low. Credit John Carey on the assist. Not long after Larry would get his as the Gold held the play in the Red end for a nice series. Credit Bauer and DWH with the assists on Larrys goal to make it 5-3.

The third would showcase some excellent work by Lizzy in the pipes and time and again she smothered Red chances and made a bunch of stops on odd man rushes. The Red really deserve credit for playing hard to the end as they continued to get good chances.

Steve Baker seemed to relish his job of "shadowing" number 18 and he did excellent work containing the speedy forward. She would have her chances including a breakaway that she tried an extra dipsy-doodle that Lizzy snuffed out. Steve finnally got under her skin as she held his stick long after they separated near the blue line then the two were tangled behind the net and Steve would go for a slashing call. It was kinda fun to watch.

Good stuff all the way around. The game would end 5-3 good guys (and girl) and we headed to the parking lot.

Big ups to Bauer and Gregson and Jasse for bringing postgame beverages. It was another very nice night by the swamp under the pale streetlights.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Steve Baker for the Shadow job on #18 and good play all night

2nd Star: Lizzy for a terrific night between the pipes. Great work Liz!

1st Star: A little un orthodox but hey... We've got four guys for the game star.

DWH, John Carey, Bauer and Bell. Each one with a goal and an assist. Nice work boys.

Suds and Lobster Summer in Hingham

Schlitz (5) vs Lobsters

Wednesday June 2nd

Hingham 9:50pm

4-4 tie

Another spot for a terrific guestblog by one of our finest. Here is iJosh to tell you all about how this one went down:

Welcome to another summer edition of Schlidaveur Hockey. When I think of summer I think of barbeques, cold beer and fresh Lobster. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

This evening in good ol' Hingham would have the Schlitz trying to cook some Lobster. The team would suit up an even 10 players. Jason Seaver would center Larry Bell and Chris Fosdick. John "Daddy Drove Me here" Carey would center Mike Hammitt and Ken Mitch Goldenberg. On defense would be Mike Campbell paired with Marc Valenti and George Moorachian paired with iJosh Greenstein. Between the pipes would be Brian "Damn, my son tagged along again" Carey.

Within the first few minutes of play the game was already eventful. First was Mike Campbell. He would quickly be escorted to the sin bin for slashing in our end. The puck, inexplicably, would be dropped in the defensive zone. After conferring with the referee later in the game it was explained that NESHL has moved to High School rules for the summer (and most likely beyond). The noticeable differences are face offs. All penalties move deep into the offending team's zone. Also all face offs (pucks into the stands, high stick violations, etc) go to the nearest face off dot rather than point of infraction. So the Golden Suds would be shorthanded early. About halfway through the penalty Mr. Hammitt would gather the puck in the neutral zone and skate it in. Upon hearing some on the team implore him to shoot, he did where he promptly buried the puck for a shorthanded goal. 1-0 good guys. Not too much after than, Mr. Valenti would be put in timeout for a high stick. This penalty would be killed as well. No scoring on this time though. But over all the Suds seemed to control the game. No big chances for the Lobsters. Then Larry Bell and Jason Seaver would play a little tic-tac-toe with Jason burying the puck for a 2-0 Suds lead. And the Schlitz would not be done. Once again, Mr. Seaver would tip one in from a rifle of a shot from Valenti giving the Beer Cans a commanding 3-0 lead after one period.

The talk on the bench was to keep the pressure up and to make sure to cover your men on defense since this team can and will put the pressure on. So early in the 2nd Hammitt would perform a "Hammitt Special". Basically someone knocks him over, so Mike levels the guy and then stands over him. Two minutes by yourself boy!!!! Unfortunately Hammitt would be let out early as the Lobsters took advantage and buried the puck to cut the lead to 3-1. Again Jason and Larry would combine to score again. This time Larry from Jason to bring the lead back to 3, 4-1 Suds. Now the Suds just needed to maintain the pressure and play solid D. But it is easier said than done. The Lobsters would claw back into this game. They would score two more before the 2nd period buzzer blew. One on a break-away that had a Lobster two-step away from the defense and get an open look at Brian to make it 4-3.

The third period was more of the same. The Lobsters had decided to take control of this game. They would get physical in front of the net. They were taking it as well as they were giving it. And finally they were able to break through again and beat Brian on the glove side to tie the game at 4. As the clock started to wind down the Lobsters would continue to have chance after chance. A few they should have had. In fact, this game was almost lost in the final minutes as Brian lunged to his glove side, making the initial save. The Lobsters picked up the trash and sent it just wide of the open net, top side right. The Schlitz would regain control just long enough to keep the Lobsters from making another shot, but it would be too late for the Cans to put on any pressure. The end result, a come from behind tie (that according to George is like kissing your brother....Glad I'm not in his family).

Beer in the 4th was sponsored in part by Bud Light, BL Lime as well as Bell and Campbell.

Playoffs! Golden Zombies Boil Lobsters

Cadavers (2) vs Lobsters (7)
Monday March 29
Dedham 9:00


3-1 Win



The playoffs for the Winter season kicked off last night at the Boch Ice Palace in Dedham. The number two seeded Cadavers would take on the ever fiesty Lobsters who came in as a seven seed in the Islanders Division. Of course the Lobs wear red so Team Zombie skated as the Golden Schlitz. This squad… you may recall was George’s crew from the ‘daveur a few weeks back. The roster looked like this.
Jim Sullivan in Net
D1: George and Pete Capraro
D2: DWH and Jeff
Centers: Larry and Roman
Wings: Blake, Jasse, Gregson, Scott, Chris, and Neil

The game would start off with the Cads immediatley scrambling. It was clear early on the Lobsters had their excellent female player (8) and a pair of good players (73 & 75) who would take their chances and would press us whenever possible. The goldencads would scramble around a bit in the early going just trying to get set up and deal with the red. It wouldn’t be until well halfway through that the Gold would roll and couple solid shifts that would result in some extended time in the offensive zone and a handful of chances. Jim would be a stabilizing force for us in our own end making more than a few quality stops and forcing play stoppages when needed. There was only one penalty, to Larry who went for an elbow… as a kind of strange match for the hack he took just before, and the teams skated 4 on 4 but there was no blood. The first would end with no score.

The second would see more good back and forth action and both teams pressed for chances when they could. It was more than halfway through when the dealock would be broken. A just under the eight minute mark Jeff would take the puck on a rush through the far side of the neutral zone and over the line. Dealing in traffic he worked the retreating defensman and slid the puck to himself coming toward the center of the zone. A quick shot beat the keeper far side and low and Jeff came back up the ice with his arms up.

The red wouldn’t take it quietly and they wouild counter with solid chances. At one point Sully would make a great stop and fell back on the puck as it spun around litterally on the line. Another occasion he came sweeping across the crease and making a Bruce Lee-equse kick save that shot the puck out into the corner and away from traffic. Needless to say Jim was a big factor in the game for the GoldenZombies and did a great job filling in for regular Brian Carey.

The second was noteable for one other event which was a remarkable clearing out check laid on Roman right by the offensive net. What made this check unique was that it was delt by Chris Fosdick as he chased after the puck and got tangled with the russian (who landed on the ice) on his way by the net. Both guys had a good night on offense otherwise and got lots of chances. The second would end Cads 1 Lobs 0.

The third period would see a bunch more action on the ice and the scoresheet. Less than three minutes in the Zombie offense would hit paydirt. George would keep the play in the offensive zone and fed Larry who made a beauty of a pass to Roman who was out front. The Russian ripped a quick shot that put the Zombies ahead 2-0. Only another three minutes later the Gold would strike again. Dan Gregson kept after the puck in the offensive zone and then made a nice pass to Larry who buried a rising shot for the 3-0 lead and the zombies were feeling pretty good, now with just over ten minutes left in the game.

As the game would go under 10 minutes things would start to get desperate for the Lobsters and they would definitly turn up the heat. On a good break one of the 70s guys would turn Jeff but not before the flagging defenseman would get a piece of him with his stick. Jeff would go at 920 for the slash. No blood on the PK but the Lobs were gaining momentum

Jeff was back on the ice and trying to defend a fast paced 2 on 1 but was unable to intercept the pass and the Shellfish would score on the attmept @6:06 remaining. It was really a good pass and rush from 75 and and #8 finished it off nicely.
Number 8 would then tangle with the D once or twice, the second time resulting in a small skirmish with DWH. Of course Dan would be sent to the box, and no match for #8... who apparently doesnt take penalties because she's a she... The zebra didn't seem interested in any conjecture from Jeff or George and got downright snippy about it... but again, no blood on the penalty kill.

Thats how it would roll. The Golden Zombies trying to finish out the win and trying to keep thier mouths shut from inducing any more penalties.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Hmmm. I'll say DWH and George(1assist) who both had very solid nights on D and did a great job all the way around. I'll have some honorable mentions for the other candidates for this star below.

2nd Star: I'm going with Larry "I wish I didn't send that email" Bell. A goal and and assist and a typical hard working great effort all night. Also... Larry was sporting his new "I'm not saying shit to anyone about anything" philosopy... which seemed to work out... but he still made it to the box once. (but he didn't say anything...)

1st Star: Not a shutout but Jim Sullivan was a major factor in net. More than a handfull of EPIC saves and very solid play all night that helped anchor the defense. Great work Jim, nice to have you with us for the "tournament".

Honorable Mentions:
Jeff Fosdick for a wicked goal. (if the blogger does say so himself)
Dan Gregson for a terrific assist on Larry's goal.
Pete Capraro for playing D all night.
Blake Underhill for bringing the effort all night.
Roman for his goal which was a nice tally.

Cads vs Lobsters: Ken we win?

Cadavers (21) vs Lobsters

Wednesday March 3rd

UMass Boston 8:00pm

4-1 Win

Alright alright. The returns look great on last nights game at the Prison by the Bay. The Blogger will hastily step aside for WunderGuestBlogger iJosh who has an excellent recap of the game action. Here's iJosh:

Morressey Boulevard, Boston - The Golden Suds would be in the building this evening to take on the one and only Boston Lobsters. The Lobsters have historically boiled us. Though in the recent past Schlidaveur Inc has been able to be a bit more competitive. So would tonight be more like the historical past or recent past? We'll find out after this short commercial break.

"Easton athletic support shorts for hockey. It has your cup built-in. It ain't no Dixie Cup and it ain't no coffee mug and you sure as hell don't want to be drinking out of it. But don't leave home without it. Right Mr. Valenti?"

Now back to the game.

With Schlitz primed and ready and fielding a full team they would set the lines as follows:

Line 1: Larry Bell, Angry Ken and Neil Shah Line 2: Mike Goodwin, Steve Baker and Matt Elliott Line 3: Dr. Pounds, Dan Greggson and NSA (Not so angry) Ken.

For the 2nd time in 2 weeks the defense would experiment with a new defenseman. So the defense would shape up with:

Mark Reynolds paired with Dan with Hands and Capt' George paired with iJosh Greenstein.

iJosh would try his best to no be a yellow version of an orange cone. But in this own, unbiased guest blogger's opinion it was a decent improvement from the 1st attempt.

From the very start the game was in the hands of the Golden few. Schlitz put pressure on the Lobsters right away, who at the time were still very short handed with only one sub. Multiple shots and some excellent passing and puck control deep in the zone would be displayed early. Though it would not produce a result, but if the play continued this way it would only be a matter of time before it would. However, before that could happen, the refs would show Mr. Baker the door (to the penalty box) for a goaltender interference. A mild complaint would go nowhere (does it ever) and the Gold were forced to play a man down. The team stepped up and played an almost flawless PK. After the penalty expired, the checking line would step on the ice. The Lobsters would try to play some transition hockey and sent a pass across center ice to a streaking forward. The pass would get intercepted by the newbie defenseman who would bring the puck to the blueline and dump it deep. NSA Ken would grab the puck along the boards and center it to a camping Greggson who promptly buried the puck 5-hole style. 1-0 Golden Boys. Before the period would expire, there would be a few words between #73 and Larry. The ref would advise Larry to head to the bench, who actually listened and sat down. But the period would end with a 1-0 advantage to Schlitz.

The 2nd period would see the Lobsters try to take the puck to us a little more. Now armed with a full team themselves they were able to play a little harder. Despite having a few strong skaters included their resident female #8, they would be unable to put one past Lizzy who had a quiet, but sold night. The Lobsters would then get trapped with too many men on the ice and give the Suds a man advantage. But George claimed that it isn't always a good thing to give a good skating line more room to move along with no icing. So the man advantage seemed a little more like a PK. A little bit of a down moment. However if that is the worst play of the period, then there should not be too much criticism. The power play over, it was time for the first line to demonstrate why they were the first line this night. Strong play deep would lead to a scrum in front of the net and would conclude with AK putting one away for a 2-0 lead. The Lobsters still trying to get their heads above water finally got a little pressure on Lizzie. But play would be cleared (barely) by the newbie D who almost put it into the net. However the 1st line would again make the team forget about the near travesty. As the puck was sent forward and tipped into the air, Neil would knock it to the ice. He would slap the puck toward the goalie, who made the initial save. Again, AK would be there to fire the puck into the back of the net for a now 3-0 lead. With 2/3 of the game complete, the Suds would take a 3 goal advantage into the final frame.

It is this blogger's opinion that momentum only lasts so long. And this would be true. Evidenced by the following: The Lobsters would finally find their way onto the scoreboard as they would beat Lizzy to the 5-hole. But due to undisciplined play they would be unable to keep the momentum going. And you thought I was going to say the Gold lost its mojo. Not so. The Suds would keep it going. Taking advantage of 3 Lobster penalties that just kept coming. This included one 2 man advantage that came about after another scrum in front of the net during a 5 on 4 situation. This one finished with Larry Bell backing away from a confrontation. I repeat, Larry used control and a level head, even after being pushed by a steamed Lobster. That would send a second Lobster to the pot and give the Gold the 2 man power play. That would really be it for the Lobsters. But the Gold would be able to tack on one more goal. Larry would slide an excellent pass to AK who completed the hat trick and sealed the game for the Suds.

Kudos to Gregson for providing BL and Baker for bringing the Sam Winter and stuffed hot peppers.

Scoresheet:
1st Period:
Greggson from NSA Ken and iJosh
2nd Period:
AK from Neil and Reynolds
AK from Neil and Larry
3rd Period:
AK from Larry and Neil

Penalty Box:
1st Period:
Steve Baker for Goaltender interference

Game Stars:
Ken Douville for his hat trick and no penalties for the 2nd time in as many weeks.
Lizzy for a solid performance in goal.
Neil Shah for a 3 assist night

Another fabulous Guest Blog by iJosh. Thank you sir!
And now how about some comments from Dr. Pounds who has some insight to share as to how things went last night.
Here's the good Doctor:

I had a clear view of the first goal. The third line was me, Dan G and Ken G. Ken G went hard into the boards, won the puck away from their defenseman, and popped it out to me. I just tossed it towards the low slot where Dan G was camped out in his reserved spot and one-timed it into the net.

(In the parking lot after the game we enjoyed some stuffed pickled peppers Steve Baker had brought along. I said to Dan G that we were either the Helicopter Line, the Doughnut Line, or maybe both at the same time. He took a slow puff on his victory cigar and replied, “No, we were the Awesome Line.”)

Schlitz defeat the Lobsters 2-1

Schlitz(15) vs Lobsters
Monday January 11
BU 9:00

2-1 win



Alright another Monday game, and another opportunity for a Guest blog from one of our talented players. The Blogger appreciates all the help he's been getting lately keeping this thing going... Sounds like this was a good one, a classic D-level clash with an old time division rival.

I'm going to turn it over to the guestblogger, Mr. George "Captain" Moorachian for some words.
Here's George's summary.

OK. Here's what I recall. Unfortunately I don't remember the details of our goals or the penatlies. So my report may be lacking as far as a narrative is concerned.

The gold skated with strong 13 with Jim Sullivan between the pipes The lines were:

Forwards:
Elliott/Larry/Nelson
Chuck/Steve/Scot
Gregson/Roman/Matvey

Defense:
Daley/DWH
Valenti/George

The Lobsters only had 9 skaters, I think. And it looked like they were missing their strong defenseman and very good female forward. However, they did add a ringer on defense (#10), that did not belong skating at the D level, and could seemingly skate end to end with relative ease. We thought it displayed a lack of sportsmanship on his part. He didn't even wear a Lobsters jersey. Matvey refered to him as Barney, due to his jersey color being nearly purple.

Regardless of Barney, play went back and fort, with episodes of Schlitz playing well in Lobsters end, and with the occasional rush from Lobsters #10. Sully played a solid game in net, turning away several Lobster scoring opportunities, and giving us the confidence to take care of business.

We scored 1 goal in each of the 1st and 2nd periods. The score keeper only marked down the goal scorer. But, I filled in the assists in the locker room after the game.

1st goal: Chuckie, from Nelson and Larry.

2nd goal: Roman, from Matvey and Daley.

And Lobsters finally got one pack Sully in the 3rd period, after shot was deflected twice on the way to the net. As a matter of fact, I think that I (George) got the first deflection off of the blade of my stick.

At the end of the 3rd period, the Lobsters pulled their goalie for an extra skater. But, Schlitz held them off.

The penaties were:

• Roman for a trip in the 2nd

• Nelson for a high-stick in the 2nd

• Matvey for a hook in the 3rd

• Larry for a cross-check in the 3rd

The Lobsters had a total of 3 minor penalties throughout the game.

Overall, a good game by Schlitz, anchored by solid goaltending.

If I had to give out game stars, I'd go with:

3rd Star: The entire defensive corps. With only 1 goal allowed, I'm going to give the D some of the credit.

2nd Star: Sully: Geat solid game in net. Only 1 goal allowed... that wasn't his fault. Great game.

1st Star: Roman. Played a solid 2-way game all night. Scored the game-winner, and applied good pressure by having a few good scoring opportunities (possibly even being robbed by the Lobsters netminder once or twice).

GREAT Guest Blog George! Thanks a lot! Good work on the ice boys!

Dead in Yellow cook the Lobsters

Cadavers (4) vs Lobsters
Monday October 19th
UMass 8:10pm


4-0 Win.




Nightcap game that was played right after the Suds tie with the Predators. Again there was as fair amount of double game skating for a lot of the guys. This resulted in a full bench, and Jeff rotated in occasionally with the D and a shift or two on offense for Kevin Parker when he had the chance... otherwise he just wheezed from behind the bench squawking out line changes.

Here's what the roster looked like.

Roman
Matvey
Jeff
KenMitch
Greg James
Moorachian
Valenti
Reynolds
Douville
Elliot
Gregson
Herbert
Goodwin
Parker

Again... please comment if you recall something from this game as it was so long ago now I've surely got a slim chance of remembering all the circumstances.

This time out the Lobsters did not have all of the new talent we saw during last season. The Red was decidedly more down to earth and looked a lot like the squad we were used to seeing. The Cads wore the Schlitz shirts from the game before and were the Dead in Yellow again.

The Zombies took the play and carried it for the whole night. The Lobsters would get a few chances but they would be squashed pretty well and Mark Marrese would play great in net the whole game.

According to the scoresheet there was only one penalty, Valenti in the first period for a hold. No other penalties in the game.

The goals went like this.

Goody unassisted
George from Steve Baker
KenMitch Goldenberg unassisted.
Baker from George

One story the Blogger can relate is a humorous exchange between Jeff who was behind the bench and George who was taking regular shifts. Jeff sugested lines for the penalty kill at one point, the skaters were on the way to the faceoff and George went nuts saying they had to change or the wrong defensemen... something like that. Its pretty funny when two Blow-hards and I do mean Blow-hards argue over lines like its the end of the world. Both realized the situation and the arguement was foolish and irrelevant in moments and things went back to normal. There was no shortage of snickers and grins as the profanity flew for a moment.

Parker was overheard after things got quiet.... "Me likey angry Jeff... " ... more snickers....

... for the record there were no hard feelings on either side...

A nice way to end the night and finally we get a win at the House of Horrors. Thankfully this was the last UMass date on the early season schedule and we can only hope it doesn't pop up again later in the year.

Rocked Lobster!

Cadavers (7) vs Blues
Thursday July 2nd
BU 10:20pm


7-0 WIN!



The Blogger is glad to report 2 things. The first is that he is finally starting to catch up on his "side-job" as team blogger and again apologises for the backlog. The Second (which is even better) is that Uber Guest Blogger iJosh is on the ball with a terrific game story from the Lobsters game from last Thursday.

Here's iJosh with a recap of the action:

"Over the last year or so the Lobsters, with the exception of one hard fought tie, have had our number. So if I told you that one team would be outnumbered, out hustled, out defended and just out played, which team would you think I was talking of? Well SURPRISE!!! You probably
didn't guess correctly. Yes boys and girls this one was a one sided
game in our favor and it was a wire to wire team effort.

So the rainy Thursday night game started with a full squad of 12. The Dead in Yellow's (we are playing the Lobsters so the Cads would don the yellow jerseys this night) defensive group consisted of: Capt George, Stephen Baker, Dave Di and Kevin Parker. The offense would be set with:
Larry and Roman as centers with the wing pairs of: Jasse and iJosh; Ken Douville and Matvey; Dr. Pounds and KenMitch.

But this wasn't without a sour feeling as two days before fellow teammate Chris Fosdick was put on the DL after having surgery to repair a broken wrist from the previous game. He was in our thoughts and just before the game began some guy sauntered into the locker room and started a little speech. Some old guy. His name might have been Nat or Ned or maybe Knute. Anyway he said: "I just came from visiting Chris and he told me: 'sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the breaks usually beat the boys -- tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Chrisser. I don't know where I'll be then', he said, 'but I'll read the blog the next day - and I'll be happy'"

So motivation in hand, the first shift promptly set the tone. Off the face-off the puck would bounce around the neutral zone and back to the defense. The defense would send a pass to iJosh just beyond the red line, who hit a streaking Larry Bell. Larry took the puck deep, made the pass to Jasse, who got sort of caught on his own stick and started to lose his balance and control. But the Jasseman would keep himself in control just long enough to get off the shot before collapsing into a heap in the crease and sliding into the scrum. The puck would find its way into the net for a very quick 1-0 lead. Then the Lobsters would get the one and only penalty of the game, a "too many men on the ice"
penalty that is usually reserved for the fine players of Schlidaveurs.
Play would go back and forth a bit and the Cads seemed to be giving up the puck and not necessarily making the best of passes. But the defense and Brian would bail them out a bit. But a few shifts later, Jasse would strike again. This time he would net one from Roman and iJosh, who fell to the ice and found a way to send the puck to Roman without using his hands, giving the Zombies a 2-0 lead. Play would continue to be inconsistent, but at the end of the period the score would be 2-0 Yellow.

Second verse, just like the first...and I mean that in a good way. The Schli...er Cads continued to take it to the Lobsters. Playing with a 2-0 lead the Cads hoped not to give up the gritty play and or the momentum that so often eludes us. And they would not lose it as Larry would send a backhand to iJosh, who would send a back pass to Jasse, who would send the backhand back to Bell, who would backhand the black disc into the back of the net. 3-0 Cadavers. So two shifts or so later, the Jasseman would continue to play inspired hockey. This time Dave Di would rotate deep into the offensive zone. Jasse would cover the point. Dave would make an attempt and then would slide the puck back to the point where Jasse would wrist a BEEE-EAUTIFUL shot past the keeper short side. 4-0 Dead. Then Roman felt the need to get involved as he would put one in from Parker and Dave Di. That would close out the 2nd period and the Zombies would take a 5 goal pad into the 3rd.

The third would be a bit more defensive. The Lobsters, I am sure, did not want to lose to us. Especially not like this. They were a bit steamed. The were trying to claw back and made some hits. But the Cads would not give in and played level-headed hockey. In one shift I swear Matvey was going to retaliate after being knocked to the ice. Nope he didn't. Then I though Ken D would do something after taking a check.
Again nope. And so the Cads were able to continue their assault. This time Mr. Bell would take a pass from Roman and rush toward the net.
Over on the bench Jasse turned and declared, "He is going backhand". Lo and behold, Larry would go top side on his backhand to pretty much put this game away. But Jasse, already with the hat trick was getting addicted and needed his next hit, I mean goal. This time he would take a pass from iJosh and Larry as he put it away for his 4th of the game.
This would round out the scoring and as the horn sounded, we looked up and saw a 7-0 win.

This blog has been mostly about scoring, since there was so much of it.
However the defense from the goalie to the D-men to the entire team defense was just in tune almost all night. I'm not saying we didn't have breakdowns. We did. But there was always the one person to pick up the slack (thanks Brian mostly). There were also at least 5 pucks that hit the post. 2 or 3 from us. So this could have been a 7-2 or a 9-0 game depending on a centimeter here or there. All in all just a great game. The beer, provided by Larry and iJosh, tasted good especially after a win like this. But Jasse wouldn't know as he is on a 28 day program or so and is without beer. You make the assumption.

Stars for the Game:
3rd Star: Brian for his shutout and the Team Defense: There are just so many people to give stars to tonight. But without the overall effort of the team defensively, this could have gone the other way against a team like the Lobsters.

2nd Star: Larry Bell for a 2 goal, 2 assist night. He helped set the tone and made the right moves at the right time.

1st Star: You know him, you love him, you think he's in outpatient rehab, but it is really a workout regiment, Mike Jasse for his 4 goal, 1 assist night that was just awesome. "


Scoring:
1st Period:
Jasse (Larry, iJosh)
Jasse (Roman, iJosh)
2nd Period:
Larry (Jasse, iJosh)
Jasse (Dave Di, Roman)
Roman (Parker, Dave Di)
3rd Period:
Larry (Roman)
Jasse (iJosh, Larry)

That is just tremendous. The blogger offers a standing ovation to not only iJosh but Dr. Michael F*in Jasse for his breakout performance. Great work boys.

Suds fall to Shellfish

Schlitz (7) vs Lobsters
Wednesday June 24th
BU 9:10pm

4-3 Loss


A tough night but a good skate at BU against team Shellfish. Always nice to lace them up at the old Walter Brown Arena, a lot of good memories for the blogger in that shabby old cave. Unfortunately this game against the Lobsters wouldn’t be competeing for room with any of those good memories.
The Suds showed in good numbers and had a nice lineup to face the new look Lobsters who’ve clearly found the right formula for them with a pair of dynamic ladies anchored by a very solid C level half shield dude on D. They have been tough to beat for us since they’ve had the pickups and haven’t won many against them.
I think any cough reasonable analysis of the situation would reveal two things. First we have trouble with fast skating forwards who can stickhandle, and secondly we are old and prone to spending time in the penalty box. And we’re old.
The Suds looked like this.
D pairs: Cambell-James. Jeff-Dave Diloretto*
O-Fence. Nelson, Larry, Mark, Chuck, Matvey, AK(Angry Ken), Neil Shah*, Howard Heppelman, and Blake.
Matt CEOBMF Kilroy in the pipes.
* - rookie of the year candidate.

There was reasonable, if not unfounded optimitsm going into the game and the Suds did an admirable job of jumping to the play and taking it to the Lobsters in the early going. It was clear very early on that our work would be cut out for us as we chased around the girls in the magenta shirts. We even were the benefactor of the first three whistles of the game as the Lobsters were called for the first group of infractions. The Power Play didn’t net any results but the game had a good pace and the Suds were holding their own.
It didn’t take long for two things to change. First we started making mistakes on D and in general, and second we began a litteral parade to the sin bin. The breakdowns gave the Lobsters a 2 goal lead about halfway through the period. Not much Matty could do on either of them, the first a long break by the tall girl who just ripped a wrist shot, the second an extended pass around the zone affair. No glory for the Gold until Mark Reynolds would land a hard work chance fed by Nelson and the Suds would stay in the game at 2-1. Before the end of the first the Lobsters would strike once more and the first would end 3-1.
The play was fairly fiesty back and forth. Mark and their star 7 had a few things to say to each other as the second period got going. The Suds were showing good heart, skating hard, taking short shifts, Matty was playing very well all night. Dave Diloretto jumped into the play a few times trying to create chances. At one point the puck came loose at the top of the zone while Dave was still low, Jeff jumped up to stop the puck and fed it back to Dave who fired a brilliant shot that pulled the Suds back within one. It wasn’t too long after that that the offense would answer as well when Larry would score, again on a feed from Nelson. Their line did a great job all night and had buckets of chances.
So dig this. The game is now tied 3-3 and the teams are exhaustedly going after it at a good pace. Then the parade begins.
Mark goes for a slash (Mr.Superstar)
AK goes for a rough.
Bonehead defenseman Jeff for too many men (a little to eager to replace Campbell who was still in the play. Gratefully served by another teammate. thanks…)
Greg for a hook and then
Mark again for Interference.
And this was all before the end of the second period. This did include at least one 5 on 3 streach of more than a minute.
The Lobsters, amazinly enough wouldn’t capitalize until just seconds left in the period. That was a credit to Matthew who is rounding into a very nice regular keeper. He was all over the place and made a number of excellent stops. Despite the work of the CEOBMF the Red would score with less than a minute on a long scramble and breakdown in our end and the second would end 4-3 Red.
The third was just no bargain. The suds tried and tried to get over on the Red but there was nothing doing. Some good chances but 77 would make a trip… for a trip and the coup de grace would be old bonehead #10 with just under 3 minutes to play as he would perform a discreet mugging on one of the magenta shirts as she broke to the net. Jeff hauled her down and took the final penalty of the night and would effectively end the Suds hopes. There were a few good chances in the last minute, we even pulled Matty but no dice.
Kudos for the effort to everyone all the way around, but it would really be nice to get them the next time around.

GoldenZombies gnawed by Team Shellfish

Cadavers (24) vs Lobsters
Tuesday March 17th
Dedham 10:30pm

7-1 Loss

So here we were for the nightcap, a rematch with the Lobsters, whom we’ve struggled against this year. In a perfect world this game would have been the first game, given that it was sure to be a bit more of a challenge than the first one. Given that the Clinic game turned out to be a bit more challenging than we had anticipated… things didn’t look great for this game.
There were 6 fresh guys in the room ready to go, but that would mean a buch of us would have to double up to make a complete roster. The fresh guys were Larry, Valenti, Douville, Parker, Gregson, Daley, and DWH. The double skaters would be Capraro, Reynolds, Campbell, iJosh, Elliott, Nelson and Jeff. Yes… that does make 14… but this was solved by Campbell, Jeff, and Elliot all skating the left D spot in a 3 man rotation. Three lines of O seemed to work well and Lizzy was back in the Nets for a second go around.

The game started out ok. Just like our friends the Clinic, this rendition of a old favorite had a bit more spirit than in seasons past. We were ready for that reality as we’ve already had a few go-rounds with this club this season. Unfortunately, not many of those encounters coming out so well for us.
The original idea had been to try and stack a team with as many of our better skaters for this end of season reamatch with our Red Crustaceous Friends. Plans are plans and usually only exisit in the perfect world of imagination. A light turn out for the first game, no fewer than 4 game day dropouts, plus a bevvy of other circumstances left us lighter than we would have liked. That the way it is and there was much courage and desire shown by the guys who doubled up to fill out the roster.

The game was close. Really. The game was 0-0 for a long time… well for the first 6 and a half minutes. The Red broke through with a long shot and went up 1-0. The Golden Zombies played well, took the game to them pretty well at times and the first would end with that score.
The second period was more of the same, uphill skating, trying to generate chances, and trying to squelch the red chances.

Things were ok.. but we were like the Enterprise going as fast as the dilithum crystals would take us... but if we kept running hard she was going to break up.... and she did. They score 3 goals in last 5 min of 2nd period to take a firm grasp of our throats, then scored another to start 3rd and the suffocation began. Sorry to be so grim... but we just couldn't stay in the game.

I will say this. The GoldenZombies did show some pluck... a little Irish determination and did not get shutout on the night. Parker would score with just under 10 minutes in the game. A nice hard working goal from Valenti and Jeff. Kenny Douville would land one with just under a minute in the game that came from Jeff also after a long breakout. This only after the Shellfish had talleyed another just for good luck.

That's how this one would end a not so spiffy 7-1.

Sorry its taken so long to get this one posted. No game stars and the Blogger takes the Coon for sleeping on the job... actually working on the job... but you know what i mean.

Here's iJosh with a few words on this one too:

Since a tie is like kissing your sister, the night went from Kissing your sister in the 1st game to kissing your brother in the 2nd.

Kenny D, continues to get those hockey legs back. At center between the 2 game playing iJosh and Capraro, did the bulk of the hard skating. He would set up a few opportunities and make the right play, but only one would get capitalized on as Jeff Fosdick would break toward the net from the neutral zone and get the shot on net. Kenny would race toward the slot and take the rebound and slide it through the 5 hole to give the Dead in Yellow their 2nd goal.

Thanks Josh... as always.

Zombies win... and lose.

Cadavers (21) vs Lobsters

Tuesday Feb.17th

BU 9:20pm

0-1 Forefit

Uh... the goalie didn't show. Not one of our regulars, but a fill in guy that management had to line up for the game. Heads are rolling (or at least eyes) here at Schlidaveur International. Kudos to those guys that skated and played well from the sound of it. Too bad we lost by forefit.

Here is the email exchange of the week.

Greg James: "We both lost 1-0 and won 6-3 at the same time… figure that brain tease out.
Frankly the only important element from the game is that I scored a wicked snap shot inside the left post after going coast to coast.
Needed oxygen for the following 3 shift cycles, but it was truly great (or at least seemed that way in my head as I played it over and over to myself). "

Scott Pounds: "1. Zombie goalie doesn’t show. Game is 1-0 Lobsters, but Cads win the unofficial skate?
2. Cads are down 1-0 in first period when the fat ref chokes on a donut and has to be rushed to ER.

3. Game is called for Lobsters, but replacement officials decide to play out the hour and the Dead come back?
4. Cads lose game 1-0 but kick ass in the parking lot, outdrinking the Lobster lightweights 6 cases to 3?
5. Cads win the game 6-3 but lose the only fight?
6. Zombies lose the game 1-0 but win 6 fights out of 9?
7. Dead win hockey game 6-3, lose fashion show 1-0?

Greg again: "You only get one guess… Number one is right Mensa boy."

Kevin Parker: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH my head is killing me!!!"

Too bad about that one.

REMEMBER There are games SUNDAY and MONDAY NIGHT!

Seafood Buffett. Lobsters chow Zombies.

Cadavers (19) vs Lobsters

Monday February 2nd

Milton Academy 8:50pm

7-2 loss

A groundhog day treat/tragedy against the Losbstrosities. The good news is that we have a pair of decent guest-blogs to share the pain. Boy, the Shellfish have certainly got the best of us this season... seems they have been recruiting better than the managment over here at Schlidaveur International...

So first up is Dan Gregson with a short and sweet wrapup that really gives you a flavor for the game. Here's Dan:

We got boiled/clawed somewhere between 6 and 8 to 2 Daley got 1 maybe 2 goals, I'm not sure if the first one was deflected by Parker or not. Ask him I'm sure he'll say he had 5 or six goals.
We kept up pretty good until the 3rd.
D lines were Hammett and Stefan Daley and Matvey....yes Matvey well
played
Forwards we did the 3 lines 2 centers
Mark and Parker were on a line
Myself and Scott were another line
Nelson and Mike F
Chris and Roman were the Centers.
Penalties to Matvey and Hammitt

Excellent work Dan. Thanks for the words. Just so you know Daley did not write in reporting 5 or 6 goals... only 3. So there will have to be a leauge investigation to verify the point totals at the end of the season... just kidding.

Secondly here is a slightly longer, if not more colorful description from Mark (1/2 of the Duxbury Duo) Reynolds. Here's Mark:

7-2 (loss)
Total suck game. Their 3 non-D league players did their usual job on us.
Goal #1 – the Dr, using the long wingspan, made a nice deflection.
Goal #2 – Mike D went to left wing (at the request of an aging player who shall remain nameless) and scored a nice one.

Matvy – one penalty – I think for being a Ruskie.
Nota Bene: Hammitt – zero penalties – not his usual charming on-ice personality.

Net: Lizzie
D Pairs:
Hammitt / Stephan
Mike D / Matvy
Centers:
Chris F and Roman
Wings:
Reynolds / Parker
Dr Pounds/ Dan G
Carl / Nelson

The Red (wearing Gold as not to be confused with the Nephropidae, sometimes also referred to as Homaridae of the marine crustacean genus), got behind early and never caught up. Their numbers 15, 16. and 8 (aka chick with a dick) had way too may moves, solid passing, and speed. Hammitt is still searching for his jock strap that he was faked out of at the end of the 3rd period (sorry Mike, couldn’t resist…no way was it a D league move)

While there were no game stars, the following players deserve honorable mention:
Mike D – nice goal
The Dr – nice hands
Big Dan G – consistently demonstrating solid puck handling skills
Chris F – played like a stud at center ice and never quit

Great work Mark. Too bad the game didn't turn out so well. Thanks very much for your words and thoughts on the game. The blogger owes both you and Gregson a beer after the next game.

Lets try to get 'em next time and hopefully improve our record against the Lobsters.

Suds sunk by Lobsters in slugfest....

Schlitz (10) vs Lobsters
Monday November 24
BU 10:20pm

8-1 loss


Wow strange stories coming back from this one. The Lobsters seem to have improved themselves greatly recently and we've had a few feisty matchups with the new girls and unfortunately we have not been on the good side of the final score. First game we lost. The second time we earned a hard fought tie. This one was similar to the first beat down but offered some extra curriculars that weren't so prevalent in the first meeting.
I'm going to let our gal in the pipes Lizzy take this one with a few "colorful" comments on how this one went down.
Here's Lizzy:

" I am sure there will be lots of guest bloggers today, b/c last nights game was like a circus of fairies...Well I used to play against the lobsters alot a few years ago and the were nothing like they way they are now, they used to be a like really friendly team. Now they are like the whiniest and dirtiest team. They played real chippy, yet they were still able to draw penalties every 2 mins. Aside from that they whine to the ref every 2 secs. Its like shut the f up.

From a goalie p.o.v the first period was pretty even, 2 goals scored in the last few mins of the first period and they were truly fluke goals, one was a like a pass and one fell out of my glove on a one on one. However the lobsters, were already playing dirty, by crashing the net, and diving, and using their stick to hook, trip etc. But only we were getting penalties.

Mike and Greg played great d together and continued to do so. In the second period the lobsters took it up a notch and scored three more goals, which were for the most part quality. We scored on goal and it was by Mike D. I think. It was a really nice goal. Mike C. had a beautiful end to end attempt to score and Roman came pretty close to scoring to.

The third period was the worst though. The Refs were constantly favoring the lobsters and we had penalties like every two min's. Again, the lobsters were diving and playing dirty. At one point Matvey got crossed check in the head from behind, I could see it clearly, as could my mom who was in the stands.
The lobsters scored three more goals one which, went in by them just crashing in to the net and pushing the puck in. My finger got skated over and I was pissed so as, the game came to an end they crashed the net again so I told them to chill the f out b/c the score was 8-1. So number 15 I think said "take a tampon you bitch" So, I thought carefully about what to say and I decided to call him a c**k sucker as not to discriminate, but I also used another c word to in my anger.
There was a penalty shoot after this because a girl on the other team got hooked, and the ref said he felt obligated to call a penalty.(?)

Then with only seconds left in the game Kenny fought back when he got pushed and a fight ensued. Kenny was on the ground at on point and who he had a couple of lobsters on him. I don't know who jumped in but people jumped in to help. the fight got broken up and the game was over. Most of the Lobsters left without shaking hands. I know the refs from work so they spoke to me about the game and said they had to give me some "paperwork" for the game. This was the funniest part it was like some suspension paper for Greg...and they were like this is official, and they told me to give the paper to Greg, they were trying to be serious but they new it was funny too...It was so funny. "

Wow. Thanks Liz! That was an EXCELLENT guest blog appearance. Nicely done, especially on your first try. The blogger thanks you. Too bad the game didn't work out the way we like it...
The day after this game the blogger was cc'd on a sent document from Greg protesting his written 2 game suspension. While there is plenty of humor there... none intentional... I dont feel obliged to share it just yet... lets see how his "hearing" with the league goes... if there ever is such a thing.
The story that the bogger heard is this. Newcomer Kenny Douville was taking some heat from one of the shellfish. He didn't like what the dude/dudette was sellin' so he had a few words in the face for him. This guy turned around and gave Kenny a good working over. Apparently Ken was not getting doing well as the scuffle went on and on with the refs making no attempt to stop it. Greg, being the standup guy that he is, came to his teammates aid rather than watching him have his head caved in.
Greg's description fell along the "I tried to restrain the fighting players...." in the parking lot last night after the Cads game I heard something along the lines of "then Greg flying tackles the guy beating on Douville..." As far as the blog is concerned these are the same thing. Good work Greg... that is unless the league upholds the suspension in which case Schlidaver management frowns upon your hooliganism.... at least that would be our official stance.
Please... Please feel free to comment to help out the blog to rough out the scene from Monday night. Anything you have to add will be welcome. Even if you shellfish are reading... come on and tell your side too.

Cads Turn Up the Heat on The Lobsters

Cadavers (5) vs Lobsters
Sunday November 9th

Canton 10:30pm

3-3 Tie

A quick double up on the Lobsters meant that we had a second crack at these guys within the same week. The Suds did not fare so well against this group last week... see here... so we were hoping for a "return to form". Hell... thats probably wishfull thinking... I dont think any of us will be returning to any type of "form" any time soon... but one has to hope.

Once again the blogger turns to the trusty, stalwart work by guestblogger iJosh to bring you readers the game story on this one. I think I'm starting to like iJosh's blogs better than mine.... anyway here is iJosh and we may hear a few words from some others before the blog is through....here's Josh:

"Going into this game there was a lot of talk regarding the painful loss of the week prior. A couple of the players were noted to keep an eye out for and our expectations started out a touch low. Even for our standards. Then something odd happened. Kurt Russell barged in the locker room and told us that this was our time. If we played these guys 10 times they might win 9 of them. But not this time. Ah Kurt. If he had only predicted a win instead of not a loss. Eh, worse things have happened. So the Dead in Re..um actually. The Lobsters are red. So this night we would don the Yellow Jerseys, which apparently got the Lobster chuckling as if tonight would be a big night for them (according to Valenti this was true).
So onto the game. To start the 1st we would be a little light on Defense. We had to put a rag tag group together. That would leave us with regular Marc Valenti, occasional defender Kevin Parker and journeyman defender Matvey. The lines would eventually shape up to be: iJosh centering Roman and Mike Fitz; Nelson centering the Kenny line of Ken Mitch and Ken Douville. Early on we would get our chances. And on the 3rd shift paydirt. Nelson would slide it over to Ken D who centered it to K.Mitch who tucked it home. 1-0 Cads.

Both lines would continue to play tough. The Dead in Yellow would continually clog the lane, disrupt their skaters and get in the way. Later in the 1st, Roman would get called for unsportmanlike as he slapped a loose stick out of the way toward the boards. Usually you would think no problem. Except the Lobster was using his pincer to pick it up at the time. So Roman headed to the timeout box. The Deadcans would kill this penalty and again continued to play smart and hard. Then as the Lobsters tried to make a change they would send a puck up the boards. The puck would strike the player getting off the ice with one leg on the bench and the other dangling. Parker would stop as he assumed a penalty call. But the refs cannot count to seven.....yes there were seven Lobsters still on the ice. Their top player #16 would gather the puck and beat Lizzie as he was all alone. After griping the to ref, the response was that it never stuck the player, but trust us it was clear as day. They guy just missed it. The first would end in a 1-1 tie.

The middle period would be more of the same. Good chances, smart play and lots of hustle. Again the Kenny line would capitalize on their effort. This time it would be Nelson would would center the puck to K.Mitch would one timed the puck past the goalie. 2-1 Zombies. The lead would last toward the end of the period. But with about 2:30 left in the period, Matvey would be called for interference in the corner. The PK would play well but with only seconds left in the period, the Lobsters would get their break as the D would breakdown and let #16 skate in again and beat Lizzie for a 2-2 deadlock.
The third played almost the exact same way as the 1st two. Play was pretty hard and everyone was giving it their all. Ken D. would essentially draw a penalty on #10 by skating hard on a chase for the puck deep in the Lobster zone. He would slip in front of her and she could not really prevent herself from putting her hands up, getting the stick too high before the smashed into the boards. That would leave the Cads with a man advantage. The Cads would be unable to score. Valenti would then get called for interference. This time the PK would play well until the final seconds. An errant pass would deflect toward a Lobster as a man or two changed. This lead to the the Lobsters charging in and getting a one goal lead. 3-2 Lobsters. But then the charge was on. The Kenny line would again come through. This time Valenti would send in a shot that Nelson would collect and tuck in before landing on his back, prompting Mike F to ask if he was okay. Answer: I think so. We're just old.

The game would then have a few moments where it got chippy. While trying to set up in front of the net, #8, Lisa White, would get her stick up and catch Lizzie in the side of her neck. As Lizzie yelled, iJosh would then throw the Lobster (honestly she looked like a man, man) out of the crease. This would result in matching minors. As tempers started to get a little hot, Valenti would decide to call timeout and calm things down. This would prove to be a good move as the Cads were able to collect themselves and play good hockey. Seconds later another Lobster would find himself in hot water as he would go off for interference. The Cads were not able to take advantage. But were able to put some pressure on. As the penalties expired, one or two very close calls would almost find their way into the back of the Lobster pot. But the goalie was just quick enough to make the stops. The game would end in a 3-3 tie.

All in all a good game. If not for a couple of breakdowns, this could have been a win. But given the talent on the other team, we were proud to come away with the point. #8, Lisa White, decided not to shake hands for some reason. Maybe we can shake it before the next time we play. Or not. Don't care much. Just something to note.

Though we usually only give stars for a win. This one deserves stars:
#3 Star: Lizzie. She played well. And only got beat when the Lobsters had big advantages.
#2 Star: Gritty Old Nelson. Played hard and set the tone for his line. Not to mention the goal and two assists.
#1 Star: Ken Mitch Goldenberg. Play great positioning all night. Came away with two important goals and barely missed the hat trick. Unfortunately the 4th period would end in a 0-0 tie. Late night Sundays don't appeal to either team this time. "

Phenonminal work Josh. Thanks very much for your story. Lets also check in with a few comments that Radical Russian Roman passed along as well... here's Roman.

"It was a 3-3 tie at the end, but I think we deserved better then that. We pressured them at both ends of the ice all night long, we definitely out chanced them and should of scored more then 3 goals.

Forwards were forechecking and backchecking consistently throughout and were not letting their skaters go through neutral zone with a lot of speed.

They scored 3 goals, one on the botched call where should have been called on too many man on the ice and they scored 2 more goal on power plays on questionable calls. Lizzy played great and made some huge saves to give us more confidence. Definitely one of the stars.

And last and not least, the defense played a super game. Mark, Matvey and Parker were always back in time and didn't give them a lot of chances. I think lobsters were frustrated the whole night that we always had couple of guys back.

One time Mark made a spectacular sliding save to keep puck in their zone and was shooting bombs from the point, Parker was solid as always and was everywhere, I wish I buried his pass on the 2 on 1 that we had. Matvey stepped up and played defense since we only had one real defenceman this game and he did an awesome job, played a very responsible game and broke a lot of their plays, especially number 16 who was trying to run circles around us but would end up losing the puck most of the time.

Mitch scored 2 goals and continues his recent goal scoring streak. "

Alllriiiight! Thanks Roman. Always good to hear from you. Thanks for the notes!

Lets see... I think we've got one more here... Yep... Lizzy checked in with a quick comment:

"Matvy played defense and he was all around great. He's my pick for star of the game, hope he plays d again!...the second goal shouldn't have counted because the net was off due to pushing around the net...and the two new-ish guys Ken and Mike played really well and put in great effort. "

Thanks Liz, and great job last night. We'll see you again tonight!

Also please note Dr. Pounds sent along the essential Blog Nutritional Guide seen just above here. Thanks Scott... good stuff.

Ok thats it on this one from here. The Suds play El Tigre tonight at 9:20pm @ Milton Academy. Dont forget for those of you on the roster...

Go Suds.

Go Zombies.