The 2nd Penultimate!

When you think of classic sports rivalries, who do you think of?  Islanders-Rangers?

Sox-Yankees?

Maybe Bruins-Habs?

None of these compare to Cadavers-Schlitz.  

Ever since these two teams started playing in the same division and started playing each other regularly, familiarity quickly bred epic storylines--and epic battles.  Perhaps it's due to the number of skaters that have played for both squads, but there's just no denying that when these teams face-off... it's something else entirely.  Often the games aren't truly decided until well into the 4th period.

Sunday night will be a re-match of the 2007 Penultimate game.  The CADs hope to repeat that performance and force a second CHAMPIONSHIP-DOUBLE-DAVEUR (which the Schlitz won to claim the 2007 trophy).  

The Cadavers needed to win a play-in round just to make the playoffs this season, and have systematically gotten the job done... with just one blemish to an otherwise spotless postseason record... a 5-2 loss at the hands of the Schlitz.  Do the beercans have the zombies figured out?

The 2007 trophy was the last appearance in the championship game for the Schlitz.  The Cadavers last competed for T-shirts in 2011, but fell short.

Rosters haven't been finalized yet, but the next chapter of Schlidaveur (which is apparently a rather risque word in a Scandinavian language) will be written on Sunday.

Game:

Sunday April 28, 2013
9:10PM  Hingham/C

General admission seating available!

Championship Game vs SLJ

Cadavers (3) VS SLJ (1)

Thursday 9/22

Dedham 9:30pm

Coyote Division Championship

7-2 loss

The Dead in Red took to the sheet at the Boch Ice Palace in Dedham last night, not only later than scheduled, but incredibly playing for the division championship despite a less than sparkly 8-7-3 overall record. The 3 seed Cadavers would take on the always difficult SLJ. These guys are all around good with a few standouts as well. They wore a black version of the old Phoenix Coyotes jersey and it should have been an omen that the Blogger caught even before the game began.

Here is your Title Game Zombie Roster

Jay McNamara in Net

D1: George, Bauer

D2: Jeff, Parker

O1: Larry, Sully and Gregson

O2: Baker, Daley and Elliot

O3: Roman, Matvey and Doc Pounds

Team Zombie was enthusiastic despite the delayed start time. Not jumping up and down mind you… but the potty training discussion had an expectant edge to it during the pregame locker room.  As Doc Pounds said not that long ago… “Didn’t we used to talk about hot chicks?” Now… peeing. Sigh.

Anyway… if we were going to win this one it would take a whole bunch of what we brought with us to last week’s game against the Blues. Some scoring, hard shifting, and great overall team play. We got some of that stuff but whatever we did get only lasted so long. I’ll tell you what we did get, and was another terrific performance in net from Jay McNamara who has turned out to be quite a find. Hope we much more of him going forward this winter.

It was clear we had our hands full from the open. Very fast pace and it was all we could do to play them even up and down the ice. Its nice to report that not only were we holding our own in the first 5 minutes but we also generated a few scoring chances.

Just after the 12 minute mark the play would go around the attacking zone due to some excellent work by the Daley, Baker, Elliot line. Mike Daley would zip a pass out to Baker who was open about 15 feet out. Steve ripped a famous slapper that went top shelf and the good guys were up 1-0. Good stuff.

The SLJ (they need a snappy knickname) didn’t take kindly to being down a goal and a whole minute of playing time later they bing bang boomed a great play that left the Red spinning and the game tied at 1.

Things still looked pretty good for the puffing Cads, including two penalties that went our way, but there were no breakthroughs and really we kind of chugged into the first intermission tied.

The Second would see much more of the same grind. I’m happy to say that the Red momentum would continue. No more than 2 minutes in Mike Daley, after an exhausting shift would come to the bench as the play went into our end… not ideal but Mike had to get off… and Sully jumped over the boards. The play was already coming back up the ice and Sully would pick up the loose puck in the neutral zone and charge into the Black end. Jim made a nice move shaking the D and then buried his bid and the Zombies were up a goal again.

Of course, once again SLJ would take all of one exact minute of playing time to put together a play in our end and tie the game at 2. After a few more shifts the game went by the midway point, 8 minutes in the second and we were still in a tie game for the trophy.
Pretty good… the Blogger thinks… all you can ask for the last game of the year really. Just wanted to get that in, given that the momentum was fading, and even though we were in it, the feeling that the game was quickly slipping away would be in full effect by the end of the frame.

At 7 minutes the SLJ would pot another one to take their first lead. Baker would go for a trip after taking down one of their speedsters in a play he had no choice on. Red stood strong on the PK but at the 2 minute mark they would land another one and the period would end 4-2. The fourth was a cheepey… shot along the “baseline” that slipped through a narrow space.

Team Zombie had the heart but not the legs to make it through the third let alone mount a comeback. Black would turn up the heat , like all good teams looking to finish and would score at 14 minutes and again at 12.  Red was just hanging on for the ride at this point but the shifts stayed short and the effort was there for everyone, despite the fact that we couldn’t get anything going.
Sully had another almost breakaway in the third but the defenseman knocked him off his balance and he couldn’t finish the play. There was good work all the way around and really Jay kept it close by making lots of quality stops as the period wore on.

Matvey would tackle a guy coming out of our end at the 5 minute mark and we would play down most of the rest of the way. SLJ would land one last parting shot with one minute left, just to let us know they had this one wrapped up.

So that was how this one would end up. No joy. A good skate, a lot of Zombie Pride in effort and desire. It just wasn’t going to happen.

We even gave them a run in the 4^th period. Sporting 5 coolers we stood out in the warm humid air and sipped a salve to our sorrows. Of course they weren’t f-ing around here either and soon they had a huge cooler hemmoraging beers and a grill going on the back of one of their pickups. The oversized trophy sitting on the edge of the group, closest to us I noticed, a reminder of what they’d done. 

It wasn’t easy to take as it became clear they were going to outlast us in the lot, five coolers or not.


Doc Pounds told Jeff to “let it go” as the victorious scent of Cheeseburgers wafted over our consolation gathering as he muttered curses under his breath, sidelong glancing at the trophy… or maybe the burgers.

Night over. 4^th period lost. Game lost. The Summer of mediocrity appropriately wrapped up with a 8-8-3 overall record.

Last one out turn off the lights… see you in the winter… I mean Monday.

Playoff Showdown with Les Blues

Cadavers (3) vs Blues (2)
Thursday 9/15
BU 10:00pm
Coyote Division Semifinal


5-2 WIN!


The Dead in Red took the ice at storied Walter Brown Arena against long time rival The Blues for a semi-final playoff match up. The two teams skated to a 1-1 draw not long ago and the familiarity between the squads meant this game was sure to be close as well. We have a long history of battles with the guys in Blue and everyone on Team Zombie was anxious to get the win and knock those guys out of the "tournament".
Here's how things would work out.
First off the Blogger wants to thank the rowdy members of the Betley Lab for setting Jeff's night off on the right foot. Thanks go out to The Mexican Tom Cruise and his special Fresca enhanced Margaritas and Dave Harris for his booming pep-talk toast that got the blood flowing. Suffice to say Jeff was well lubricated before he made it across the river to BU.
That was fine as he was slated as the 14th man on a full roster and apparently it suited him fine as he got early results when the puck dropped.

But first... lets have the lineups.
Jay McNamara in NET
D: George, Bauer; Campbell, and Parker with Jeff rotating in.
O1: Baker, Daley, Elliot
O2: Larry, Sully, Gregson
O3: Roman, Matvey, Doc Pounds

 It was clear that the Blues had their regulars as well as the talent they've picked up in the last few seasons. In particular number 6 a forward with black and green socks, and number 43 wearing a dark blue league jersey would clearly need minding all night as they were able to make plays with their legs and hands at any time.
The Blogger is happy to report that the energy level was great on the Cadaver bench and Red took the game right at the Blues right from the start. No hard to do with the lineup we had. The Baker-Daley experience would get shots immediately and it was clear Baker was into it from the start. Funny... for the first time he was seen with beer in hand in the pregame locker room. When asked he told the team he wasn't missing out on the Shipyard Pumpkin Head ale this year like last. "I went back to the store and it was all gone!" Apparently he stocked up and has been drinking nothing else all week.
We waded into the game and there was plenty of give and take between the sides to get things warmed right up in a hurry. Mike Campbell would barrel through someone less than four minutes in and Blue would go on the power play. Red fought hard and played well on the PK and just as it ended good things started to happen.
Jeff would make a outlet pass to Doc Pounds up on the left side. Jeff had a head of steam and was hollering to the good Doctor to send it back. He did just that and laid a perfect pass across the blue line right to Jeff as he turned the crossed up defender and streaked to the net to bury a shot over the keepers far shoulder. Red up 1-0 and Jeff banging his stick on the ice on his way back.
Campbell would go again to the box for his second penalty of the night on an iffy call that no one seemed to see. Suddenly the extra defender was looking good as chances were Mike wasn't going to make the whole game (3 penalties and you are out). Again, good work by Red on the PK meant the Blues got not much going and the first would end 1-0.
The Second would open with more good things for the Cads. Kevin Parker would headman the puck up to Steve Baker who would make a nice play to Matt Elliot who was parked on the right side of the crease. Matty would score from the short side on a fast shot and the good guys had a 2 goal lead. Couple of things here... nice to see Matt score in the playoffs as he had a very productive regular season, and also there couldn't have been a better time for high scorer Steve Baker to pick up his FIRST assist of the year. Now how you score 12 goals with no assists the Blogger doesn't know... or care. Now hes got at least one helper and those are just as good.
About halfway through the period Parker and a Blue would go for matching roughing calls and the teams played 5 on 5. Other than that the period was a full on grind and the Red never let up. After 2... 2-0 good guys.
Now you know it couldn't be easy. You know we couldn't go the whole night without some drama and anxious times... right? Of course. Five minutes into the third period the Blues would start to get thier momentum going. The play went around the Red end and we started to scramble. If not for the very steady hand of Jay McNamara in net the lead would have been gone in a flash. Instead the Blues kept knocking on the door and Jay kept turning them aside. That is... until this happened. Jeff would try to take down number 43 who was winding up and driving to the net. The ref's arm went up as he hauled him down but the puck went to a Blue behind our net who passed to a guy right in front and he put it past Jay to cut the lead to one. No penalty after the goal saved Jeff a trip to the box... but the Red bench was already on edge.
Another 5 minutes of playing time, a lot of it with Red on their heels went by. Then Mike Daley would make a great play. The puck would come up from Mike Campbell then to Elliot in the neutral zone. He would spring Daley with a nice pass and Mike was off on a breakaway to the Blue net. Daley's shot was wicked and the Red bench cheered when the puck went in giving us back a two goal lead, now with 7 minutes left in the game.
Blue was desperate. Six and 43 were all over the place trying to make something happen. It was only a minute after Daley's goal that they did just that. Another scramble in our end and the loose puck ended up with 43 who rifled one into the net to cut the lead back to 1, 3-2, now with 5 and a half minutes left.
Another minute of tense playing time later a strange play gave great results. George tried a clearing pass to Doc Pounds that missed the mark but hit the Good Doctor off the helmet and bounced back to George. The ranging defense man then barreled up ice hell bent for glory and he found it, burying the puck for a nice finish and some insurance.
Now with time winding down and the Blues in full desperation they would pull their keeper in the final minute and Red would do a good job squashing the play. Roman would hustle down and grab a loose clearing play and would pot the empty netter for the nail in the coffin.
Great work by all the Cadavers and a very sweet win.

This means we advance to the Division Championship Game next week. Stay tuned... its always exciting to play for hardware.


Game Stars
3rd Star: Jay McNamara for some great work in the pipes. He didn't think he worked that hard, but he made covers and eliminated rebounds at critical times all night. Nice job
2nd Star: Matt Elliot for a goal and an assist and some hard work all night.
1st Star: The other goal scorers... George, Daley, Roman and Jeff. 

Really... everyone played really well. There was great energy and focus on the bench and this one was a nice victory to have against a well know... and ill regarded... opponent.


Beerman Honor Roll: Bauer and Fosdick.
Always nice to enjoy post-game beverages in the BU parking lot... thankfully no sign of malicious meter maids or BUPD... 

TONIGHT! PLAYOFFS!

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Zombies fall short in Championship

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

2-1 loss

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

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

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

Cads top Goats! Big Playoff Win!

Cadavers vs Scapegoats
Wednesday 4/27
BU 7:00pm

2-0 Win.


Team Zombie faced off against the Scapegoats at BU last night to claim rights for the loser bracket in the Maple Leafs Division playoffs. Both teams had one loss, the Cads due to the Goats themselves and would play for the right to play the Undefeated (playoffs) Blues tonight in Quincy.
The Dead in Red would be scrambling for players as it was the same night as the Bruins-Montreal Game 7 down the road at the Garden. It seams the 'Goats had the same issue as they would field a team of 9, and while talented, they were clearly without one or two of their "stars". Here's what the Zombie lineup looked like.
Jacob Marks in Net
D1: Campbell & Jeff
D2: George & Bauer
O1: Daley, Elliot and Roman
O2: Nelson, Joe, and Scott
O3: Larry, Mitch and iJosh

The Red would start well and it was clear that while the game would be close and tough, there was definitely a good chance for the Red to win on this night. The Goats were solid, but hurt by their lack of depth on the bench and by the end of the scoreless first they were already starting to slow down. The still had a few guys to keep an eye on. #6 with the black socks/pink stripes was a player, as well as speedy tough forwards #16 and #20. The Cads did a good job corralling the Goats when needed and creating consistent chances. There would be no scoring, or penalties in the first period.

Chances would become more frequent in the second. It wasn't long, when the hard work would start to pay off for the Red. Nelson, mucking and grinding as he does so well with linemates Joe and Scott would pop home a feed from Joe just under the 14 minute mark to put the Zombies on top. The Red would continue to apply the pressure and by late in the period the Goats would start to let the frustration show. #18 would go off with 3 minutes left in the second for a hook. There were some good chances but no blood and the period would end 1-0 Cads.

The third would see more good chances as the Red would clearly take the lion's share of shots in the period. Larry, Joe, Nelson, and iJosh would all have solid chances either miss the net or turned aside. Mike Campbell would jump up into the offensive fray a couple of times, charging in like the lean-mean freight-train he is, but nothing would fall for him.
More than one guy called it just like a B's playoff game, the team clinging to a tenuous 1 goal lead for a long period of time. Again the Goats would take a penalty but again they would execute the kill and there was no scoring.

Finally, under 5 minutes to play the Cads would strike paydirt again. The play would come from George, holding in at the point, to Mitch who would send it toward the net and then Larry would wrist one over the sprawling keeper for the insurance goal we needed.
The Goats would get a couple good chances and pulled their keeper but Jacob would stand strong, as he did all night (and all the playoffs really) and the Goats would be sent home with nothing.

So there you have it. A nice 2-0 win to send the Cads to the Championship game (kinda) against the Blues. The Goats wished us luck to take them down which was nice.
Game Stars

3rd Star: Larry Bell for the icer late in the game. Larry's had a nice couple of games for the Cads and it was nice to see him get a big time goal when we needed it.
2nd Star: Jacob Shutout Marks. Dude is on quite a run with us these playoffs winning games 2-0, 5-0 and now 2-0 again. Last night he wasn't tested as often as in the other games, he was still a solid presence and did a great job.

1st Star: Nelson Gamewinner Sharfman. The lunchpail greybeard's hard work pays off again as he would nail this one down with his goal in the second period. Always showing the way with his hard work and attitude. Great work Nelson.

So the Cadavers will face off against Les Bleus tonight for (almost) the Championship. Good luck Zombies.

Team Zombie Stomps Tripods!

Cadavers vs Tripod All Stars

Thursday April 20

HinghamC 9:20pm

5-0 Win!

The Dead in Red was back at the Hive of Scum and Villany in Hingham last night for a playoff tilt against the Tripod All Stars that turned out to be a meltdown in more ways than one. The Cads continued the Winter season as a result of the 2-0win on Sunday night over the Suds, and the Tripods were here thanks to a 5-1 spanking of El Tigre.

Jacob Marks would make another stellar appearance in net for Team Zombie and is quick becoming a rising star with the ‘Daveurs.

Here’s the rest of the roster.
DWH, Reynolds and George, and Jeff on D.

Larry and Baker centered.

Jasse, iJosh, Gregson, Elliot, Bauer and Joe Gordon wings.

The Tripods clearly did not have their top talent in the lineup despite dressing at least 10. It was clear from early on that the Cads would have a chance to make some hay against this team. Chances were plentiful early on and Red was moving the puck well in the offensive zone.

It was probably 5-8 minutes in when a scramble in the offensive zone would pay off. George would keep the play at the top of the zone and sent it netward. Joe Gordon would take the pass and shoot sending the keeper sprawling. Dan Gregson would pick up the short rebound and wrist it in the net for the 1-0 lead. Baker was in front distracting the goalie who turned out to be a true Psycho and he would take a roughing penalty for beating the snot out of Baker in front. Apparently this guy had some nut-job trigger mechanizm when a forward dared to screen him.

Baker, not to be outdone, spent the next few minutes yapping, despite getting the call, and the goal.

Gregson’s next shift at the end of the penalty would see a similar opportunity when he would pick up a rebound from farther away and would lift it over the (again) sprawling Green Keeper. 2-0 Red with about 5 minutes left and that’s how the period would end. Eric Bauer did have a trip penalty but there was no scoring on the penalty.

The second would see more of the same as Red did an excellent job taking the puck to the Tripods. Mike Jasse would tap a pass out to Jeff at the top of the zone. Jeff would send a wobbler that would ding off a defenseman and Baker’s stick and into the net for a 3-0 lead. Good thing it had the bounce, because it didn’t have much power.

Next up iJosh would finish a nice play that went from Baker, to Jasse to him after going around the zone. Josh’s goal would make it 4-0 but the Zombies were on a roll. Before the end of the second Eric Bauer, who played great on offense would get his on a feed from Larry and the game was officially a rout at the end of 2, 5-0.

The third period would see the only flurry from the Tripods as they would get multiple chances in the Red end early on. Green would get at least 4-5 good shots after the Red D started chasing around the zone. Jacob was right there and snuffed out all the offerings, flashing right and left kick saves, and using his glove all in a matter of moments. He had the plays tottaly squashed and that would do it for Team Green.

The meltdown would be on as they would take another rough penalty from their Keeper who was losing it. A forward would join in the pushing after the play and would get tossed also.
The Red would have a 5 on 3powerplay and started getting chances right away. Larry, being the instigator/agitator that he is was parked in front of the keeper getting him hotter and hotter. Finally the guy just lost it and whacked Larry a bunch of times. The Zebras couldn’t let it go any longer, called the third penalty on the guy and tossed him. Game over, everyone go home. This with about 9 minutes left in the game.

There were plenty of grumbles from both squads as Goalie VonDouche made his way to the locker room.

But a win, a playoff win especially, is a win and the Red was full of postgame smiles.

Game Stars:

3^rd Star: Dr. Jasse with a pair of helpers in a last minute decision to skate. Glad you made it Doc, always nice to see you helping out the offense. Thanks.

2st Star: Dan, I’ll take two, Gregson. Two great goals, back to back provided all Team Zombie would need to put this one away. Nice game Dan.

1^st Star: His second Playoff Shutout in a row. Jacob Marks with a stellar performance in the pipes. He didn’t see much, but what he did, he had covered. Great work man. Thanks.

So the Zombies stay alive and next Wednesday will face the loser of the Blues/Scapegoats match that happens tonight. The Scapegoats were last seen running over the Cads in game one, thanks in part to a short bench.

4^th Period honors go out to Dr. Jasse and Jeff for bringing cervesas, and Bauer for bringing the leftover chips from Sunday.

Gregson enjoyed a well earned 2 goal victory stogie in the foggy parking lot. The boys had good reason to bask. Another interesting night at the rink, a cold beverage afterward and another chance for glory again next week.

Zombies and Suds grind it out!

Schlitz vs Cadavers
Sunday April 17
HinghamC 9:10pm


Cadavers 2
Schlitz 0


The playoff daveurs gathered in Hingham last night for the last Schlidaveur of the winter 11 season, maybe the last Daveur for a while, and played a close tough game to decide who would advance in the playoffs. One team would go home the other would live again in the losing bracket of the Maple Leafs Division playoffs as both teams lost their first games and the winner here would play again Wednesday night.
It was a tough Sunday night draw so there was a substitution for the Cadavers as Teddy Locke would fill in (admirably) for a handfull of missing Zombies. We had just enough to make an even 10 a side but gametime rosters showed only 9 for each squad.

Heres the rosters for both clubs.
Schlitz
Jon Cole in Net
DWH, Bauer, Parker on D
Baker, Daley Goody, Jasse, Gregson and Elliot on offense.

Cadavers
Jacob Marks in Net
George, Jeff and Reynolds on D
Ted Locke, Joe Gordon, Dr. Pounds; Larry, iJosh and Mitch on offense

The game would have a nice pace and both teams would get chances early. It was clear from the start that this game would be tight and the goaltenders on either end went a long way to making the game as close as it was. Newcomer Jacob Marks, a pickup from Joe Gordon, played very well for the Zombies. He made some very nice stops over the course of the night, two in particular on Steve Baker that were highlight reel. We look forward to seeing more of Jacob in the months to come.
Jon Cole, the keeper for the Suds, and the guy manning our nets all season long had a very strong night as well. Jon kept everything locked down with Teddy, Larry and Joe buzzing around the net regularly. Jon’s really done a great job all season and the organization would like to thank him for the solid play he’s turned in all year.
Both guys were strong as both teams traded jabs and chances up and down the ice for the first two periods.
For the Suds, Mike Daley was doing his usual covering the whole ice and creating chances with his legs and giving the Red D fits. DWH and Bauer would continue to be solid on the Gold blue line. Predictibly the only mark on the scoresheet was Baker, who boiled over once in the first (trip) and then again once in the second(hook). Both times giving the Zebra an earful.
Nice guy Mike Gilbert was the lone official on the night and did a really great job covering the ice by him self. We appreciate his work on the night too.
The Red would seem to have a slight edge in shots and there’s no question Teddy covered a lot of ground for them, able to keep posession at times when the Zombies needed it.
Mitch would send a roofed shot over the top of the net in the late second-early third that had Jon beat but it wasn’t to be. The whole rink let out an “Oh!” when it sailed over.
iJosh gets a major shoutout here for gutting out the night on a queezy stomach. A true gamer, iJosh was mixing it up all night working with Larry and Mitch to good effect in the offensive zone.

The third period would start 0-0 and the grind would continue. Gold would take another penalty when Dan Gregson would send Mark Reynolds sprawling against the goal in the Red end. The two had been wrastlin’ for some time and Dan just shoved him. The Red got some good chances on the penalty but there were still no tallys on the board as the game would go under 10 minutes.
Teddy Locke would put his mark firmly on the game when he would pick up a lose puck at the top of the defensive zone. Ted hit the fuel reserves and took off up the ice, weaving through red and gold shirts. He finished coming across the goal mouth and plunking the puck in the back of the net for the 1-0 lead.
Only 4 minutes later Joe Gordon would take a nice feed from Dr. Pounds an put the Zombies up 2-0 at 3:25 remaining.
The Gold would press hard, and the Red did some scrambling but Jacob Marks would stand strong and smother anything that came his way and the shutout would be preserved.
Game over 2-0 Red… and it took less than 3 minutes for Bauer to cry RINGER! in the pakring lot. Eric gets no grief though, he had fairly observed 4th period rules and waited until the first beers had been opened to lodge his formal protest.

The 4th period would do the Schlidaveur tradition proud, with Dr. Jasse’s camp grill, we had burgers and dogs, and plenty of chips. Special thanks to Chris “blinky” Fosdick who also brought some hot dogs for the festivities. Nice to see Chris who has been recovering from his 3rd Retnial re-attachement surgery. Management wishes him well… but still thinks it would be cool to have a guy with an eypatch on the team…
Thanks to everyone who brought beer, Elliot and Larry, DWH, Dr. Jasse and anyone else who brought stuff. The Hingham lot was host to another solid post game celebration.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Joe Gordon. Joe was a standout forward for Red, and he landed the goalie (see below). Joe’s late goal from Scott Pounds put the icing on the win.

2nd Star: Jacob Shutout Marks. Only his second game with the franchise Jacob did a great job all night keeping his team in it and got a well deserved zero on the scoreboard. Thanks for playing.

1st Star: Sub exraordinaire Teddy Locke. Ted coverd a lot of ground all night and his coast to coast rush provided the game winner in the 3rd period. Thanks for bolstering the Red lineup Ted, and then stealing the show. Great work, nice goal.

Honorable Mention 1: Jon Cole was solid all night for the Gold. He made great stops and frustrated the Zombies for a long time.
Honorable Mention 2: iJosh for gutting it out (litterally) and being a true teammate. Thanks for making it bro.
Honorable Metion 3: Trusty scorekeeper Bob Kilcup who has all the figures and notes you could ask for. Thanks for showing up and doing your job.


Ok the only downer of the night was that there were several ‘davuers who’s pockets were a little lighter than when they showed up. To quote Dr. Pounds “I didn’t realize Hingham was also such a wretched hive of scum and villany”. Indeed. Just a reminder guys… really… NEVER bring in your cash. The lockerroms are not secure.


SO.
The Cadvers advance and will play in the same rink Wendsday night at 9:20pm.
Contact management with your availablilty.

Sunday Playoff-Daveur!

Schlitz (4) vs Cadavers(5) SUNDAY APRIL 17th
HINGHAM C 9:10PM

Its Playoff Elimination Schlidaveurtime!

This Sunday all the Daveurs will be in action to determine which squad will advance in the Maple Leafs Division playoffs. The winner of Sunday's Daveur will play again on Wednesday (4/20 HinghamC 9:20). The opponent has yet to be decided but will be one of these three, the Tigers, Scapegoats, or Tripod Allstars. The loser, well, goes home and the season is over.

The Blogger wants to thank Chris Skelley for the new 'Daveurs Crest featured here for the first time. Chris was the designer of the Cads crest and the Organ eye zay shon would like to thank him publicly for his art skills. Thanks.

Now... Here are your rosters as of Thursday Morning.

Schlitz
Jon Cole in net
Baker 19
Bauer 46
Goodwin 29
Daley 6
Herbert 39
Elliot 88
Gregson 44
Boisvert 0
Jasse 12
Parker 9
Douville 22 (?)
Kurin 13 (out)
C. Fosdick 2 (out)
Nikhamik 25 (out)

Cadavers
Jacob Marks in Net
Bell 16
J. Fosdick 10
Reynolds 18
Pounds 83
Greenstein 21
Moorachian 90
Joe Gordon 0
Goldenberg 51
Teddy Locke 0 (sub for Chapman/Campbell)
James 3
Sharfman 14 (out)
Campbell 77 (out)
Chapman 0 (out)
Valenti 11 (out)

Zombies star in Epic Fail

Cadavers vs Scapegoats
Tuesday April 5
Quincy 920pm

6-1 trainwreck

Schlidaveur management completely imploded on Tuesday night, blowing the game time distribution resulting in a near forfeit, then followed by a complete drubbing on the ice at the hands of the capable Scapegoats.

The blogger knew something was wrong right away when hurrying into the lockeroom, thinking I was running late found only Mark Reynolds getting dressed in an EMPTY room. Gulp. Immediately calling teammates, trying to figure out if I was in the right place or not it soon became very, painfully, pathetically clear. The time was wrong on the email from Management. The email said 950. The gametime was 920.

The only glimmer of hope was the game before us was in overtime. I paced out front, as if it would make anyone come faster, when reliable goaltender Jon Cole rolled up with a “why are out out here stressing out” look on his face. Bless him, he was ready in no time. Calls to Baker and Parker, who were close, got them going quick.

The previous game went to a shootout, which had several rounds and the zamboni was on, and enough guys had showed to avoid the forfeit. So this good news was really only part of the story. The Cads would take the ice and start the game with just 4 skaters. The bench would fill as the first period would progress but the first 10 minutes were severely shorthanded.

So, in front of Jon would be Mike Campbell, Jeff Fosdick (who was staring down the barrel of his punishment for FUCKING UP THE EMAIL), Steve Baker, and Mark Reynolds. Scott Pounds would be the next to the bench and ice, followed up by Mitch and Parker. The Red roster would fill out with George, Dan (DWH) Herbert, Larry, Nelson, and then Paul Chapman would show up sometime in the second.

Unfortunately things were not going well on the ice as the promptly arriving skaters walked in to find this clusterfuck in progress. About a minute in the Goats got a good chance and Jon made a 5 hole stop, but the Ref ruled that it had crossed the line behind him. Campbell, who was well fueled via pregame beverages in true playoff form, and Reynolds would take great verbal exception to this. Immediately we were ingratiating ourselves to the zebras with all kinds of f bombs. You can imagine how that went.

The Goats would make relatively quick work of us scoring a nice bang bang play from the near side that would make it 2-0 about six and a half minutes in. Red was holding their own only sometimes, with good defensive plays followed by turnstile o-rama. The Goats would extend their lead at about 7 minuets left. Then again with just under five minutes the would send a long dump into the zone that was barely on net but Jon’s stick didn’t catch it and it hit the corner of the net and went in for a 4-0 lead. That’s how the first would end.

The Cads did an admirable job of focusing and playing as hard as possible and Management appreciates the Zombie pride that made it a game from then on. The addition of stellar newcomer Paul Chapman would be a brief glimmer. He would step on the ice and would take a pass from Jeff then work the top of the zone and score on a quick shot from the high slot. That would make it 5-1. That was it. Right there, the only positive thing that happened.

Baker would go for a slash in the second. Campbell would go for a rough, but only because he hadn’t fully warmed up his mouth yet. They scored their 6th during that penalty about midway through the period. Red would get lots of chances and at times did a great job working for shots but the Goat keeper was up to the task and had no problem protecting the big lead.

Things would predictably get chippy. Number 2 (no cage) and 73 (pink gloves) were particularly nasty, and by the end of the second there were skirmishes here and there. George and 73 went a few rounds in front of Jon with both of them ending up on their asses more than once. Baker and 2 would have regular exchanges.

Momentum just never got going for Red. It had started bad and never really climbed out of that hole.

With about 10 minutes left Jeff would chase a Goat he’d been tussling with all the way down to our end and would give him a good shot, sending the guy sprawling into the net and down then they would continue to beat on each other in front. Red touched and the Zebs called Jeff for the slash-takedown. As soon as the words “slash 10 Red” were out of his mouth “YOU'RE FULL OF FUCKING SHIT!” came bellowing across the ice from number 77. You could practically smell the Yard House monthly flavor wafting through the air as more invectives came tumbling across the rink. “THAT’S FUCKING BULLSHIT!” and a steady stream of F*bomb criticism came until the whistle blew again and 77 joined Jeff in the box.

This was actually the first thing that had brought a smile to Jeff’s face the entire night. He was trying to climb up into his helmet for the gametime fuckup but this was a classic moment. “I appreciate the support.” he said and they had a laugh. They had to, the reality was they’d just pretty much wrapped it up.

The Red would proceed to make a great 5-3 penalty kill. Zombie pride again from a bunch of guys submarined by the organization at the outset. That was it. No more shenanigans or scoring to tell of.

Except one thing. Jeff must have been suitably comforted by the copious amounts of Bud Light being served in the parking lot as he loudly grumbled “won the fourth” as the Goats guys broke up and got in their cars.

That was I guess the only other glimmer. The Cads represented in the fourth and tales of teen angst and porn in the good old days helped to ease the pain of the bad night. It was decided that the 13 year old boys of today don’t know how good they have it, that we’d all have had something fall off if we’d had the Internet when we were that age, and a sampling of the team’s most questionable deep dark urls would make for some very interesting surfing. That’s it.

This means that there will be a Playoff Loser bracket Daveur coming up sometime… management doesn’t know right now and probably wont or at least wont share it with the team…. speaking of which.

The Coon of Shame Returns.

And is awarded to Jeff. GM, CEO and grand poohbah of Schlidaveur International.

Way to go dude. To quote Campbell (again): ‘Dude, that’s your only job, to make sure all our sorry asses show up at the right time! YOUR ONLY JOB!” True. Sorry about that boys.

Suds Face Tigers Playoffs game 1

Schlitz(4) vs Tigers(3)
Monday April 4th
Quincy 7:50pm

1-1 Tie/Shootout loss


The Suds would face old friend El Tigre in round one of the playoffs on Monday night in Quincy. We knew we'd see the Tigers, as we seem to have played them 37 times already this season.
Here is your Beercan Roster
Jon Cole in net
Baker
Bauer
Boisvert
Daley
Elliot
Goodwin
Gregson
Kurin
Nikhamik
Sharfman
Gordon
Douville

Not much chattah on this one either. The word is that the game was a 1-1 tie and the Suds had taken it to the Cats all night but just couldn't get over the top.

Here is a quick recap from Dan Gregson:
So on D we had Goody, Bauer, Daley, and Roman The forward lines were Matvey(left) Baker (centre) Gregson(right) Joe(left) Nelson(Centre) AK(Right) and Matty floated through the lines.
I know we had the first goal and I probably had an assist or 2 on it. I think Joe scored it, but not really sure. They scored at some point in the second.
Scoreless 3rd.
They had the cooperall pants guy and some guy with gray socks that were their puck carriers but it seemed like we had the upper hand the whole game. The goalie was giving up some juicy rebounds but we couldn't convert. They had 1 penalty and we had 0. Overtime was 5 minutes no scoring then it went to shootouts and I don't even know who was in that but I think they got 3 goals in and we only got 1.
The 4th period was road sodas due to everyone bailing and the state trooper hanging out in the lot.
Oof Thanks Dan. Here's more info here from Goody:
We lost 2-1 (1-1 after regulation overtime). We def. outplayed them for 90% of the game and had 1 misplay that led to their goal.
I know Goody choked on one of our penalty shots, which they beat us in the SO 2-0 I think AK had the only goal assisted from Nelson.

Thank you for the words guys. Here's another good wrap from Roman:
1-1 tie after regulation and overtime. Generally we carried the play, just could not put the puck in the net. For some reason it escapes me who scored f or us, but i was on the ice for their tally.
They didn't have many chances and the one that they scored on was a broken play. Refs called off the icing at the last moment so i was hustling to get to the puck in our zone, but guy on their team was just a big quicker to the puck behind our net and tossed it to the front of our net. Goody and the guy from their team was there and Goody prevented the initial shot, unfortunately puck took a bounce and Jon was prepared for the shot and not for this bounce. So the puck bounced right back to the guy with Jon out of position so he had an open net to shoot at. Unlucky.

They didn't have much more then that. Jon played well. It felt like we were losing our legs towards the end of the game and were stuck in our zone. Overtime was much better but again we could not capitalize.
Shootout did not go well, they scored twice and we got zip. That's that. Baker was pretty good at faceoff circle, we had a bunch of shots from the point, but someone their goalie got them all even through traffic. Defensive pairings were Daley - Eric, Goody-Roman. Nelson and Baker at center.

Thanks man. Well... not a great start to the playoffs. Shame we couldn't pull that one out. Hopefully the Zombies will fare better in their first game.

This is the end...

Schlitz (1-1) vs Wolverines (2-1)

Monday September 20th

UMass Boston 9:20pm

Blue Jackets Division Playoffs

Loss 4-1

The Suds second chance at Blue Jacket Division Playoff success came Monday night, curiously against the team we'd lost to just two days earlier on Friday. The Wolverines were back, fresh off a loss of their own on Sunday evening and the rematch was on at the Prison By the Bay.

The Wolver-marmots were well stocked for the second round and added a gigantic goaltender who by all accounts came in somewhere about six five. He played well. They also had some more players to add to their red helmet crew that played so well on Friday.
We aren't going to linger here.
This game just never got going well for the good guys.

Here's your roster courtesy of Dan Gregson:
The D was Hammett, Roman, Dan H. and Mark R.
Forward lines were Larry Ken D. and Nelson; Matt E. Steve and Mike D.

I floated through the lines.

It was a pretty good game, we had some good chances but couldn’t finish. Ken D. got a matching penalty, dwh got a penalty for being bad as well as Larry.

There were some room temperature beers left over from Friday night in my car that was better than no beer.
Thanks Dan.

Further analysis gave the breakdown like this:
2-0 after first

3-0 afte two

3-1 came back early 3rd
Goal Daley from Baker

4-1 final after they scored late in 3rd.

The house of horrors on Boston Harbor has never been really kind to us and this night was no exception as the Suds saw the last game of Summer 2010 slip away.

No finish, not much scoring and a decent opponent and it was oh-vah.

So that puts a cork in the summer season.

Thank you all for coming... last one out shut the lights out please.
See you in two weeks.

Suds go down to the Wolverine

Schlitz (3) vs Wolverines (2)
Friday September 17
Quincy 9:30pm Blue Jackets Division Playoffs


4-3 Loss



The skating Beercans continued to look for playoff glory as they met the Wolverines in Quincy for a rare Friday night Playoff Treat. Management scrounged together a roster but was shy of the full 13 we like to have, and unfortunately we didn't even have ten when the game began.
Team Suds went to war with the Michigan Wannabees with 9 and a good attitude. AK would show late in the first and would make us a nice even ten. For some reason Ken was in an email time warp and didn't get that the game was in Quincy... so after a short visit to the BU rink he made it to us in time to contribute.

Here is your Schlitz Roster
Lizzy in Net
D1: DWH and iJosh
D2: Daley and Jeff
O1: Baker, AK, Gregson
O2: Nelson, Jasse, and Roman
or something like that. The forwards shuffled quite a bit...

The game was a pretty even match. The Wolvies had their yellow shirts on (aren't they supposed to be Big Blue?) so team Beercan skated as the Dead in Red which threw off the scorekeeper but after some explanation... we got it together.

The Wolverines have some older dudes but in general are a pretty young club. The certainly had a pair of guys that needed minding, 20 and 19 both with red helmets and wheels. The Red Suds would have to keep an eye when and where they were on the ice all night.
Play got going and it looked decent for the Red early on. DWH was already in good form making chances and controlling the play in our end. Dan would wind up a beauty and would get the first goal of the game unassisted with that nice shot.
Unfortunately Yellow would come right back on the next shift about a minute later and tie the game. It was obvious from early on this one was going to be a good matchup and a back and forth battle.

Red would strike again 10 minutes into the period when Baker and Daley would put on a passing clinic in the Yellow end. A nice zip zap zip and Baker would bury the chance for a 2-1 lead. This held until the closing seconds of the first when 20 for Yellow would get loose in our end and would bury his own nice shot (unassisted) and it was tied 2-2 at the end of one.
If the blogger is reading the hashmarks at the bottom of the scoresheet correctly the Red Suds outshot the Yellow badgers 6 to 4. Its not often we get a scorekeeper that does shots...

The Second was more back and forth and the Red kind of found their groove now that AK had shown up and we had 2 full lines to rotate. Just 2 minutes into the frame Nelson would feed Roman right out front and the Red would go back up 3-2. The Red would continue to get good chances as the period went on. The Yellow keeper did a fair job turning away chances and Lizzy was holding tight on our end. The Red definitely had more chances but the inevitable came 10 minutes in when Yellow 20 (again) would break one off after a scramble in our end. The game was tied again and despite a Yellow penalty in the closing minutes the Red couldn't get anything else to fall and the Second ended 3-3. Again according to the hash marks the Red out chanced the Yellow 9 to just 5.

The third period didn't keep the same pace as the first two as both teams slowed a bit. Yellow seemed to take advantage of this a bit better than the Red and less than 2 minutes into the period they would strike (21 from 19 & 22) to take a 4-3 lead. Yellow was doing a strong job of counterpunching the Red and it was getting harder to keep things going.

Despite that the comeback climb was on. The Red Cans would rally and press the play and with about 9 minutes left in the game Nelson would slide the puck under the keepers pads and it would creep across the line for the tie. Doctor Jasse on the assist who had been camped out front after getting a handful of good chances himself.
Down the stretch they came, now tied 4-4 and both teams pressing. In this period the shot differential was much closer and for the first time all night Yellow out shot Red 10-9.
You could kind of see it coming friends, as you may have had the feeling while reading this that the inevitable collapse was on the way and with less than 2 minutes on the clock it came.
20 (what a surprise) would set up 11 and they would bang bang close the door on this game with a go ahead goal. Despite stacking a line and pulling Lizzy the Red Cans couldn't get anything going like they had on Monday night and there was no golden last second goal.
Too bad. 5-4 loss and a trip to the "losers" bracket for the rest of the way for the Suds.

4th period Kudos to Dr. Jasse and Gregson who both brought tastey beverages.

Props to our two young fans the Greenstein boys Elliot and Lewis who cheered and shivered all night for the cause. Thanks for coming guys!