Newbies Roll in Saturdaveur!

Schlitz (19) vs Cadavers (18)
Saturday January 31st
Bavis Arena 10:20pm

Cads 2
Suds 9


The ‘daveurs assembled this past Saturday evening for a special Saturdaveur over at the Bavis arena in Rockland. Not only was it a special night… it’s the first time the Blogger can recall ever playing a “leauge game” on a Saturday evening… but it was the night of the Tenuredaveur. That’s right friends, the teams were split according to the length of time that everyone had been with our little ragged band of skaters.
Everyone seemed eager for this particular tilt. I think the new guys were salivating at a chance to show the Tenured Faculty where it was at, and the oldies were all giddy about wearing the old time shirts and having a few faces from the past show up for the game. The newcomers skated in Gold, and the Cads skated with a ProBowl/ All Star style lineup wearing old PTC, Icebergs, Knights and original Cadavers shirts (black/white). The refs didn’t get it and offered some fashion criticizm, but everyone seemed to adjust and there wasn’t any confusion on the ice.

Old friend Tom Reagan from the ProPuck, Knights and original Cads days made the trip in from Brookfield to join the Oldies and we were glad to have him. Kevin Manning of Knights fame also came to skate with the guys and its always nice to have him on the blue line. The teams broke down like this.

Cadavers (Tenured Faculty)
Lizzy (F*kn P*ssies!) DeFlurin in net.
D1: K.Manning, Jeff
D2: Campbell, Matvey
O1: Larry, Jasse, Chris
O2: Roman, iJosh, Capraro
O3: Reagan, Mitch, Dr.Pounds

Schiltz (NeoDaveurs)

Brian (Long arm of the Law) Carey in Net
D1: George, Valenti
D2: DWH, Greg
O1: Daley, Reynolds, Douville
O2: Elliott, Chuck, FItzpatrick
O3: Gregson, Pearlman

Pictured here, left to right are Daley, Elliot, DWH, and Gregson... apparently they had their "game face" on.

Pearlman had been a last minute dump trade from the Cads, given that they had 14 and the Gold only had 11. So Bill was nice enough to volunteer to make the switch… then bitched about being traded. By the end of the game I think he was happy with the arrangement.
The teams went into the first period both hoping to make an early jump on things. The early action was quite good, but mostly to the Suds advantage. The Red was in an early scramble just trying to contain the likes of Daley, Douville, and Reynolds who had the motors going. The Red got bottled up pretty quick and it wasn’t long before the ice was broken.
Dan (It’s a league game Smokey…) Gregson put the first one by Lizzy with helpers from George and Daley. This one was close down after a long scramble in the Red end, which was a theme we would see more of, much more of before the night was over. As a matter of fact Daley himself not moments later, working hard and keeping the puck for himself behind the net executed a nice wrap around and put the Gold up 2-0.
At this point Jeff was tired of getting housed by Daley so on the next shift he decided to just hang all over him when he made it to the front of the net. The only flaw in the plan was that the Gold zipped the puck out to the point where DWH launched a beauty and put the gold up 3-0, just like that. Dan took the pass from Chuck on that one, but just for good measure on the next shift put one in from the same spot on almost the same play, this time unassisted. At the merciful end of the first it was 4-0 Gold.
The Red did dig in and they decided to show up to the game when Marvelous Mike Jasse finally put one home, from Capraro to cut the lead to 3. The Zombies rode the wave of momentum for the next few minutes and actually threatened to make a game of it when iJosh would land a nice shot unassisted that beat Brian and made it a 4-2 game. Back and forth the teams would go for the next several minutes of the second as the game threatened to become a nip and tuck affair. This wasn’t to be as the Gold re-asserted themselves as Mike Daley would score again, on the doorstep, again, this time from Valenti and Ken Douville. The period would end 5-2 Gold.
It needs to be noted that Douville is really coming around and having a nice rookie season. One one point on this night but he was everywhere. Take it from someone who had to chase him all night, the dude’s got wheels and we’ll be seeing more of him on the score sheet in games to come.
There was one penalty in the second for too many men to the Zombies. No blood on the pp. The third saw many more penalties and a handfull more goals for the Gold as the game quickly went from close to way out of hand. Daley would pot his third for the natural trick in the early going. Then about 5 minutes later we had a bit of an interesting one. George pulls up at just inside the red line and lets one fly… Lizzy for some reason thought the play was dead…we wont get into that… and uh… let the puck go in the net for the 7th goal. George wasn’t complaining… but it was a bit odd.
Elliott would be next on the hit parade after consecutive penalties by Campbell and Jeff. Manning would go also before things were done. Matt Elliot put the millionth goal from right next the net in to make it 8-2, and then Chuck Slate would put the icing on the cake (from Valenti) and the game would come to an eventual close with the Gold on top 9-2, and the Tenured Faculty wondering what truck just ran them over.
Despite Larry’s bitching about the defense, the defense bitching about themselves, and everyone feeling pretty old there was a bright side in the postgame locker room brought up by Campbell.
“Well… it’s a tribute to management to see how well we’ve recruited”
Indeed. Its clear that much of our recent success as a franchise is because of the the talent that has come along and helped out the team. It was on clear display on Saturday night.
What else can you say about guys like DWH, Daley, Reynolds, George, Chuck, Elliott… the list goes on and on. These guys are major contributors and it shows. Good work and a bit tip of the hat to everyone on the Gold roster for making it happen.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Captain George. A goal and an assist for the Gold and his usual uptempo effort. George has been a strong addition in so many ways and it was on display Saturday night.

2nd Star: DWH. Two goals from the point and strong steady play as always. Dan showed (as usual) why he has been such a valuable pickup for the 'daveurs.

1st Star: Mike Wraparound Daley. A big hat trick and a bushel full of troubles for the Red D all night long. Daley is an unstoppable force when he wants to be. You'll be seeing him at the top of the scoring leaders sheet for a long time. Great work Mike.

Postgame notes include that not only did the senior circuit endure the indignity of getting housed by the newguy roster, a good handfull of Zombies shuffled off to the TKO'Shays around the corner so they wouldn't have to stand in the cold... The Golden Suds stayed in the lot and drank... like real men.

Sunday Payback Daveur Suds Return the Favor

Schlitz (17) vs Cadavers (14)
Sunday January 4th
Milton Academy 6pm


Schlitz 6
Cadavers 5

A festive back to school feeling for the Sunday Davuer this time as the Holiday break ends and everyone goes back to school and work on Monday the 5th. Another early evening affair at the nice digs at Milton Academy for a rematch daveur from the Tuesday before. Essentially the same teams with a few drops and additions to round the night out. Again we had a rousing contest that was close the whole night with good strong battles going on all over the ice... even had some tempers flare, and some crowd participation(heckling), and even an after party... lets face it... wait for it... this one had it all.
Here is your rematch roster breakdown...
Cads
Cambell, DWH; Daley, Elliott
Roman, Chuck, Parker
Hammitt, Mike Fitz, Ken

Suds
Jeff, Matvey; Valenti, Pearlman
Larry, Jasse and Reynolds
Ken Douville, Scott, and Carl

Billy Pearlman was nice enough to bring 3 of his kids to fill in as hecklers, and bless their hearts were off to an early start during warmups, already all over Mike Hammitt. I believe as I took the ice I heard them taunting Hammitt with "Hey, no figure skaters!" Now dont think this rattled Mike, he goes way back with Billy and his loudmouth... ahem boisterous kids, one of them is his godchild. No kidding. They rode him all night like only kids can. Way to go kids.

The game started off very well, with good brisk play from both squads. Clearly the Zebras were along for the ride and weren't calling it too close as the teams settled in and started to grind away at each other. Again the gold tried to scale the stout Red D, but had little success in the early going.
This thing was tough going for a long time. Both keepers made good stops at both ends and the game was spirited. During the course of the night there would be plenty of good battles for the puck. The Gold would strike first but not after a truckload of hard work trying to break through.
Mike Jasse would finish a beauty of a tick tack toe from Larry and Reynolds. This line was just getting started. Larry was a big lift to the Goldshirts as he was an unexpected arrival, now the Double Dad of two lovely little girls (see forthcoming post) and was able to sneak away for a quick skate. Great to have him and his work with Jass and Mark would decide the game.
The Red wasn't backing down a bit and would break through with a killer goal from Kevin Parker with under a minute remaining. The Gold was back on their heels and let up a tough one.
The period would end 1-1. Somewhere in there Dr. Pounds went off for a trip... no blood.
The second would go Red first and Chuck Slate would pot the next goal and put the Zombies ahead. Another bad breakdown for the gold.
They would answer however, and tie it up again when Marc Valenti would land a nice shot from the point through traffic. Feed from Larry. At this point we are about halfway through the second and the Zombies would hold onto the lead when DWH would make a strong rush and follow it up with a close and deadly wrister that kept them up 3-2.

The Gold would turn up the energy and momentum then, and they would finally break through with some offense. We need to mention here first, that Lizzy held them off for some time. There was a 3-4 minutes streach where she put down Larry alone on a break away, Jasse on the doorstep, and Valenti from the point to hold the lead. She was definitly playing well and was all over it keeping her team in it. The Gold would make it happen though and Mike Jasse would complete the natural trick with 2 quick goals, one from Larry and one from Reynolds, both great follow ups that would give the Gold a nice 4-3 advantage at the end of time in the second.
Another by the way mention has to be Ken Douville playing for the Schlitz, he was a spark all night doing some excellent forchecking on the Red D and forcing the play all over the place. Great work all night, even though it didn't show on the scoresheet.

The Gold would continue the momentum and Larry himself would put one home from Mark and then Mark would follow up with one of his own from Valenti to start off the third and the Gold suddenly had a 6-3 lead. But the game was not over yet.
The Cadavers had a bunch of chances of thier own and certainly didn't dissapear. Roman had a bunch of almosts, and Parker was just tough to contain at any time. But the Zombie resurgence would suffer from manpower as the penalties started to happen in the third. Matvey went first for the gold for a check, but the gold would kill. Hammitt would be right behind him for the Red for an interference... something to do with Pearlman... and then Campbell would go shortly after giving the gold the dreaded 5-3 advantage with a 3 goal lead. This of course led to a shorthanded goal by... Kevin Parker who buried a beautiful pass from Mike Daley.

Moments later Zombie pride would show again when Ken/Mitch, not afraid to lock horns with the best of em, took on Pearlman in his own end and dropped him with a hip check on the far boards. I kid you not. I saw it with my own eyes. Kenny later would say he got the worst of it later on... something about "your mass is greater than mine" ... but man he took him out. Not even a look from the Zeebs.

Anyway the funny thing here is that now down only 2 the Red had trouble leaving the box on time as Hammitt was being distracted by Pearlman's kids outside the glass. Brilliant. Again, great work kids. Hammitt would go late but the gaffe was covered by the zebras who arbitrarily ended Campbell's penalty and evened up the sides after the shorthanded goal. Weird, but funny.
Hammitt wouldn't be done making noise, and it wasn't more than a shift or two tops later that he ended up in anohter tangle with Pearlman and gets the gate again. This time his mouth wrote him a ticket off the ice as the Zebra tired of his explanations and gave him his walking papers. The thunderous heckling from Pearlman's kids was epic. He stood there steaming watching the game...
Which would get tighter as it wound down. The Cads built off the momentum from the shorthander and wouldn't you know it, DWH would land another one with just under a minute to play in the game. The Red swarmed and pulled Lizzy but the Gold would hold and the night would go to the Suds in a 6-5 bahn-burnah.
Great work by all involved. We may even have some pics from the Pearlmans to add to the blog later on...

Game Stars

3rd Star: Kevin Parker for a goal and an assist, and good solid work for the Zombies all night. Could easily have made this one DWH (2 goals) or Mike Daley (2 assists) all three are deserving.

2nd Star: Larry Double Duty Bell. An unexpected surprise and a wicked 4 point night that propelled the Gold to victory. Nice to see Larry, and to hear that all the girls at home are doing great. Congrats again Larry, and great job on the ice!

1st Star: Michael (Somebody Call Me a) Doctor Jasse. A fantastic night with 3 great goals, and just great work with his line all night. Way to go Doc... we are awfully glad you decided to come.

Honorable mentions (as seen above) to Lizzy, Ken Douville,and the Pearlman kids. Also I'd like to add the always tough to play against DWH, Daley, and Chuck who all had good contributions for the Zombie squad.

Lizzy had something to add the next day and sent in this pic as evidence of... well I quote "what a p*ssy Valenti is". She took this one from one of Marc's patented slappers and looks like it... ah... stings a bit. Hope you feel better soon babe.

After the game Chuck and Danielle Slate were nice enough to offer thier place nearby for a little apres skate. There was low attendance on account of Monday being the big back to school back to work day but it was a nice hang nonetheless. Thanks again to them for the offer. Here are some pics from the sort 4th period.

The usual suspects... and blogger's glowing boots!

Kevin and Gloucester the dog were... ahem... friendly.

Superstar Jackie Slate and her sparkly Santa hat with a handfull of chips before bed!

Holidaveur! Zombies beat Suds!

Schlitz (16) vs Cadavers (13)
Tuesday December 30th
BU 7pm

Cadavers 3
Schlitz 2

All hands on deck for a Holidaydaveur on a the night before New Year's Eve at BU. This one had a extra special feel with most folks being home around the holidays and even had some special guest appearances.

Mike Jasse's good buddy Raj Malhotra and his wife Christina and their two little girls extended their visit so he could play with us and it was cool to have him skate along with the 'daveurs. Thanks to you guys first off for sticking around for the event. Raj needed some help in the locker room but after that he was fine.

We had a good "hockey gods" roster breakdown and the two teams proved to be pretty well matched. There was good action all night and the game was nip and tuck. Here are your bodies.

Cads
Campbell, James; Daley, Elliott
Slate, Capraro, Fitzpatrick, Roman, Parker, Gregson, iJosh, and Ken
Lizzy in Net

Suds
Fosdick, Valenti; Pearlman, George
Jasse, Raj Malhotra, Kilroy, Carl, Ken Douville, Nelson, and Mark Reynolds.

The Gold would clearly try to take the game to Lizzy and the Red in the early going. They had their best pressure of the night in the first half of the first period and really never came back to that intensity for the rest of the game. The Red D was tough but the Gold would take an early lead from Nelson, with George assisting. The Red D was smothering and pretty much sucked everything up in the zone, much to the Gold frustration. After 1 it was still 1-0 Gold but the Red was on the rise.
Red was lifted by a late arriving Greg James and got a noticeable jump for a good number of shifts. They would break through when Mike Daley would score from iJosh to tie in early second. Here is iJosh with the play by play on the goal:

"iJosh collected the puck and headed down the left side of the boards and over the blue line. As the Schlitz D approached, he fired the puck ahead to a streaking Mike Daley who lunged and caught the pass. He then raced in and fired one past Brian to tie the score at 1-1."

Nice. The Cads would go on to score 3 total in second, Campbell from Fitz and then Roman. This despite taking two penalties in the period. Chuck and Campbell. Here is iJosh again on the goal play by play for goals 2 and 3:

2: Mike Campbell received the draw from Mike Fitz. Campbell then fired the puck through the crowd and at the net where it found its way in for a 2-1 lead.

3: iJosh grabbed the puck near the corner to the right of the net. Found Roman in the high slot who rifled the puck past Brian for a 3-1 advantage.
Thanks Josh!

Valenti and George would each go in the second also evening things off. but Red would take 2 more, Campbell again, and Parker (dirty bastard) and Gold would send only one Pearlman and the Gold would creep back on a goal from Valenti with Reynolds on assist.
Despite late pressure the gold couldn't get over but it wasn't for lack of trying. There was late pressure but no way to get through the Zombie D and the Red would take this one 3-2.

Game Stars:

3rd Star: Capt. George. Just one assist but the man covers a LOT of ground. Great work trying to rally the troops all night.

2nd Star: Lizzy. Great work to earn a hard fought 1 goal win. She had several very solid stops down the stretch.

1st Star: Mike Daley. Just kickin' butt all night with terrific and energetic play at both ends. Not easy to play against. Mike had the first Zombie goal but made plays all night.

The real story of the night was the parking lot... as usual... where everyone descended on the goodies that once again were laid out in the back of Kilroy's truck. This night saw not only the 6 foot sandwich (the true sign of a big deal event) but also the exquisite tastes of Miran Jame's sushi. As always Miran walks away with an honorable game star for her continued excellence and kindness. Thanks! Somehow I dont have a pic of her tray of sushi... but it didn't last long.

Also... CEO Kilroy let me in on a disturbing statistic. It seems that we have never... I repeat NEVER kicked a 6 foot sandwich. Not at any of the daveurs, not Hockey at the Beach, not Jasse's the other night... never done it. Never had someone walk up and say "Darn there is no more sub left?" Never happened. This is astounding. I mean really. How many times have we had a sandwich was the next logical question.... this number is uncertain... but a reasonable estimate is somewhere between 7-10 times. That's right friends... this means we could really be talking about an 0-10 record against the sandwich!
And I thought the Schlitz's record looked bad against the league this season... sheesh. The league has nothing on The Sandwich. ... or should we start calling it Mr. Sandwich... or Daddy...

Undefeated Sandwich

Rosters for Tonight! SunDaveur!

Ok Team here's the scoop.
We had a terrific Schlidaveur event on Tuesday night Dec 30th at BU.
A great night with a good turn out and even a 6 foot sandwich and Miran's sushi after the game. What more could you ask for... what's that you say? A blog post telling you all about it?
Ahem. Oh yes well... I'll get right on that.
The blogger has been pinned down in his family foxhole all week fighting off the holiday season and the vicious stomach flu that has ripped through the family like German's crossing the Rhine... but you don't care about that. I'll have the post for the last daveur up soon. Really.

More importantly there is another 'daveur tonight!
SUNDAY JANUARY 4th MILTON ACADEMY 6PM
Everyone Needed!
UPDATE ROSTERS FOR TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!
Cadavers
Matt E 88
Mike F 24
Chuck S 27
Kevin Parker 9
Pete C 52
Ken G 51
Roman 13
DWH 38
Daley 6
Hammitt 55
Campbell 77
Lizzie in Net

_Schlitz_
Ken D 0
Carl Schiller 33
Jasse 12
Mark R 18
Matvey 25
Carey Jr. 00
Scott Pounds 83
Marc V 11
Bill Pearlman 8
Jeff Fosdick 10
Blake U 66
Brian in Net



Also Chuck Slate has been nice enough to offer Chez Slate for Apres Skate festivities.
His address... XXXXXXXXXX

So... hope to see you there this evening for another fun round of Schlidaveur hockey action!

Golden Gods Down Blue Dogs!

Schlitz (14) vs Blues

Wednesday December 17th

Canton 10:20pm

2-1 Win

This one sounded like it had all of the things that make it fun. I'm sure that I wansn't the only one disappointed that they couldn't play against our perennial (pain in the ass) rivals. The blogger is pleased to report that we have an excellent guest blogger this week from #12 Dr. Micheal Jasse. So without further ado... here is Mike with the recap from last night in Canton.

"12 Golden Gods showed last night so we incorporated the veteran greybeard's Abacus line change scheme (only a MIT grad could concoct this offensive strategic deployment).

Sully manning the pipes

Valenti-Reynolds

Pearlman-Daley were the D pairs

Roman and Nelson alternated at the center position

Jasse-Ken, Mitch-Chuck, Gregson-Fitz were the wingers.

Here's the Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The good:

A hard fought, scrappy, 2-1 win over those always chippy and evenly matched Blues.Goals by Nelson and Roman (a beautiful half-ice tape to tape pass from Reynolds sent our Mad Russian in all alone from the red line) where he deked the goalie OUT OF HIS JOCK and tucked it home. With about 4 minutes to go in the game to break a 1-1 tie.

The bad:

8 penalties

2 by Reynolds

2 by Pearlman

1 by Valenti

1 by Jasse (who needed a map to the penalty box)

I forget the other 2

We also killed off 2 5-3's.

It should be mentioned that there was no squalkin' at the refs in this game. The golden gods were quite mute as they marched (seemingly endlessly) towards the sin bin.

The Ugly:

Nary a beer to be had in the 4th period

The Ugly Ugly:
Can each player please request a water bottle from Santa the X-Mas and bring it to the games? We were so desperate we were shoving ice shavings in our mouths for liquid refreshment.

3rd star: Nelson. On the cusp of entering his 40th orbit around the sun, the cagey vet played his typical solid game with a nice goal to boot.

2nd star: Jim Sully Sullivan. Solid game in the crease. Played very well positionally and was quick when he had to be. Wasn't tested a ton but was there for us when he was. His only goal was a 2-0 and the guy roofed an impressive shot.

1st star: Roman. Not easy to play center let alone when there are 2 of you and Roman's legs were constantly churning. His break-a-way goal was a thing of beauty. A good game and nice to come out on top.

Best,#12 in your program

Great work Mike. Thanks very much for a terrific recap and a good night on the ice. Always nice to take one from the whinebag Blues... any time of year. Too bad that collectively we only salvaged 2 points out of a possible 6 this week but hey... its better than nothing.

Stay tuned for next week's game/s and be sure to get all of your generic holiday celebration gifts purchased this weekend!

Zombies Win Sunday SuperDaveur!

Schlitz(12) vs Cadavers (10)

Sunday December 7th

Milton Academy 4:00pm

Matinee Specialdaveur

Cads 4

Suds 3

Wow. What a fun afternoon at the rink. The xth daveur of the season brought us to Milton Academy for a Family Matineedaveur where many of our proud families came to see just what Dad does when he goes to play hockey with his pals. First off our heartfelt thanks to all the wives and kids who made the trip to the rink to check us out. It was really great to have you and to have a bunch of people in the stands. It really made the afternoon nice.

The game on the ice was a good one. The teams had been picked by Dr. Jasse who picked for the Red and iJosh who picked for the Gold. The squads were pretty even and the game would be tight the whole night with the decider coming with just over a minute reamining. Can't ask for much more than that.

The Rosters were as follows.

Cadavers

Brian in Net

D1 DWH and Campbell

D2 Valenti and Jeff

Forwards: Chris, Jasse, Roman, Matvey, Carl, Blake, Reynolds, and Gregson

Suds

Lizzy in net

D1 George and Greg

D2 Daley and Elliot

Forwards: iJosh, Larry, Ken, Pete, Mike Fitz, and Kilroy

The game got off to a good start. Both teams jumped into the fray and we had chances immediately at both ends. The Cads would get the best of things in the early going though and Chris Fosdick would open the scoring with a turnover in the Gold end that he shot past Lizzy who had made more than 1-2 saves in the scramble. The Red would keep it up and despite the Gold's effort the Red would double up their lead when Mark Reynolds, who was a workhorse for the Red, put a shot home off the pass from linemate Dan Gregson. It was 2-0 Red and it looked like things could potentially get out of hand.

The Guys (and Gal) in Gold were not about to let it go down like that though. The Gold slowly asserted themselves and by the late going in the first the momentum was definitly not in the Red's favor. After Matvey was called for a rough the Red would score on the ensuing power play to come back to within a goal. The talley came from Larry on a combo from iJosh and Nelson. Pretty good group of forwards there. The first would end 2-1 Cads.

The second period continued to show the slide in the Gold direction as they continued to get good chances against Brian. D players George, James, Daley and Elliot were working hard for the Gold and doing a good job getting the puck up ice. Things looked dicey when Marc Valenti took a trip call that put the Red down a man again about mid period.

This time things would go the Red's way when Jeff Fosdick picked up the puck in the neutral zone then would let a slapper fly from outside the blue line that hit Lizzy's stick then went into the net for a shorthander and a 3-1 lead for the Red. That was the end of the good news for the Red as the Gold would continue to take it to us while the play was even.

Nelson Sharfman would talley one from Mike Daley that would make the game 3-2 at the end of the second.

Into the third we went in a game that was turning out to be very close as it wound down. Nelson (THE MAN) would strike again. This time taking a pass from iJosh then beating the Red D and nailing a beauty of a shot that went high corner far side on Brian and tied the game. You know (speaking as a defensemen who was on the ice at the time) its bad enought that you can't knock the guy (Nelson) over when he's on the puck, but when he scores such pretty goals to boot... its just not fair. Great work as always by the cagey vet.

Mike Campbell would go off later for a trip (dive) on Capraro but the Red would hold tough through the kill and limited the Red opportunities. Which brings us to the final minutes of the game. Both teams pressing like anything as the clock wound down. One shift more urgent than the next.

We had a face off to Lizzy's left in the Gold end. Roman tied up the play and shuffled the puck to the side. Carl Schiller took his man and tapped at the puck and sent it free from the fray. Jeff Fosdick would step into the space and reach the puck first. He fired low and hard and the shot went through several groups of legs and skates and into the net for the game winner.

Cads 4 Suds 3 is how it would end, and it sure was a fun one to play in.

Of course with the families in attendance many people made their way to Mike and Beth Jasse's house in Weymouth for the after party which was a Wing-Ding! Thanks again to the Jasse's for hosting our crew for the evening. The food and beer was great and big kudos to everyone who contributed something to the feast. Great times.

Without further ado... lets have some pics from the scene....

Thanks to all the kids for coming out to the game. There were great signs and autographed pucks and sticks after the game!

The kids on the balcony... the old fella security guard was beside himself most of the evening...

Dan Herbert (DWH) with new daughter Alex

Mike Daley and son Ethan at the rink!

Little Mackenzie Anne Fosdick (Chris' daughter) and Mom Alex took in the action at the rink and the Jasse's.

The spread at Jasse's was epic. Along with the Chilli, Meatball pie, and assorted chips and snacks there was the Six foot Sangwich courtesy of CEO BMF Matt Kilroy.

And of course the awesome hockey cake Beth Jasse made... hey I think I regognise those players from the rod-hockey world championships....

So one more bit of business... Game Stars.
3rd Star: iJosh for a 2 assist night, and a solid all around game. He kept turing up at the right place and making a good play all evening. Good work.

2nd Star: Nelson Cagey Vet Sharfman. 2 beautiful goals (and an assist) and just his regular run of the mill, all around toughness that makes him such a great contributor to any roster he plays for. Good job.

1st Star: Jeff Fosdick. 2 goals including the game winner with a minute and change remaining. The Blogger beams with pride and thanks Dr. Jasse for the "player of the game" award, that was presented in his kitchen. The cheese slicer will go to good use... and I'll refrain from making a "cut the cheese" joke here.

Really the Stars of the game were all the kids and parents who came out and made this such a fun night. Thanks to everyone, hope we can do this again sometime soon!

Mattdaveur ends All Tied Up!

Schlitz (6) vs Cadavers (4)
Monday October 27
Bavis Arena 10:10pm


3-3 Tie




This one had it all folks. A truly competitive Daveur very similar to the last one we played. The rosters for this one were set by CEO BMF Matt Kilroy and Power Forward Matt Elliot to make this one the MATTDAVEUR. Excellent job by both guys assembling teams from the available rosters. Kilroy did a fine job insuring he would have some Stout D in front of him as he would be in the pipes for the Dead in Red when we took the ice.

Here is the roster breakdown.

Schlitz

Brian in Net

D1: Valenti, Pearlman

D2: Jeff, Carl

O1: Chris, Elliot, Jasse

O2: Daley, Ken, Matvey (Parker rotated)

Cadavers

Matt in Net

D1: Campbell, DWH

D2: George, James

Offense: iJosh, Nelson, Roman, Chuck, Reynolds,

Scott, Gregson, Capraro, Blake

The game was off and running to a solid start and the teams "felt each other out". The Skating Beercans would test CEO Kilroy early and often... but they didn't count on 1 thing. CEO Kilroy was not only ready and willing, he was able to turn aside anything the 'cans threw at him in that first period. He flashed the glove, he made a kick save, he jumped on rebounds. The Blogger is here to tell you friend...it was a sight to behold. The Schlitz would have some chances but no promised land to start the game.

The Cads and the Suds would both get power play opportunities in that first period. Greg James from the Dead in Red would go first for a slash but the Suds would do nothing with the man advantage, thanks mostly to excellent D play by the remaining Zombies. In fact the Zombies killed the penalty so well they would score on a rush while down a man. Nelson Sharfman would pop one by Brian with an assist from Chuck Slate to put the Red up 1-0. Nice work guys. Before the end of the period Marc Valenti would exit for the Suds courtesy of a hooking call but the Cads wouldn't score. End of one, 1-0 Red.

Well the Golden suds finally solved the Riddle of Kilroy and Chris Fosdick potted one from Jasse and Matvey a few minutes into the period. The Suds felt good, but the feeling was short lived. The Red would start to take a few penalties. Naturally Mike Campbell was first on the list, doing his best "slide into second and take out the thrower" when he sent Jeff sprawling in the neutral zone. Of course this was the Zombies plan all along because while shorthanded the scored again. This time Greg James took a pass from Roman (wait let me say that again... pass from Roman... hmm why does that sound so strange?) and shot a LASER from the point that beat Brian and put the Red up 2-1. The Gold were shaking their heads but still pressed on trying to get something going against Kilroy. Matvey would take a high stick call but the Red only were scoring shorthanded that night so there was no goal.

The Red would continue a trend when Mark Reynolds would go off for slashing Jeff, then George would go later (no scoring on either power play) for an interference, knocking Jeff to the ice... hey wait a second... is there a trend here? Bastards. Anyway... thats how the second ended with the Cads still up 2-1.

The third was more of a momentum shift back the other way... but only to a point. The Gold would have a bit of a revival. Kevin Parker would put one home past Kilroy on a feed from Matvey to tie the game. The Red would then counter as Mark Reynolds would put them back on top unassisted (breakaway?). But the Gold wouldn't slow down. Shifting hard and playing harder the Gold would work to break the tough Red D and finally broke through again, tying the game with only about 6 minutes left to play.
This was a great goal from Ken Goldenberg, right in front scooping up a rebound picking his spot an putting it past Matt. Credit Matvey and Parker with the hard working assists. The Gold was feeling great about their chances. Even better when usually quiet and unassuming Dr. Pounds puts the hammer down on Billy Pearlman at the top of the Red zone. I mean dropped him.... astounding... its always the quiet ones that surprise you. There was nothing doing though as the Red successfully killed the penalty then as time went under 5 minutes the momentum was stopped.

Billy would go off for a hold... but it was a delayed penalty... while the red tried to play keep away the zebras got Bill for another one, this time a slash and called a double minor against him that would put the Gold down for almost the rest of the game. The Red would have a few chances but were unable to get anything past Brian.

At some point in these closing minutes there was a tremendous collision between Marc Valenti and Greg James who collided leg to leg then flew spectacularly into the air in a Matrix-Like display rotating away from each other. They would both land on the ice shaken but thankfully unhurt. It was quite a sound.

Ultimately the story was that the Gold surge was stopped, and this one would end with a very hard fought tie.
Great job by everyone.... sorry the blog was so late (only about a week...) but the blogger needs to make sure he stays employed from time to time.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Matvey Nikhamik. A three assist night Matvey figured in all of the Gold's scoring. A strong night for the always reliable Russian. Nice to have it show on the scoresheet. Way to play it hard Matvey.

2nd Star: With a tremendous game and the game tieing goal for the Gold. Ken Goldenberg. Big night for Ken as he was standing up to the (tall, large, fast) Red Defensemen all night. Taking on Campbell at one point undaunted. Nice for him to finish off with a sweet goal. Great work Ken.

1st Star: Has to be the CEO BMF Hisownbadself Matt Kilroy. A shutout in the first and a hard fought tie really showed how well he has improved in the pipes. Matt was able to get into the game rythem in the first making a handfull of good solid saves early. Great work down the stretch. Always Team First... Matt Kilroy. Nice job.

Schlidaveur #3 on tap for Tonight

Schlitz (6) vs Cadavers (4)

Monday October 27th

Bavis Arena 10:10pm

Ok team here it is again. Schlidaveurtime.... or in this case Mattdaveurtime.

For event #3 of this Winter Season we went Matt on Matt for team selection. CEO and BMF Indapipes Matt Kilroy picked against Matt Elliot for rosters.

Here is the result. See you tonight. Don't be late....

Schlitz

Matvey, Ken G, Chris F, Jasse, Matt E
Kevin P, Mike F, Mike D, Carl,

Marc V, Jeff F, Stefan, Billy P

Brian - Net

Cadavers

Roman, Ijosh, Nelson, Scott, Dan G
Blake, Chuck, Pete C, Mark R,
Mike C, Dan H, Greg J, George

Matt - Net

What a Game! What a Night! SoxDaveur!

Schlitz (4) vs Cadavers (3)

Thursday October 16th

Brockton 9:00pm

Schlitz 3

Cadavers 2

Well well well dear friend and wander of the digital darkness, the Blogger is glad you stopped by today because have I got a story for you. I've got a tale of the Daveur, a gem of a game, and a night that had a lil something extra, even if it happend after the hockey was finished.

Last night the collective Schlidaveurs took the ice in the City of Champions to sort out the tale of 'daveur number 2 for the winter 09 season.

The teams, hastiliy tossed together late in the day by a couple of guys here at world headquarters (picked from a list of names), turned out to be very evenly matched. Special thanks to Greg Koytiger (Schlitz) and Ethan Karp (Cads) for helping out with this process. Jim Sullivan was unable to show and Matt Kilroy would take to the nets for the Cadavers but he was fronted by an impressive Defensive Corps that would be plenty of a match for the offensive powers assembled on the gold side. The rosters looked like this.

Cadavers

Matt in Net,

Defense: DWH and Daley; George and Stephan

Offense: Roman, Kevin Fitz, Carl Schiller, Dr.Pounds, Reynolds, Chuck, and John Carey (Brian's son... I hope his name is John)

Schlitz

Brian in Net,

Defense: Valenti and Pearlman; Jeff and Hammitt

Offense: Larry, Nelson, iJosh, Matvey, Parker (late arrival), Gregson, Chris

Clearly, as you can see, there was an impresive Gold offense vs Red defense matchup going on here and it lived up to the expectation. The game would be a tight match from the start to finish and saw big time effort on both sides. The blogger tips his hat to everyone who strapped on skates last night. Nothing was given. Everything was earned.

The first period started fast. There were good chances at both ends and both goaltenders had a chance to get into the flow of the game. The Gold held a decided advantage getting lots of time in the Red end but really few good scoring chances. The Red D was just smothering. They seemed to step up and move the play off whenever necessary and continually made clearing passes that found the mark. The Gold showed nice effort working the zone and continuing to try and generate chances that werent coming easy. The first ended 0-0. Hammitt took a penalty early in the first and was the only call of the period.

There would be no penalties in the Second period at all... but there would be some scoring.

The the 12 and a half minute mark the Gold were doing a good job keeping the play in the Red end. Billy Pearlman did a nice job holding the play in, then moving and firing a nice shot that bounced off of Kirloy. Matt Elliot was right there and popped the rebound home and put the Schlitz on the board 1-0.

After that goal the momentum of the game changed dramatically. Suddenly the Red were the ones getting multiple chances and doing a nice job holding the pressure in the Gold end. This trend would continue into the closing minutes of the period.

Then Roman Kurin would take a puck and rush up the right side into the Gold zone. Jeff came over and picked him up and even took a few hacks at him to keep him outside but to no avail. The Rushin er.. Russian held the puck and charged ahead taking the play around the back of the net, Jeff pathetically hanging on but not able to knock the puck away, then threw a shot at Brian's pads that bounced right off the side/back of the goalies pad and into the net for the equalizer. A nice play by Roman and a fortunate bounce for sure. The period would end 1-1.

The Cadavers would continue to build on the momentum they had gained by tieing the game up late in the second. It wasn't more than a handfull of minutes into the third when again the Red set up with good pressure. This time there was a scramble in front of Brian, who made a quick save on a close shot. The puck squirted out and behind the left side of the net to Roman who threw it back out to the low slot and the scrum of players there. The puck came right to Jeff who tried to get a stick on it, and did, but to horrible result as it deflected right into the net giving the Red a 2-1 lead. Roman for his second unassisted of the night.

The Gold was far from done though and there is no question that the effort dial got turned up on the Schlitz bench after that goal. Guys like Larry, Nelson, iJosh and Parker were pressing hard and it is a true tribute to the work of the Red D pairings that they were just unable to get many good shots on Kilroy. Time and again they were turned away.There had been one call on iJosh at some point during the middle part of the period and yellow had a solid pk.

Now with less than 10 minutes in the game the Gold would get something going. Mike Hammitt would keep the puck deep in the Red end as he pinched, staying late on his shift. He worked a shot on Kilroy who made the save. Matvey picked it up and passed back to Mike about 12 feet away who took the shot. The puck was kind of a wobbler but made it past Kilroy and tied the game up again. I think Hammitt heard someone say "the net giggled when it hit..." or something to that effect. Regarless.... with time running down to five minutes and below the game was even 2-2.

So let that soak in for a sec. That says something on a couple of issues. Think about the game that Kilroy had turned in as the sub goalie playing in net for the first time in many months. Think about what it says for the Red D corps to hold Larry, Nelson, iJosh, Parker and Chris (just to name a few...) to zero points in the game. Think about how well our two Roster pickers did while... ah... not having a clue. Ok I'll stop... I think you get the point. It was a good game.

So now we come to the end of the game. The Gold and Red pressing. The Red D were rushing more, trying to make something happen on offense. Both teams got chances and both goalies played well.

Then with 1:45 on the clock Jeff Fosdick saw an opportunity and stepped up in the neutral zone. Picking up the puck he raced into the zone for one of the games only breakaways. I'm telling you he could feel the Goat Horns on his helmet dissapearing as he rushed to the net and fired a wrister that BEAT KILROY GLOVE SIDE !!! ... but that sound... that whistle just as he shot.... what... was that? Jeff circles the net, hands in the air, then realizes to his utter dismay that the play has been whistled dead.... a result of matching penalties to George and LARRY who were taking hacks at each other at the blue line. Jeff was... um.... displeased. The Goat horns returned to his helmet as he threw his stick into the bench then went there to sulk and suck air.

The game continued with George and Larry in the box, the clock winding down. Right about the minute mark, Marc Valenti would come up HUGE for the Gold. Marc would let a slapper rip from "Way Down Town" which was about two steps inside the red line. The shot was a laser that beat Kilroy and officially put the Gold ahead. Marc would say later in the parking lot; " I knew it was a good one beacuse I didn't feel the puck when I swung through." Sweet.

The Zombies would pull Matt and created some excellent chances as the clock ran out but were unable to get anything past Brian and the Schlitz would win the game 3-2. Whew!

The teams would re-assemble in the parking lot for the fourth period and to check on the misterable fate of the Red Sox who, when last we checked (iJosh brought a radio to the bench) were down 5-0. Kudos to iJosh, Dr. Pounds and Marc Reynolds for the cold adult beverages enjoyed in the parking lot. Before we go on, lets do....

Game Stars

3rd Star: Mike Hammitt. Kind of a dark horse pick, but he did a great job all night for the Gold. Mike had a terrific play that led to his own goal to tie the game up. Also, after the early penalty Mike didn't have any other incidents with the men in stripes which really helped. Good work.

2nd Star: Roman Kurin. Have to give it to the man with a pair of goals. They all look good on the score sheet. Nice job Roman.

1st Star: Marc Valenti. The man with the Cannon from the point. Nice job on the game winner and all night on the Gold blueline. Marc had an excellent night all around.

Honorable Mention 1: Matt Kilroy. The CEO BMF in the pipes for a great effort. Matty always gives whatever he has for both teams and last night was no exception. Thanks.

Honorable Mention 2: Really could have been the 3rd Star... the Cads Defensive Corps. Stephan Wennik, George Moorachian, Dan Herbert, and Mike Daley. Just outstanding effort and play all night long. This might well be the best 4 D we've ever put on the ice at the same time. Just ask any of the guys that played offense for the Gold last night.

IOU: Jeff to Larry after the game... "You owe me a game winning goal you bastard." You aren't officially getting the Coon... but I just happend to have this image....

Overheard in the Parking Lot: Jeff to Hammitt: "I think we played pretty well". Hammitt shruggs and smiles. Jeff says: "I mean... except for the two goals they scored on us... "

So... let me continue the story of last night for just a few more graphs, if none of you mind....

The Blogger got into the car just after 11pm after the fourth was winding down. The radio had the Sox game still on and just as I pulled out of the parking lot Dustin Pedroia put the Sox on the board for the first time in the bottom of the sixth. Ok... maybe I'll listen for a little longer I think as I get on the highway.

By the time I had stopped at the BK on rte 24 and got on 495 south Papi hit his 3 run shot to make the game 7-4. Now the crowd was getting into it. Joe Castig and Dale were starting to get worked up and you could hear Fenway coming to life.

I was getting close to home when JD Drew lauched "The 14 Million Dollar Home Run" Part II to bring the Sox within one. Then as I zipped along the canal road Coco had his EPIC 10 pitch at bat that resulted in his awesome double that tied the game. I could hear Fenway rocking and was beeping the horn as I went.

I got home, unpacked my stuff and let the dogs out and by the time I turned the tv on it was already the bottom of the 9th with one out...

Well you know what happened next. Youk gets on, they walk Bay, and J.D. BLEEPIN DREW comes through again. Maybe it should be the 7 Million Dollar 2 run homer, and the 7 Million Dollar single that saved the Sox and sent the ALCS back to Tampa.

Nothing like a little Sox October Magic to spice up the ride home I always say.

Way to go Sox. God... does this mean I have to like Drew now?

A good night by all.
I would be really interested to hear any of your stories about how you listened/watched the game last night. Please add your tale, however short in the comments. It only takes a sec and you dont have to sign up for anything. 'come on.... lets hear it.