Red get revenge in Daveur Rematch!

Cadavers (10) vs Schlitz (9)

Monday Nov 21

Milton Academy 10:00pm

Cads 4

Suds 3

Last week’s Schlidaveur matchup was such a hit, and a tight contest that with another ‘davuer scheduled for this week it was a natural to run a rematch of the same two teams. So that’s what we did last night in Milton Academy… with a few slight alterations.

A couple of guys couldn’t make the game so there was a slight shuffle. Gold lost Marietta and picked up Teddy Locke to play net and bumped Sully up to the forwards. Red ended up 2 players light losing Jasse and Bittker and rolling with 9.
Here are your lineups for Daveur-deux.

Cadavers

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Valenti, George, Bauer

O1: Baker, Gorden, Gregson

O2: Larry, Nelson, iJosh

Schlitz

Teddy Locke in Net

D1: Campbell; DWH

D2: Jeff; Reynolds

O1: Daley, Parker, Elliot

O2: Matvey, Mitch, Doc Pounds, and Sully rotated.

The Gold felt very good about the game and came out with lots of confidence that adding Sully up front and Red being down to 9 players they would have a better chance to pull off another win against the talented Cads.

That confidence got results in the early going when Sully would score taking a play from Campbell and Parker. They had been grinding away in the Red zone and Sully jumped on the pass and showed the finish he’s had all season.

While Gold felt good, the play was pretty even. At the 8 minute mark Red would strike back. The play from Baker to George would find Dan Gregson standing right by the slot where he would bury the game tieing goal by a sprawling Teddy.

Gold was not to have its momentum checked so early and Mike Daley would take matters into his own hands. Mike would break out on a nice rush and whipped a ridiculous wrist shot over Randy Dudek in the Red net and the Gold would be back on top by one. End of 1, 2-1 Gold.

The Beercans would take the night’s first penalty when Matt Elliot would go for a trip a little over halfway through the second. They would hold on during the penalty and then Matvey would take a feed from Sully and would land a nice shot that put Gold up 3-1 with about 7 minutes left in the second.

The two goal lead was a treacherous beast for the Suds. They were clearly comfortable and weather it was fatigue or a slight reducing of pressure, they would see the momentum fade from that point.

Jared Gorden, who had been threatening all night for the Red finaly got the chance he was looking for. Working in space about 10 feet out he would rip a great shot that would bring the game back to 1 goal with  5 minutes left in the second.

Larry would go not long after as he would check Jeff from behind as they both went after the puck at George’s feet on the side boards. This time the Gold would threaten but Randy Dudek would stand tall for the rest of the way in the Second.
One series saw Dan Herbert crashing into the crease to push home the loose puck and somehow, someway Randy held and covered and the Gold got nothing.

Sully and Daley would also have excellent chances that Randy would turn aside.

End of 2, 3-2 Suds.

The third would open with both teams pressing. It only took one shift for the simmering battle between Larry and Mike Campbell to boil over. The two had been exchanging pleasantries all night and finaly they ended up in a tangle in the Gold end and the Zeebs sent both guys to cool off and the teams skated 5 a side.

The Gold was clearly fading as the Red was getting better chances and Randy continued to snuff out anything the Gold got going.

The Red would hold the play in the Gold end and Mark Valenti would work a play through Eric Bauer who worked down low in the zone. Bauer would send a superb pass out to iJosh who was not exactly closely (or at all) covered by Jeff. iJosh would make him pay and would bury the shot by Teddy and the game was tied.

The Red now clearly had the momentum and the game was turning fast. Larry, now out of the box would take a nice play from Jared and Nelson and would put away the go ahead goal with still 7 minutes left in the third. Nelson and Jared had been busting it all night, and Larry was clearly due, fueled or not by the missed chance in the penalty shot the week before. It was clear he was going all out to get the win. That was how it would go, and Gold would not be able to get the game back from the hard working Red nine.

Reynolds and Baker would go for matching calls two minutes after the Red goal, and really it was lucky for the Gold to get the match. Still the Suds couldn’t get much pressure until they pulled Teddy at the 130 mark.

Gold had an excellent doorstep chance that had come from DHW to Jeff to Daley to everyone else crashing the net. Somehow Marc Valenti would help Randy cover the puck, (looked like Marc did the covering) and the Red escaped.

So this one would end up the opposite of the week before and you know what that means… we’ll just have to have a rubber match. Next time.

Game stars

3^rd Jared Gorden with a goal and an assist and lots of chances all night. The Gold had to keep an eye on him (and Baker) all game long.

2^nd Randy Dudek in net. Just a spectacular set of saves in the late second and mid third period for the steady netminder. Randy held the fort and Red clearly gained momentum to come back from 2 down.

1^st Larry Bell. Captain of the Red squad and scorer of the game winner. Larry had his motor running and made hard plays all night long. Great game.

Monday Schlidaveur! Red vs Gold!

Schlitz (8) vs Cadavers (9)

Monday November 14

Canton 10:10pm

Suds 4

Cads 2

Last Monday night saw the assembled ‘davuers face off in the second intra-squad game of the season. This one had a nice angle right from the start. Management put out the request for guest captains/gms and Larry Bell stepped up to help. Larry and Jeff would have a playground-style pick ‘em over the phone on Friday afternoon.

Larry would captain the Cads and Jeff the Suds and both rosters filled up and both captains clearly had a philosophy in mind.

Larry would go with a heavy offensive look, snapping up multiple scoring leaders (Nelson, Baker) and this season’s rookie phenom Josh Bittker. Jeff would counter with most of the defensemen on the roster, well… most. Then to work around the possiblilty of needing Sully to play net, we made a trade and Eric Bauer would go over to Larry’s D lite Cads and Kevin Parker and Mitch Goldenberg would come back to bolster the Gold offense.

Here is your final rosters.

Cadavers

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Valenti; iJosh

D2: George; Bauer

O1: Baker, Gorden, Gregson

O2: Larry, JoshB, Nelson and Mike Jasse

Schlitz

Sully in Net

D1: Campbell; DWH

D2: Marietta; Reynolds

O1: Daley, Parker, Elliot

O2: Matvey, Mitch, Doc Pounds, and Jeff rotated.

The game started quick for the Dead in Red. Larry’s offensive philosophy would show immediate results as Greggy would bury a close chance as the play went around the zone from Josh B and Jared Gorden. This was in the first two minutes and the Gold knew they would have to play a tight defensive style to keep a hold on the Red.(I thought the first goal was from Baker...)
But the Gold would counter no more than 2 minutes later when Jeff would keep the play in the zone and worked it to Matvey who did some nice work getting it to Scott Pounds who whipped a low shot from high in the circle that beat Randy, sneaking through the legs and into the net to tie the game.

Valenti would go for a trip at 10 minutes when he took Jeff down low in the Red zone. Scott would go for a trip of his own but there was no scoring on the penalties.

The teams would go back and forth at each other and really both goalies made some nice plays all game long, keeping things very tight. The first would end a 1-1 draw, but the Gold felt good about the gameplan.

The Red would find that their chances would start to dwindle in the second as the Gold D would smother everything that came over the blue line and the offense was counterpunching well, getting good chances. Mike Daley was doing his usual excellent job of pushing the play and being all over the place. His line with Elliot and Parker would get lots of excellent chances. Mike would get results with 3 minuets left in the 2^nd when he would wrist home an nice play from linemates Matt and Kevin. Suds 2, Cads 1 after 2.

The Red were starting to show some frustration at not being able to get things going but that wouldn’t last all night. With that kind of talent they were going to make something happen eventually. Jared Gorden would finish a hard work cycle from Nelson and Gregson and the game was tied at 2 with 10 minutes to play.

The Gold would do a nice job counterpunching though, and only a few minutes later Matt Elliot would feed Mike Daley who would fire a great pass to Jeff who was camped in front of Randy and Jeff would bang it home for the 3-2 lead.

Not long after that iJosh would go off for the Red after tripping Jeff (who was clearly enjoying playing forward). He would slide along the ice like a seal…mostly to have a rest not so much to embellish…

Mike Campbell would go for the Gold before penalty was up but there was no scoring on either.

This takes us down to the last 2 minutes. Gold up 1. Red desperate and surging, getting chances. Larry would get a break doing a great job with his legs to get ahead of the D, but Mike Daley would tackle him and he was awarded the dreaded penalty shot.
So Larry would have it in his hands to tie it up with 1:30 to play. The teams would rise and there was plenty shouted, both pro and against his chances. Larry would take the puck and work fast into the zone favoring the right side. His move was not his best (or fastest) but he made it, but Sully was there and came across the crease to swat away the backhand bid. Really a good try by both.

Later in the parking lot Larry went to Sully to get some shooter’s feedback and Sully told him he dropped the shoulder so he knew he was going backhand.

The game still had a minute and a half to go with both squads pressing hard. The Gold would get the sealer when Mark Reynolds would hold the play in the Red end and get the puck to Jeff who was again working the middle of the zone. Jeff would fling it at the net and Daley would burst into the crease area and would slam home the puck for the 4-2 lead with less than a minute to go.

That was how this one would end and the Gold locker-room discussed offering the Red squad another chance at the contest and since there was another daveur scheduled for the next Monday… it was a natural.

Before the rematch though…

Game Stars:

3^rd Star: Jeff Fosdick. 1 goal, 2 assists. Jeff has now played 3 games in a row at forward and is looking like he likes it. Hmmm…  maybe that’s some insight into his selection of a D-heavy roster.

2^nd Star: Sully in net for the Gold. Sully was pressed into service in the nets when management  was unable to book another keeper. He did a tremendous job, making great saves all night on a bunch of pretty darn good shooters.

1^st Star: Mike Daley. Doing huge amounts of work for the Gold. Two huge goals and an assist and once again about 100km skated. Great work.

So after a Tuesday morning email to Larry…. The rematch was set for the following Monday.

Can's kick Sparta!

Schlitz (7) vs Spartans
Thursday 11/10
Milton Academy 10:20pm


6-2 Win


The Golden Beercans took on the Greenies from Sparta on a pre Vets-Day Thursday night in Milton to see if we can keep the roll going. These guys weren't themselves the last time we played them and it would be interesting to see if their talent returned for this rematch.
The Blogger was not in the house so we've got stories coming in from the guys that played.

iJosh: 6-2 win. 2 fights and 2 ejections, one per team.

Nelson: 

We won 6-2.  We controlled most of the game despite a number of shield-less players on their end.  Not sure why.  The stat sheet never made it to us.  Not sure there was one.  I had a goal assisted by Josh B.  Josh B. also had a pair of goals, and Kevin Parker had one.  Scott P. said he had a goal as well, but I missed it while trying to fill out our roster.  Not sure who had our sixth.  Assists are anybody's guess.  Larry probably has a few (no, he wasn't there, but has that stopped before?).  Baker was tossed for fighting.  Reynolds served a penalty for "being mauled".  (I'm pretty sure it's in the rule book.  You can check.  I certainly see it called all the time.)

Roman from Jared on the 4th goal.

Roman penalty in the 3rd

Allright! Thanks very much for the words Nelson. I'm sure there are more stories there... and thats what the comment section is for. If you played.. witnessed the "throw downs" please fill in the picture for us. I've included the league version of the scoring and penalties. This data will go into OUR stats sheet unless otherwise refuted. Thanks Scoring Summary

Period 1

Schlitz - Josh Bittker (Jared Gorden) , 4:41

Spartans - Andrew Grange (Tim Rogers) , 7:59

Schlitz - Kevin Parker (Josh Bittker) , 11:15

Schlitz - Scot Pounds (Roman Kurin, Dan Herbert) , 14:00

Period 2

Schlitz - Josh Bittker (unassisted) , 3:05

Spartans - Timothy Pope (unassisted) , 14:05

Schlitz - Nelson Sharfman (Kevin Parker, Josh Bittker) , 14:58

Schlitz - Roman Kurin (Jared Gorden) , 16:00

Period 3

(no scoring)

Penalties

Period 1

(no penalties)

Period 2

Spartans - Theodore Bradford (Roughing), 1.5 min , 0:00

Schlitz - Kevin Parker (Roughing), 1.5 min , 0:00

Schlitz - Dan Herbert (Roughing(Double Minor), 3 min , 1:50

Schlitz - M Reynold (Slashing), 1.5 min , 6:18

Spartans - Charles Day (Slashing), 1.5 min , 6:18

Period 3

Spartans - Jeffrey Cohen (Roughing), 1.5 min , 4:30

Schlitz - M Reynold (Roughing), 1.5 min , 4:30

Spartans - Tim Rogers (Roughing), 1.5 min , 4:30

Schlitz - Steve Baker (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 1.5 min , 4:30

Schlitz - Roman Kurin (Hooking), 1.5 min , 8:10

Spartans - Greg Banks (Slashing), 1.5 min , 12:47

Schlitz - Steve Baker (Slashing), 1.5 min , 12:47

Suds gnaw Tigers in Nightcap

Schlitz (6) vs Tigers
Tuesday 11/1
BU 10:20pm


8-0 Win



iJosh was on duty and has this game story from the nightcap...

Welcome Back to Walter Brown Area for the back end of a 2 game set this fine evening.

With many of the Cadavers cheering us on (from the locker room with.....um.....Gatorade, yeah Gatorade), the Schlitz manned with 12 skaters would take on the undermanned Tigers.

The Schlitz would have a few iron men playing back to back games (and one Guest Blogger paying the price for it today). 

The lines would adjust a few times during the game, but the starting lines would be:

Centers: Larry Bell and Jared Gorden

Wing Pairs: Steve Baker and Dr. Pounds; iJosh and Nelson; Matt Elliott and Dan Gregson.

Defense Pairs: Capt George and Geoff Marrietta; Eric Bauer and Dan with Hands.

Goalie: Mark Boudreau

The Tigers have given us a run for our money in the past.  They have a few good skaters.  Luckily tonight they would be too short skaters for that to make a difference.  In his first shift, Steve Baker would blast one from the top of the circle, past the keeper to make it a quick 1-0 lead.  Later in the period, Jared Gorden would take a feed from Eric Bauer and tuck it past the keeper for a 2-0 spread.  Larry....being Larry, was feeling pretty jilted by the fact that he was not one of the two Golden Suds who had scored.  At one point, being irritated by this fact, he had a word or two with an El Tigre after the whistle when they bumped a bit.  Larry, however, would be put in a better mood soon when he would finally light the lamp from Dan Gregson to make it 3-0 Beer Guys.  The first period would end with the Suds leading 3-0.

The second frame would see more action. A few minutes into the period Larry Bell would draw a trip from the Tigers, setting up the power play.  The line of Nelson, iJosh and Jared would take the PP.  Some good work in the zone would pay off as iJosh dumped off to Jared who sent it to Geoff Marrietta who fed it to iJosh for the one-time.  4-0 Schlitz.  Then about 5 minutes later, Geoff Marrietta would saaaalam into the boards in the corner and get called for an interference.  It came with a "Who? Me?", from Geoff.  But he would skate to the box without further incident.  On the PK, Eric Bauer would take a pass from Nelson and throw it at the net from a tough angle on the left side of the net.  But somehow it found its way into the goal.  5-0 Suds on some excellent 2nd period special teams play.  Now can anyone see where this is going?  Yup, the OSH, Larry Bell, would have a need to get back on the scoresheet.  And he would.  This time he would put one in from George and Dr. Pounds.  However the OGB, iJosh would also find the back of the net once again by picking up Jared and Nelson's garbage to end the period with a 7 goal lead.

As the third period ended, Nelson pointed out that iJosh was one goal away from the hat trick.  To which iJosh replied that he tried not to think of such things. But [editorial license] Nelson insisted that iJosh get his 3rd before that "Damned Dirty Stat Whore" did.  So Nelson would spend the period trying to deliver the hat trick.  In his efforts he gave some nifty passes, one beauty that tipped off the stick and just wide of the net.  But his efforts would aid himself as he would be on the receiving end of his hard work as Larry would feed a nice pass in front of the net to Nelson who put it home with authority to bring the score to 8-0.  The rest of the period would see some nice effort, but mostly the Gold trying to run out the clock.  The game would end 8-0 and put an end to a Schlidaveurtastic evening where the two teams put up a total of 15 goals and gave up only 2. 

Game Stars:

3rd Star: Nelson for a one goal, two assist night   

2nd Star: Eric Bauer for a 2 point night, including a short handed goal   

1st Star: You know him.  You love him.  Your Original Stat Whore, Larry Bell for 2 goals an assist and a drawn penalty.

Schlitz vs Blues Division Rivals!

Schlitz (5) vs Blues
Tuesday 10/25
UMass Boston 7:00pm


6-2 loss


Once again the Blogger has not been a regular attendee... so last nights game gets a great write up by Doctor Scott Pounds. Always nice to hear from the good doctor and this summary hits the spot for those of us hungry for a little game story.
So here is Doc Pounds with the recap:

The Suds went into the UMass dressing corner with five skaters (happily, Gorden brought his friend Seth along, and the extra body was greatly appreciated. Seth gets the 'Come back anytime' award) and no goalie some fifteen minutes before game time, but Mark Boudreau, Baker, and Bauer came in just in time to make the generous NESHL 180 second warmup period. 
 
We started with two subs. A few minutes into the game, Ken and DWH hit the bench, so we were able to play with two full lines and three D (thought the lines fluctuated as Elliot was under the weather and we seemed to be adjusting around penalties a lot). 

The UMass women had just concluded a practice, leaving the ice very rough and rutted. The Beermen were full of bubbles in the early going despite being initially short and scored the first goal, Pounds to Gorden to Baker. The first period ended 1-0 Adult Beverages, and the bench was full of confidence. 

The Blues, however, had their very good goalie in net and had a couple of what Nelson would call half-shields on the bench, #8 and somebody in a Deep Blue jersey and put in the next two goals in the second period. Then Gorden corralled a loose puck at center ice, deked a couple of Blues, and dished it to a streaking Herbert, who faked the forehand and tucked the puck between the goalie's legs to make the game 2-2. 

Unfortunately, that was the high point for the 'Cans. Deep Blue and #8 had legs and the Beermen came to room temperature and went slowly flat. Though the final was 6-2, Mark Boudreau was stellar in net, robbing the Blues at least a dozen times.

I think we forfeited the fourth period, as it was early and the campus cops were out in force due to the women's volleyball game in the gym. If anyone did stay, make it known in the comments.

F: Goldenberg, Baker, Seth (friend of Jared)

F: Pounds, Gorden, Elliot

D: Marietta, Bauer, Herbert

First Goal: Baker from Pounds and Gorden (score sheet says assist to Marietta - that's wrong)

Second Goal: Herbert from Gorden

Shots on Goal:

Schlitz  14

Blues  29

Thanks very much Doc! Great writeup.

Tripods thump Suds at UMalcatraz

Schltiz (4) vs Tripod Allstars
Tuesday 10/18
UMass 10:30pm


4-1 loss



Yet another night at the rink that the blogger couldn't make. Yet another opportunity for the blog's saviour iJosh to come through with a game summary. iJosh deserves major props for helping to keep this phoney baloney enterprise running and the Blogger can't thank him enough.
Without further ado...
Here's iJosh:

Welcome back to UMalcatraz where Schiltz took on The Tripod All-Stars.

A light showing of 10 skaters would arrive with rookie goaltender Mark Boudreau.

The lines would shape up to be:

 iJosh and Dr. Pounds centered by Steve Baker  The Other Josh (Bittker) would center Matt Elliott and Dan Gregson.

 Defensive Pairings would be Dan with Hands with Mike Campbell and Geof Marietta and Eric Bauer.

Bauer was fresh off his 3 penalty night from last week.  And after Campbell heard about the 10 penalty game (as well as the roughly 100 minutes of penalties the Bruins accumulated vs the Hurricanes), he was in the mood for some physical play. 

The first period would show some nice work by the Suds.  A lot of puck possession and decent chances.  But the Tripod goalie was not having any of it.  He made some nifty saves en route to a scoreless (for him) first frame.  Campbell would get the first of his penalties and hit the box for a few.  Eric Bauer would find his was to the box as well.  Luckily no damage was done during the penalty kills. Though the green would get a couple goal for themselves 

The second would have the All-Stars start to break through.  The first would be give-away in the neutral zone.  The Tripod would go in all alone with a lone forward chasing him, but not close enough.  He made a nice little deke and beat Mark to put the Green Team up 1-0.  Not too much later the All-Stars would get a second goal off another defensive breakdown.  This one just bad position and a bad change.  Again, it would find the back of the net for a 2-0 deficit.  Though Campbell would decide to take a 2 minute rest again and find his way back to the box.  Again no damage and the period would end 2-0. 

The third period is a little fuzzy.  The All-Stars would eventually go up 3-0.  And Josh Bittker would net a goal to make it 3-1.  Campbell would exit the game early in the 3rd after receiving his 3rd penalty as he tries to reclaim his namesake award.  In the end we were unable to mount any type of a comeback.  They would get one more before exiting the arena and leaving us with a 4-1 loss.

Thanks again to iJosh for chipping in with these game stories... better luck next time vs les rats.

Suds outlast Minus in PIM fest

Schlitz (3) vs D-Minus 
Wednesday 10/12 
Canton 10:10pm 

2-1 Win


 

Again the blogger was not around for this one so again we call on the excellent talents of one of our regular guest-bloggers iJosh. Here he is with all the sordid truth you can take.

So a rainy night in Canton would have the Golden Suds take on D-Minus. 

We would welcome new goalie Mark Boudreau.  He Mark would be a welcomed addition playing a solid night between the pipes. 

Mark would be joined by:

Roman Kurin, Matvey and Jared Gordon on the Sitnick line.Nelson Sharfman, Kevin Parker and Matt Elliott on the 2nd line and Mike Daley, Mike Goodwin and Dan Gregson playing on the checking line.  Dan with Hands and iJosh would pair up on the D.  Eric Bauer would pair with Jeff Marrietta. 

The game would be chippy from the start.  Jeff Marrietta would go for a questionable trip, followed by Mike Daley for a matching rough.  Shortly after leaving the box, Jeff would return (he missed it) for another questionable trip.  That's not all.  Matvey would be shown the sin bin after an ill-advised slashed.  In the middle of all of this, Mike Daley was able to pick the trash (off a Gregson shot) with some hard work and put one past the goalie.  This would get the D-Minus yelling about the officiating as they believed that the whistle should have been blown.  At the end of one it would be 1-0 Good Guys. 

The second would start with a quick whistle in front of the Suds goalkeeper.  This would get the Minus grousing even more.  However despite their constant griping it would not help our position with the refs as Matvey would be shown the box again.  This time for a trip.  After a successful kill, the Minus would even up the score with a tip in that would make its way between the pads of Mark.  But Dan with Hands would put the Suds back on top.....this came with a.......wait for it.......wait for it......an assist from Roman. The 2nd would end 2-1 Schlitz.

The 3rd would be notable.  But not necessarily for good reasons.  Bauer would start the trend with a hook.  This would be followed by a slash from Jared Gordon.  Then an elbow from Bauer.  Then iJosh would lose his cool briefly as he would fall to the ice pinned in the corner.  The Minus player, holding his stick and yelling that iJosh had him in a leg lock (legs were wrapped around but not holding him there).  iJosh got up and told the guy to STFU and gave him a push a shove and tried a take down.....over reaction?  Maybe.  The bitching didn't stop there as the Minus would continually chide iJosh while they both were in the box.  Finally Josh told him to stop being such a "kitty cat".  Okay maybe another word for kitty was used.  Shortly after that Bauer would get his 3rd for unsportmanlike and get shown the door.  The Suds would kill off the penalty to end the game. 

So the final tally:
 2 goals for.
 1 goal against.
 10 penalties.

Very undisciplined game.  But luckily we got through.  Next time we may not be so lucky.

Game Stars:

 1st: Mike Daley for his gritty goal.
 2nd: DWH for his GW goal
 3rd: Mark Boudreau for his rookie performance in goal.

Great work iJosh. Thanks for the guestblog. Excellent stuff.

New-look Suds romp El Tigre!

Schlitz (2) vs Tigers

Monday 10/3

Canton 10:10pm

8-2 Win

The Golden Beercans faced old friend El Tigre last night in Canton for the second game of the Winter season. This was a short notice affair, with the league only getting the schedule up late Friday… however the Suds answered the call and while we only had 9… at least we had 9. Better yet, it was apparently the right 9 to get the job done as the Suds basically took the Tigers apart piece by piece, picking the body bare by the end of the night.

We haven’t seen the Tigers since early in the Summer when we were racking up wins against the lower  D division (that sounded weird) teams. This night was similar. The New-Look Suds were not to be messed with and hung a good one on the guys in Red once we got going.

Here’s your breakdown:

Randy (on the spot) Dudek in Net

D: Bauer, George, and Jeff

O1: Baker, Jared, and Josh Bittker

O2: Sully, Parker, and Nelson

The first few shifts, every one got situated, and the late arrivals made their way out to the bench during the opening minutes. It was clear from the start we would be in pretty good shape with a decent effort against these guys. Their Captain (8 with pants) wasn’t around and it looked like they were light a forward or two.

The Gold didn’t get around to making things happen until later in the period. Josh Bittker would go for a trip at the 5 minute mark. The penalty passed without trouble and then Kevin Parker would put the first one home for the Gold, the assist coming… are you ready… from Steve Baker. This was with just under 2 minutes.

End one, 1-0 Schlitz.

The Cans would waste no time at all pouring it on as the second opened. Sully would open the period with the first of several scoring plays of the night. Working from Josh B, to Nelson back over to Sully he would press to the net and working the 2 on 1 with Nelson took what the Keeper gave him (low left side) and scored for the 2-0 lead.

Baker would be next, just 2 minutes later, when he would take the play from Josh B, to Jared then to Steve who popped it home and just like that it was 3-0. Jared was all over the place in a lot of ways, his terrific hands and smooth stride just seems to help so much controlling the play. He had a great night, but only made the scoresheet on this goal.

Nelson would be next as he would take the return favor pass from Sully and with 13 minutes left in the 2^nd we were up 4-0. That line of Sully, Nelson and Parker really did some great grind it out work in the offensive zone all night long.

In fact some of that work came just a minute later when Sully would again score on a nice bang-bang play from Nelson and it was 5-0.
Parker would take a seat a few minutes later after a meeting with number 25 in the slot. No trouble with the pk though and that line was back at it again soon.

Sully would land his hat trick goal from Kevin and Nelson at 4:30 remaining and at this point Sully had enough scoring that the blogger has completely lost track of how they all went down.

The Tigers would show that they wouldn’t go without something said on their behalf and would score twice in the last 2 and a half minutes of the period. We were clearly letting off the accelerator and they turned it pretty quick when we went soft.

So after 2 periods, things looked pretty “Tip Top” (credit Dr.Jasse).. and really… how many 5 goal periods have we ever had? Good stuff. It was also noted post game by Nelson there haven’t been many times that by the middle of the second we know the game is finished.

The third would be no surprises either.

They would take a penalty. We would take 2 more. Bauer again for an elbow… punk… and George for and interference late in the game. George was due that one as he had just pushed over 25 in the neutral zone not long before… it was a clean open ice push down and the guy had a hard time getting up… and for some reason the blogger thought this was hilarious. I was tired… anyway… There also haven’t been many times we’ve had 5 penalties on the night and won decisively.

Sully would score again just a few minutes in on that power play. The play was sick from George (stat whore assist) and Nelson just worked low and zipped an excellent pass to Sully out front. The dude had all the finish required on the night.

Parker would put the cap on the night in garbage time (9 minutes remaining) from Nelson and Sully. That line, those three guys, ended the evening with a jaw dropping 14 points. Nice work indeed.

So there you have it. The New Look Suds are a hit, and thanks to playing the Cads (ahem) and El Tigre are 2-0 to open the season. Of course we blew this over the summer going 5-0 and getting hammered in a higher division the rest of the season. Who cares. Winning is good. More games with the Tigers.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: Randy on the spot Dudek. Helping out the club on short notice and turning in some fine work in the pipes. Very steady… and becoming a fixture back there.

2^nd Star: How do you not go with Nelson Sharfman? The cagey vet works the zone, works hard all night and ends up with five points. A goal and 4 assists.

Have to also mention Kevin Parker here as part of the program with 2 goals and an assist. Great work gentlemen.

1^st Star: You can see it a mile away… Jim Sullivan. A slow evening with 4 goals and 2 assists and a whopper of a 6 point night. Great work. Last week he was clutch playing net for the ‘daveur and this week he’s an offensive machine… great stuff Sully.

Honorable Mention: Josh Bittker. A strong early push for rookie of the year with another 2 points in his second game. Nice to have you aboard!

No fourth period joy. Everyone seemed pleased to take this sweet one and roll. Maybe it was the fact that there was no water (showers) due to an Ecoli situation in the Canton water. We play there next week... keep it in mind... and next time lets bring beer.

Season Openerdavuer! New look Suds dominate!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz(1)

Monday Septermber 26

BU 9:10pm

Suds 6

Cads 1

The winter 2012 season kicked off Monday night at Boston University’s Walter Brown Arena with a Seasonopendaveur featuring a bunch of new and old faces among the Gold and Red. Management was very happy to be able to field two squads again this season after a trimmed down Summer season. Great to have another Schlidaveur really… these games are one of the best features of the two team setup.

The teams broke out hastily just hours before the game ended up being a little of the new guys versus the old guys.
The Schlitz would feature three new skaters, all free agent pickups signed in the offseason. Jared Gorden came over from the Sitniks and was a force at center all night long. Geoff Marietta, a Mike Daley connection played D for the gold, and Josh Bittker, from the Mass Skaters waiver wire, played forward. All three looked like solid players that will certainly help us out, we welcome you all aboard.

Here’s the breakdown of the rosters.
Schlitz

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Reynolds, iJosh

D2: George, Geoff Marietta

O1: Jared Gorden, Matvey, and Roman

O2: Daley,  Gregson, and Josh Bittker

Cadavers

Jim Sullivan in Net

D1: Parker, Bauer

D2: Campbell, Fosdick

O1: Larry, Nelson, and Elliot

O2: Baker, Pounds, Goldenberg

The game tone was set by the New Look Suds immediately. Winning the opening face off and streaking right up ice Jared Gorden walked through Campbell and Fosdick and right to the net where he laid one in for the lead. Just like that, 15 seconds in and it looked like it was going to be a long night for the “old guys” in Red.

Things settled right down after that but it was clear the Red would have to keep a close eye on Jared all night and really the Gold did a good job keeping the Red off balance and only occasionally productive.

The first would turn into a grind as the teams settled in, both goalies would get going and were making nice stops. Campbell would go for a trip for Red, and Mark Reynolds would go for a check for Gold before the period was out but no blood on the penalties.

It took until halfway through the second period for Gold to score again. This time Dan Gregson would finish up the work on a shot/pass from iJosh and popping the rebound under Sully (defensemen no where to be seen) the Gold were up 2-0.

This is roughly when the new look Suds took over the game. At the start of the third period Josh Bittker, playing the right side, would score unassisted, after some nice work in the offensive zone. This was less than a minute in and things were getting harder for the Dead in Red.

As the grind went on, Mike Capmbell would be called for a minor assault at 12:35. As the ensuing power play wound down, Josh Bittker would assist Mike Daley who would score on a nice play and with 11 minutes left it was 4-0 Gold.

Then the play got more and more contentious as the Red desperation level rose as they just tried to get on the board. George would go for the Gold on a hook but there was no scoring on the power play for Red.

The Bittker-Daley combo would work again with 3 minutes left as Daley would land his second goal of the night. His success was well deserved as he had a great night, wheeling and dealing on offense and doing his usual solid job of covering the entire ice sheet.

The Gold would get called on a retalliation again and this time Geoff Marietta would get a High Stick call and the Red would have one last chance.

Larry would make good on the chance… but it was all Eric Bauer who afterward, quite deservedly said “I’m taking credit for that.” Bauer made a nice play at the top of the zone with the puck and then sent a great shot through traffic that deflected off of Larry’s stick and into the net. This was the only time all night that Red could solve Randy Dudek who got better as the game went on. He’s turned into a nice solid option in the pipes for us, and his work has been well appreciated.

That was how this one would end. 6-1 with the New Look Suds on top.

Big welcomes to Josh Bittker, Geoff Marietta, and Jared Gorden who all look to be quality pick ups by management.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: Randy Dudek. Another very nice performance in the pipes snuffing out everything that got close to him. Nice job.

2^nd Star: Josh Bittker. Early candidate for Rookie of the Year, Josh jumped right in and started producing, looking very at home as Daley’s winger.  He was able to rack up a goal and 2 assists in his franchise debut.

1^st Star: Mike Mr. Everywhere Daley. Only two goals on the night, neither of which I can really remember all that well, but this is chiefly because I was probably just beaten badly by Mr. Daley or a teammate on his way to the net.  Great work as always formed the backbone of the Gold attack.

Honorable Mention: Jared Gorden. Especially given his impressive game opening goal, Jared looks like he is going to be a force to reckon with.

Fourth period goodness provided by Eric Bauer and Matt Elliot.

Nice to see a big Post-Daveur group hanging out in the BU parking lot. Feels good to be back. 

Welcome back also needs to be said to a few returning players that it was great to see again.

Mark Reynolds showed he hasn't accumulated any rust over the summer.

iJosh Greenstein was also a frisky competitor holding the line very well at his D position. Nice to see him... and Superfan Heather after the game.