Schlitz's D is Offensive vs the Tigers

Schlitz 6
Tigers 2
Monday Feb 25, 2013 @ 10:10
Milton Academy

So another day another blog.  The Original Blogger is probably home, sipping tea with his pinky extended watching as other people do HIS work.  But that is okay,  we are happy to contribute.  So without further ado here is the skinny:

This Monday night would begin with a smattering of folks in the locker room.  Rumor had it that Dan with Hands was sneaking away by claiming to get bread and milk for a household filled with children, an infant and in-laws to get some of his frustrations out on the ice.  But until we actually saw him in the locker room, it would be exactly that, a rumor.  As some of us laced up the final skate and headed to the ice, DWH would arrive......shortly followed by Nelson.  

As the puck dropped on the 1st face-off a few stragglers would remain in the locker room causing some dynamic assignments until they all arrived.  Once they did the lines would settle into: Elliott & Matvey centered by iJosh; Gregson & Sullivan centered by Roman. So for once we had no forwards skating back on D and had a strong defensive core and instead pushed some defensemen forward, hence defenseman Bauer & Nelson would be centered by Defenseman Jeff Fosdick.    That would leave DWH, Valenti, George and Reynolds to cover the blueline and stellar goalkeep Tom Denault sat in the pipes.

This alignment would pay pretty quick dividend as it was evident that all cylinders were working early.  Foz and Bauer would be able to move the puck well and the D was evidently solid.  Desipite the Tigers having a couple guys who could move, only #8 and the guy with grey pants (#26) were really strong.  The Schlitz would trade chances.  About halfway through the period, Reynolds would get a hold of the puck with some time at the blueline.  He would fire one toward the net and through to give the Suds a 1-0 lead.  This type of play would continue.  Valenti would fire a few toward the net and the Gold were even able to make some crisp passes and contain the puck.  Despite all that a defensive lapse late in the period would leave Tom all alone and the Tigers would net one on a mini break-away on the glove side of Tom.  1-1 at the end of the 1st. 

2nd Period we would see more good movement and good hustle.  At about the 9 minute mark of the period, iJosh would dive and poke the puck away from the defender.  He would slide into the boards and while getting up would get tangled with an opponent.  In the ref's opinion it was a blatant trip.  However it appeared to be nothing more than two guys sliding into each other.  Regardless, iJosh would be box-bound.  Schlitz would pretty handily kill this penalty, and shortly there-after, Foz would get into the action with a nifty shot from the high slot that would put the Gold up 2-1.    More positive work for the Suds.. Play again move to the offensive zone.  Reynolds would move the puck to Matt Elliott who would fire the puck toward the net where iJosh was screen the goalie.  The puck would get tipped by the defenseman, just in front of the screen and find its way to the top of the net.  2-1 Gold.

3rd Period would open up the floodgates a bit.  Roman would get criticized for hold the puck too long and not making the right pass to a forward moving teammate.  I think the actual quote by Sharfman was, "Hey Roman, there is this guy on your right wing (Sullivan) who's actually pretty fast.  Use him".  So the next shift, Roman would hold the puck at the red line and amble over toward the blue as Sully streaked past him only to have to put on the breaks to avoid the offsides.  Roman would skate in the zone, get rid of the puck as the rest of the bench called to him to finally pass.  Sully would pick it up and send it toward Gregson camped out in front of the net.  Greggy would take the pass and send it home for a 3 goal lead. iJosh would again make the scoresheet, but again by finding the box.  Another trip, another trip....to the box and again the Suds would handle iJosh's indiscretion with ease. Bauer would also get into the action.  He would sail in and push the puck past the goalie and celebrate winning the Stanley Cup™, at least it seemed like it as he raised his hand in triumph as he backed into the corner wall.  5-1 Suds.  Then DWH would try to mimic Zdeno Chara's spin-o-rama move.  He would spin clockwise and make his way around some defenders, just before the blueline he would find Bauer heading toward the net and feed him.  Roman would net the goal and make it a 6-1 lead.  In the waning seconds of the game, the Tigers would make a mad rush and get one past Tom to finish the night at 6-2.  

I cannot forget to mention that despite the offensive night by the defensive personnel, it was another stellar night for Tom in net.  He sent away chance after chance whenever the Tigers did get their opportunities.  

A nice night in Milton.  No 4th period as none of us really want to end up on the Milton Police Blotter.  Plus DWH had to find and open Stop & Shop along the way home to find the milk and bread he claimed to be going out for.  

Stars of the Night:

• 3rd Star: Tom Denault for his understated, but yet solid play in net.
• 2nd Star: Eric Bauer: 1 goal and excellent play on both the offensive and defensive zone.
• 1st Star: Jeff Fosdick: 1 goal, 1 assist and just great overall play. Almost down graded him due to blog neglect. I guess I'm starting to get over it. 

Postscript:  The scoresheet on Pointstreak lists almost all goals as "Substitute".  My guess is as good as yours in regards to accuracy for goals & assists.

Zombies roll over Tigers

Cadavers(7) vs Tigers

Monday 11/7

Milton Academy 8pm

4-0 win

The Cadavers would face longtime division rival the Tigers on Monday night at Milton Academy looking to continue the recent success we’ve had against these guys lately. The Dead would wear gold as is tradition by now against the Tigers. It was just a week ago that the Schlitz had their way with these Tigers in the nightcap game at BU which wasn’t much of a contest. The Dead in Gold would also feature a nice lineup and the pregame confidence was high.

Here’s your breakdown.

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: DWH, Bauer

D2: George, Reynolds

O1: Baker, Teddy Galante, and Matvey

O2: Daley, Elliot, and Sully

O3: Larry, Jeff and Dr. Jasse

The Tigers were not as short handed as they’ve been the last few times, and seemed to have a bit more fight than last week, but it was clear that Gold should be able to control the play. Rolling 3 lines the Golden Cads would get lots of chances and would play well the whole first period.
A tribute to their keeper, not the usual guy, the Tigers fought us to a standstill for the entire first frame. Gold would see some excellent plays though. Sully would have at least two great chances on the doorstep and watching him work with Daley and Elliot all night was a pleasure. Daley was wheeling and dealing and creating all kinds of space and both Sully and Matt would get at least a handful of great chances during the game.

The first would end scoreless and there would be only one penalty for Gold, Larry who would go for a quick wrestle with a Red defenceman who would also go with the match.

The second saw things get going scoresheet wise when Daley would feed Mark Reynolds at the left point and Mark would label a slapshot that found home and gave the Cads a 1-0 lead just 2 minutes in. Five minutes later Larry would tie up a faceoff in the Red end. Number 26, their best player, would try to go around the net and out of the zone but Jasse met him on the other side. Mike would slap the puck away from 26 and it would squirt out right to Jeff who was coming across the slot. Jeff would finish the play with a wrister stick side and the Gold would be up 2-0.

Mark Reynolds would go for a check but there would be no blood on the penalty. The second would end 2-0 Golden Dead.

The third would see another penalty when Eric Bauer would go for a trip or some other nonsense. Eric collided with a guy and they both yard-saled and he went to the box. Again no damage on the penalty. But Red deserves credit for continuing to mount an attack. Randy would have to scramble a few times to keep things under control around the net.

But the Gold just kept on coming. The Sullivan line finally broke through after all their solid chances and Jim would bang home a nice play from DWH and Matt Elliot. I don’t know how Daley didn’t figure there as it seamed he had a million touches. He and DWH really did a nice job of puck possession when on the ice. DWH in particular with that long stride can really move with it and its nice to have him back there patrolling the blue line again.

As things would begin to wind down Larry would take a break out and then feather a terrific pass right onto Jeff’s stick as he came down the slot. Jeff would rip the wrister again and this time going 5-hole would cap the night making it 4-0 good guys.

Unfortunately no 4^th period for this one as Milton is tight on the booze policy.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: DWH. Only one assist but he (like Mike Daley) covered a ton of ground and acted as a stabilizing force all the time on the ice. Good work.

2^nd Star: Speaking of stable… Randy Dudek with the zero and yet another solid game in the pipes. Randy has quickly become the foundation for us in net and has settled in nicely this season with dependable quality play. Nice to see him get the shutout.

1^st Star: Self admiration society special… Jeff Fosdick… for two nice goals in his second game at forward in a coon’s age. Felt great to skate with Larry and the Good Doctor. Thanks guys.

The ride home saw a turnout at the Cavern Tavern for a beverage, a quick strum and a laugh or two with the proprietor and his high quality associates. Boulevard, Sympathy, Tornado,  and the Weight… good stuff. Thanks for making the night perfect. 

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.

Zombies vs Tigers

Cadavers (3) vs Tigers
Monday 10/10
Canton 10:10pm

5-1 Win


The Blogger was not in the house for last night's game against El Tigre, but Larry Bell was and he's stopped by to deliver a very nice game summary for us here.
Take it away Larry:

Pretty easy win last night. 

Line Breakdown:

Sully-LB-Theodore

Josh-Jared-Pounds

Nelson floated

Baker-Bauer

Valenti-George

Scoring Summary:

1.        Gordon from Pounds and Sharfman – nice puck relay to Jared who came down through the middle of the slot and went top shelf over the tigers keeper.  Sweet pair of hands to roof the shot from in tight.

2.       Sharfman from Capt George – Nelson fought for and put in a rebound of George’s shot from the point

3.       Josh from LB – Josh made a nice pass from the corner to me skating into the zone from the bench.  I whiffed on the shot, but it went right to Josh who cut across the crease and beat the goalie.

4.       Josh from Gordon – Jared carried the puck across the perimeter of the zone and drew 3 tiger defenders then dished a pass to Josh at the goalmouth.

5.       Baker from LB and Sharfman – I fed Baker for a backscratcher from the point.

The best action of the night was when Marc stepped up on a Tiger forward and lifted his stick as the puck came.  The Tiger forward lost control of his stick, hit Marc in the head with it and chased the puck to the top of the circle where he unleashed a weak shot that trickled through the otherwise solid Randy.  Marc went for an unsportsmanlike conduct after accosting the ref about the non-call.  Other penalties to Baker, Bauer and Bell.

Thanks very much Larry. Seems to be pretty nice to see the Tigers on the schedule these days. Hopefully this trend will continue.

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.

Cads continue to roll against El Tigre... again.

Cadavers (4) vs Tigers
Monday 6/6
Quincy 7:00pm

4-2 win


Another Stanley Cup night on the schedule for the Dead in Gold against redundant opponent the Tigers resulted in another win keeping the early season streak alive for the Cadavers. An 7pm start time led to a few late arrivals but in general everyone made it to the bench in the early going. Really it was a good thing as it allowed everyone to get their skate on and get home, or to the bar, or to their buddies house to watch the B's take the 'Nucks apart at the seams later that night.
But first the Dead in Gold had the Tigers (again) to deal with on the Quincy sheet.
Here's your roster
Jon Cole in net (and his folks in the stands)
D1: George and Bauer
D2: Campbell and Fosdick
O1: Sully, Roman, and Nelson
O2: Daley, Greggy and Elliot
(not really sure of that breakdown... things got pretty mixed up during the game)

The early going would be the predictable, if not really redundant at this point even matchup with decent chances at both ends. Jon Cole would have the chance to show of his excellent netminding for Mom and Dad (in town from Nevada) as he turned aside several good chances that the Red would throw his way in the first. The Gold kept it together though and once Roman and Daley made it to the bench things on offense started to percolate.

Jim Sullivan would take a nice rush into the red zone as time wound down in the first. He would hit streaking Matt Elliot (not naked) on the opposite post and Matty would wrist it home for the 1-0 lead literally as time expired. A daggah for sure. A side note here as Matty has certainly found the offense lately notching his 2nd goal and 4th point in the early going.

The second would see the games only penalty as Mike Campbell would go for a trip after taking a guy out deep in our own end. No blood on the pk and things would continue to play pretty even as the period went. Mike Daley would get a true, all alone, nobody even close breakaway that he would take right to the Red netminder. Mike had time to make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (trimmed crusts) and wait out the goalie before anyone caught up, but his wrist shot sailed just wide of the keeper and the right post.

Not long after the Gold would give up a breakaway of their own that the Red would finish nicely to tie the game. Jon really had no shot on that one as the Red was in clean after beating the pinching Gold D men (Bauer and Fosdick). The second would end 1-1 and it was clear it would be a grind to the end.

The third was a grind but good things started to happen for Gold just a few minutes in. George Moorachian would pick up a broken play in the neutral zone, and would rush up ice and bury a shot for the lead unassisted. This seemed to take a little wind out of the Tigers sails and the Gold did a good job of continuing to take the play to them.
Sully would strike next on another nice feed from Nelson (always working hard) and the Cadavers were up 3-1 about halfway through the period.

Mike Daley would get the next one, (from Jeff) in the left faceoff circle and the Gold were playing with a very nice 4-1 lead for most of the rest of the game. The shot went off of Greggy's leg so he will also be awarded an "in the line of duty" assist. The Tigers would make a nice final push but only in the last minute and a half. They would finally land another one after a bunch of hard work in front of Jon Cole and the score was 4-2. That's how this one would end though as the Gold would take the puck away with about 20 seconds left and wouldn't give it back.
Everyone was off to their cars to catch the Cup action right afterward and there was a rare lack of 4th period activity.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Tireless Mike Daley. A helper and a bunch of ground covered all night. Another great effort

2nd Star: Jon Cole. A bunch of very nice stops and his usual quality play.

1st Star: Jim Sullivan. A goal and an assist on a night when he was clearly struggling at times. Good work sticking with it Sully.

Honorable Mention: Milan Lucic for clobbering that fuckbag Burrows in the Third. The only way that exchange could have been better were if Looch put his fingers UP Burrows nose... like to his wrist.

The Coon of Shame: is awarded to another Canuck fuckbag, Arron Rome for his hit on Nathan Horton. True douchbaggery deserves the Coon weather you play with us or not. Lets hope Horty has not lingering effects from this nasty elbow.

Zombies continue to roll against El Tigre

Cadavers(3) vs Tigers
Sunday May 22
Canton 7:10pm

3-1 win

The Cadavers faced the Tigers for the second time in the early summer season and came away with a hard working, well played win against our frequent foe. The clubs were evenly matched on the ice and bench at 10 each and the play was close, as we’ve seen so many times before. Even a few fans in the stands for each squad with the early game time which was nice.
Here is your Dead in Gold roster.
Jacob “The Puck Stops Here” Marks in Net
D1: Bauer and George
D2: Parker and Jeff
O1: Roman, Matvey and Scott
O2: Baker, Elliot and Gregson

The teams would get a quick feel for each other, and while the pace was not exactly “break neck” it was good for us and there were a few chances at both ends. Jacob played his usual very solid game in the pipes and Roman and Baker were able to move things around on offense a bit. The Gold would have the advantage in chances but the game would stay scoreless until well halfway through the first.

The Tigers would hit a long home run pass to a forward sneaking up through center and he would be sprung, a completely clear, no one even close break away that he did a nice job finishing for the 1-0 lead. Jacob was the only Zombie within 50-60 feet of the puck.

The Golden Corpses didn’t let it take the edge off though and it wasn’t long after when they would strike back. The play would be held in the zone and sent back in by Eric Bauer, who had a nice game at the left point opposite George. Matt Elliot would take if from Eric then send it over to uncovered Steve Baker who would rip a slapper from about 15 feet that met the twine and tied the game. End of one, 1-1.

The second would see a lot more close action. Both keepers would make some good stops and the offenses would come up empty on both sides. Bauer would go for a take down right in front of the Gold bench but no scoring on the penalty. End of two, still 1-1.

The 3^rd would see the Gold pull ahead in chances and in the score not long into the period. The Tigers would take a too many men on the ice penalty, something we were in danger of a few times and the Gold would make the most of the advantage. Bauer would send a nice low slapshot into the net off a Roman faceoff win (not very clean… but a win) and the GoldenZombies were up 2-1.

It seemed like a long period as Red would ratchet it up to try and get back to even in the game. Jacob would stand tall suffing out everything that came close. Scott Pounds would just miss an offensive chance on a beauty of a feed from Roman, and things would get tighter and tighter into the final minutes.

Jeff would take a turnover high in our own end and would spring Matt Elliot with a pass that send him in alone on the right side. Matty would rip a wrist shot that would find paydirt and the game was iced 3-1.
Red would get a couple more rushes and chances but nothing dangerous and that’s how the game would end. A nice job from all the Zombies.

Game Stars:

3^rdStar: Jacob Marks. Continuing to show great stuff in the pipes.

2^ndStar: Eric Bauer. Goal and an assist and a penalty. All over the score sheet and a decent game even though I'll bet he still doesn't think he should have been called for the take-down.

1^stStar: Matt Elliot who also had a goal and an assist. A solid night all the way around for Matty who has played great in the early going this season. His goal late in the third to put the game away was a thing of beauty. Nice work Matt.

Season Opener! Treachery! Victory!

Cadavers (1) vs Tigers
Monday May 9
Quincy 8:10pm

5-1 Win


Team Zombie started another summer season last night on a positive note, even despite minor treachery, against old friends El Tigre in Quincy. The Cadavers would seem to overcome speed, age and even a traitor to come up with a hard work, veteran win.

The bench ended up on the shorter side thanks to the start time move from 10:20 to 8:10, which made trouble for some of the Cads getting there. At game time there were still a full 10 Cadavers in the locker room and as per usual we would wear our Gold against the Tigers who wear Red.

Here is your Dead in Gold Roster
Jon Cole in Net
Defense: Daley, Elliot, Jeff, and Roman*
Offense: Larry, Nelson, and Greggy
Sully, Dr.Pounds, and Matvey

Now, despite having 10 in the room the Cads would play the whole game with only 3 D due to an equipment and heart issue Roman had during pregame. Equipment because apparently the rushing Russian left his gloves at home and seemed perplexed as to what to do. Heart because he was playing another game that night with the Sitniks and was clearly conflicted. So, knowing we only had 10, he decided NOT to switch gloves with his D pairing and left the buildin.

That’s right friends, left us a man down with 9 and went to fetch his mits for his Sitniks game. I’ll let you all insert your own adjective to describe this behavior here: ________

So, here we are, the puck hasn’t even dropped on the summer and Management is dishing out the COON OF SHAME.

Roman gets the Coon. Only because it did leave us in a rather thin spot with 3 D on a night when we did not have many D regulars. Now, in all fairness he has a role with the Sitniks and has to be loyal there too, so the move is understandable, but… he could have stayed a little while…

So this meant Mike Daley, Matt Elliot and Jeff would do the 3 man rotation on defense. Let me tell you, the early returns on Elliott, who is not a blue line regular, were great. In fact those returns stayed strong all night long as Matt would do a great job breaking up plays and making them all night. He saw lots of ice and worked great with his D partners all night. Major Kudos there right off.

The game would take form pretty early on as good match up for the Gold. The Tigers had added a body or two, one which was a plus player, the others just average. Game pace would be less than lightning fast even in the early going. This is good as the Gold did not have very much in the way of team speed. Daley and Larry really were the only ones able to make space with their legs on a regular basis. They both played great games covering a lot of ice.

The game would remain scoreless until well into the first. No small part of that was the play of Jon Cole in net. He turned away multiple chances in the early going that helped keep the Gold in it.

A the 6 minute mark the Cats would get some good pressure and while the Gold chased would get a strong shot and bounce and would plop it in for a 1-0 lead. Despite being down the Golden Zombies would play hard to the end of the period and would keep working for chances. End of 1, 1-0 Red.

The second would see fruits of those labors pay off as things started to bounce the Zombies way. The period opened with a power play from a call just seconds before the buzzer. No blood on the PP but the Gold was gaining momentum.

Larry, Nelson, and Greggy would get some nice chances through some hard work cycling in the Red end. Daley would find Nelson who was in a crowd in the high slot. He would fire it hard on the ice despite his cover and the puck would slide righ in 5 hole under the screened keeper. Good stuff and a big smile from Nelson. 1-1.

The Red weren’t done. Next up Dr. Pounds would bury a doorstep rebound from Larry and the Cads in Gold were up 2-1. Great work by Scott to put it away.

Mike Daley was really playing a solid game, controlling the pace whenever he was on the ice. He would take a feed from Jeff and then dash up ice and finish a nice shot and the Gold were suddenly up 3-1 about halfway through the game.

Play tightened up a bit at that point as Red was bearing down but they got no significant leverage as Jon Cole played lights out. At this point in the game he had already made several highlight stops and was looking very strong. Anytime the Red got through he would shut them down. This was highlighted by a Red breakaway later in the second that Jon slid across nicely and totally smothered as the guy tried to lift it.

The Red would take another penalty, and the Gold would fumble through it. Then the Zeebs would send Daley to the box for a hold late, this despite the fact that Mike was mugged by the guy as they skated litterally halfway down the ice. No blood on that one either, in fact the kill was a nice boost. The Second would end 3-1.

The Third was a grind. Flat out, as we knew it would be. The Red kept coming. Jon kept making good saves but the Gold would continue to work in offensive chances.

Nelson would find paydirt on a nice self generated chance and the Gold would be up 4-1 after several minutes had gone by in the period. I wish I could tell you when but Maria won’t write the times on the sheet…

Shortly after the 4^th goal the Red would get a nice chance and a goal line side shot would go off of Jon’s pad an cross the line. The Zeebs couldn’t see it, and Jon kept moving and swept it just out over the line and the Zeeb called it no goal as Jeff stood shaking his head but not saying anything. The shocker was that the Tiger next to Jeff, who saw the play didn't have a total meltdown. We got one there for sure, but its happened the other way around plenty of times so it all evens out with the Hockey Gods.

Red would keep after it but just couldn’t get over the hump. As the game wound down to the 5 minute mark Elliot would work the puck up to Larry in center ice. Larry would tip it over to Jeff who was coming up with the play. Jeff would push up ice past the D to the outside and then unleashed a nice low slapper from inside the circle into the far corner past the keeper. That one would put a capper on the night. 5-1 win… and a very nice start to the summer.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: Nelson Sharfman. A pair of cagey veteran goals to lead the team the way he always does. Smart play and nothing but grit and effort. Nice game Nelson

2^nd Star: Jon Cole. Dude was awesome. Kept the Zombies in the game. This one could have looked very different at lots of points. Great work Jon.

1^st Star: A goal and and assist for Mike Daley but those numbers lie. Mike was all over the place, logging tremendous ice time and keeping the play under control whenever he touched the puck. Mike made plays on D and created offense all night. Nice game Mike.

Honorable Mention1: Greggy for the Daveur hat trick. Pucks, Water, and Beer. Thanks man.

Honorable Mention 2: Matt Elliot. A lot of ice time and great work on D all night long. Its not easy to step in on D, let alone in a 3 man rotation and perform. Matt did very well. Thanks man.

Honorable Mention 3:Everyone who remembered to bring their gloves.

Coon of Shame: Roman. Traitorous swine. (We love you Roman… and management understands… but really I couldn’t wait to rid myself of the Coon and you gave me the perfect chance)

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.

Suds Beat Cats in OT!

Schlitz (3) vs Tigers (6)

Blue Jackets Division Playoffs

Monday September 13th

HinghamC 1030pm

4-3 OT WIN!

The Schlitz took to the ice for their first Playoff game of the Summer season on Monday night against old friends El Tigre and turned in a strong effort, and exciting performance for a big win. This was Larry's Suds squad from waaaay back at the end of the season and the team took the ice with a fair amount of optimism, despite the dreadful clang that the Cads made as they lost their one and out playoff game a week ago.

Here's what the crew looked like at game time.

Lizzy in Net.

D1: DWH and Bauer

D2: Campbell and Jeff

O1: Baker, Mitch and AK

O2: Nelson, Jasse and Larry

O3: Gregson, Daley, and Roman.

A good looking line up to face old rival the Tigers who looked to have 9 or 10 on this night, some decent talent but no ringers and definitely down a few of their better stars. One noticeable absence was their captain, the guy that wears number 8 and has a set of stylish cooperalls. He's a great player and thankfully was nowhere to be seen on Monday night.

The game got going and it was clear from early on that the Gold could have their way with things if they played hard and kept after the feisty Red shirts.

Unfortunately Team Kitty would strike first. This after Mike and Jeff discussed the "man to watch" (number 3) and Jeff professed that he "had 'im" only to lose track of him, right in front of the net where he took a pass and buried a shot from 5 feet. Tigers 1-0 after just 2 minutes.

The Gold was bringing it though and the crew played very well all the way around. Despite some Zebra trouble early for Dr. Campbell (2 penalties in the first) we were able to generate some decent offense. Eric Bauer actually went first for checking not long after the Tiger goal. No bloods on the penalty and in fact the Gold did a good job keeping the play in the Red end despite being a man down. Campbell then went 6 minutes later for his first and this time the penalty kill would be so good it came out +1. And by that I mean Dan "with hands" Herbert would collapse a nice play and take a pass from Mike Daley and put it home to tie the game with about 7 minutes to go in the first.
Campbell would take his second on practically his next shift and he would clearly have to be careful for the rest of the night if he wanted to stick around. Again the PK came up strong and got several good chances on Team Tigre. The first would end tied 1-1.

The second would see lots of good things from the Gold. The forwards were cycling, gathering handfulls of scoring chances. The Tiger keeper deserves some props for standing tall. He wasn't spectacular but he was solid and kept the game tied.
Unfortunately about five minutes into the second Red would get a nice breakaway chance when the Gold D had pinched and scored to take back the lead 2-1. The rest of the period would play out with the only exception of Red taking a penalty about 8 minutes in. No blood on the power play and again the PK held the advantage 1-0 over the PP. ... if you take my meaning...
But despite the good things happening all over the ice the Gold had not much to show on the scoreboard. Daley and Roman showed some nice moves while working together. DWH was a force all night controlling the play and getting chances offensively. All the forwards were changing quick and getting good pressure. Despite all this the second would end with the Suds down 2-1.

The third would certainly start in the right way for Team Beercan and the hard work of the Larry, Nelson Jasse line would start to pay off. Three minutes into the third Campbell would send a shot in and Jasse would feed the rebound to Nelson who would bury it to tie the game 2-2. The Gold felt like they were in business. Unfortunately the good feeling, and time in the Red end didn't translate into goals. The game was getting late. Under 10, under 5 minutes left and still tied 2-2. Then a breakdown hurt the gold. Again giving up a rush the Tigers would break fast and score a nice goal on a hard shot with just over 2 minutes left in the game.
The Gold was down but there was no head hanging. Just hard skating and effort.
With 33 seconds Gold took "time" and Lizzy went to the bench. The cans would put this group on the ice. Daley, AK, Roman and Baker with Campbell and Jeff.
The following faceoff resulted in the puck in the neutral zone but the gold took it into the zone with less than 15 seconds left. Here's where things get crazy.
Baker would send the puck low from the left side. AK would send a shot that ended up with Mike Daley behind the net. Less than 5 seconds now. Magic Mike Daley would walk out to the crease get one shot off that hit the side and came back, another shot off the pads and back, the third time he deposited the puck in the twine. When the D looked up the clock said 1.3 seconds. Tie game and now that meant OVERTIME.
Hard to remember the last time we had and OT game for the playoffs... but maybe the blogger is just fuzzy. Anyway... after Jeff explained to the Zeebs that it was a playoff game... off we went.
Now. We couldn't just have Overtime. Our old sour pussed friend, Zeebra number 2 would make sure to give us a little twist. He would call Mike Daley (of all people) for a hold just 50 seconds into the overtime period. Luckily this was just the boost that the Gold was looking for. The PK had played great earlier and now late was no different. They would get good chances all the way along and the penalty had just ended when this was the setup on the ice.
DWH and Bauer at the points. Jasse, Nelson and Larry up front. The play kept in the Red end DWH was pressing the play into the zone, so much so, in fact that the bench was yelling for someone to cover the point. Larry would get a nice shot off and the rebound would come right to Dr. Jasse. The good Doc would line up the slapper and would connect. Only trouble was it would be slow wobbler that would end up out front. Not his intention but it all ended well when DWH would scoop it up and wrist it home for the W. I. N..
The Schlitz poured off the bench to congratulate the guys on the ice. Lots of smiles and pats on the back and a good feeling to end the night with.

Game Stars
3rd Star: 2 helpers for the Good Doctor Jasse. Dr. Jasse with only 3 games played this summer is sporting a sick 5 assists on his scoring total. Nice work in short time Doc. Attaboy.

2nd Star: Magic Mike Daley. The man with the knack for scoring timely goals. That's a couple at least the Blogger can recall this season, the first being a game winner in the closing seconds against the Leafs. Great work all night by the rangey center... and once again... terrific goal with 1.3 seconds to send the game to OT. Incredible it only gets him the 2nd star... because...

1st Star: Dan with bleepin Hands Herbert baby. Long tall and dangerous was on the prowl all night making plays and scoring MASSIVE goals. Nice work.

Honorable Mention1: Lizzy played great making big stops when needed in the third.

Honorable Mention2: AK for playing great all night making things happen and also not losing the show when hauled down with no call right in front of the Gold bench in the third. Good work.

Talk about a good feeling. Nice cold adult beverages were served in the post game parking lot courtesy of Campbell and the Dans, and a very pleasant postgame ensued. Nothing major for a Monday night but it was a big win and there was lots to discuss.

Pictured here would be the Campbell Declared Last Limey of Summah. Sad to see it go...

Playoff Madness Zombies vs Tigers

Cadavers vs Tigers

Monday April 19

Canton 8:10pm

3-0 Win!!

The blogger was on the road as the playoffs rolled on and Team Zombie continued its run, now playing in the "losers" bracket of the Islander Division Playoffs. That meant a match with El Tigre who was also one loss from elimination, on Monday night.

The Blogger being lost somewhere in the swamps and roller

coasters of Florida, we turn to a terrific guest blog appearance by Dr. Mike Jasse. Here is the good Doctor with a nice rundown on how the night went:

Larry centering Jasse & Chris Fozdick
Goody centering Roman & AK
Hammit centering Dr. Pounds and Elliott
Valenti & George
DWH & Daley
Jim Stonewall Sullivan ‘twixt the pipes
As you can see from the lineup, a formidable and confident bunch showed up for this win or go home playoff tilt against old rivals, El Tigre.
From the drop of the puck, Larry’s line set the tone and swarmed the offensive zone with a relentless attack. Chris, Larry & Jasse buzzed about the net with countless opportunities all game. Goody’s line would continue the torrid pace, cycling and creating shots throughout the night. Hammit’s group would do much of the same; the Dead in Gold were mounting continuous attacks. Due to the offensive onslaught and stellar D, Sully was not particularly busy but when he was called on he came up HUGE. A couple of saves would have made it into Sports Center’s Top Ten compilation, but one glove save off a zinger of a wrist shot may have prolonged our season.
Despite our, dare I say, moments of dominance, it was zip zip through 2. The boys on the bench sensed our 13 bodies were starting to wear down their 11 and a concerted effort for short, sharp shifts was talked about in the 2nd intermission. Reminders of ‘this is the season’ and ‘no OT’ were part of the banter on the bench.
Our effort finally paid off after a seemingly endless scrum in front of their net resulted in the puck loosening itself from the pile and Johnny on the spot, Goody jammed it home. One nill for the old in gold.
The Tigers, who had a couple of really good players on their squad, started to play with more desperation and started taking it to us a little bit. Our solid D held firm and when called upon, Sully bricked up the net. During a frenzied attack in our D zone, Roman went down and got clobbered in the melon by an opponent’s knee. Play was thankfully stopped and our dazed Russian compadre was asked by the ref what his name was and I’m pretty sure the slurry reply was,
“Tuesday.”
It should be noted at this point in the game there was only one infraction called (on the Tigers) and we managed to control our emotions and focus on playing clean, hard hockey. I say that because as the time started to tick away and the pressure started to mount, the guy who is out of the running for the Lady Byng trophy on game 1, Mike Hammit found himself with the puck in the slot (thanks to an aggressive fore-check by Elliott) and let go a bullet of a wrist-shot. ‘Ping’, off the post and in. This scribe has often said that Hammit has one of the better wrist-shots in the league but it’s hard to score from either the box or the post-ejection locker room. Mikey had a very solid game, was all over the ice, stayed within himself and put the game away with a beautiful shot.
Speedy AK would seal it with an ENG.
A sparse but enjoyable showing in the 4th with adult beverages provided by Chris Foz and Jasse.
3rd star-Mike Hammit
2nd Star- Sully
1st star-GWG, Goody

Brilliant. A nice round of applause for Dr. Jasse and all the members of Team Zombie who have staved off elimination once more. Looks like that win bought the boys another game... the next night.

Suds Vs Tigers in Milton

Schlitz (22) vs Tigers

Monday March 8th

Milton Academy 8:10pm

1-0 loss

Alright. Here we have a Guestblog courtesy of BrotherBlogger Chris Fosdick. Here's Chris' take on what went down Monday night:

"Good skate, tough loss: 1-0.
We had 3 D, Valenti, George, Mark R.

2 forward lines: Larry, Nelson, Chris & Steve, Scott, Matt.

We were taking it to them for the 1st and 2nd periods with no luck. Their goalie is pretty good, and we had some very frustratingly close chances, but to no avail. Near the end of the 2nd they made an adjustment and took their two best forwards and put them on D against the Larry line. This created more of a problem and made it a closer game. It was a fast game, lots of rushing up and down the ice. We started to loose our legs as the game wore on (me mostly).

Brian played really well keeping us in there, and shutting down one clean breakaway. Near the end of the game we rallied and were taking it to them again, led by great hustle from Larry and his line. However, with less (or about) 2 mins. to go they had a chance on Brian, and while everyone was covered, the puck trickled in after Brian had made the first save. (From the bench it looked as if the puck actually bounced off the back of Brian's pad or leg.)

The game closed out with us on the wrong end. It was a great hard skate though, and about as good as D-level hockey gets. -- Chris

Ok. Not the result we are looking for, but sounds like a good skate and a competitive night at the rink. Thanks Chris.

Now we have a few words from our own favorite cagey vet Nelson Sharfman:

"We lost 1-0.
I was gross. I failed to score on three separate golden opportunities, and had another handful of shots beyond that in which I failed to convert. The team played a strong game. Brian was epic in net. I was lame. When is the next game? -- Nelson"

Thanks Nelson. Better luck next time.

Stay tuned for details on Sunday night's Season ending Daveur!

Cads vs Tigers Monday 1/25

Cadavers (16) vs Tigers
Monday January 25

Milton Acad 9:10

4-1 Win!

Its a familiar story and it comes around again this week. A Monday night matchup with El Tigre over at the Milton Academy rink. An unusually warm night for January and a nice result on the ice from the hard working Zombies in Yellow against a classic division rival.
As per usual we have a couple of guest blog entries to tell you all about the game. Here's Mike Campbell with a nice recap to lead us off:

"Big win for the Dead Beercans… We were gold, since the pussycats wear red, too.
D: Reynolds & me; DWH and Michigan Mike
O: I have no idea how they paired, but the following were in attendance: Nelson, Steve, Pete, AK, Big Dan, Blake, Scott, and Chuck.

Highlights – Well executed game all around; they didn’t have all of their talent, but they had a good chunk of it. Lizzy played very well in net, giving up only one goal, late in the game. I think we had four goals all in – I had one, although It ricocheted off AK’s foot; Nelson rolled one up the goalie’s arm, and it went it. DWH sent a looping saucer from the point, and maybe Steve had the last one.

Overall, good passing, pretty good break-outs, (although we sucked at that at times) and pretty good play in the defensive end. Disciplined play, except for Reynolds who had a bad day in the office, and went out with three penalties – the last one timed perfectly at 1:30 left in the third, and they just let him serve it. (I’m floating the “Mark Reynolds Award” idea… What say you?

Their goalie was great, but gave up enough for us to walk away with the win. I think win makes the Schlidaveur enterprise 4-0-2 since the holiday break. Good 2010 so far.

And the MAPD left us alone long enough to throw back a 12 pack in the parking lot on a balmy Milton evening. ~ Mike"

Thank you Dr. Campbell... good news all around. Thanks for the words this week. Next up we have another contribution... this time from the Cagey Vet himself... Nelson Sharfman.

Here's Nelson: 4-1 win

Goals by Angry Ken (assist by Campbell, shot from the point and tip in); Dan with hands (shot from the point, assist unknown); Mark Reynolds (assist by Nelson); Nelson (assist by Steve)

Strong team effort across the board on this one. Good win, good game. We had more skaters than they did AND WE ACTUALLY WORE THEM DOWN. This is the first time I have ever seen our team use the extra skaters to our advantage. Rumor is that Tigre was missing a good player or two. Whatever. The line of Neil, AK, and Big Dan was a joy to watch. Plenty of hustle and they generated several chances. Strong game by Lizzie in net. Both defense pairs were strong. Excellent overall team defense. Shots were minimized. Lots of back checking.

Mark collected three penalties in the game, but the last was with less than 1:30 left in the game so the ref let him watch the rest of the game from the box.-- Nelson"

And now to wrap things up lets hear from Neil Shah who has a very nice summary of his own to share with us.

Here's Neil: " We won 4-1 on the back of a solid all-around effort. We started out the game strong with 2 quick goals. First goal came from some nice team work and puck possession in their end. I had the puck on the right side boards and skated it down into the corner. When the defensemen collapsed on me, I swung it around the net to a wide-open Gregson, who made a great pass to Campbell for a shot from the point. AK did a great job getting in position in front and deflected Campbell's well-placed low shot for a 1-0 lead. Second goal also came from a shot from the point. I had the puck on the right wing boards and dumped it off to Dan with Hands. He unleashed a great wrist shot that beat the goalie over the shoulder.

Third goal came from a highlight reel play from Mark Reynolds. He took a nice pass from Nelson and fired a shot that glanced off the goalie's shoulder and popped up in the air. Somehow, despite having a defender draped over him, he managed to bat it out of mid-air and into the goal for a 3-0 lead. In the third period, they scored a goal from the point to make it 3-1, but we iced it with a late goal from Nelson off a great pass from Steve (I think).

Solid win overall. We were helped by the fact that they only had 6 guys for the first 10 minutes of the game, but we still kept their offense in check when they had 2 full lines. Great job by Lizzie and our four defenseman- Daley, Campbell, Mark R., and Dan with Hands. "

EXCELLENT! Great work by all... on the ice and with the Guest Blogs. Nice to see that we have collectively seemed to found our way back to the winning side over the last month or so. Good news indeed. Thanks again everyone.
See you Wednesday for a 10:10 Game Suds vs Predators.