Zombies vs Windsuckers Early game

CADAVERS (6) vs WINDSUCKERS

Mon, November 9th

UMASS 7:00

3-1 Win!

This was game one for what will hopefully be our last double header night... and really hopefully the last we see of U Malcatraz....

The early game saw the flying Zombies taking on the Windsuckers, a group we haven't played in a while. They had some players with skill, but not a ton and the game was a good, hard fought, hard skating affair that bordered on getting a bit out of hand at times with the chippyness but ultimately resulted in a very nice win for Team Zombie.
The roster looked like this.
Matt CEO/BMF Kilroy in the Net
D1: Campbell, Valenti

D2: DWH, Jeff
O1: Nelson, Larry, Reynolds
O2: Jasse, Capraro, and Baker
O3: Elliot, Gregson, and Matvey

The game was chippy pretty much from the start. There was no question the 'Suckas were going to show plenty of "give and take" during the game. They also had no problem squawking about just about everything. Finally we play a team that mouths off to the Zeebs... though somehow when looking at the score sheet it doesn't seem that they had any more penalties that we did.
The teams settled in and went right after each other. It wasn't long before that wicked first line of Larry, Nelson and Mark Reynolds would make something happen.
Mark held the puck and fed Nelson who was working his way down low by the net. Nelson takes the puck, the defenseman hangs on him like a cheap suit, to which the Cagey Vet literally tosses him off and into the boards then fires a pass to Larry who buries the shot for the first goal. Check me on that... the scoresheet says Nelson scored it but I do remember the move on the back boards and the feed pass...
Again the chippyness shows and gets ratcheted up. Jeff tangled with #4 from the 'Suckas and took a holding call as a result. The Red killed the penalty very nicely and shortly after they had another chance.
This time Jeff made a rush into the offensive end, then fed Larry who again was hanging out in the high slot. Larry's shot was solid but deflected, all to the better as it found the twine over the keeper's right shoulder. 2-0 Red. Capraro would go for a roughing before the end of the first.
The second period was a whole lot of back and forth. Matty made some great stops, on two, count 'em breakaway chances. The Red would take a pair of penalties Larry for a hook and Valenti for a rough. Valenti's might have been a match but I can't recall.
The Third would again see more of the same. Bitching from the White, chippy play all over the place, great stops by Matty, and good chances from the Red. About halfway into the period Dr. Jasse would take a feed from Mike Campbell who had made a very nice rush up ice, and Jasse roofed the shot for the 3-0 lead. This was great because the good Doctor's wife and daughter, the lovely Beth and Madison were in the house to watch the game. I dont think they actually saw the goal... but they knew it happened and it was nice to have a couple of fans... even if they were mostly reading Madison's favorite chunky books.
Campbell would go for an interference call... a situation where both he and the 'sucka he bumped were looking at something else and they ended up in a pile. Of course the Zeebra still felt the need to put Mike in the box... I guess just 'cause he was so much bigger than the other guy. I'm telling you... nobody gets more minutes because of his size than Campbell...
The game would go into the final five minutes with the White desperate to score to break up the shutout. Unfortunately they were able to finally break through with just under 3 minutes to play.
That would leave just the straggling minutes of frustration for the 'suckas. The scumbag that had tangled with Pete, Jeff, Matt Elliot, and had slashed Matt during the game decided it was time for one good cheep shot before the end. He took the opportunity to hit Jeff from behind against the boards in a blatant DOUCHEBAG move. Of course the pussy skated away so by the time Jeff was on his feet the guy was almost back to his bench and being escorted to the box. A true pussy move from #4, Mr. No face mask... the scoresheet says his name is Boyajriar... whatever... we know what he is. A coward. Keep you head up for the next time we play scumbag. Ok thats enough of that... the blogger is still smarting this morning.
Game Stars
3rd Star: Matty Kilroy. Another in a series of great games from the star CEO keeper this season.
2nd Star: Mike "Dr." Jasse for the third goal... and for bringing fans.
1st Star: Larry "Twins" Bell. A pair of goals for the double vision daddy.

So during a stop-over on the way home at the Dr. Jasse residence...
From Mrs. Jasse who watched the game with... limited interest: "Was that the gay team you played?" Yes Beth... judging by the amount of bitching from them... yes it was.

Another Double Header Monday at U-Ass

Come on and join the fun at the Prison by the Bay tonight.

Hopefully, thanks to Schlidaveur management pressure, this will be our last night of doubling up. It looks like we've got a good group of players for both games.

Lets have a good night, and to be SURE lets get over on those Sitniks... especially that Roman guy that plays defense...
Twilight game
CADAVERS (6) vs WINDSUCKERS
Mon, November 9th
UMASS 7:00 PM

Nightcap
SCHLITZ (7) vs SITNIKS
Mon, November 9th
UMASS 8:10 PM

Zombies win Superfun Saturdaveur!

Cadavers (5) vs Schlitz(6)
Saturday November 7th
Canton 7:40 pm


Zombies 3
Beercans 2

A great night at the rink for a Saturday night Schlitdaveur in Canton. Decent but not terrific turn out, but enough for two pretty evenly stocked teams. Managment had put out the call for guest general manager's but not a single 'daveur "rose to the bait". Oh well. That left managment with a couple teams to pick in a short time on Friday afternoon. The teams were selected hastily and the groups showed up for fun on Saturday night in the early evening for a classic 'daveur showdown.
Here's how the rosters broke down.
Schlitz
Mickey (fill in goalie from Lizzy) in net
Chris Foz, Mark Reynolds and a fill in guy from the Terriers on D
Hammit, iJosh, AK and Scott, Nelson and Capraro on Offense for the Gold.

Cadavers
Jeff Foz, George, and Steve Baker on D
Jasse, Daley, and Daley's brother in law Mike, and Roman, Chuck and Gregson on Offense for the Dead in Red.

A few roster and pre-game notes before we get started. Firstly Kudos to Lizzy for finding her own replacement, that's the type of initiative we like here at Schlidaveur International, and Mickey did a nice job filling in. Thanks to him for showing.
The teams were far from "stacked" with players so there was some last minute jockeying for guys. Hammitt and Nelson would show late for the Gold and due to a few dropouts they recruited the guy from the Terriers that had played the game before. Sorry I didn't catch his name. This might not have been necessary if they hadn't shooed Roman out of the room a few minutes before.
Roman was originally scheduled to play with the Gold but when he walked into their room some of the Gold told him he was supposed to be with Red. He told the Matvey couldnt make it (he was supposed to skate with Red) they basically said to go play with the Cads. Jeff would make a quick trip to the Gold room to verify that they were giving up Roman and gladly took the Russian and told him he was expected to score some goals against the guys that didn't want him.
This of course meant that Jeff would then have to talk Steve Baker into playing D with he and George. Steve wasn't happy about it, but after hearing Jeff out for a few minutes rose to the task and played great all night as part of the Red D troika.

So, due to the late arrivals the Gold were truly shorthanded (no subs or 1 sub) for something like the first 8 to 10 minutes of the game. The Red who would start with thier full complement of 9 would take advantage.
Not 10 to 15 seconds into the game Mike Daley would make a beauty of a rush that would finish with a brilliant flourish and wrist shot that would give the Red the early game lead 1-0. The Zombies were wise to press the issue in the early going as the Gold was still thin benched. A few minutes later the 2nd Goal would be scored by Dan Gregson from Jeff around boards behind to Greggy who landed it from the doorstep. 2-0 Red about halfway through the period.

Its interesting to note that at some time shortly after that second goal Nelson showed up and the Gold had enough bodies to get some rest and the game settled down quite a bit.

The game was pretty competitive and it wasn't long before George and Hammitt were tangled in a short lived mutual "slash-a- thon" that sent them both to the box for cooling off. The sides would skate 5-5 with the matching call.

The Gold would show they were not going to just hang in the game when Mark Reynolds took the puck and started a hard rush out of his zone. By the time he was done he'd passed everyone on the ice and deposited the puck behind Kilroy and brought the game under control to make it 2-1. Thats how the first would end.

The Second was the typical grind as the two teams would go at each other up and down the ice. Hammitt would make another trip to the box after a brief tangle with Dr. Jasse. The two exchanged "veiws" and then as Hammitt got the last shove Jasse went down like a sack of potatoes and drew the call. Jasse had no problem admitting he dove like a soccer player and the result paid off with a power play for the Red.

No blood on the power play and really the momentum continued to swing in the Gold's direction as they got a few more chances on Kilroy. At the end one rush Capraro ended up on his back at Matt and Jeffs feet right on the side of the net. Jeff took the opportunity to talk smack to Pete and rub it in a bit. Capraro would then proceed to outwork the Red D along with linemate AK and would shut up Jeff after he poked a rebound/pass from AK into the net past a sprawling Kilroy to tie the game. AK and Peter were both tearing it up all night and got their well deserved points on that play. Jeff apologised to Matt for leaving Pete open... and talking smack.

So thats how we went into the third period 2-2 and a very tight game developing into a dandy.
About midway through the third the game would take another critical turn. Hold the play in the Gold end Jeff would send a long shot toward the net. Roman, the unwanted Russian was there in position and jumped on the rebound/deflection and slammed the puck home for the go ahead goal. That's right friends, the man that the Gold sent away was there collecting the glory for the other side as his team went up with diwindiling minutes in the game.

The Gold was far from done. Nelson had a wicked breakaway shot that was labled and Kilroy came up with the save of the night on that one. Reynolds would also have opportunities but the Gold would be unable to put it all together even after pulling the keeper for the extra man. The Red would have one penalty with about 5 minutes left when Roman would go for a fishy trip call, but the Red would survive the power play and the game ended 3-2 in favor of the Dead in Red.

Good game and a fun night at the rink.

Game Stars

3rd Star: The blogger humbly nominates Jeff Fosdick who wheezed his way to a pair of assists for the Zombies and managed to not give the game away in his own end.

2nd Star: Matty Kilroy for not only a terrific night in the pipes but another phenominal attack of the 6 foot sub during the fourth period. Matty continues to shine in the net and his post game reputation only continues to be legendary. Thanks man.

1st Star: Is there any question? The man in question. The man with the game winning goal for the team who's roster he wasn't even on at the begining of the night Roman Kurin. Our Russian friend was not only able to survive the night of listening to Jeff yell at him from the bench but was also able to exact his cold siberian revenge on the crew that tossed him aside for... no one really. Great work Roman, a well deserved game star.

4th Period Honors to everyone who brought beer, Daley, Chris Fosdick, Chuck, Matt for the Sandwich, Gregson for bringing the sandwich, and anyone else I've missed out on. A cool but nice night for postgame.

It needs to be noted that the 6 foot sandwich continues to run UNDEFEATED against the combined Daveurs. There was talk that at this point the sandwich just laughs at us whenever we unwrap it. "Oh... bitches again. Ha. Call me when you get to 3 feet." We have yet to bring down a whole sandwich. Gregson took home about 2 and a half feet. Someday... someday we may get over on the sandwich... but it wasn't Saturday night.

Overheard in the parking lot... NSWF edition: "No really it will feel good.... like Pop Rocks in your p*ssy." This during a discussion of the spermicidal nature of... Diet Coke.

I'm not kidding.

Satur-Daveur Makes a Return

SCHLIDAVEUR!!!!

Saturday 11/7
7:40 Canton

All Hands on Deck for a Saturday Night Wing Ding Daveur!

Management is arraging a Guest GM pick'em for this afternoon so if we have set rosters by the end of the day we will post them here.


Hope to see everyone in Canton tomorrow night!

Bring some beer, bring some treats, bring some friends, but most of all... bring it on!

Suds beat Tigers!

Schlitz (5) vs Tigers

Monday November 2nd

9:30 Canton

4-1 win

A nice Monday night in Canton for a matchup with division rival El Tigre was on tap last night. By all reports it was a good game for the Suds and worked out pretty well. The Tigers had a short bench with only nine skaters to start with, then they would lose a player in the second period after his third penalty. #18 would check himself out and leave the Tigers with only 8.

According to netminder Matt Kilroy they were not able to get much or any sustained pressure in our end for most of the game.

The scoresheet says that Larry scored the first goal less than a minute into the game with a helper from Dr. Jasse. Before the end of the first period the Good Doctor would score one of his own, this one assisted by Steve Baker. This came with 2 minutes left in the first. The Tigers also had one goal in the first. 18 had his first penalty for them during that period.

So 2-1 into the Second. Marc Valenti would score unassisted just about 3 minute into the second to build the lead to 2. 18 for the Tigers woudl take penalties 2 and 3 and take the gate by the seven minute mark. 3-1 after 2.

The third period would see Goody take a call for a hit from behind, then Steve Baker would score at about the 1o minute mark to put the good guys up by 3. Credit Neil and Dr. Jasse (again) for the assists on that goal. The Tigers would take one more penalty but there was no further scoring on the night.

Great work everyone. Nice win.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Matt one goal Kilroy. The new Pappa returns to form.

2nd Star: Goal and an assist for Speedy Steve Baker.

1st Star: A three point night for the Doctor Michael Jasse. Jassman had a goal and two assists and a very good all around night. Nice work Doc!

Cads Pound Predators in Rematch

Cadavers (4) vs Predators

Monday October 26th

Canton 8:10pm

7-5 Win

Another in the long early season string of double header games this one stands apart for two reasons. First we are thankfully back at our usual winter "home" rink in Canton, and secondly we had enough players to (mostly) fill out two rosters without having the majority of the team skate two games. This was a big help.

Here is your early game, Team Zombie lineup.

Lizzy in Net.

Roman

Valenti

Goody

Elliot

Daley

Baker

KenMitch

Larry

Matvey

Gregson

Nelson

AK Douville

DWH

The blogger freely admits he did NOT play in this game and really didn't get too much of a chance to watch it. Any of you guys that played in it, please comment and give us a few words to let us know how this one went down.

It looked like a close game for a while, then the Zombies pulled way ahead, then the Preds came back in the third to make it close. Thankfully, given that the game was in Canton I have a beautifully filled out scoresheet that tells the story.

Mike Daley would lead off scoring just over 3 minutes into the game unassisted. If it was half as nice as his second goal, which I did see, then it was a beauty. Larry would land one from Gregson and Daley with 11 and a half to go in the first.

The Predators would answer a minute later to make it 2-1 Zombies. Kenny AK Douville would score from Roman and Goody at the 8 minute mark only to be answered by the Green with 2 minutes left in the first. The first period would end 3-2 Zombies.

The Second period was all... and I mean all Team Zombie. KenMitch Goldenberg would lead it off with a beauty of a shot from the slot, credit the assist to linemate Matt Elliot. Thats 2 goals in 2 weeks for Ken. Mike Daly would rip off a phenominal solo rush from the red line that would weave through half the team and end in a great goal, unassisted. AK would strike again from Larry and Goody, this one a nice low shot glove side. And not to be boxed out of the big period Roman Kurin would score with help from DWH at the point. All of these goals came before the 8 minute mark of the second. The Zombies would take a 7-2 lead to the third.

The game was pretty quiet the rest of the way. The Predators would take two penalties then all hell would break loose in the last five minutes. Must have been somekind of letdown but the Predators finished very strong, even in defeat as they score 3 goals over the last five minutes to turn a blowout into a pretty close game. This one would end 7-5.

No game stars for the moment....

Suds squashed by Blues in Nightcap

Schlitz (4) vs Blues

Monday October 26th

Canton 9:30

4-1 Loss

This game followed the 7-5 drubbing of the Predators by the Cadavers. There was no need for wholesale subs from the early game as there was a pretty good roster set for this one, but there was some pregame negotiation between the locker rooms. AK, he of two goals in the early game won out over the pair of Valenti and Bell for sub honors and he joined the following roster of Beercans.

Matt in Net

Scott

Campbell

Chris

Dr. Jasse

Jeff

Parker

Reynolds

Blake

Chuck

Hammitt

and Neil

A nice group backstopped by the CEOBMF and the game was off and running. This one was a typical Blues game in that it was close, competitive and felt pretty tight the whole way. There wasn't too much chippyness which was a nice change, and in all it was a good hard skate. Unfortunately thats about all it was for the Golden Beercans.

The Blues would open up scoring with a nice break by their young star with the red pants, number 8. The Gold would answer though only 2 minutes later when Hammitt would land a nice shot from Campbell and AK (there he is again). The game looked to be a long grind. The Blues would score again at the five minute mark of the first then they would land an absolute killer with seconds left in the period. It was a long shot that took an odd hop and beat Matt.

It was tough because now we were down by two and facing an uphill climb. With all truth the Gold kept after it, but just couldn't seem to get much going. The second played out nearly to a draw until the Blues would slip another kill shot goal in right in the closing seconds of the period.

That would make it 4-1 and the third looked even more uphill than it had before.

There was plenty of Beercan pride on display, but not even close to enough Beercan finish that could help the Gold climb back into the game. The third would pass quietly without even a penalty to mix it up. The game would end, with a bummer 4-1.

Hopefully this one will be the last of the doubleheader nights for a while... and hopefully the blogger can keep up with the team so he doesn't have to go back and try to remember the games from weeks ago.

Thanks for hanging in there constant reader, I appreciate it. I'll try to keep up.

Injury Update

Got this email from Greg James:

I HAD A HOWARD HEPPELMANN SIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’VE HEARD THAT IS EVEN MORE RARE THAN SASQUACH SIGHTINGS…
He looks good. Shook off the crutches (although I think he threw them aside when he saw me up ahead in the office cafeteria…). He’s wearing a straight brace and rehab starts next week. He’s remains confident that he’ll come out of retirement – for the second time -- in February. Sweet.
Howard may become the only Schlidaveur player to ever be awarded the prestigious “most improved player” award TWICE in 6 months…

Howard's Response:

"Greg, my conscious will not allow me to accept the “most improved player” award, at least not for round one. It’s sort of like starting a business and claiming “fastest growing company” because revenues grew from $1 to $1,000. The numbers just aren’t meaningful. However, I’ll throw my hat in for round 2. In the meantime, good luck guys!"

Good news Howard. Hope you heal fast and we look forward to having you back on the ice.

In other injury news the Schlidaveurs welcome back Chris Fosdick from his horrific broken arm last spring.

Chris stopped by Chez Blogger to pick up the remains of his old Beercan collection and we found a gem right on top.

Nice to have Chris back on the wing moving those big gangly limbs.

Time to catch up.... *EDITED*

Hey Team.

The Blogger apologises for not updating in so long... that damndable work thing just keeps getting in the way. I will have some game stories up later today or by tomorrow sometime to let you know how we are doing. We've had a tough stretch of double game nights that really makes it tough for our system to work its magic. Next week is no exception given that we will have two at Dedham on Monday night. More on that later.

Looking in the rearview mirror the news is good and bad.

I've added these posts so I've now linked them in here for your convenience...

Last monday we beat the Tigers farily handily with a good lineup.
Thursday night was a double at U-Ass that turned out to be just an awful night at the rink. A 2-1 loss to the CH Terriers which was a shame given that we played the entire game in their end... then followed by a simple drubbing 6-2 at the hands of the Scapegoats.

This week the news was a little better as we tied (should have won...) the Predators 3-3, again after spending most of the night in their end, then a big win 4-0 over the Lobsters in the nightcap. I will have game stories on both all of these coming up in the next day or so.

It also needs to be noted that Management has spawned again... that's right CEO Matt Kilroy and his lovely wife Kerry were joined by little baby Laura Kathrine Kilroy on Saturday night. All concerned are resting and a happy at the Kilroy homestead. Big congrats and love from all the 'daveurs to Matt, Kerry, Herbie and little Laura.

Ok... back to work... more later... really... i promise... no... really.

Schlitz tie frustrating Predators

Schlitz (3) vs Predators
Monday October 19th
UMass 7:00pm


3-3 Tie

Another week, another double header matchup at the Prison by the Bay. This was thankfully the last double pair of games in the early going... the blogger is knocking on wood... and hopefully we wont have any more games scheduled at this lovely venue. From paying to park, to it being close to the arctic circle, but yet still in Boston, to the lack of lockerooms or space to change in general... ahh it just goes on and on.

The Suds were once again thin as a result of the doubleheader but put a good crew out there. Here's your roster. We were backed by Mark Marrese who was a fill in for both squads on this night. We needed Mark because Matt and Kerry had their second child on Saturday night, the lovely Laura Katherine Kilroy.

The rest of the lineup was this.

Matvey
Nelson
Jeff
Valenti
Douville
Elliot
Gregson
Herbert
Goodwin
Baker

Their keeper was a huge dude with a red helmet, not their regular guy and we couldn't get a thing by him. The guy just gobbled everything up. My recollection being far *ahem* from perfect but I think we spent the whole night in their zone. Remember we were fresh because this was still only the first game of the night.

We matchup pretty well with the Predators and the game was a good skate. Again the Suds were able to take the game right to the opponent and get groups of chances after sometimes multiple passes.

I know that Nelson would lead off the scoring, unassisted and put the 'Cans out in front early. The Predators would counter though and score two decent goals of their own before the first period was out.

The second period would see Mike "Goody" Goodwin score a nice goal on a feed from Matt Elliot. Steve Baker would take a penalty for slashing, and Dan DWH Herbert would go for a hook also during the second.

The game would go to the third 2-2 . I'm pretty sure that the Predators scored next and we were down for a few minutes but I really dont remember. Anyone that does remember please, please comment on the post and let us all know how it turned out.

I do know that Goody would score again, this time from DWH and the tie would be salvaged from a game that really we felt like we should have won going away. I can't stress enough how well the Predator keeper played.

For his part Mark did a nice job filling in and we were very glad to have him.

Tie... still no game stars.

So again this game led directly into the nightcap, featured in the next post...

Dead in Yellow cook the Lobsters

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


4-0 Win.




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

Here's what the roster looked like.

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

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

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

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

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

The goals went like this.

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

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

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

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

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

Zombies fall to Terriers

Cadavers (3) VS CH Terriers
Thursday October 15th
UMass 8:10pm


2-1 Loss


First of a series of double header stretches at the Prison by the Bay no less. The league has been banging the old rink out getting as many games in as possible and this doubleheader was the middle of a 5 game stretch for us.

The dreaded doubleheader wreaks havoc with our two team system as it requires the whole roster for the same evening and we dont even get the benefit of playing each other. What this resulted in has been thinner roster and many players doubling up. Not necessarily a good formula for success for us.

Back to the game at hand this was an early tilt against the CH Terriers who have a good club but had a thin bench for this game.

They had a good goaltender also and that figured big in the game. The Cads dressed the follwing lineup.

Brian Long arm of the Law Carey in Net

Defensemen were George, Jeff, Steve Baker, and DWH

Offense featured: Mike Daley, iJosh, Nelson, Larry, Neil, Gregson, and Dr. Pounds.

I'm sorry but at this point the game was so long ago I can't recall the lines... please comment on the post to set me straight or if you remember anything at all about the game.

I know it was a tight, tight game and the Red took it right to the Terriers and spent a lot of time in their end. We had a nice group of players and played pretty well. The Red felt pretty good as the chances mounted but also an ominous feeling as the keeper looked stronger and stronger as the game went on.

As I recall the Terriers scored on a longer shot close to the end of the first period. Despite playing pretty well and getting lots of chances the Zombies were down.

Leave it to Nelson to come through with a tough goal, a very nice sharp pass and shoot from Steve Baker that tied the game up a few minutes into the second. The game stayed tied for a long time. Red continued to pile up the chances but nothing on the scoreboard to show for it.

Then... as you can imagine... the other shoe dropped and the Terriers scored again... the blogger can't recall the circumstances. Again... please comment.... at any rate we went into the end of the game down 2-1 despite

having shots, just no finish.

There was a scuffle in our own end as we went into the final 5 or 6 minutes and Larry was quickly involved in a full blown scuffle wrestling around with one of the Terriers. Major 5 min for fighting... racking up the Campbell award points... and Steve Baker was chucked for being 3rd man in to boot.

Far from covering ourselves in glory the game would end with Team Zombie still down a goal and more than a little disheartened. Of course Larry and Steve were able to play again in 5 minutes...

See the next post for what happened next....because we played immediatly afterward.

Suds crushed by 'goats in nightcap

Schlitz (2) vs Scapegoats
Thursday October 15th
UMass 9:20pm


6-2 loss


Ok so as time wind down in the Zombie 2-1 loss to the Terriers Marc Valenti and Ken AK Douville would show up for this, the late game. Mike Campbell had arrived during the first game as well so couldnt really be considered "fresh". Those two guys would represent the entire fresh leg contingent for the late game. Not a good sign. Especially since we faced a well manned and reasonably talented Scapegoats squad that was completely fresh.

Things didn't look great from the start for Team Beercan. The Goats were after it and scored early in the first to get on top right away. We would be in penalty trouble from the start as AK would check himself out for "unsportsmanlike conduct" whatever that was... probably talking. I can't for the life of me recall how the scoring went in this one as it was fairly a blur.

I do know that Mike Daley would score from iJosh, and Nelson would score from Larry but that one was close to the end. In between the goats would rack up a bunch of goals, five in addition to the one they opened with to lead the game most of the way 6-1. This one was really never close.

Other penalty action included Valenti going fo a high stick, George for a hook, and Campbell for a trip.

We also were able to reaquaint ourselves with Katie the scorekeeper who had some drama or other going on in her life. Thankfully Larry didn't hurl any obscenities at her and didn't offer to insert anything into... well you get what I mean.

This game sucked. We got our asses handed to us after playing a tight game right before. Everyone was exhausted and the fact that the whole thing took place at U Mass just added to the level of suckatude.

Bleh.

Zombies toast Tigers!

Cadavers (2) vs Tigers
Monday October 12th
Dedham 10:10pm

The season having opened with a Schlidaveur the week before this was the first game of the season against regular opponents for Team Zombie and the first of a long string of games at the House of Horrors... Prison by the Bay... The Crumbling Relic... The... well you get the idea... U Ass.

This dump is never a favorite hockey or vacation destination by skaters in the league, this gem seems to keep popping up again from time to time on the schedule. Several playoff games were scheduled there and the early season would see its fair share of dates at the Ass.

Fear not fellow 'daveurs, Management is on the case and all emails have been duly considered by the League office and we can only hope for a few less dates down the road. Until then, get your six bucks and your long underwear and enjoy the magic of the UMass

rink.

Tigers wore red so Dead skated as Yellow.

The blogger didn't attend but there are some great guest blog accounts of the game so we will hand it right over to them.

Here is Matvey with a nice recap:

Good game, I think Tigers did not have their regular goalie, but nevertheless we provided plenty of chances so even with a better goalie we'd probably scored 6 goals.

Nice couple of shots from Valenti, not the hardest, but right on goal and low, they were deflected for 2 goals.
We scored 5 on 3- Steve from me (don't remember if we had another assist).
Great prolonged abscence of Campbell, 3 penalties in a row with a small break between 1st and others.
I also had another assist on Daley's goal- got the puck to the point, Mike took a shot and scored.
Good hustle from everyone, putting a lot more presure than usual on defensively minded Tigers. - Matvey

Thanks Matvey. Now here is Mike Campbell with a short recap of his own:

Me, George, Reynolds and Valenti on D. Lizzy in Net.

GREAT game. Back and forth, no one ever had more than a two goal lead. Very nice to have Goody, Daley and baker all out there. Capraro was tenacious as always. Big Dan worked his ass off. Had a pretty good game.

Here is Marc Valenti with the score-sheet and some highlights in a very nice summary... including the roster.
Roman
Matvey
Campbell
Chris Foz
Larry
Dan G
Matt E
Greg
Marc V
Daley
Goody
Neil
Period 1:
Tigers Goal mid-period
Schlitz Goal mid-period #11 from #6
Schlitz penalty tripping, I think it was Pete C.
Tigers Goal end of period

Period 2:
Schlitz Goal #11 unassisted
Schlitz penalty tripping, no number
Tigers Goal mid-period
Schlitz Goal #10 from #2 & #9
Schlitz penalty tripping, #77
Schlitz penalty tripping, #77
Schlitz penalty tripping, #77- Ejected

Period 3
Schlitz Goal #10 from #25
Schlitz Goal #6
Tigers Goal end of period

Highlights:

Team played well, we had some issues in the backchecking dept., but we made up for it in the offense.
Daley had a great breakaway
Campbell began the foundation for “The Campbell Award”
It helped that we had a full bench against these guys, 3 lines and 2 sets of D
Chris played very well on his injury rebound

Thanks Marc. Great job with the stats.

This game did indeed mark the return of an injured 'daveur as Chris Fosdick would play his first game since breaking his arm a way back in the spring. Nice to hear that the old dog hasnt forgotten how to play, and it will be nice to have him back in the lineup on a regular basis.

Sounds like Campbell had some of his usual run ins with the Zeebras...

DiLoreto, David wrote: Campbell was just regaling me with stories of how he has picked up this season right where he left off… classic.

Greg: You forgot to mention that these penalties were called right after he came out of the box. A Boch Ice center classic

DiLo: Cross check AND a trip at the same time? That easily trumps this wimpy goal as far as talent and drive goes…

Mike: Yeah, good point... Zero to three in no time at all... Never got back to the bench after my first call...

Zombies win season opener shutoutdaveur!

Schlitz (1) vs Cadavers(1)
Monday October 5
Bavis Arena 10:40pm

Cadavers 3
Schlitz 0



Well, so much for the off season.
This is what happens when you go deep into the playoffs… the next season starts the next week. So the assembled ‘Daveurs kicked off the Winter 2010 season with a very well balanced Schlidaveur event at the Bavis Arena in Rockland last night.
The Hockey Gods, with some help from management, set out a nice pair of rosters with the available talent for an early in the week late night tilt. Even though we’ve been playing a lot lately, this one really did feel like the beginning of the season with a bunch of friendly faces making a return to the ‘daveur ranks.
It was great to see a bunch of guys back in the Red and Gold last night. Mike Daley, Dan Gregson, Matt Elliot, Marc Valenti, and Dan Herbert all rejoined the team after a summer lay off and it was nice to have everyone back.
Here is the breakdown of the rosters.
Schlitz/Gold
Lizzy in Net
D: Valenti, Reynolds, Herbert
O1: Bell, Baker, and Shah
O2: Elliot, Hammitt, and Underhill

Cadavers/Red
Kilroy in Net
D: Campbell, Greg, and Jeff
O1: Nelson, Daley, and Parker
O2: Gregson, Dr.Pounds, and Capraro

Despite being a late game there were plenty off late arrivals, including Lizzy who was nice enough to have someone fill in for her as scorekeeper over at the other Rockland rink so she could make it for the game. Someone was injured in the game before and that gave us a few extra minutes.
Everyone made it out to the ice and the game got underway with just a smattering of smack talk between the rosters. Lots of chatting in the warm ups with guys catching up with the guys back from summer vacation.
The game settled in and the two teams started taking shots at each other. In general the play was clean and competitive, and both goalies warmed to the task as they both saw early action.
The Dead in Red would take the momentum in the early going and would generate a handful of chances right away. It was about 6 or 7 minutes into the game when they would get their first breakthrough. Pushing the puck up the right side and through the neutral zone, Mike Campbell would find Nelson at the offensive blue line. Nelson took the puck low and made a beauty of a pass back to the big D man who went to the slot and popped it home for the early lead. Campbell better be careful he is setting an expectation for excellence with all the goal scorers moves he’s had lately. The Red would hold the momentum and would get more chances but Lizzy and the Gold D would turn them away and the game would settle into a good back and forth at 1-0.

The second period was all back and forth but no blood either way. Also notable was that there were no penalties… not that there wasn’t contact…there was plenty of that… the items of note were a massive hit that Hammitt placed on Mike Campbell that literally shook the building. Campbell bounced up without so much as a word... Hammitt approached Campbell warily at the end of the game... kind of like when the lion tamer brings the big ol' steak in to see his friend... it was all good. The other item was Larry pulling a Roman. By this I mean that Larry headmaned the puck into the Red zone, thought about passing, made a move to avoid traffic, thought about passing again, made another move (now on far side of zone) thought about passing again, and then... he turned it over at the top of the zone and the play went up ice the other way. Jeff was going to call him Roman but was too busy sucking his lung back into his chest.

The third was really more of the same. Great stops by both keepers. Great work by both team's defence to work the play away from the slot. The third started with the Red down. Pete Capraro had taken the game's only penalty just before the end of the second and there was still well more than a minute to go when play began. A big shout out to Nelson and Parker for what could be the finest penalty kill I've seen in some time. The work was unbelievable. Both guys got back, then pressed forward and kept the Gold bottled up in their own end the whole time. It was really some nice work there.

We come to the end. With about 6 or 7 minutes left Mike Daley would make a terrific rush up the right side for the Red. Weaving in and out of players like so many pylons he wound his way to the slot and deposited a neat shot that went in and gave the Red the insurance goal they needed. The play was very similar to the "Russian Lullaby" also made famous by Roman. It kind of lulled everyone into a trance as he skated around then... bang. Goal.
The Gold would keep on coming and would force the play in the Red end for most of the rest of the way. This included a mad scramble in front of Matt that saw bodies flying and the puck resting right ON the goaline. Jeff was able to flip it out but not after it sat there for a full 2 seconds (that seemed much longer). On another occasion as time ran out Neil tried to stuff a shot between Matts pads as he stood right in front of him but the CEO BMF was having none of it.
The Gold pulled Lizzy and got a few more chances but it just wasn't going to happen. Greg James had a terrific takeaway with about 30 seconds to go, and he spun around and whipped the puck down ice. Greg screamed "please go in!" and it did. Game over 3-0 Cadavers. Winter season underway. Great work by everyone involved.
Game Stars
3rd Star: Nelson. An assist on Campbells goal and just tremendous work all night.
2nd Star: The Red D. James, Fosdick, and Campbell kicked ass and won battles all night.
1st Star: We're going to have to come up with a new nickname for him if he keeps winning first star like this. Mad Matt Kilroy pitches a shutout in the opener and gives his team the first 'daveur win of the season. Nice job.

4th Period awards to Greg James and Dr. Pounds for bringing cold tasty beverages.

Also to Kilroy for the peelout that left us all in stitches for minutes afterward.

Bonus comments here from Lizzy here as she chimed in this morning via email.
Here's Lizzy:
"I would like to personally welcome back Mark Valenti, he saved two goals from going in the net and he played well for someone who gets his equipment professionally cleaned.

*cough* pussy... Its nice to know when he retires/gets cut form the cadavers he will fit right in with the lobsters. As a matter of fact, I hear they will be holding tryouts this week, maybe Mark and Larry can go in that cute little BMW of theirs...
Its nice to finally have someone back who speaks as eloquently as me though.
thank you!!"
No no Liz. Thank YOU. Great game and a really good playoff run these past few weeks.

Welcome back everyone. Its nice to see you all. Check your email for rosters later in the week.

Suds fall in Championship to Shock

Schlitz 3-1 vs Shock 3-0
Tuesday September 29
UMass Boston 8:10pm

Championship Game Islanders Division

Shock 2
Schlitz 1

Season over.


The Schlitz, courtesy of a wild and improbable win on Monday night, gained a berth inn last night’s Championship Game against the Shock at the Prison By the Bay. The Shock, a much improved group showed up in legion, eighteen guys for the much anticipated tilt that could bring them their first division championship as a club

The Schiltz were not so thick in numbers. The crew from the Monday night spectacle was thinned by not only injury (Howard and his patella) but from the rest of life’s commitments that left the Gold with only 9 skaters out of the ENTIRE ROSTER that could conceivably make the game. Poor Neil Shah, who took an earlier flight back to town to make the game, had never played at Umalcatraz and spent some confused time int the parking lot before making the game. He didn’t get to the bench, to make 9, until the first period was in its final minutes.

That’s right. Championship Game, everything on the line, and the Golden Beercans skated a hearty and heady 8 players to battle the Shock Juggernaut. They had guys falling off the bench they had so many. It was noted that even though they had so many, the D that really mattered for them, Number 43, and 53 seemed to spend every other shift on the ice, at the very least. Also interesting to the Blogger is that again, 43 doesn’t appear on the roster on the scoresheet, just like when the Cads played these guys in the first round. Just interesting is all I’m sayin.

Lets get back to the hearty few that made it happen for the Gold.
Matty CEO BMF Kilroy in the pipes
D: George, Mark, and Jeff
O1: Nelson, Larry, Steve
O2: KenMitch, Neil, and Kevin Parker

Just for reference sake friends let me pass these items along. Mark Reynolds changed work travel plans to be able to play. Neil changed work travel plans so he could be back in time for the game. Kilroy cancelled a planned evening with his wife’s friends. Jeff scrambled for a sitter and worked it out (not to much success) with the Mrs. to make it, despite her plans. We only had 9 guys for a game that… well, meant quite a bit. To use a cliche we’ve heard before… I’m not bitchin’… I’m just sayin’.

That being said. The Gold played great against the well rested Shock. Not quite as many sparkling moments as the night before, but really there were long periods of time that the Beercans have every right to be very proud of.
We played smart, and tough and kept the Shock from just inundating our end. A major part of the Shock’s success has been their very young, very talented goalkeeper and he would serve his roll very well keeping the puck out of the net on many occasions when it seemed impossible for him to do so. He had just a sick game. Larry was flat out robbed on the doorstep a minimum of two times during the night. Parker, Nelson, Jeff all would have solid chances that somehow he would end up with.

The first period was a sort of controlled chaos on the Gold bench, just trying to make some changes and not let anyone get too tired until Neil could get dressed. The game was scoreless for a long time. Ken Goldenberg would take the game’s first penalty, a rough(thug), and was followed by George not too long after for a check. The Gold did a nice job keeping the Shock at bay and keeping it even.

The Shock would get the inevitable break and pop one home past Matt before the first would end. This goal was punctuated by 52 barrelling like a train through the slot, making his shot (wicked) and smashing through Mark Reynolds just for good measure as it went in.

The Gold didn’t back down and our typical 2^nd period let down wasn’t as dramatic as it could have been. There was plenty of courage and effort in the tired faces on the Beercan bench, but everyone played strong and stuck with the game and kept it tight. The Shock would extend their lead when one of their faster forwards rushed up the left side staying outside of Jeff who was backtracking (slowly) as the play came into our zone. Their guy stayed outside and then fired a laser that found the top left corner over Matt’s shoulder. Just for reference sake the dude was on the move and below and outside the faceoff dot in our end. A good shot for sure. Despite being down 2 the Gold continued to grind. They kept generating chances against the goalie that would not be beaten

The third period saw the Gold gain some as they crawled and clawed their way back into the game. Nelson and Larry would hook up on a classic hard work goal, keeping the play in the zone Larry swung around the back of the net and hit Nelson who was parked out front and he banged it home. The goalie had no chance at all and was the first time we got him really moving and out of position all night. So down just one the Gold was bearing down and gaining some momentum as the minutes ticked away.

With just under 5 minutes to play the Zeebras would finally give the Blue a whistle, and it turned out to be a 2-fer. The Gold were handed a 5-3 power play and the Shock took their time out so the big guys could get their wind and stay on the ice.
Unfortunately this is where things caught up to the Beercans and things started falling apart. The Gold got a wicked shot right away but then could hardly muster another shot as the penalty time melted away along with the golden opportunity we’d been handed. The penalty over, the Shock scrambling the Gold would again get some excellent chances. Jeff pinched and took a nice shot from no more than say 8 feet. Not only does the Keeper make the stop, but Ken Goldenberg who was perfectly positioned on the doorstep whacked at the loose puck and it went under his pads. Kenny would whack at it again, Jeff was sure the puck was in… but the whistle blew… and there was the puck, safe and sound, just outside the line. No dice. It just wasn’t going to happen against this keeper. This was his night.

The Gold would pull Matt with just under a minute and that only resulted in a Too Many Men penalty as Jeff went back out on the ice when Matt got on the bench. He hadn’t looked to see that someone else had already gone.
The last 30 seconds would pass without event, even with the empty net there was no blood as time expired and the Shock began the celebration.

The trophy was handed to the Shock along with some very nice Royal Blue shirts as is the standard Division Championship Booty. Good for them. A good match, and only a slightly bitter defeat for the Schlitz who really came very close to forcing just one more game. It just wasn’t to be this year.

Kudos to Larry for sponsoring the fourth period with ice cold Bud Lites and everyone, all 9 of us nursed our wounds and toasted the now completed season in the parking lot.

It was a nice playoff run for what was really a kind of mediocre season.

Someday when the Schlidaveur International Statistics Division is reconstituted we’ll get a handle on how things stacked up.
For now, its over. That big thump you just heard is the book closing on the summer of 2009.

See you next week when the winter season starts.

Suds Beat Call to advance to Championship

Schlitz (2-1) vs Last Call (2-1)

Monday September 28th

UMass Boston 7:00pm

4-2 WIN!!!

Some nights at the rink are more special than others. Something in the air, the emotions and the actions of a game take on a form that leaves you with... well usually a memorable game. Last night's game was memorable to say the least, for a number of different reasons.

Beside the fact that this was a playoff game, and a game that winning meant a ticket to the Championship Game. This was the final game of the "one loss" bracket in the double elimination playoffs for the Islanders Division. There was a reasonable group of fans, mostly wives with kids, the Capraro clan made it, Kerry and the three boys cheered on the Suds, and there were a couple of other families for the Last Call too.

The game was at our least favorite venue, the House of Horrors, the Prison by the Bay, or UMAlcatraz. Not only do you get to change in the cold air of the rink but you get the honor of paying six bucks just to park somewhat close to the rink. Hey... they got a spiffy new lighthouse for their traffic circle though... at least the game was early.

So the stage was set for what was sure to be a tough game against the Last Call whom we've not had very much luck against recently. Here is your Suds Roster.

O1: Nelson, Steve, Larry

O2: Capraro, Chuck, and Howard. AK floated.

D1: George, Parker

D2: Mark, Jeff

Matt in Net.

This was a good lineup and there was no reason to think we couldn't hold our own but the Call certainly had some talent, and as the game got underway the last few stragglers would come in and give them a full bench. Plenty of no face sheild guys, no-one really super fast, but a number of quality players. The Suds would have thier work cut out.

The Schlitz would take right to it out of the gates and it was clear that we would not only get our chances but we had good puck movement and everyone seemed to be playing well. The Blogger has to say he felt good in the early going about our chances. This good feeling was only boosted when Steve Baker would pick up a rebound and slam it home with a patented slapper that would put the Gold up 1-0. It wasn't terribly long after that that we took our first penalty. The scoresheet has #20 which is fine except we dont have a #20 but she clearly wasn't paying close attention... an issue we will return to later in the game. Regardless we were sure to talk a whole bunch as soon as the call was made and the Ref being... well... the Ref got all excited and immediately defensive which did not bode well for the rest of the evening. We just have that affect on Zeebs. I think it has something to do with our mouths... just a thought.

The Gold would kill the penalty and wouldn't you know it Steve would hit pay-dirt again, this time on a classic feed from Hard Working Nelson Sharfman that would put the Gold up 2-0 with a bit of time left in the first.

The Call was far from taking it lying down. They cranked up the intensity and started getting chances of thier own. Just as the first came to a close they would get a shot from the point, which was deflected (by what looked like a high stick) thenthen took a crazy wobbling arc through traffic and into the net. Of course our entire bench felt the need to make the point that it was a high stick but... what a surprise... the Zeebras were unaffected.

This let down continued into the first shift of the second and a bad clearing attempt would go bing- pow passed twice then shot straight into the net through a screen of players and the game was tied 2-2 with only about a minute gone into the second. You could feel the intensity slipping for the Gold and this was the point the game could have turned on... but the Suds wouldn't let it.

The Beercans would dig in, take the game back to the Call and would produce about 5-6 minutes of some of the best hockey we have played all season. Good strong defense, backchecking, forechecking, timley passes and shots. It was amazing to see.

Things were getting contentious on the ice. The Call was having no trouble giving a slash or a nudge here and there and the Zeebs only had eyes for us and our big fat mouths... which brings us to the first "incident" of the night. After a scramble in front of Matt there was some pushing. AK decided that the 'tude coming from Mr. Pink Helmet (no cage) was a little too much so as the play was being separated by the Zeebs Ken comes barreling through to put a body on old Pinky and proceeds to get himself a 5 minute major for a hit well after the play was dead. Not very smart. The Gold would kill the penalty, and did a nice job doing it.

At this point all the Gold hard work would produce some results. Howard would take a hard drive to the net, keeping his legs moving and whacking at the puck he got through the D and potted the go-ahead goal for the Gold. Just a tremendous effort by Howard who's game has really come a long way in just his first season with us. This goal was just massive.

Before the Second would end Pete Capraro would go for a slash then trouble started. Pete was slow going to the box, probably had something to say, then... according to the Zeebra... he bumped into the Ref on his way to the box. Our neruotic and exciteable friend in stripes invited Pete to sit 10 minutes for a misconduct. No good. We would kill the 2 minute minor for the slash but would be without Pete until 10 minutes left in the game.

Into the Third we went the Beercans holding an improbable 3-2 lead and the game getting chippy. Larry helped things out when he took a call just 2 minutes into the period. I dont remember what the call was because when Larry got to the box trouble started brewing with the score keeper. She listed his penalty as *asshole* on the score sheet. Pete was able to fill us in after he left the box. Larry was trying to find out what time he could get out, the Zeeb was trying to talk to the scorekeeper who had all of her homework out on the desk, and was fiddling with her iPhone. Well... Larry invited her to "pay attention" then offered to insert the iPhone and apparently other things into a very sensative part of her anatomy. Pete's kids were near the box, trying to figure out why he was in there so long, and Pete had to send them away as teh F-bombs flew between Larry and Katie the Scorekeeper. Classic.

Katie would write a special note to Larry on our roster page which goes like this:

"Larry Bell, you're a self-absorbed fucking asshole. [heart] Katie." Nice. She also took a photo for blog purposes which you see here. I've also include the note at the bottom of the post.

At least we weren't done playing hockey, despite doing a good job embarressing ourselves with the rink staff. Nelson would score the topper about midway through the period on just a typical hard working, cycle the zone get it out front type of a play. Vintage Nelson. The Gold had a two goal lead with less than 10 minutes in the game.

Then the crazyness kept coming. Just under the 8 minute mark Howard collapsed after a faceoff as though he had been shot. He had severe pain in his knee and couldn't get up. This didn't stop Larry from skating over to the crowd to say "Hey Ref... isn't the clock supposed to run?" no one laughed. Eventually we dragged poor Howard over to our bench where he got some help and a bag of ice as the game wound down.

The play continued to be chippy and aggressive but again the Suds just did a terrific job of staying in front of the play and keeping things under control and out of our own end. Then trouble popped up (you knew it would) just as we hit the 2 minute mark. Here's what happened.

Along the far boards Jeff jammed the play to break it up, but the Call forward had plenty of momentum and deliberately piled into Jeff trying to break the puck free. I guess while he was down the guy kept pushing, and Larry took major exception to that.

Now... the Blogger appreciates Larry sticking up for Jeff and being a good teammate but the reaction was a little over the top. Jeff was on his feet by the time Larry and this guy were face to face and pushing. Jeff stood between the guys as the Refs reeled Larry in and tried to separate them. No dice. Larry broke free and he and the other guy rolled around on the ice whacking each other until the Zeebs got things under controll again. Once again we let our head's get the best of us...

The good news is that despite being down a man, and the Call even pulling their keeper, the Gold was able to kill the last 2 minutes and preserve a very wierd, very hard fought playoff victory and a trip to tonights Championship Game.

Of course during the handshakes AK felt it necessary to talk some smack to Pinky which resulted in another crowd and the Zeebras trying to keep everyone apart. The Zeebra's comment after I asked him what AK said was something like "Not for nothin' but that guy deserves an ass kicking..." That's us... makin' friends... leaving a good impression. AK had taken a shot off his hand or forearm and looked more than a little green in the gills when I saw him after the game so what he said remains a mystery. Bet it was good.

The UMass PD were called to get an ambulence for Howard. The EMT's showed and got him all squared away. While we were waiting the blogger got to witness a first hand dresssing down of the Zeebras by the UMass cop on duty... he didn't like their 'tude (they wanted to get the next game going right away) then made them both go and get ID. Another classic.

Howard at least had a smile on and gave the thumbs up on his way out on the stretcher.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Let's hear it for Nelson "consistancy" Sharfman. The dude just brings it. Never stops going. Never gives up an inch. Nice work all night man.

2nd Star: Howard "game winning goal" Heppeleman. Tough break. Word is that he has a ruptured Patella tendon and we may not see him for quite a while. Great game Howard. Get better soon.

1st Star: Steve "what about me for Rookie of the Year" Baker. Two tremendous goals and great work all night. Great job Steve, keep up the good work.

Coon of Shame: Although there was more than one candidate for this game Larry wins it for his verbal assault on Katie the scorekeeper and his multiple invitations for her to do the anatomically impossible. Atta boy Larry.

Just for good measure I've included Katie's love note to our favorite Stat ho.

Special Update! Championship Tonight!

Ok ok ok...
I know I owe you a blog... actually two. EDITED check that... the Thursday Game story is now up(scroll down 1 post)... still working on last night's epic tale.
Last thursday the Playoff Daveur was a smash success with the Righty Schlitz winning in a Shootout over the Lefty Cadavers. I have a post for this... its coming... I promise.

THEN. Last night the Schlitz faced the Last Call at UMass for the final game of the "losers" bracket and a chance to play for the title tonight.
This game has a post coming too... oh boy does it. I can tell you it was a memorable night in many, many ways. I promise to have something on this by the end of the day.

The result was a thrilling 4-2 win over the Call that gives the Skating Beercans a date in the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT against the 3-0 Shock.
Now... if we win tonight, due to the double elimination format we will have to play one more time for a final deciding Championship game.... but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

Management is working the 'nets this morning gettting the roster ironed out, we've had a handfull of conflicts and guys that couldn't go last night but can again tonight. We will stay in touch as the day goes on. Standby....

Exciting stuff. Hope to see you at UMASS tonight at 8:10pm!

SUDS FACE CALL TONIGHT!

Schlitz (2-1) vs Last Call (2-1)

Monday September 28th

UMASS Boston 7:00pm

Playoff Elimination Game.

The "losers" bracket of the double elimination playoffs ends tonight with the Schlitz facing the Last Call at UMass Boston with a chance to face The Shock tomorrow night for the Championship. The Suds have advanced courtesy of a terrific Shootout victory over the Cadavers last Thursday night. The Blogger apologises for not having a game story up yet but its coming...

The Call comes off their own victory in a shootout over rival the Tigers last Friday night. That game was 1-0 in the shootout. The Call will certainly be on their game tonight to give the Suds all they can handle.

The Righty Suds will have to bring their best game to make it to the Championship Game tomorrow night. Even then, in order to win the Championship they will have to beat the Shock twice thanks to the double elimination format... but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

See you tonight at the rink. Someone bring beer.