Cadavers vs Rangers Tuesday 6/29

Cadavers (7) vs Rangers
Tuesday June 29th
Canton 8:10pm


Rangers 4
Cads 3


The blogger doesn't have much on this one. He did collect the scoresheet from the CEO who had a few words but no official guest blog on this one.
Lets start off with who was there:

Roster
Campbell
Ken/Mitch
Baker
Jason Seaver
Scot Pounds
Dan G
Dan H
AK
Brian Carey
Kevin
Blake
Howard
Goal- Matt

Sounds like it was a tight game and the Dead in Red kept the game close and kept coming back, but unfortunatley the Rangers would dominate late and snatched the game from our cold withered hands.
Here is how the scoring looked from the sheet.

1st per: Larry assisted by 36 @ 16:25 Pen: Baker rough 14:46
The Rangers scored in 1st @ 4min and 2:55

2nd per: Rangers score @ 2:55. Zombies Jay Seaver from DWH @ 1:50. down 3-2 after 2.

3rd Per: Rangers score @13:12. Zombies Seaver from Howard @4:31 Pen: Larry rough 1:59

That was how it would go. Just not enough to come back and tie it up at the end. Good work by the Cads to stay with it and make a game of it, too bad we couldn't pull it off.
Well... so not much of a story here... so lets revisit some ancient history involving the Rangers... shall we?



Old time hockey...
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Suds downed by Sputniks

Schlitz (9) vs Sitniks
Monday June 28th
Canton 10:30pm

4-2 Loss

Late night in Canton for a Monday work week starter special against our old friends the Russians. Roman and Matvey are well know moonlighters with the team that usually wears purple. Must be a Tzar thing... The Sputniks have given us trouble over the past few seasons but most of the games have been entertaining.
Monday night was close at least, most of the way... but didn't end with the good guys on top.

Here's your Golden Avenger Roster
Nelson
Larry
Hammitt
Elliot
George
Mark R
Ken D
Neil
Steve
John
Jason
Eric
Jeff
Brian in Net

The blogger barely remembers this one... again I'm writing from a distance here. It might have had something to do with the night. The Summer heat had set in, muggy and damp. The day was long, and the blogger was delighted, distracted, and divided in thought, with sunshine daydreams, nice things, smiles and beers that he almost missed the game. He didn't though and it all worked out...even after arriving to the bench a few minutes into the first.

The Gold would take the lead on a Steve Baker solo run with about 10 minutes gone in the first. The game was close played and clearly it would be a back and forth affair. Both teams had their chances and escaped without any penalties in the first. End of 1, 1-0 Gold.

The Second would see more action and the Sputniks would score just after a penalty to Baker (leg check... iffy) would expire and the game was tied at about the 12 minute mark. Baker would go again though, coincidentally after he had plenty to say to the Zebra about his first penalty, but again the Gold would survive the PK only to give up another goal just a minute or so afterward.

Not to be totally out done the Gold would get one from Jeff Fosdick who would score on a long shot from the point (pass from D partner Hammitt) and was glad, even though in his mind he'd wished it was his second score of the night... and the game was tied 2-2.

The Sitniks weren't done with this period by a long shot and niffty #5 for the Purple would pot two more goals before it was over and the Gold would find themselves down 4-2 after two periods of work.

The Gold would fight the good fight in the third but could never seem to get over on Team Sputnik. AK and Larry would both take calls in the period, AK early, LB late but again no scoring on the man advantage. Brian did what he could between the pipes but there wasn't much he could do given that we weren't able to score any more and the game would end 4-2.

Gotta hand it to the bad guys for the hard work in the third that prevented any momentum for the Gold. No game stars... or regrets.

Baker-Hammit-Daveur a success!

CadBakers (6) vs GoldenHammits (8)
Thursday June 24th
Hingham 10:10pm

Cads 4

Cans 4

A great night for hockey in Hingham as the collective 'daveurs got together for another you guys pick 'em Schlidaveur event. Summer hockey at its finest on a blamy moonlit evening. This one was abley Captained by Mssrs. Hammitt and Baker for the Gold and Red respectively. They did a great job putting the rosters together and it resulted in a fun game.

The Blogger recalls (even at this late date... writing weeks afterward here) arriving at the rink and witnessing the CEOBMF and Blake Underhill locked in the heated battle of a chess match behind the CEO's truck in the parking lot. The CEO was clearly in control but Underhill was making him hurt despite his disadvantage in numbers.
The closing moves were saved for the postgame and apparently the CEO came out on top.
Here are your official rosters. DWH was awarded to the Gold via coin toss before the game.

Gold
D1: Daley; iJosh then DWH
D2: George & Jeff
Offense: Roman, AK, Matvey, Nelson, Hammit, Gregson, Pounds, (iJosh joined)

Red
D1: Campbell; Bauer
D2: Parker; Goodwin
Offense: Bell, Baker, Seaver and Elliot Carey, and Underhill, & Capraromatt smack talk to pete.

Now, at some point in the pregame locker room I believe AK asked the Russians (whom he was skating with) which sides they preferred to play on. To which Gregson added this tid bit
"it doesn't matter they still wont pass"
Ouch baby. Very ouch.

The game got underway and the teams went right after each other.
Kilroy in net for the Gold couldn't help himself after an early shot by good buddy Pete Capraro, and gave him a little smack talk about losing something that he had in his glove.
Pete responded and scored the first goal for the Red just a minute later. (he would also assist on the next goal) Kilroy would reconsider his smack talk policy there after.

Some time later in the first Nelson would take a nice break away down only to be met by Brian "long arm of the law" Carey who would actally make a double stop. He blocked the first and as Nelson whacked the rebound he would smother that too.

The Red would keep after it and Captain Steve Baker would score the next one (assist by Pete) from right in front of the CEO.
The Gold wasn't about to be silenced for the whole period and AK Douville would take a very nice end to end bid all the way around and would score on the wrap around on Brian just before the end of the period. After 1, 2-1 Red.

At this point DWH, who was late arriving would join the Gold and help out and the momentum stayed with the Beercans. Nelson would finish a nice drive to the net by Scott Pounds and the game would be tied just a few minutes into the second.

As happens so often in these games the momentum would shift and the Red would come right back to take the lead again. This time Mike Campbell would take a pass from John Carey and would race toward the CEO and just bury a nice goal past his brother-in-law. All that was missing was the applause. Red up 3-2.

The Gold would get one more in the second when Captain Hammitt would finish on a Gregson rebound that would tie the game again. End of 2, 3-3.

The third would see a grind it out finish, and this time the Gold would take the lead for the first time in the game as the play went around the red zone. Jeff Fosdick would take a loose puck at the point and would fire it toward the net. With the help of Kevin Parker's chest deflector the puck would find its way to the top corner and the Gold led 4-3.

The rest of the period was a straight out grind. Larry and the Dead in Red would pound the puck at the Gold and would take the play harder and harder to them. Matty would make a couple of just awesome saves on Larry shots during this time.

As the clock got small, the Red turned it on and Larry would break through with a poke it in under the pads move to tie the game. Seaver on the assist with good work in the zone. Just relentless work to tie the game.
And that was how it would end. 4-4 and who could ask for more?

4th period. Beautiful night full moon warm parking lot. Beers from all over... Limeys...

Tonight! HammBakerDaveur in Hingham!

CadBakers (7) vs GoldenHammits (8)

TONIGHT June 24th

Hingham 10:10pm

Alright Team.

The rosters are set and we are go for another Thursday night Hinghamdaveur! Management conscripted...err requested the assistance of a couple of guest GMs to serve as Team Captains and to pick out the sides. This has had some interesting results so far and management thinks this format for daveurs may be seen again this season.

On Wednesday Mike Hammitt and Steve Baker took their rosters of available players and meeting via conference call at 'daveur World HQ picked up the sides.

Steve Baker won the even/odd guess and started with the first pick.

Here are your rosters for tonight.

Baker-Cads

Steve Baker (C)

Jason Seaver

Larry

Eric Bauer

Pete

Kevin

Campbell

Goody

John Carey

Elliot

Blake

Brian in Net

Hammit-Suds

Mike Hammitt (C)

Daley

AK

Roman

Jeff

Nelson

iJosh

George

Matvey

Scott

Gregson

Matt Kilroy in Net

Remember. With this new format the Captains of the respective teams call ALL the shots tonight. They make the rosters and pairings. They make any ingame strategy or personnel decisions. Its thier night to run thier club. So everyone listen up to the Captains please.

Hope everyone has fun tonight. Beerman applications are still being accepted so feel free to bring along a beverage (or snack) for after the game.

See you all tonight!

Zombies vs Mowhawks... Lakers win.

Cadavers (x) vs Mowhawks

Thursday June 17th

Canton 10:30pm

No game/No show.

Game 7 of the Finals between the Lakers and the Celtics must have been too much of a draw to get the Mowhawks to show last night in Canton. Reports are coming in that not so much as a single one of their guys made it to the rink. Hope they didn't bet too heavily on the Celts to pull it off last night... not so good.

Anyway our guys showed, and so did the refs so that left us with a 1-0 forfeit win over the Mowhawks whom we've yet to play against. Here are a couple of on the spot comments to give you a sense of how the evening went.

First up is Mike Campbell:

"As I just told Jasse, the other team no-showed. Most of the Schlitz bailed, and sat in the lobby drinking Kilroy-supplied Bud Light Limeys, watching the Celtics game. A few die-hards (Baker, Reynolds, Mitch and Gregson, I think) resisted the temptation of all things green, and skated.

Kilroy and I, as you might expect, could not resist, and even completed the trifecta with a trip to my truck at half time. ;)

I love alliteration. Truck trip trifecta.

I hate Kobe Bryant. "

Nice. We here at the Blog hate Kobe too... Thanks Mike.

Next we have iJosh with a few words.

"We did not play last night. Not a single player for the other team arrived. We had a solid group. Myself, Blake, Campbell and Kilroy enjoyed Bud Light Limes in the Lobby and watched the 2nd half of the Celtics game. The rest of the team played a half ice scrimmage and managed to join the rest of us to watch the last 5 minutes of the game.

We made sure to share a beer with the scheduled refs. Though they did promise to put Campbell in the box next time, just to make up for him missing some time in there this game."

Alright. Thanks boys for the kind words. Glad everyone made the most of the evening.
Hey... we'll take it... but too bad about the Celtics.

Schlitz take on Hillside Pub!

Schlitz (7) vs Hillside Pub

Sunday June 6th

Canton 10:30pm

4-2 win!

The Blogger wasn't around for this one, but thanks to Larry Bell we've got a very nice summary of the action. First here is your game day roster.

Larry
Hammitt
Elliot
George
Kevin
Mark R
Ken D
Neil
Steve
John
Howard
Eric
Lizzie in Net

And now without further ado... Here's Larry:

Good matchup against Hillside Pub. They scored first despite Schlitz having the edge in play. Schlitz came back to tie on Howard Heppleman's first goal of the game - a result of working hard and crashing the net to put in the rebound. The "Hepper" put us up 2-1, again crashing the net and putting in the rebound of Bakers slapshot. Hillside came back to tie late in the second. Hammit put us on top 3-2 after a nice passing combination from LB and Neil. LB finished the scoring by following Hepper's example and crashing the net for a rebound from Hammit and Capt George.

Box Score:
1st: None
2nd: 1 Howard unassisted, 2 Howard from Baker
3rd: 3 Hammit from Bell and Shah, 4 Bell from Hammit and Moorachian

ALRIGHT! Nice work boys. Thanks for the guestblog Larry! Great work all the way around. Usually when we play a squad that has the name of a business (autobody, soandso'sbar...) we get our asses handed to us. Nice work for the win crew.

The blogger apologizes for using the pic of Howard in the brace... but its the only pic I have of him. I'll bet it feels better scoring 2 goals than walking around in that thing... welcome back Howard.

Zombies stomp Suds!

Cadavers (5) vs Schlitz (6)
Thursday June 10th
Hingham 10:10pm

Zombies 6
Beercans 1


This week's daveur was assigned guest gms and Matt Elliot (Cads) and Dan Gregson (Suds) met via conference all with upper management on Weednesday to choose out the sides. Each Captain selected his crew and the teams hit the ice Thursday night ot see how the matchups fared.

The out of town lines from Vegas and points West was that the Zombie roster looked like a strong bet to do well, and they lived up to potential. The Suds played hard all night and the game was close after one and somewhat in reach after two before going all Red by the end of the night.

Cadavers
Brian Carey in net
D: Valenti, Daley, Parker, Bauer
O1: Larry, Baker, Sharfman
O2: Capt. Elliot, Capraro, AK with John Carey in there too

Schlitz
Matty CEO BMF in Net
D: George, Jeff, Hammit, Reynolds
O: Neil, Roman centers
O/wings: Capt.Gregson, iJosh, KenMitch, Howard, Matvey and Dr.Pounds

The Suds knew they had their hands full from the start. Looking at the Zombie first line was enough to let them know they would have to play a defensive style and to bring the effort. They were successful in the strategy while their legs were best in the first period. Larry would score, unassisted, left alone nearby Matt and he buried it. The Zombies would also have a penalty, Captain Elliot for a hook but there was no other scoring in the period. End of 1 Red 1 Gold 0.

The Second would see a bit more “action” in every sense of the word. The teams were clearly in the flow of the game and it was getting appropriately physical for long periods in the first and the second only ramped up the contact as the game stayed close.
Mike Daley would land a nice shot, fed from Steve Baker to bring the lead to two.

Not long after Marc Valenti would chase a puck into the offensive corner only to get tangled up with Mitch and he took a fall into the boards. Marc was less than happy and was certainly feeling it after the spill.
The scrappy play would continue as there were good heated exchanges all over the ice. Capraro and George (several times), Jeff and Nelson boxing each other out in front of Matt, Capraro and Neil, and many more. All were in good spirit and stayed for the most part on the clean side. Mark Reynolds would take a whistle for a Slash on Steve Baker minutes after the KenMitch penalty was up. The Gold would survive both penalties but were slowly going back on their heels.

Fortunately Valenti was back on the ice and in the closing seconds would contribute for his team. Marc would send a long shot from the point (pass from Mike Daley) that would go through all kinds of traffic and under Matt for a goal just as the buzzer would sound. The time expired literally less than a second after the puck hit the back of the net.
3-0 after 2.

Things would just go downhill for the Gold in the third. They opened the period with a too many men on the ice penalty after a mixup between Mark and George. Larry would score unassisted again on the power play and the game was officially turning into rout. Larry followed up his second goal with a trip to the box (stat whore is as stat whore does…) for a slash. This was no problem for the Red as Steve Baker would bag a short handed goal on a nice shot and the blood was clearly in the water. AK would get a goal, assisted by Steve, and the game was 6-0 and the Beercans were almost completely crushed.

Thankfully Roman Kurin would show some flash and would take a long rush and score on a solo bid that broke up Brian Carey’s shutout for the night. That was it for glory on the Gold side and this one would end 6-1.

Game Stars
3^rd Star: Matt Elliot for picking the Red Squad and doing a nice job with the team.
2^nd Star: Steve Baker, 2 helpers and a nice goal. He was a threat all night

1^st Star: Larry Gimme that Stat Sheet Bell. Two goals and an assist and a slashing penalty. Tough consistent play all night. This was a classic Larry game. Nice work.

Special Thanks to the CEO for the delicious post game beverages.

Tonight! Schlidaveur in Hingham!

Cadavers (5) vs Schlitz (6)

Thursday June 10th

Hingham 10:10pm

Alright alright. More 'daveur action set for tonight on the south shore. I think we will be in the A rink which is to the left if you are looking at the front of the building... but I'm not 100% so you may want to check with the desk when you arrive.

Regardless the preffered postgame location is the right side (near) of the rink. ... cuz that's probably what's most important to easily 30% of us.

This week's daveur lineups are provided by a pair of guest GMs.
Picking for the Cadavers would be Matt Elliot and the Golden Beercans would be Dan Gregson.

So here are your lineups. Bring your game and someone bring some beers... and we'll see you tonight in Hingham.

Cadavers

Capt. Matt Elliot

Mike Daley

Larry Bell

Marc Valenti

Nelson Sharman

Kevin Parker

Eric Bauer

Steve Baker

Pete Capraro

John Carey

Ken AK Douville

Chris Fosdick

Brian... sheesh I have to bring the kid again... Carey in net.

Schlitz

Capt. Dan Gregson

Neil Shah

Mark Reynolds

George Moorachian

Jeff Fosdick

Roman Kurin

Matvey Nikhamik

Mike Hammitt

Howard Heppelman

Ken Goldenberg

iJosh Greenstein

Scott Pounds

Mike Campbell (late addition awarded by management)

Matty CEO BMF in Net

One more thing. The Captains for tonights game have final say on all matters regarding each squad. This means, the captain will set the lineups, and make any in-game decisions (if necessary) regarding powerplay/penalty kill groupings or anything else.

Its their night, good or bad, and they run the show.

So it should be fun.

See you tonight!

Way to go 'Hawks

The Blog... and Schlidaveur Incorporated International LLC... would like to congratulate the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the Stanley Cup Championship last night.

The Hawks had a great run, and a nice group of players. Fitting that Patrick Kane put in the game/series/championship winner in overtime. Also fitting that Johnathan Teowes won the Conn Smythe trophy. Good stuff.

I guess the blogger wants to congratulate the loyal and long suffering hockey fans of Chicago. Fans in the Boston area should feel really good for their blue-line brethren in the windy city. They too have suffered for years under the yoke of an ownership that is completely disinterested in the product on the ice and completely focused on the total of the bank account.

Thanks to the advent of the salary cap, and rampant mediocrity, places like Chicago and Boston have at least some pathetic hope of seeing glory for their teams. Put together a solid club and you never know, you could go far, and depending on the matchups (with other mediocre teams) you could find yourself with Lord Stanley's bowl.

Now... I'll give you that this Hawks team is a much better assembly of talent than the fraudulent softness of the local product and thereby they really had an actual chance. Boston was lucky to go as far as it did, thanks to the weak rosters they faced.

So raise a glass. The poor saps in Chicago got theirs, and you never know, maybe one of these years the local pathetic excuse for a professional hockey club could stumble right into a chance to win one too.
And if its any comfort, they still have the same greedy puke of an owner, who is sure to suck the life out of whatever goodness comes from this... just like the asshole that owns the team here.

Suds and Lobster Summer in Hingham

Schlitz (5) vs Lobsters

Wednesday June 2nd

Hingham 9:50pm

4-4 tie

Another spot for a terrific guestblog by one of our finest. Here is iJosh to tell you all about how this one went down:

Welcome to another summer edition of Schlidaveur Hockey. When I think of summer I think of barbeques, cold beer and fresh Lobster. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

This evening in good ol' Hingham would have the Schlitz trying to cook some Lobster. The team would suit up an even 10 players. Jason Seaver would center Larry Bell and Chris Fosdick. John "Daddy Drove Me here" Carey would center Mike Hammitt and Ken Mitch Goldenberg. On defense would be Mike Campbell paired with Marc Valenti and George Moorachian paired with iJosh Greenstein. Between the pipes would be Brian "Damn, my son tagged along again" Carey.

Within the first few minutes of play the game was already eventful. First was Mike Campbell. He would quickly be escorted to the sin bin for slashing in our end. The puck, inexplicably, would be dropped in the defensive zone. After conferring with the referee later in the game it was explained that NESHL has moved to High School rules for the summer (and most likely beyond). The noticeable differences are face offs. All penalties move deep into the offending team's zone. Also all face offs (pucks into the stands, high stick violations, etc) go to the nearest face off dot rather than point of infraction. So the Golden Suds would be shorthanded early. About halfway through the penalty Mr. Hammitt would gather the puck in the neutral zone and skate it in. Upon hearing some on the team implore him to shoot, he did where he promptly buried the puck for a shorthanded goal. 1-0 good guys. Not too much after than, Mr. Valenti would be put in timeout for a high stick. This penalty would be killed as well. No scoring on this time though. But over all the Suds seemed to control the game. No big chances for the Lobsters. Then Larry Bell and Jason Seaver would play a little tic-tac-toe with Jason burying the puck for a 2-0 Suds lead. And the Schlitz would not be done. Once again, Mr. Seaver would tip one in from a rifle of a shot from Valenti giving the Beer Cans a commanding 3-0 lead after one period.

The talk on the bench was to keep the pressure up and to make sure to cover your men on defense since this team can and will put the pressure on. So early in the 2nd Hammitt would perform a "Hammitt Special". Basically someone knocks him over, so Mike levels the guy and then stands over him. Two minutes by yourself boy!!!! Unfortunately Hammitt would be let out early as the Lobsters took advantage and buried the puck to cut the lead to 3-1. Again Jason and Larry would combine to score again. This time Larry from Jason to bring the lead back to 3, 4-1 Suds. Now the Suds just needed to maintain the pressure and play solid D. But it is easier said than done. The Lobsters would claw back into this game. They would score two more before the 2nd period buzzer blew. One on a break-away that had a Lobster two-step away from the defense and get an open look at Brian to make it 4-3.

The third period was more of the same. The Lobsters had decided to take control of this game. They would get physical in front of the net. They were taking it as well as they were giving it. And finally they were able to break through again and beat Brian on the glove side to tie the game at 4. As the clock started to wind down the Lobsters would continue to have chance after chance. A few they should have had. In fact, this game was almost lost in the final minutes as Brian lunged to his glove side, making the initial save. The Lobsters picked up the trash and sent it just wide of the open net, top side right. The Schlitz would regain control just long enough to keep the Lobsters from making another shot, but it would be too late for the Cans to put on any pressure. The end result, a come from behind tie (that according to George is like kissing your brother....Glad I'm not in his family).

Beer in the 4th was sponsored in part by Bud Light, BL Lime as well as Bell and Campbell.

Suds Fail... D-minused.

Schlitz (4) vs D-Minus
Thursday May 27
Hingham 10:10pm

3-1 loss

The Beercans had another south shore matchup with the D-Minus crew who we spanked just a week ago at the same rink. Certainly everyone was hoping for a similar result. Unfortunatley the pregame lockerroom chatter about “carefull about underestimating the opponent” turned out to be a foreshadowing of exactly what we would do on the ice.

Heres your roster to start
Brian “Long arm of the Law” Carey in Net
D1: George and Mark Reynolds
D2: Campbell and Jeff
O1: John Carey, AK, and iJosh
O2: Baker, Parker and Gregson with Dr. Pounds doing an admirable job all night rotating through the lines and keeping track.

The Golden Beercans would skate circles around the rink in the first, lots of passing and a good number of chances in the Minus end. John Carey would pop in a rebound (from iJosh) only 40 seconds into the game to put the gold up by one. Unfortunatley, and somewhat unexpetedly, that would be the only tally of the period and there was no question the prevailing attitude on the bench was “we got this”… cue the ominous music going into the break

With the game not even close to being decided the Gold seemed to perceptibly slow as the second period wore on. It was like a slow power drain as the Minus played with a little bit more grit and opportunity than in past contests. They would start to get some chance on Brian and the Gold was getting fewer chances in the other end. Reynolds would go for a trip halfway throught the period but no scoring on the penalty
Then with just under 3 minutes to play in the period George would go for a hook and Maroon wasted lest than 30 seconds before they would pop one home by Brian to tie up the game. The Gold then got the first wiff that the night might be going sour.
Worse than that was the fact that right after that there would be another scramble in front of Brian and the Minus would knock it in during the scrum and would take the lead along with all of the momentum in the building.
Now the second goal was a bit fishy. It seemed Brian had the situation covered and the crowd had kind of stopped around him, but the zeebs were holding the whistles tight and it seemed to take a long time to get one just about everytime it was tied up.

Regardless the now tired and bewilderd Beercans faced the third period now down a goal and the opponet was feelign the confidence and the momentum.

The third just went predictibly badly. Looking eerily similar to the cheap folding table, poor excuse of a professional hockey club from Boston, the Gold litterally just let it slip away in the third. The shifts weren’t as short as they should have been and that led to tired legs. We lost almost all intensity and aggresiveness in the one on one battles and turned the opponent into more of a force than they were in the earlier part of the game.

About 4 minutes into the period the Maroon would score another on a good hard work effort by their forwards and the Gold was in full involuntary constricting upper esophagus collapse.

Now… before I get all dumpy on the good guys… there were chances, and opportunities… just nothing that worked. Jeff would have something like 5 shots in a shift early in the period, the only problem was that none of them were actually on the net. Barn door, Jeff. Jeff, barn door. Nothing. Steve Baker would wheel and deal a few time and ended up with 3 legit breakaway chances none of which had much hope. George had a nice rush and wrap around attempt but the Minus were up to the task.
They did have a differnent keeper than the last game but honestly it wasn’t like we challenged him with many really strong chances
Parker would take a matching penalty close to the end but that was just about it. No big finish or comeback to report.

The only up side was a few cold ones, Gregson and Jeff brought a few Buds of the light and the regular variety that were enjoyed in the atmospheric lighting of the rink parking lot.

Honorable Mentions to Scott for doing the rotating and keeping track up front, and to our gal Lizzy for keeping score in excellent form. Honestly the blogger looked over at her in the booth sipping a Bud light at one point thinking I’d rather be there…
Sad.

Zombies tied up by Shock

Cadavers (4) vs Shock

Monday May 24th

Canton 9:20pm

5-5 Tie

The blogger wasn’t in house for this one… and there were no guest blog contributions, but we will have a semi game story nontheless. Thanks to a well completed game scoresheet we have a good idea of how this one went down. Kudos therefore right off the bat Larry Hudson, Canton scorekeeper extraordinaire.

This was apparently a pretty good matchup, but the dead in Red felt that they let one slip away that they should have had. Team Zombie led most of the night only to succumb to the Shock in the end and finished up with a tie.

Lets check the roster.

Matt CEOBMF in Net

D: DWH, Eric Bauer, Reynolds, Daley (?)

O: Baker, Hammitt, Elliot, Shah, Sharfman, Nikhamik, Capraro and Kurin

A good group to be sure, and the Red had some confidence to start off.

Capraro would lead off scoring with a a goal from DWH just 3 minutes into the first.

The Shock would counter with a goal at the ten minute mark to pull even.

Hammitt would score, assisted by Matvey just under the six minute mark and the period would end 2-1 Red.

Hammit would continue to roll and would score the first goal of the second, this time assisted by Neil and the Red would lead 3-1 just two minutes into the second.

The Shock didn’t stay down though, and they countered with another goal just a minute later. They would also see three penalties before the end of the period.

The Red would take advantage and get the lead out to 2 again when Mike Daley would score from Matt Elliott with 6 minutes left in the period. Good guys 4-2 at the end of two.

Dan with Hands Herbert (DWH) would lead off the third the right way and would score unassisted at 14:32. This meant a three goal lead for Team Zombie, but unfortunately it also meant the Shock had them right where they wanted them.

The Shock would take the next 3 penalties, one a misconduct and then things really started to change. Neil went for a highstick that looks like a match to one of those Shock penalties, but regardless when those penalties expired The Electric Company would take over.

Scoring at 9:35 they would bring it back to 5-3. Then the Shock scored again at 4:13 and again at 2:13 to tie the game. Apparently a torrid comeback from three goals down to tie up the Zombies… and that’s how this one would end. 5-5.

Sounded like a whiz bang of a game, too bad about the total collapse.

I’m thinking no game stars.

…nice to see the CEO back on the ice…

Suds sloshed by Call

Schlitz (3) vs Last Call
Thursday May 20
HinghamC 9:30pm

5-0 loss



A nice night for summer hockey on the south shore as the Golden Beercans would take on the Last Call who have been a bit of a division rival the last few years and who also fared pretty well in the just closed playoff season. The Call were even sporting new white shirts, with a terrific logo consisting of a foamy beer mug with crossed sticks behind it.
The shirts were new but the guys were the same and they had all of their best in attendance on Thursday. These guys aren’t going to win any speed skating competitions but they know how to play and have certain players who can “turn it on” for a shift or rush whenever necessary… this happened several times during the night.

Here’s your Lineup
Brian Carey in Net
D1: Mike Campbell; Eric Bauer
D2: Jeff Fosdick; Mike Daley
O1: Larry, Nelson, and Neil Shah
O2: Steve, Dan Gregson, and Matt Elliot, with iJosh floating

The first period was pretty back and forth but it was clear early on that the Suds would have their hands full all night. They were able to move the puck and get shots and we were… well… unable to do that… consistently.

The good news was that the Gold held the Call scoreless until the closing minutes. Then a pinch and turnover in the White end resulted in a 2 on nobody rush for the White which they neatly buried behind Brian and we went into the break down 1-0.

The second wasn’t as good. The Call would get another within a minute of the start of the period on a nice bang bang pass and shoot from behind our net. A mere 3 minutes later number 16, I believe the chap with the neon pink helmet, no shield decided to “flick the switch” and took a nice end to end rush and finished with a flourish putting the White up 3-0. Daley would take a trip call shortly afterward but the Gold played well on the PK and there was no scoring. The Call would tuck another nice goal away before the end of the second and the period would end with the good guys down 4-0.

The third would see two more penalties by the ‘cans. Bauer for a rough and Larry for a trip but again no blood on the penalties. That didn’t really matter much to the Call who would score their 5th with more than 14 minutes left. The gold was clearly overmatched and really struggled to get just about anything going for the rest of the way. Neil and Larry had a nice pass and shoot just before the end, and there were a few other “almost” situations but really… we had no answers.

And that’s how that one would play out. I guess you could say it was a minor victory of sorts just holding them to one goal in the third, but its pretty pathetic when you have to hang your hat on that.

The fourth period was a little lean with just a few beers that Jeff brought along, but it was nice to see the Icebergs drinking just a few parking spots away. They had just finished a game on the other side. It was great to see Matt Cicciari and Eric Marino and to catch up for a few minutes.
Quote of the night from Mr. Marino, who has been a ‘daveur from years past:

“Now I’m 50, I’ve had seven knee operations and I’ve been shot twice, but yeah, I'm still doin’ this" (takes a swig of beer)
Phenominal.
Nice to have a beer with you boys...
And that’s all there is to say about that.

Zombies beat by bewbies Hack Pack

Cadavers(3) vs Hack Pack
Wednesday May 19
Canton 10:20pm

4-1 loss


This one didn’t sound like it was very enjoyable. The word coming back to the Blogger was that the new team was fairly evenly matched against us but there was just nothing going on for the Dead in Red and stayed that way all night

There was a goal, a good one from Larry but I don’t recall if anyone assissted.

Aside from that there was reports that Sully had a good game and the other team had a handfull of very solid shooters. Unfortunately Sully would get run into just before the end of the game and ended up with a badly twisted ankle. There has been no word from the Schlidaveur medical staff on his injury but he was seen limping to his car at the end of the evening. Hopefully Sully will be back in the pipes again soon...

Anyone that has any comments or stories to add to this one is encouraged to use the COMMENT FEATURE and give us a word or two. The Blogger would be very appreciative.

No game stars.

Suds sink the minus... weak revenge.

Schlitz(2) vs D-Minus
Thursday May 13
Hingham 10:10pm

8-4

The league called up and offered us a "bonus" game of sorts, so the Dead in Red..err Golden Beercans threw together a roster and met up with the D-Minus over in Hingham for a late evening engagement. This was the same club that beat the Cads in the one game playoff game at the end of last season. That night they had an epic goaltender and really stole on from the Red, so there was a thought of retribution in some minds as we took the ice.
Heres the Roster
Lizzy in Net
D1: Brian Carey; Mike Campbell
D2: Jeff Fosdick; DWH
O Centers: Jason Seaver, Neil Shah
O Wings: Roman, Matvey, Capraro, Gregson, Baker, and John Carey

This one would be a bit wild, and it didn’t start particularly well. The Minus would take the opening face off, walk into our zone and let loose a low skidding shot that slowly rolled right at Lizzy, right under her and into the net for a 1-0 lead just 20 seconds in.

The Gold shook their heads and headed back up ice. Thankfully new star center Jason Seaver would tie the game less than 30 seconds later and it was clear we were in for a long night.

The Gold would follow with a goal from Matvey assisted by DWH and Neil, then an unassisted tally from John Carey for a 3-1 lead pretty early on. Neil would get one of his own on a return the favor pass from Matvey and the first period would end 4-1 good guys. It was clear that the talent in Net for the Minus was well off from the playoff performance.

Steve Baker would take a roughing penalty in the second, and Neil would go for a hook (totally suspect call) in the third and that was all the penalty minutes for the Gold.
D-Minus would score another early in the period to close to 4-2 but the Beercans would answer with another run. Goals from DWH, assisted by Neil, then Neil assisted by Brian Carey, would keep a healthy lead for the good guys. D-Minus would score their third somewhere in there but Neil would complete the Hat-trick before the end of the period, this one from Matvey again. So into the third we would go 7-3.

The third would prove to be the quietest period of the night scoring wise with a goal a side. Roman would knock one home from Mike Campbell that would seal the deal at 8-4. That’s how it would end and in the second half of the game it was a lot closer than it had been in the early going. It will be interesting to see if their goalie situation changes at all when we see this club later in the season.

Game Stars
3^rd Star: Dan "DWH" Herbert for a pair of assists and yet another excellent game of defense
2^nd Star: Matvey Nikhamik for a goal and 2 helpers and a very solid game all around

1^st Star: Neil Shah. A hat-trick along with 2 assists for a terrific five point night.

The Fourth period would be sponsored by beverage contributions from Gregson and Campbell which were tasty and pleasant to enjoy after a 8 goal winning night.

There were unconfirmed reports about Campbell and Fosdick racing to the bottom of his cooler of ice cold Budlights… but they hadn’t seen each other in a while and its amazing really they could drink that much beer between the two of them never shutting up for 2 seconds.

Good win boys and girls.

Zombies beat Leafs!

CADavers(2) vs. NESHL Leafs
Tuesday May 11th
10:20pm Canton

4-2 victory for the Dead in Red.

The Cads were back in action on Tuesday night.
Here is the gamestory from SuperGuestBlogger Dr. Jasse:

Hopes were high as we saw the assembled team of newbies gather in the Canton lobby and procure their bran’ spankin’ new blue jerseys. Games vs. clinic teams in the past usually guaranteed not only a victory but huge deposits in individual stat-whores score sheet accounts. So, confidence in the locker room was high as we knew we had a solid line-up against what we assumed would be a pushover of an opponent.
Brian ‘long arm of the law’ Carey (looking very undercover bad-ass with his new chops) would be ‘twixt the pipes.
The formidable D would be the foursome of
Mark R, DWH, Mike Daley and fresh off the IR, Kevin Parker
We had one no-show so Larry and Jason Seaver would center the 3 pairs of wings made up of:
Jasse & AK
Eric & Matt Elliott
Scott Pounds & Dan Greggson

Right off the bat the line of Larry, Jasse and AK would attack the offensive zone, swarm the net and have 2 near-misses; Jasse couldn’t quite tuck the puck in off the side of the net and Larry almost banged home a rebound out front. Good start but no finish.

Lines would change and Jason Seaver (let us applaud management’s scouting and farm system) would make his presence immediately felt. 1 shift, 2 shots, 2 pieces of rubber touching the twine. For a squad that found itself offensively challenged much of last season this guy is an immediate upgrade and welcome addition.

Speaking of upgrades, Eric Bauer may not have made the scoresheet but his impact was felt throughout the game and another obvious improvement to our forward lines. He had consistent, hard-working shifts all night and it won’t be long before this guy joins the scoring parade; he too has hockey smarts and skill.
So, 2-0 good guys at the end of one.

Not too far into the start of the second, Jasse and AK put on (if I dare say) a dazzling passing clinic which was essentially a tic-tac-toe through the neutral ice into the offensive zone which ended up with AK taking a cross ice pass from Jasse at the doorstep and bangin’ it home. Pretty stuff and 3 nill.

This was not your father’s clinic squad. They too had some skaters and anytime an opposing player dons a no shield helmet, defense beware. This guy made a pretty twirl in the slot move and blew one by Brian to cut the lead 3-1. No worries; Jasse with a touch pass to Seaver who threads a pretty pass to AK parked in the EXACT SAME SPOT as before to slam it home. 4-1.
The Leafs would find the back of the net to make it 4-2 and then really turn on the pressure but our D and Brian Serpico Carey would shut the door.

Game Stars:
3rd Star: Reynolds, Daley, DWH, Parker. Don’t let the name of the opponent fool you; the assemble clinic group brought it last night and had their chances. But the puck control of DHW & Daley combined with the tough shut ‘em down tenacity of Parker & Reynolds really shut the door on these guys.
2nd Star: Ken AK Douville. He is always around the net. Ak is always a pest in the offensive zone with his wheels and his high-motor persistence. His effort netted him 2 goals and an all around excellent game
1st Star: Jason Seaver, 2 goals and a helper. This guy is going to be huge for our team, obviously. But what I also liked about him was his self-less play. Anyone remember Dixit? Clearly the best skater on the ice (poetry in motion on blades) but his 8 ½ minute shifts and no-pass attitude got him shipped out of town (that and a job offer). Seaver was feeding the wingers all night, strong on face-offs and in the D zone. Good stuff

The IR turnstile: The IR gives and taketh away:
We welcome back Brian (who looked sharp) and Parker (who always plays a consistent hard-fought game) from the MASH unit and we say adios to Jasse. A pulled groin a few months back turned into something worse last night and he’ll be on the shelf for a bit.

Zombie-Fiesta Cincodemayodaveur!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz (1)
Wednesday May 5
Canton 8:10pm

Cadavers 2
Schlitz 0

The Summer 2010 season began on Wednesday night witha classic 'daveurs matchup and postgame that kicked things off in style. Lizzy and Team Dead would earn a tough 2-0 shutout shutdown of the Golden Beercans that would see lots of hard work, (and wheezing), but not much scoring.

The season opening rosters would include some new faces, and a bunch of old ones, as Schlidaveur International would welcome Eric Bauer and Jason Seaver to the ranks of our merry band of skaters. Who knows what their impressions were halfway through this slow-speed slugfest, but I’m pretty sure that when they left the parking lot they felt indoctrinated into what it means to play with the ‘daveurs… but more on that later.

The old faces included appearances by Matt Kilroy, yes you read that correctly, the CEOBMF is back, and skated out even, and Brian “long arm of the law… now surgically repaired” Carey who also skated out. Kevin Parker would also be returning from surgery as well, and it was great to see all of you guys back in the game.

This game had a bit of bigness to it right from the start, being first game of the season, a ‘davuer, new faces and old, and a warm summer night with the promise of beer and pizza, really all the elements were in play. You could feel it. Ok before the blogger gets lost…Here’s your game rosters

Cadavers
Lizzy “The GrimKeeper” in the pipes

D: Daley, Valenti, DWH, and Kilroy

O1: Capraro, Nelson, and Baker

O2: Eric Bauer, Elliot, and Gregson

Schlitz

Sully in net

D: Sgt. George, Reynolds, Brian Carey

O1: Jason Seaver, Neil and Scott

O2: Jeff, Roman and Parker

So the game would get underway and right off the Gold were a bit back on their heels. The Gold bench didn’t quite fill out right away as they would skate with 8 for a while before Parker would arrive five minutes into the period. The Red was definitely ready to play and immediately took the game to the Gold pressing the play in the Suds end and giving Sully some shots early on.

It wasn’t long in when the Gold would get caught in the neutral zone and Steve Baker would make a great play and spring a breakaway with Capraro. A slick pass and Pete buried the shot for the 1-0 lead at just the three minute mark. It was clear the Suds had their hands full, as it was no more than another 2 minutes later when Baker would take the puck and making some space for himself would unleash a nice shot that made the game 2-0.

Aside from getting Sgt. George to an early boiling point… you could tell as he started bubbling out condemnations and ”guys we gottas…” the Gold seemed to hold themselves together a bit and tried to match the intensity from the Cads to try and settle things down. This was mostly accomplished but the Red would get a handfull of other chances as the period went on. Sully did a great job keeping the suds in the game, for the rest of the way really.

The end of the first saw another bubbleover by Sgt. George who seemed to have plenty of wind for blowing hard at the Gold bench while the rest of us caught our breath. The Gold would keep after it, and had their chances but they were much fewer than the Zomies over the next two periods.

The Big Red defence that included Marc Dan and Mike with regular brief appearances by Kilroy, played formidably all night long, taking away chances, and setting the play down when needed. They were just plain tough to get around. The Gold didn’t get large numbers of quality chances, and when they did Lizzy was there and made the play. Lizzy was looking like her namesake, decked out in all black she stood a bit taller as she turned aside everything that came near her, reaping the shots and collecting loose pucks.

The Gold for their part couldn’t get any consistent pressure going in the Red end, and despite a handfull of breakaway chances for Jeff they couldn’t come up with anything over then next two periods. Jeff would clank one off the post in the first, Lizzy would squash the next shot, and the third breakaway, late in the game Jeff just faked himself out, trying to make a pathetic backhand and plowed himself right into the net instead of the puck. He got up muttering something about how they all now knew why he usually played D… or something like that.

Seaver, Roman and Neil had little other luck. Lots of just missed passes and bouncing pucks. Mid range shots were gobbled up by Lizzy and the Defense and trips were not plenty in to their end to begin with. Great work byt the Red all the way around.
Mark Reynolds would take the game’s only penalty in the second for interferece but the powerplay was a wash.

The Beercans would pull Sully for the final minute but again no blood on the odd man situation. The Red celebrated the first win of the year and a nice shutout and the teams adjourned to the locker-rooms and then the parking lot for the fourth period.

True to the special feeling of the night, the lot did not disappoint. Thanks in major part the CEO who provided Zorba’s Pizza (like seven of them) and icy cold Limeys for all to enjoy. All did enjoy as the weather was downright summer-like in the sixties under the stars. The teams were joined by Scott’s wife, Carlotta Pounds and Neil’s girlfriend Sarah and it was great to have both of them with us. Scott (true gentleman that he is) grabbed the seat from the back of his mini-van for Sarah to sit on. She was with cast, recovering from knee surgery. Sarah actually has a human cadaver ligament in her new knee so she has now been confirmed and Official (maybe the most official) Cadaveur by the organization. Welcome!

The Pizzas were devoured, the Limeys and Coronas slurped and smiles were plenty. The assembled ‘davuers basked in the start of summer hockey and it was pointed out by Roman that just a week ago the Cads were standing in the same parking lot and the feeling was totally different. A week ago it was chilly and the guys sulked around a few beers and felt bad about the whuppin just put on us in the dampness.

This week it was all good, even for the guys that got shutout, by the end of the night. Summer was here. The beer was cold and the pizza delicious. Good friends and teammates doing what we do, having a good skate and then a nice hang afterward. Welcome to the summer season. I have a feeling its going to be good.

Game Stars

^3rd Star: Big Red D. DWH, Mike Daley, Marc Valenti, and Matty Kilroy. Great work all night.

2^nd Star: Steve Baker. A two point night for the victors. Nice work all around.

1^st Star: The dark keeper of the crease. Lizzy for a season opening shutout. Nice job.

Nice job to everyone who came out. That was a good way to start off the season.

Summah Season Kicks off with CicodeMayoDaveur!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz (1)
Wednesday May 5th
Canton 8:10pm


Summer season opener!


So much for the off-season.

Fresh off a royal "ousting" by the Blues last week to conclude the Winter season our heroes of the rink head back to the ice to open the Summer 2010 season with a CincodeMayoDaveur tonight in Canton.

Schlidaveur Incorporated opens another season with new and familiar faces and the league has been nice enough to give us a season opener "get to know you" Schlidavuer game. Everyone will be on deck tonight in Canton to get things underway.
Management consulted the hockey gods (there's a temple deep in the catacombs under world-headquarters), and meditated, even offered some sacrifices (the gods are picky... and hard to reach this time of year) and came up with a nice split roster that will hopefully make for a good game tonight.
Here are your game rosters.

Cadavers
Nelson
Dan G
Dan H
Matt E
Eric B
Daley
Steve
Mark V
Capraro
Matt
Lizzie - Goal

Schlitz
Jeff
Roman
George
Reynolds
Neil
John Carey
Brain Carey
Jason Seaver
Scott
Ken D
Kevin (coming back from injury, trying it out, take it easy)
Jasse (maybe... new baby in the house)
Sully - Goal

Daveur-parenting

This just in from World Headquarters.

Daveurbabynewsflash.


Congratulations go out to Dr. and Mrs. Jasse for the birth of their second daughter Maya Avery Jasse. Born Sundday @ 9:37am 8lbs 13 oz 20 1/2 inches.

Best wishes from all the 'davuers to Mike and Beth and the whole family.


And now a quick check in with Greg James... you may recall he and Miran welcomed twin baby girls and we now see how Greg is coping with the new arrivals. He sent along this picture...




Way to be Greg. One of the responses in the email thread aptly summed it up

"The only way to parent... drunk."

Amen to that brother.

Zombies crushed by Blues. Its ova.

Cadavers (3-1) vs Blues (3-1)

Tuesday April 27th

Canton 8:30

5-1 loss

Team Zombie headed into the final game of the "losers" bracket last night high hopes and a good attitude against a team we thought we knew pretty well, and came away with a stinger of a loss and an end to the winter season.

The Blues were certainly not the Blues of old, lots of familiar faces but a few key additions. They had a new center that wore #6 who was a powerhouse of speed and ability, and another new addition that wore #88 who was also a big plus. Couple that with good performances by#13 (green socks) and the rest of the regulars and they had a recipe for success against a Zombie squad that was never really in the game.

The roster looked like this.

Jim Sullivan in Net

D1: George and Baker (later Roman)

D2: DWH and Jeff

O1: Larry, Roman(later Baker) and Jasse

O2: Neil, AK, and Goody

O3: Gregson, Nelson, and Dr. Pounds

Things started out ok for a few minutes. It was clear it would be a heck of a game and Jim had to pull out a few really big saves even in the early going. The Red found their skates a little and managed a shot or two but it didn't go long before it went bad.

At twelve minutes in #6 would rip a ridiculous shot off that picked a corner. Four minutes later 88 would score on a bang bang odd man rush. At four minutes left 13 would score on another great shot, and then he would get his second with a minute and a half remaining on another rush. End of the first, 4 - zip bad guys.

Not much hope for the Red but the effort was there in the second and Team Zombie played them to a draw for the whole frame until the very end when 6 would score on a crazy end to end rush with about a minute left. Five nothing Blues after 2.

There would be a bright spot in the third when Steve Baker, who had been moved up to forward in the second, tipped home a nice drive by DWH for a power play goal. They collected another pair of penalties when #3, a notorious douchebag, took out AK in front then headbutted him after Kenny stood up to him. He went for a double but the Red couldn't put anything together on the powerplay. The game would end in some frustration for the Red who had a hard time mounting any consistent attack in the last 5-10 minutes. George went for a rough somewhere in there but nothing happened on that either.

All in all a quite unsatisfying way to end the season.

Thanks to Dr. Jasse and Dan Gregson for the 4th period beer and at least we won that frame standing in the chilly Canton lot wondering how we just had our heads handed to us...

Good season boys. Now don't go crazy in the off-season and we'll see you in a few weeks for spring training...