New-look Suds romp El Tigre!

Schlitz (2) vs Tigers

Monday 10/3

Canton 10:10pm

8-2 Win

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

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

Here’s your breakdown:

Randy (on the spot) Dudek in Net

D: Bauer, George, and Jeff

O1: Baker, Jared, and Josh Bittker

O2: Sully, Parker, and Nelson

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

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

End one, 1-0 Schlitz.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The third would be no surprises either.

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

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

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

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

Game Stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season Openerdavuer! New look Suds dominate!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz(1)

Monday Septermber 26

BU 9:10pm

Suds 6

Cads 1

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

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

Here’s the breakdown of the rosters.
Schlitz

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Reynolds, iJosh

D2: George, Geoff Marietta

O1: Jared Gorden, Matvey, and Roman

O2: Daley,  Gregson, and Josh Bittker

Cadavers

Jim Sullivan in Net

D1: Parker, Bauer

D2: Campbell, Fosdick

O1: Larry, Nelson, and Elliot

O2: Baker, Pounds, Goldenberg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Game Stars

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

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

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

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

Fourth period goodness provided by Eric Bauer and Matt Elliot.

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

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

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

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

Final Summer Stats

Team,
Here are the final statistics from the Summer 2011 campaign.
A loss in the Championship game wasn't so bad to take and it dropped us to 8-8-3 on the season which seemed about right.
After a 5-0 blistering start we then went 9 weeks without a W and really the run we made at the end saved the .500 season.
Good numbers here in particular we have to start with Steve Baker who finishes first in points (14) and first in penalties (8) for the Stat whore's dream double championship. Nice work Steve.
Jim Sullivan finishes second with 13 points on a nice comeback year for him. Nice to have him out there on the forward lines making things happen.
Rounding out the top five are Larry and Jeff (11) and Mike Daley (10) all of whom turned in nice performances over the summer. Good work boys.

As mentioned before the Mike Campbell Award goes to Baker. Eric Bauer was close behind Steve with 7 penalties but couldn't get over the top. It should be noted that the Namesake of the award had 6 penalties but this was only in 8 games played so his Pen Per Game number dwarfs the two guys ahead of him on the list. Just sayin'...

Clearly we've had a changing of the guard in the Nets this summer. Jon Cole who was an excellent find last winter continued his solid work playing about half of our games this summer. A 3.37 GAA is certainly acceptable for a D league hockey team.
Interesting that Jon's replacement Randy Dudek finished with a similar 3.60 GAA after playing 5 games with us.
We only saw last Winter's playoff star Jacob Marks once and he did win, and we'd love to see more of Jacob... if only he lived closer.

Good season everyone. Thanks for playing and see you in the winter!

Championship Game vs SLJ

Cadavers (3) VS SLJ (1)

Thursday 9/22

Dedham 9:30pm

Coyote Division Championship

7-2 loss

The Dead in Red took to the sheet at the Boch Ice Palace in Dedham last night, not only later than scheduled, but incredibly playing for the division championship despite a less than sparkly 8-7-3 overall record. The 3 seed Cadavers would take on the always difficult SLJ. These guys are all around good with a few standouts as well. They wore a black version of the old Phoenix Coyotes jersey and it should have been an omen that the Blogger caught even before the game began.

Here is your Title Game Zombie Roster

Jay McNamara in Net

D1: George, Bauer

D2: Jeff, Parker

O1: Larry, Sully and Gregson

O2: Baker, Daley and Elliot

O3: Roman, Matvey and Doc Pounds

Team Zombie was enthusiastic despite the delayed start time. Not jumping up and down mind you… but the potty training discussion had an expectant edge to it during the pregame locker room.  As Doc Pounds said not that long ago… “Didn’t we used to talk about hot chicks?” Now… peeing. Sigh.

Anyway… if we were going to win this one it would take a whole bunch of what we brought with us to last week’s game against the Blues. Some scoring, hard shifting, and great overall team play. We got some of that stuff but whatever we did get only lasted so long. I’ll tell you what we did get, and was another terrific performance in net from Jay McNamara who has turned out to be quite a find. Hope we much more of him going forward this winter.

It was clear we had our hands full from the open. Very fast pace and it was all we could do to play them even up and down the ice. Its nice to report that not only were we holding our own in the first 5 minutes but we also generated a few scoring chances.

Just after the 12 minute mark the play would go around the attacking zone due to some excellent work by the Daley, Baker, Elliot line. Mike Daley would zip a pass out to Baker who was open about 15 feet out. Steve ripped a famous slapper that went top shelf and the good guys were up 1-0. Good stuff.

The SLJ (they need a snappy knickname) didn’t take kindly to being down a goal and a whole minute of playing time later they bing bang boomed a great play that left the Red spinning and the game tied at 1.

Things still looked pretty good for the puffing Cads, including two penalties that went our way, but there were no breakthroughs and really we kind of chugged into the first intermission tied.

The Second would see much more of the same grind. I’m happy to say that the Red momentum would continue. No more than 2 minutes in Mike Daley, after an exhausting shift would come to the bench as the play went into our end… not ideal but Mike had to get off… and Sully jumped over the boards. The play was already coming back up the ice and Sully would pick up the loose puck in the neutral zone and charge into the Black end. Jim made a nice move shaking the D and then buried his bid and the Zombies were up a goal again.

Of course, once again SLJ would take all of one exact minute of playing time to put together a play in our end and tie the game at 2. After a few more shifts the game went by the midway point, 8 minutes in the second and we were still in a tie game for the trophy.
Pretty good… the Blogger thinks… all you can ask for the last game of the year really. Just wanted to get that in, given that the momentum was fading, and even though we were in it, the feeling that the game was quickly slipping away would be in full effect by the end of the frame.

At 7 minutes the SLJ would pot another one to take their first lead. Baker would go for a trip after taking down one of their speedsters in a play he had no choice on. Red stood strong on the PK but at the 2 minute mark they would land another one and the period would end 4-2. The fourth was a cheepey… shot along the “baseline” that slipped through a narrow space.

Team Zombie had the heart but not the legs to make it through the third let alone mount a comeback. Black would turn up the heat , like all good teams looking to finish and would score at 14 minutes and again at 12.  Red was just hanging on for the ride at this point but the shifts stayed short and the effort was there for everyone, despite the fact that we couldn’t get anything going.
Sully had another almost breakaway in the third but the defenseman knocked him off his balance and he couldn’t finish the play. There was good work all the way around and really Jay kept it close by making lots of quality stops as the period wore on.

Matvey would tackle a guy coming out of our end at the 5 minute mark and we would play down most of the rest of the way. SLJ would land one last parting shot with one minute left, just to let us know they had this one wrapped up.

So that was how this one would end up. No joy. A good skate, a lot of Zombie Pride in effort and desire. It just wasn’t going to happen.

We even gave them a run in the 4^th period. Sporting 5 coolers we stood out in the warm humid air and sipped a salve to our sorrows. Of course they weren’t f-ing around here either and soon they had a huge cooler hemmoraging beers and a grill going on the back of one of their pickups. The oversized trophy sitting on the edge of the group, closest to us I noticed, a reminder of what they’d done. 

It wasn’t easy to take as it became clear they were going to outlast us in the lot, five coolers or not.


Doc Pounds told Jeff to “let it go” as the victorious scent of Cheeseburgers wafted over our consolation gathering as he muttered curses under his breath, sidelong glancing at the trophy… or maybe the burgers.

Night over. 4^th period lost. Game lost. The Summer of mediocrity appropriately wrapped up with a 8-8-3 overall record.

Last one out turn off the lights… see you in the winter… I mean Monday.

Coyote Division Championship! Tonight!

Cadavers (3) vs SLJ (1)
Thursday 9/22
Dedham 9:00pm
Coyote Division Championship Game

This ought to get the blood flowing...

This guy has the right message for us...

We play for hardware tonight lads.
A banner in the rafters if you will...
After a summer season rife with mediocrity... a chance to put one on the board.
A notch in the franchise belt... a pelt for the wall.
We may be a bunch of phoney baloneys playing in a phoney baloney league... but tonight, if we play with our guts, and our brains, and most importantly our hearts... we can be the top phoney baloney dogs. Who could ask for anything more?
See you at the rink.

Playoff Showdown with Les Blues

Cadavers (3) vs Blues (2)
Thursday 9/15
BU 10:00pm
Coyote Division Semifinal


5-2 WIN!


The Dead in Red took the ice at storied Walter Brown Arena against long time rival The Blues for a semi-final playoff match up. The two teams skated to a 1-1 draw not long ago and the familiarity between the squads meant this game was sure to be close as well. We have a long history of battles with the guys in Blue and everyone on Team Zombie was anxious to get the win and knock those guys out of the "tournament".
Here's how things would work out.
First off the Blogger wants to thank the rowdy members of the Betley Lab for setting Jeff's night off on the right foot. Thanks go out to The Mexican Tom Cruise and his special Fresca enhanced Margaritas and Dave Harris for his booming pep-talk toast that got the blood flowing. Suffice to say Jeff was well lubricated before he made it across the river to BU.
That was fine as he was slated as the 14th man on a full roster and apparently it suited him fine as he got early results when the puck dropped.

But first... lets have the lineups.
Jay McNamara in NET
D: George, Bauer; Campbell, and Parker with Jeff rotating in.
O1: Baker, Daley, Elliot
O2: Larry, Sully, Gregson
O3: Roman, Matvey, Doc Pounds

 It was clear that the Blues had their regulars as well as the talent they've picked up in the last few seasons. In particular number 6 a forward with black and green socks, and number 43 wearing a dark blue league jersey would clearly need minding all night as they were able to make plays with their legs and hands at any time.
The Blogger is happy to report that the energy level was great on the Cadaver bench and Red took the game right at the Blues right from the start. No hard to do with the lineup we had. The Baker-Daley experience would get shots immediately and it was clear Baker was into it from the start. Funny... for the first time he was seen with beer in hand in the pregame locker room. When asked he told the team he wasn't missing out on the Shipyard Pumpkin Head ale this year like last. "I went back to the store and it was all gone!" Apparently he stocked up and has been drinking nothing else all week.
We waded into the game and there was plenty of give and take between the sides to get things warmed right up in a hurry. Mike Campbell would barrel through someone less than four minutes in and Blue would go on the power play. Red fought hard and played well on the PK and just as it ended good things started to happen.
Jeff would make a outlet pass to Doc Pounds up on the left side. Jeff had a head of steam and was hollering to the good Doctor to send it back. He did just that and laid a perfect pass across the blue line right to Jeff as he turned the crossed up defender and streaked to the net to bury a shot over the keepers far shoulder. Red up 1-0 and Jeff banging his stick on the ice on his way back.
Campbell would go again to the box for his second penalty of the night on an iffy call that no one seemed to see. Suddenly the extra defender was looking good as chances were Mike wasn't going to make the whole game (3 penalties and you are out). Again, good work by Red on the PK meant the Blues got not much going and the first would end 1-0.
The Second would open with more good things for the Cads. Kevin Parker would headman the puck up to Steve Baker who would make a nice play to Matt Elliot who was parked on the right side of the crease. Matty would score from the short side on a fast shot and the good guys had a 2 goal lead. Couple of things here... nice to see Matt score in the playoffs as he had a very productive regular season, and also there couldn't have been a better time for high scorer Steve Baker to pick up his FIRST assist of the year. Now how you score 12 goals with no assists the Blogger doesn't know... or care. Now hes got at least one helper and those are just as good.
About halfway through the period Parker and a Blue would go for matching roughing calls and the teams played 5 on 5. Other than that the period was a full on grind and the Red never let up. After 2... 2-0 good guys.
Now you know it couldn't be easy. You know we couldn't go the whole night without some drama and anxious times... right? Of course. Five minutes into the third period the Blues would start to get thier momentum going. The play went around the Red end and we started to scramble. If not for the very steady hand of Jay McNamara in net the lead would have been gone in a flash. Instead the Blues kept knocking on the door and Jay kept turning them aside. That is... until this happened. Jeff would try to take down number 43 who was winding up and driving to the net. The ref's arm went up as he hauled him down but the puck went to a Blue behind our net who passed to a guy right in front and he put it past Jay to cut the lead to one. No penalty after the goal saved Jeff a trip to the box... but the Red bench was already on edge.
Another 5 minutes of playing time, a lot of it with Red on their heels went by. Then Mike Daley would make a great play. The puck would come up from Mike Campbell then to Elliot in the neutral zone. He would spring Daley with a nice pass and Mike was off on a breakaway to the Blue net. Daley's shot was wicked and the Red bench cheered when the puck went in giving us back a two goal lead, now with 7 minutes left in the game.
Blue was desperate. Six and 43 were all over the place trying to make something happen. It was only a minute after Daley's goal that they did just that. Another scramble in our end and the loose puck ended up with 43 who rifled one into the net to cut the lead back to 1, 3-2, now with 5 and a half minutes left.
Another minute of tense playing time later a strange play gave great results. George tried a clearing pass to Doc Pounds that missed the mark but hit the Good Doctor off the helmet and bounced back to George. The ranging defense man then barreled up ice hell bent for glory and he found it, burying the puck for a nice finish and some insurance.
Now with time winding down and the Blues in full desperation they would pull their keeper in the final minute and Red would do a good job squashing the play. Roman would hustle down and grab a loose clearing play and would pot the empty netter for the nail in the coffin.
Great work by all the Cadavers and a very sweet win.

This means we advance to the Division Championship Game next week. Stay tuned... its always exciting to play for hardware.


Game Stars
3rd Star: Jay McNamara for some great work in the pipes. He didn't think he worked that hard, but he made covers and eliminated rebounds at critical times all night. Nice job
2nd Star: Matt Elliot for a goal and an assist and some hard work all night.
1st Star: The other goal scorers... George, Daley, Roman and Jeff. 

Really... everyone played really well. There was great energy and focus on the bench and this one was a nice victory to have against a well know... and ill regarded... opponent.


Beerman Honor Roll: Bauer and Fosdick.
Always nice to enjoy post-game beverages in the BU parking lot... thankfully no sign of malicious meter maids or BUPD... 

TONIGHT! PLAYOFFS!

This ought to put you in the mood for tonight
Click this ^

If not than this will...

Playoff Fever Thursday Night!

The Cads are in the playoffs and by virtue of a 7-7-3 finish, 3rd place in the Coyote Division. This gets us a match up with the Blues (2 seed) on Thursday night.
A win and we'll advance to the "championship" game for the division against the remaining team.
We played the Blues very tight last week and provided there are no ringers in play it should be another tremendous game.

So. See you Thursday night. Win or go home.
BU 10pm.

Cads and Blues tangle to tie in regular season finale!

Cadavers vs Blues

Thursday 9/1

Canton 10:30pm

1-1 tie

The Dead in Red faced old time rival the Blues last night in Canton for the last game of the summer regular season with, amazingly, a chance to secure a winning record. Team Zombie would turn in their best period of work in a season or more but would still let the prize slip away in the waning moments as momentum faded and the game got late.

The Blues have had a solid group for some time and it would be a good matchup as the Zombies sported a strong lineup for the season closer.

Here you have it.

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: George and Geoff Marietta

D2: Jeff and Campbell

O1: Larry, Sully, Daley

O2: Baker, Nelson, Matvey and Gregson floated.

Randy Dudek was back in net, and really has been a nice find during the last ¼ of this season and he’s turned in some fine work helping to keep the Cads competitive, and last night was no different.

The Defensive corps were supplemented by newcomer Geoff Marietta who the organization has been scouting for a spot on the winter roster. Contract negotiations have been ongoing but very positive for Marietta who despite some rust on his wheels have a very solid evening on the blue line. Look for him to make the winter club…

The offensive pace was set by Larry, Daley and Baker who alternated at center and kept the tempo brisk as the Dead played a very strong first period. Sully  and Nelson had multiple chances as well and the passing and hustle was the best its been for the dead in some time.

The Cads really took the game right at the Blues for that whole first frame making smart hard plays that generated good things all over the place. The Blue goalie did a great job keeping rebounds down and smothering the many plays that ended up at his feet.

There was nice work from the D making strong outlets and pinching occasionally and that was how the ice would be broken midway through the period. Mike Campbell would push the play up into the attack zone after picking up a loose puck in the neutral zone then with a back and forth to Steve Baker in the slot ended up with a great chance that Steve would eventually chip over the sprawling keeper for the 1-0 lead.

Steve was excited, as he’d already had a run in with Captain Douchebag, no. 3 Kevin Feury from the Blues. Feury had blatantly held Steve’s stick earlier in the play and the two had exchanged pleasantries (and hacks) back up the ice.
Fuery is no stranger to douchebaggery and last night he tangled frequently with Steve and any other forward that came near usually felt his stick or shoulder.You have to watch your back with that prick on the ice.

The first would end with the Red holding good momentum and the precious one goal lead, but things would become more heated in the second.

About 5 minutes in, Mike Daley would get caught up with a defender and despite taking most of the abuse in the exchange Mike would go to the box for a rough. The Red would play well enough to escape the penalty but as the time wound down Geoff Marietta and a Blue defender would go for matching roughs as the two wrestled in the Blue crease.
Again no blood on the penalty, and when Daley returned the teams were even. Unfortunately Red wasn’t done sending guys to the box and this time Larry would go for a hook with 6 minutes remaining in the period.

The play had been slowing from the fast paced first period and the Red was slowly loosing the traction they had built in the beginning after killing all the penalties. The Blues were slowly but steadily turning the momentum as the game got later and the second would close with the Cads still clinging to the one goal lead.

Well… there you have it. A one goal lead going into the final period of the regular season. A winning record on the line if we can pull out the W. I’m glad to say that the Dead did open the period strong and quickly got a couple chances. The Blues would counter punch however and the Red was clearly playing a bit more conservatively trying to keep the game under their collective thumb.

Matvey would take down a rushing Blue forward and would go to the box for the trip only 3 minutes in. Team Zombie would stomp out the penalty though with great work by Daley and Nelson as the blogger recalls. Still… you can see it coming… right?

Baker and no.3 Feury would reacquaint themselves in the high slot and this exchange ended up with Feury chopping away at Steve who got back up and in his face only to get clouted a few times by the true D-bag. The refs would send them both to the box, which of course sent Steve apoplectic. Luckily Steve kept his yapping to only ¾ volume or something but the Zeebs didn’t toss him and finally after throwing a bucket of water (I wish) on him he settled down. These matching penalties came at 8:30.
The play came down to the wire, and if you are frequent reader of this space you may see what is coming about a mile and a half away.

The Blues were pressing the play and as Red backpedaled and played more shut down, they started to get better chances.

With the game under 3 mintues the Blues center man with the green socks, number 16 Russel Jewel would force the play into the Red end. Campbell made a play on him but he slipped away. Then he worked Jeff over and plunged into the zone as Jeff couldn’t shake the puck from him. He sent  a pass down low to the streaking wing who made a couple of good hacks as Randy made the first stop but the puck ended up in the net and the game tied at 2:27 remaining.

This took a considerable amount of wind out of the Zombies sails as you can imagine, but the Red kept fighting until the end. Baker ended up with an open field tackle (better than the Pats punt coverage) and went back to the box with 1:35 remaining.
The Red would stand strong in the closing minute and would manage to salvage the tie. Despite the dissapointment of letting the W slip away it really was a well matched and fairly well played game. Conincidentally we will almost certainly see the Blues in playoff round one so this is a matchup we will be revisiting within two weeks time.

On another note, Steve’s running mouth couldn’t find a handle on the reigns and he spent several minutes chatting up the Zeebs outside their room. Jeff headed over 2 -3 times in the early going… trying to save the franchise from some unwanted attention… but the Zeebs seemed to be cool and waved him off the 2^nd and 3^rd visit as they were “just talking” which I think was code for “letting Steve get it all out in hopes that Christ Almighty he might just SHUT UP.”

Steve has played a very strong summer and hasn’t let his temper and mouth get him into many scrapes but he really needs to just let it go sometimes. The reality is that there will always be inconsistancys and blown calls at this level.
His best and most helpful response is when he kicks it into gear like he did for shifts in the first and third where he was everywhere at once. The other team has their hands full whenever he plays with anger and puts all his effort into making a play and not runnig his mouth.

Anyway. Beerman honor roll for Dr.s Campbell, Daley and Bell who supplied some chilly refreshment after the game.
Campbell said it all when dropping the tailgate of his truck declared “I think this my favorite bar”.

Well. 7-7-3 for the Summer. Not bad given a 9 game winless streak… but not stellar given a 5 game winning streak.

On to the playoffs. 

Cadavers vs CH Terriers
Thursday 8/25
Canton 7:00pm



3-0 Win!


The Dead in Red made it back to some winning ways on Thursday night as they took on division opponent the CH Terriers. Nice to see Team Zombie make something happen in the W collumn again.
The Blogger was out of town so this one will be a bare bones rundown.
Here is your roster.
Randy Dudek in Net
D: George, Bauer, iJosh and Baker?
O: Larry, Roman, Matvey, Gregson, Pounds, Jasse, Sharfman, Sullivan, Goldenberg

The looked like it went pretty well.
That Thug Ken Goldenberg went out ofr a trip in the first.
This didn't stop Sully from scoring what was rumored to be a nifty goal a minute later.
End of 1 good guys up 1-0.

Randy had another great game making good stops all night.
In the second Baker(might have been George) and Bauer went for penalties but no blood.

Gregson would score from Nelson to put the Dead up 2-0 after 2.


Baker would finish the game with an empty netter and the game would end 3-0.

Great job. Wish I had more to go on... but there you have it.
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Golden Zombies break the streak!

Cadavers (15) vs Lobsters
Thursday Aug. 18
Dedham 9:00pm


4-3 Win!


The dead in Red... actually yellow thanks to playing the red-backed shellfish... stumbled into Dedham last night like a weary leigonier dragging himself into a desert oasis, desperate for a drink from the cool fountain of victory, our lips parched from the blistering passage of a 9 game winless streak. Its been since June 16th, a night we put the hurt on an undermanned CH Terriers squad, since we'd had our itching thirst slaked. Long overdue, and thankfully the Lobsters provided us with a golden opportunity last night. They were thin on players and only had a few that could really compete, from early on it was clear they were very beatable.
Of course, if you've stopped by here more than 2 or 3 times, you'll know it wasn't all that easy, even against a weaker opponent for us to shake our losing ways.
The Dead in Gold had nearly a full boat with 12 and Randy Dudek in the pipes for his third appearance. Here's your breakdown.

Randy in Net
D1: George, iJosh (yep)
D2: Jeff, Matt Elliot (sloshed)
Centers: Larry, Baker
Wings: Roman, Matvey; Sully, Gregson; Mitch, Dr.Pounds

The pregame locker room had plenty of good optimism. Nice to see iJosh make a return, its been too long since he's laced 'em up with us. Matt Elliot agreed to play D with Jeff, actually talked himself into the job as it was revealed that he'd had quite a number of CL smoothies during pregame and apparently "was up for anything". He also made some slurred remarks about being "dangerous". Jeff was glad for his enthusiasm and agreed to the D pairing right away.

The first period was kind of frustrating. It was clear early on that we could out skate and out play these guys but somehow it wasn't translating into dominant play. In fact we looked like we didn't know exactly what to do with ourselves for half the time. 7 Minuets in the Lobsters would jump on a loose puck to Randy's left and thump it off him and the post into the net for the 1-0 lead. Worse than that one of their capable skaters made a nice play after a good pass and unleashed a strong shot that beat Randy for the 2-0 lead in the closing moments of the period.

So there we were, intermission number 1 and down 2 goals to a weak team. Looking down the barrel of 9 winless games (7 losses, 2 ties) over the last two months. I'm glad to report, that when it was gut check time, Zombie Pride made a comeback.

The Dead in Gold took to it and finally started to make some things happen. Jeff Fosdick led the way on D as he started to push things up ice at every opportunity.
A couple of minutes in he pressed the play up to Larry on the right. Larry gained the zone and made a nice pass back to Jeff who was crashing the net. Jeff took a couple of hacks at it, the keeper let it slip out from under and then Jeff flipped it into the net for the first Zombie score of the night.
The blogger gushes with pride to report that Jeff wasn't even close to being done. A few shifts later as the Gold continued to build momentum and keep things in the Lobster end, Jeff would intercept a clearing pass at the top of the zone. He grabbed the end over end flip with his left glove, plopped it down in front of him and whipped it in to Jim Sullivan who was streaking to the net. Sully took the pass and banged it home for the game tying talley. Nice work on the finish by Sully there.

Other notable items in the second were a handful of stops by Randy and a curious play with Baker and Roman that saw Baker hesitating at the blue line putting Roman off side. The blogger thought this was hilarious. Baker just Romaned... Roman. The period would end with the teams deadlocked at 2.

The Gold continued to roll as the third opened. Jeff again figured in the play as he pushed up ice into the neutral zone. There he led Steve Baker with a pass at the blue line. Baker slipped into the zone, and as the D backed off of him he pulled up and released the hounds in the form of a lasershow slapper that the Red keep had no chance on. Bang. Good guys up 3-2.
Good things continued to happen as everyone got it in gear and made some plays. The forwards were doing a nice job getting things going and keeping the play in the Lobster end when possible. We were a long way from anything like "polished" or "dominating" but it looked good at times.
Baker would strike again, this time from George who made a nice play to Steve. Baker would provide the nice finish again with a wicked shot that put the Gold up 4-2 with less than 5 minutes left in the game.
Now... The Gold could certainly taste it, but as stated earlier, we don't like to make anything easier on ourselves. So there was the standard chase it around out own zone for a couple of the final minutes. This led to a goal with less than 2 minutes left and the score was 4-3.
Regardless, Team Zombie was able to grind this one out, snuffing out any offense the Shellfish could muster in the closing moments. Felt good.

Game Stars (whoa... its been a long time) 3rd Star: Larry. A nice assist and a lot of hard work all night long. Good solid game.

2nd Star: Pair of goals for Steve Baker and some very nice all around play. Steve has had a great summer working hard and making plays. Good job.

1st Star: The Blogger blushes... but since he was given free license by Larry in the postgame locker room... awards 1st star to hard working Jeff Fosdick. An all effort 1st goal to get things going and then 2 key helpers to keep it going for the Zombies. Nice work big fella. This 3 point outburst puts Jeff among the team leaders with 10 points on the season(tied with Larry and Baker), only 1 back from Jim Sullivan who has 11.

Honorable Mentions:
iJosh for carrying the mail on a regular D shift with George all night. Nice to see you out there dude.
Matt Elliot gets the Mike Campbell drunken defenseman award for surviving the night. Only a few spills but in general Matt played great.
Randy Dudek for hanging with us. He went from blowout loss his first game, to a hard fought tie in his second, to a nice win in his third. Careful dude... we may want to keep you.

4th Period Beerman Honor Roll for Larry Bell who brought a deliciously marinated selection of Limeys in a cooler. Nice to hang with Larry, Ken, iJosh, and George after the game. Been too long since the 4th period followed a nice come from behind win.
Great job Team. (click to make stats big)

Now... not to get too far ahead of ourselves... we stand now 6-7-2 with 2 games remaining over the next 2 Thursday nights. The CH Terriers next week and the Blues the week after. If we can figure out a way to pull these games off we could still finish over .500.

Zombies vs Tripods

Cadavers (14) vs Tripod Allstars
Thursday August 11
BU 8:00pm

3-3 tie


Thursday night at BU gave the Dead in Red another chance to break the current winless streak that has started to dominate this season. The Tripod Allstars stood in the way of our getting back into the W column and wore a mish mash of different green jerseys.
They had a couple of guys that needed watching, a pair of half shields and the dude in the kelly green league shirt who could be trouble. Otherwise we were a pretty even match for these guys and this night’s opportunity was as good as we could have hoped for.
Randy Dudek manned the pipes for the Red, his return representing something like courage or masochism after he got torched the night of the Shock game a week back.
Randy had shown some flashes in the early periods of that game and brought a great attitude and solid hard work to the crease Thursday night at BU and we were glad to have him. Here is how the rest of the roster broke down.
Randy Dudek in Net
D1: Baker, Jeff (Baker would later switch with Parker and play up)
D2: Bauer, Snow
Centers: Sully, Roman
Wings: Scott, Matvey, Parker, Elliot, Jasse

The early going of this one didn’t look great for the Red who seemed to struggle a bit getting their game into gear. The Green did a good job pressing the play when they could, and the Red kind of scrambled for footing in the first 10 minutes. Randy did a nice job on a handful of strong chances and kept us in the early play.
Wish I could tell you otherwise, but the word that kept coming to mind while watching from the bench was... SLOW. That didn’t bode well if we were going to get over on the green Tripods.
The Green would break the ice first after potting a nice play past Randy who didn’t have much help, trust me, I had a great view of it as the guy went right by me… At the end of 1 the good guys were down 1-0.

The second period didn’t really get much better. The Green still spent more time in our end than we did in theirs. They would score again, about 5 minutes in. This time one of the half shields broke around Steve, after colliding with him, and ripped a sick wrist shot that went top shelf over the keeper.
The momentum would keep sliding away from the Dead as the clock went under 7 minutes the Tripods would land yet another one, on another high wrist shot and the game was now 3-0. Gulp. Again, I hate to admit it the feeling on the bench was not exactly one of brimming confidence.

One guy had had enough though. One guy felt the Zombie Pride bubble and stir and none other than Steve Baker would pull Parker out of the face off dot and switched with him, taking the center spot and single handed he would change the tide of the game. Steve won the face off, and playing with palpable anger and effort, pushed the play into the green end. The play went through the D men, and Steve found himself in the crease and on the doorstep where he chopped at his own short rebound and buried the puck to put the Dead on the board and back in the game.
The last few minutes of the period would see the Red at least with a pulse thanks to Bakers resuscitation, but the frame would close with the guys down 3-1... but at least we were alive.

The third would be a grind, as you who read these pages know it usually is. The game was clearly contested again and the sides had plenty of “give and take” with every loose puck. Parker would draw a penalty from the kelly green shirted number 3, a blatant cross check behind the play. Even after the call he had something to say to Kevin about the “checking” nature of the league. Whatever the delusion he sat and the Red shuffled through the power play with no real progress other than more time spent in the offensive zone. Almost as the first penalty expired Matvey would tangle with a Green forward and the two would end up on the ice then in the box with a pair of matching minors.

The teams played 5 on 5 and then the momentum shift became more dramatic when again, one of the Cads took the game on his shoulders and made something happen.

This time it was Jim Sullivan, playing center who would provide the jump. Sully would pick up an outlet/ loose puck just outside our blue line and pressed the play up ice with vigor. He swung around the D on the left then drove across the goal line, shedding defenders on the way, to the crease where he slipped the puck under the sprawling Green keeper and finally went to the ice himself after a bunch of contact in front. Jim came back up ice covered in snow and to a Red bench that was a lot happier and more engaged than earlier in the game.

I’m glad to say at this point that the Zombie revival was not done. As the time now ticked down to the final 5 minutes the Red would continue to get chances despite Green clearly trying to scramble and take the momentum back. Team Zombie kept it coming.
Sully would figure in again as he started another play up through the neutral zone. He swung it wide to Matt Elliot on the right wing who carried it into the zone drawing a guy toward him. Matt then threaded a absolute beauty of a pass back to the high crease where Roman Kurin was streaking. Roman took the pass and flicked it 5 hole past the moving keeper to tie the game. It was a really terrific bang bang play from Elliot to Roman with the nice finish. Just like the the game was tied and the clock was below the 3 minute mark.

I wish I could tell you the story had an even better finish, that the Red found a way to get one more tally in the closing moments to pull out the improbable comeback, but I can’t. You and I, friend reader, will have to be happy with the fact that the Red squelched any and everything that the Green tried to get going in those closing moments, and even turned in a few more shots in anger that at least had the potential to give us the W. You have to admit, coming back from 3-0 on a night when for half the game it looked like we just didn’t have it, will just have to be good enough. A tie is better than an L, and we’ve had too many of those lately, so we’ll take it.

Kudos have to go out to Baker for the paddle board jump start that got things going. They also go out to Sully for the great rush and goal, and to Roman for the most excellent finish on the game tieing goal. Randy deserves a mention here as well, he did a great job all night snuffing out chances. Great work all the way around.

The early game time left an opportunity for a nice 4th period gathering in the BU parking lot. Despite the BUPD cruiser idling 60 yards away, many cold beverages were enjoyed by those that stayed after.

Big props to Dr. Micheal Jasse and Kevin Parker for providing the ice cold goodness that fueled the stories and laughs under the full moon and flickering streetlights in the warm evening. Bauer, Elliot, Parker, Jasse and Fosdick lingered. It had been too long since number 12 joined us not only on the ice but for the postgame.

It was noted at some point that the 4th is declared an automatic win whenever you see the guys from the following game walking to their cars to go. So it was last night.

The cruiser moved on, to the relief of the lingerers, and the evening would end with a better feeling than it started with. Sometimes its enough not to lose, and to have those beers, laughs and stories in the warm moonlight. Thanks guys.

Dead in Gold battle the Rats!

Cadavers (13) vs River Rats
Monday Aug 8
Canton 1010pm


3-1 Loss


The dead in Red hit the Ice in Canton last night as the Dead in Yellow, with new and old faces trying to bust up this miserable streak that the team has been on since the early part of the summer. Newcomer Jay McNamara was manning the pipes for the first time for the Dead and he did a fine job in his first appearance. Jon Carey (brought by his Dad Brian) was home on leave from the Marines and he skated a reunion shift with the forwards for the night. Likewise it was nice to see Eric Snow on the blueline again as he made only his second game for the Cads. Here’s how the roster shook out.

Jay McNamara in net
D1: Eric Snow; Bauer
D2: Baker; Jeff
O1: Sully, Daley, Matvey
O2: Parker, Carey, Elliot
and Doc Pounds did the floating.


The opponent for the night was the River Rats, a club we’ve seen before but very rarely. They usually play in a division one or two above us, and after the debacle last week against the Shock, there was a bit of trepidation in the room about the prospects of being badly outclassed on the ice. The blogger is glad to tell you that this wasn’t quite the case, and the situation was certainly made much better given that the Rats acted with a lot more class and sportsmanship than the F*ckbag Shock.
They were better than us. No question. They had two guys, no face sheild number 6 and blue helmet 18 that were a full step or two above the talent level we are used to. It was clear from early on we’d have to keep a sharp eye on both of those guys whenever they were on the ice.
I’m also glad to report that the Dead in Gold looked at the task at hand and dug right in and played hard matching the Rats intensity and keeping a dull shine on Zombie pride preventing anything from getting out of hand.
The Red forwards did a nice job backchecking, and the D was pretty well shutdown all night. Great play by Steve Baker all night helped anchor that D unit and he must have had 30 stops/breakups over the course of the game. Bauer and Snow worked pretty well together and the Gold limited the Red to short cycles in our end.

More good news. Jay McNamara is a nice find. Kudos from management go to George Moorachian for digging this guy up. He’s got game and shut down the Rat’s big guns a number of times in the first and third. The ‘davuers look forward to seeing him back in the nets sometime soon.

The first period would see a few scrambles in our end but in general the Gold did a nice job reacting to the Rats speed and snuffed out everything they brought. Its notable that the first time the blogger remembered a good hard shot on the red keeper was at about 4 minutes remaining in that period. It would end a 0-0 draw and the Gold clearly had a moral victory at that score.

Really the only bad section of the game for the Cadavers was the beginning of the second period. The Rats would turn on the juice and land a bang bang pass and shoot goal just 15 seconds in. The goal was set up by the speedy number 18 who had serious wheels when he wanted to open it up. They plunked another one in less than a minute later and there was clearly a sinking feeling on the Gold bench. They would hand semi tough though and get their legs back, only to let another one in at the 1130 mark and the game was 3-0, but that was as far as the bleeding would go that period.

The Gold would get the next one on a nice play by Sully and Daley. Mike led the play in the zone 2 on 1 and threaded a beauty of a pass to Sully who ripped a good shot by the Red keeper to make it 3-1. That seemed to buoy the Gold hopes and they seemed to play a bit harder after that.

Each team would take a penalty. In our case Matvey went for a trip with about 4 minutes left in the second. No scoring on either the kill or the power play and the period would end 3-1.

The third would be a grind all the way. The Rats were clearly looking to bust it open but thanks to great plays by both Jay in Net and Baker on the blueline the Gold held them without a score in the final frame. Of course we didn’t generate much offense and didn’t make any ground back on the 2 goal lead. Still it was again a bit of a moral victory just to play to a draw in two of the three periods.

It was all around a very good skate and a nice competitive game that had none of the nonsense from the blowout the week before. A tip of the cap to the Rats for that.
Honorable mentions go out to Mike Daley who played his usual very solid game covering lots of ice with each shift. Sully also looks to be becoming more of himself and showing the occasional flash. Nice to see greybeard vet Kevin Parker out there grinding it up with the offense too.

Management would be remiss not to thank Jon Carey for not just coming out last night, but all for his service to our country. Jon looked really well, and certainly added some muscle (and a new tatoo) over the last few months. Stay safe Jon. It was great to see you and remember you can play with us anytime.

Also nice to see his Dad who seems to be on the mend from shoulder surgery. It will be nice to have him back this winter.

That’s how that one went. The last bit of good news I’ve got for you is that we won the all important 4th period thanks to nice chilly collection of beers brought by Eric Bauer. There was good conversation to go with the beer and a laugh or two in the Canton lot before we called it a night.

Cads Electrocuted. Badly.

Cadavers(12) vs Shock
Monday August 1
Dedham 9:00pm


0-11 loss (yup… that’s right)


The Dead in Red showed up in Dedham last night looking to stay over 500 (5-5-1) and faced the Shock, a group we hadn’t seen for a few months. The Shock were sporting their slick new jerseys, Reebok NHL style with a great new logo, a lightning bolt zapping a skeleton. Schlidaveur management immediately had thoughts of copyright infringement but the lighting bolt was clearly a central part of the logo… so the team lawyers advised against it.

The Shock have a bunch of Mooks that we’ve seen before in a bunch of different configurations, but clearly they have a healthy amount of talent on the roster. Baker commented to Jeff pregame that they had a bunch of really good guys. Baker’s words would be prophetic and it wasn’t long before we found out just how good they were.
Jeff has also decided he may not want to remind the scorekeeper to write down the times of the goals… the scorekeep, Charlie did just as he asked… too bad there were no goals written on the Cadaver side of the sheet.

Here’s a roster breakdown.
Randy Dudek – from the goalie list in Net
D1: Baker, George
D2: Bauer, Fosdick
O1: Scott, Ken, and Elliot
O2: Sully, Larry, and Gregson
Nelson floated between lines.

Well… it took almost no time at all for the Shock to show their class and ability as the their large fat defenseman, number 77, a blockhead named Chris Baron found his way to the box after tripping one of the Cads. Of course he had plenty to say on the way and was clearly just getting his stupid into gear. He would go again only a couple of minutes later when he and Bauer tangled down low in the offensive zone. Bauer came across and Baron planted him with a total crosscheck takedown. Again he had plenty to say along the lines of “slash me again and see what happens’ and more eloquent brilliance as he went to the box. Apparently someone had the gaul to make contact with him. It was difficult not to as A. he takes up so much space, and B he can’t move his fatness very fast one way or the other. He would be only emboldened however as his teammates would be soon to show the flash and ability they had.

The Shock would get on the board when number 24, their no face shield wearing D would get it going and start to take us apart. First he would take the puck at the blue line and turn Jeff like a carousel and flip one past the keeper for the 1-0 lead. A pair of shifts later he would take a loose puck and slide into the slot and unleash a laser that beat Randy cold.

Number 24, Sean Curran was another genius on the Shock and he seemed to be all lathered up to put a hurt on the Red, because apparently we tried to play hard against them, even though we clearly were a step below in talent. Sean is a great player. He’s fortunate that he’s still in his youth, ( I guess mid-late twenties) and the extra weight he carries hasn’t hurt him much yet. He can turn it on whenever he wants and dominate, and coast the rest of the time and have the game well in hand.
Give him another 10 years and he wont be able to move as well when he needs it and will probably turn into a maladjusted pathetic version of the player he could have been who takes a lot of frustrated penalties and doesn’t do much for his team, except add to the class they show on the ice of course.

However that will be down the road, and last night he and the rest of the Shock had more than enough to put a serious hurt on the very pathetic looking Cadavers. It was 3-0 at the end of the first and the Cads were pretty clear on the fact that they’d be fortunate if they could hold them to only 3 a period.
The second would see the Shock land another 3 exactly and their bench was still whooping with the goals up until the 5th, because again, apparently we had the nerve to try against them, as futile as that was. Baker would go for a trip, and Bauer for a slash during the second. I think only one of their 3 goals in that period was on the PP.
6-0 after 2. Baker was melting down by the end of the period and had to be hosed off between periods due to some stupid disagreement with one of the refs. Thankfully he pulled it together and didn’t get himself ejected.

The Shock would keep afer it, and continued to show their class, as they landed two goals in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd. They would send a guy to the box for a slash but the Red had nothing on the PP. The Shock would land another 3 goals, all a bit shakey in the last 5 minutes as the Red clearly had had enough and were ready to be done.

There would be one more classy move on the Shock’s part. Number 10, Derek Phillipon would blatantly cross check Bauer from behind in our own slot in an epic cheap shot with less than a minute left on the clock. Like I said… classy. Nothing like beating a team 11-0 and then taking cheap hacks at them as time winds down. Curran and Baron (24 and 77) had all kinds of things to say during the handshakes too showing true sportsmanship and class all the way.

All I can say is, there may be a chance at redemption somewhere down the road. Douchbaggery begets douchbaggery and really… that’s no way for us to go. Our only option against a team that much better than us is to shut up, play hard and try to socre a goal. Last night wasn’t a horror show, but it sure was embarrasing.

The only bright spoot was beer from Dr. Pounds and Larry Minivan Bell. Ice cold Limeys to sooth the sting and burn of the beating we just took. Thanks guys.

To quote Bauer postgame “ It wasn’t much fun in the bouncy house tonight”
True Fax.

Cads and Dogs play to a tie.

Cadavers(11) vs CH Terriers
Thursday July 28
HinghamA 10:10pm

3-3 Tie


The Cadavers hit Thursday night’s game in Hingham with a 5 game losing streak and a need to get back in the win column against the Terriers, a team we’ve matched up with decently over the last few meetings. The Dead in Red had a scramble finding a keeper, now that Jon Cole has headed off into the sunset, but management was able to ink Teddy Locke at the last minute to come by and man the pipes.
Here’s your roster

D1: Moorachian, Bauer
D2: Campbell, Fosdick
O1: Baker, Gregson, Goldenberg
O2: Daley, Sullivan, Kurin
O3: Sharfman, Elliot, Pounds

The game would start with a delay of game penalty as the Terriers keeper was late arriving. The first really only got underway at the 12 minute mark.
Depending on the lineup, and as always, who shows up for them, we’ve played the Terriers fairly even of late, and the 1st was largely a stand off with no scoring.

The Terriers would take the first penalty but no action on the power play for Red. With the period winding down the Cads would get turned around in their own end and would leave number 2 alone to bury one past Teddy for the 1-0 lead. That was how the first would end.
Unfortunatley the Terriers would continue their momentum and would score the next one only a couple of minutes into the second. Now down 2-0 the Zombies would have to dig deep to get back into the game. I’m glad to say they did just that.

The next goal would be from the Dead in Red. After some good work in the offensive zone Dan Gregson Sully would pop home a rebound from a Greggy shot and it was back to a one goal game. The Second would grind on with good chances at both ends as the Red started to turn the momentum back their way. Teddy was also digging in and was making solid stops, and even flashing the glove and blocker when needed. He gave us all we could have asked for.

The period would wind down and the Red was working hard to make something happen. When you say working hard, the first name you ought to be thinking is Nelson Sharfman, and you’d be right, as he led the play into the zone as the seconds ran low. He fought off a defender, swinging wide and got the shot off that hit the keeper. The puck dropped down and he wasn’t covering it when Jeff Fosdick rushed in from higher in the zone, and not hearing a whistle pushed at the puck under the keeper and it squirted into the net to tie the game as time expired.

After the game Jeff was heard saying to the local media: “ I wanted to crash the net, just like Nelson always does. He’s kind of my inspiration. You know, shows you how its done. He was down there and made a good play, I figured I owed it to him to finish hard.” The veteran Sharfman left without comment to the press.

Unfortuneately the third didn’t get off to the start the Dead were hoping. Just a couple shifts in a strange play in our end saw the forward’s shot glance off George’s skate and deflect into the net by Teddy who couldn’t snag the misdirected shot. The Dead clearly still had some work to do, but there were good signs as they conintued to get good chances. The forwards all did a nice job of passing and getting chances on offense. The teams would trade penalties. First the Terriers, then the Cads when Mike Campbell would go for a trip as he knocked over one of the speedy forwards. 99 had been giving us trouble all night but there was no blood on either penalty.

The blogger had a great view of what happened next. Jeff would back check in our zone and hacking at a forward he would knock both the puck and his stick loose. He then grabbed his stick off the ice and spun around with the play and the loose puck was close by floating near Dr. Pounds. The Doc tapped it to Jeff who now had momentum after a couple of strides. Jeff would proceed up the ice and would shake a forward on the way. Then, defying the eyes, and all laws of inertia, Jeff actually made a move (something that looked like a cow shifting its weight) and split the defenders. He would rip a wrist shot as he closed in on the goal and it would find the twine behind the keeper high glove side. The game was tied and Jeff tried out his Ray Bourque fist pump on the way back. He was also gracious enough to recreate the goal with the media members postgame lining up people to be players in the Hingham conference room. Ok maybe that didn’t happen… but the goal was awesome.

The rest of the 3rd would be a muck and grind. Major kudos are due for the guys that kept getting good shots on offense. Sully, Nelson, Roman, and Baker would all have excellent chances that we just couldn’t slip past the Terrier keeper. Teddy also made a pair of absolutley aweseome saves down the stretch. Going one side to the other he dove across the crease to snuff the first and picked one clean with his glove on the second when the white forward was less than 5 feet away. Teddy really deserves a ton of credit for keeping us in the match.

Alas.. that was how this one would go down. No further scoring and the game would end 3-3 and the Cadvers would still be .500 on the season.

More kudos need to be given to Mr. Campbell for bringing the Limeys and for hanging out in the parking lot. A good handfull of chaps stuck around to enjoy the summer apres skate, which always seems to go well in the Hingham lot.
A nod also here to Greggy... who came up big with a little lighter he shared with his teammates.

Jeff and Mike hung out as the team went home one by one and somehow the night brought back memories of other nights and times the two have had, and how long that time has actually been. Thanks again Mike, it was great just to talk for a while.

No game stars, but no shame in hanging tough and coming back to … not lose.
Good job to everyone who came out and thanks again to Teddy.