Power Suds! Schlitz shut down the Blues!

Schlitz(7) vs. Blues
BU 9:10pm , June 26th

3-0 Shutout Win!

This one would have made Lizzy proud. Nice matchup with our old friends the Blues last night at storied Walter Brown Arena. Started off the night looking thin on bodies...but true to late arriving form we rounded out to eleven. An early locker room scare over the dissapearence of one of DWH's skates was quickly resolved when DWH went back tracing his steps and found the skate in a row he had walked down. This was a good omen for the Schlitz who were able on this night to change the "Dreaded Yellow" into the "Glorious Gold" in three short periods. Yes the Suds are back. A couple wins in a row, one being a shutout, ( I know the first was the Schlidaver but...hey a couple wins is a couple wins...right?) and the Gold are back on track now sporting a .500 record of 3-3-1.
Nice effort in the early going as the teams felt each other out, the Gold mounted several chances and passes in the offensive zone. As the First wound down we were holding it in the Blues zone with a nice forecheck by Dan Gregson and solid play from both points DWH & Mike Campbell. Gregson held the puck in the left corner then fed Jeff Fosdick (playing forward) on the right side behind the net. DWH was closing in yelling "pass, pass" and both Blues in the area drew right to him. Catching a glimpse of George "Ace" Moorachain in the slot I slid the puck out to him and he made a great finish putting it past the golie on his right side. 1-0 Suds with about a minute and a half left in the period. Nice.
The second went much the same. Campbell made a trip to the box 3:30 into the period but the Gold held on. The blues held it in our end until a slight fumble by one of the defensemen led to a turnover and breakaway for Jeff F. Remarkably he was able to finish the play with a wrist shot low on the keepers right side for a 2-0 lead on the shorthanded goal. Sweet.
Not to be left out of the fun DWH pressed and forced a great turnover and breakaway for himself that put the Suds up 3-0 with 4 minutes left in the second.
Usually a lead like that makes me nervous. The gold was lookin' tired but we kept up the effort throughout the third and held on for a really nice feeling shutout win. Mike Gash played terrific all night long stoping many, many chances on his doorstep.
This brings me to Stars of the game.....

3rd Star. Matt Kilroy. A nice effort all night and a "team-guy" move by volunteering to be the rotating forward. Matt shifted through both lines nicely and there was not once any confusion about who was going on the ice. Great work.
2nd Star. At the risk of self indulgence I'll give it to myself for 1 shorthanded breakaway goal and a helper on George's ice breaker.
1st Star. Has to be the shutout man himself OEJ. Mike Gash has now got another zero to add to the collection he has earned while playing with the Schildavers. He has consistently turned in solid performances that keep us in games and in the win collumn. OEJ now has played 5 games this summer season giving up only 5 goals for a stellar 1.00 GAA. He has a 3-1-1 record in those games. Great job Mike, I agree with Kevin Manning's assesment...It was vintage Dennis Lemiux ...thanks.

Todays HM section is dedicated to "Where's the love for the D?" George Moorachain.

Honorable Mention 1: DWH. Terrific goal and excellent stabilizing play all night long. Its a treat to have him on the blue line.

Honorable Mention 2: Stephan Wennik . Stephan brought it all night, many time tangling with the one baddie on that squad...blue pants #35. Stephan stayed with him all night taking all kinds of bumps, chops, and holds along the way. I know he drew one of 35's penalties with his hard work and it might have been both.

Great job everyone. Get on the stick for tonight... I think the Zombies need players. If you can make it at all... send Kilroy an email. Also, anyone who skates...someone get the score sheet. Thanks.