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Schlitz(24) vs. Lobsters
Wednesday March 26
10:30pm Canton

5-0 Win!



A good night for the 'cans and a good turn out of an even 13, once KP showed just before gametime, and the return of Mike Gash, Dr.Zero inbetween the pipes. Things looked good for the yellow as the Crustaceans didn’t exactly have a deep bench… but we all know that pregame looks can be deceiving.
Here’s the breakdown of players
D1-Campbell, James
D2 – Moorachian, JFoz
O1 –Larry, C Foz, Blake U
O2- Nelson, Parker, Pounds
O3- iJosh, Kenny, Hammit
Again, a good looking lineup, and a nice deep bench for the Brew Crew.

We settled into the game against the usually “weak” Lobsters, and immediately found ourselves in a very tight game with some good young skaters. Let me emphasize that young part again. That young thing is like Kryptonite to the skating Cans and the Red mounted some nice chances early and moved the puck pretty well.

It wasn’t long however until the Yellow got nipped by the Pentaly Bug (as they have so often this season) and Campbell went to the sin bin for a slash, just a minute into the game. The good news was that the Gold PK was excellent all night. Of course it had to be, getting several chances courtesy of a nice hand full of PIMs distributed between Mrss. Hammitt (3), Campbell(1), and James (1). Greg would take his break in the bin with about 5 mins left in the first.

The teams were evenly matched, and really the grind was on. It was clear they were going to stay in the game, and get their chances courtesy of our indiscretions. The game went to the second period with no score.

The second was all grind from start to finish. Gash turned away some good chances early and the Gold began to mount some offense, finally starting to at least get some bids on their keeper, who wasn’t tested much in the first two frames. Mike Hammitt began his acent back into the top 5 for the Campbell award with 2 penalties, a Roughing call about a minute in, and a Slash with about a minute left in the period. The PK again was strong, and the hard work was good all the way around. Despite the 2 kills the Gold was starting to make some things happen in the Red zone. The point is, The Cans began actually knocking on the door as the period wound down. The Red were tiring and it was clear we had to keep the pressure up to break through. No score after 2.

It didn’t take long for the press to break the Lobster’s defense in the early 3rd. The first line of Larry, Chris, and Blake gained the zone and started to cycle. Larry worked the puck low, shedding a defenseman and got the puck over to Chris on the right side of the net in a scramble. Chris zipped the puck over to Blake who was standing right where he was supposed to be (nearly on top of the goalie) and he finished the play, banging home the FIRST GOAL OF HIS HOCKEY CAREER for the lead. It was nice work from that line, whom had ben desperate to get something going all night. Larry and Chris on the assist. It wasn’t long after that the Gold would get another.

This time George Moorachian showed the legs that have helped the team so often. Swinging around our zone after breaking up the Red play, George swooped up ice, weaving quickly through center ice traffic only to turn one defensemen then met the other in a collision right in front, that resulted in the puck sliding over the line in the pile of bodies in the crease. Their guy clearly took George down, but after a long time sorting people out, the Zebra’s awarded the goal and brought the faceoff back to center ice. Credit George the goal, unassisted. Once more the Penatly bug nipped the ‘cans, and Hammitt went for his third, and subsequent eject button, at 11:04 remaining in the game. The PK was strong again, holding the Red down and keeping the zero intact.

Not long after the kill, that first group would be heard from again. This time Chris Fosdick made a really nice wrap around move coming right to left around the net and burying the bid for a nice 3-0 lead. Credit Underhill on the assist, giving him is first multiple point game as well. The Lobsters, who really had played well all night were clearly out of gas, and were in kill the clock mode. They did a little floating trying to catch our D but were never able to get anything going.

Ubiquitous Cagey Vet, Nelson Sharfman wouldn’t let the opportunity pass as he scored on a typical hard work effort, supplied from linemates Scott and Ken with 4 minutes remaining.
And yes, that still wasn't all. Like Sharks smelling the blood in the water the Gold kept after it. This time another end to end by Greg James. As he turned out of our zone and began gathering steam up ice you could hear "Freight Train!" yelled from several different sources. Greg didn't dissapoint banging the shot through the keeper for the nightcap, unassisted with less than 30 ticks left on the clock.

Great work by all involved. The Suds Pride was in full effect as we simply wore out our opponent and finally got the chances to fall. Nice way to wrap up the regular season for the Schlitz. Great work by one and all.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Chris Fosdick. A nice 2 point night for Chris, assisting on Blakes first (and eventual game winner) and then the beauty of a wrap around that really iced it for us.
2nd Star: A nice return to form for Dr.Zero, Mike Gash. Some critical saves by Mike right after we scored to go ahead really took the wind out of the Lobster's sails. Great work.
1st Star: Ladies and Gentlemen.... can it be any other? That's right. Breaking his Cherry for his first career goal, his first game winning goal at that, and first ever multi-point game (assist on Chris' goal) Blake Underhill takes home number one star for the night. Blake was never intimidated by the opponent, or skating with Larry and Chris, and really played great, keeping up with all concerned. You can tell he's hooked now folks. Blake, great job, enjoy the rush and savor it for a while, you really have come a long way from just strapping on skates for the first time less than a year ago. Congratulations.



HM1: George... dude covers a lot of ground.
HM2: Greg "Freight Train" James. Nice work.
HM3: Nelson. Consistantly outworking opponents since 1995 and earlier...also linemates Ken and Scott for great effort all night. (and a point each)
HM4: Kevin Parker. Almost had a couple if things bounced his way.

Fourth Period honors to everyone who stuck around. Campbell and Pounds for beer (as usual).
These notes from after the game are from Mike Campbell...
1.) Scout's in trouble. Trouble deep!
[It seems Kilroy is holding Campbell's dog hostage... apparently for "concubine" services for his dog... Neil Diamond... really that's his dog's name.]
2.) Greg might not really be Canadian...
[This came to our attention when Greg didn't know what plus/minus is...]
3.) Don't go 79 mph on 128. It will cost you $240.
[ouch]
4.) Operators for Disneyland's "It's a Small World" ride have a higher suicide rate than any other profession.
[...]
5.) Our Jersey;s need names... Everyone of us needs "Statto" on our backs.
[I'm in if everyone else is]
~ Mike