Suds and Blues hogtied at BU

Schlitz (13) vs Blues
Monday December 28
BU 9:00pm


4-4 Tie



Hey... sounds like this one was a classic Blues type game for a holiday matchup. Lets hear from super Guest Blogger Doctor Michael Jasse who has an outstanding recap of the game. Here's the good Doctor.

We had 12
They had 7
We tied 4-4 but we really should have lost

Larry and Roman centered 3 pairs of wings (Jasse and Roman would switch positions in the 3rd)
Jasse and Chuck
Elliot and Capraro
Pounds and Greggson
Defense
Reynolds and Campbell
George and Baker
CEO BMF in between the pipes

We scored first; Roman from Capraro on a bit of a bang bang play.
They came back to tie and then go ahead. Then things started to get interesting

I got interfered with and then pitchforked down but the ref didn't call it. I can certainly understand why b/c he was only a stick's length away and looking DIRECTLY at the play but alas, sans whistle. When the play stopped my frustration got the better of me and I took my stick, put it under the attempted mugger's lumber and promptly flung it into the 3rd row narrowly missing a peanut vendor. The ref apparently found his whistle and I got called for unsportsmanlike conduct (the first in my 15 yr career). My second unsportsmanlike infraction immediately followed when I asked the now whistle-happy stripes if he was f'n high (I was just looking for a doobie-partner for the 4th period but he didn't quite see it that way). As I was contemplating my punishment in the box of shame, I muttered something about the on-ice official doing bong hits in the parking lot before the game and next thing I know the aforementioned ref is in my face demanding to know exactly what I said. Apparently he thought I was challenging to meet him in the parking lot after the game (which is so me). George mediated the exchange (thankfully) and all was forgiven. When I got back to the bench, Greggson turned to me and said,
"You're being verrry undude."
Classic.
Back to the game.

Jasse and Chuck had a nice 2-1 give n go where mj fed Chuck who made his move and clanged one off the iron; more from the goalie's best friend later.
Mike Campbell made a spectacular play; lugging the mail out of his end, feeding Jasse with a cross ice pass while he and Larry barreled into the offensive zone. Jasse then went back to Campbell with the oft-maligned no-look backhanded pass which Campbell promptly fired a zinger of wrister which beat the keeper short side. A sweet play ending with a helluva shot, a helluva shot.
Larry would score and also Baker (I think) but the game was getting testy.
A series of head-scratching calls by the Zebras:

Capraro had a golden opportunity to bury a rebound in the crease but the ref lost sight of the puck (which everyone in the building could plainly see) and stopped play.
Baker had great momentum in the offensive zone and then an inexplicable whistle for man in the crease
The Blues scored but the goal was waved off b/c the net was off its mooring; perhaps a sly, veteran move by Steve Baker?
Pete Capraro got called for interference WHILST CARRYING THE PUCK
Finally, Larry got spilled in the offensive zone (no call) and then made his way back up the ice with an obvious bee in his bonnet. A bang-bang play in front of Kilroy would result in the puck going in and quickly out of the net and Larry STAPLING not one but 2 Blues into the back boards. The result was Larry in the box of shame BUT the refs missed the goal. The Blues were justifiably upset but no goal. 4-4 with the clock ticking down.
With 38 seconds left, Jasse blocked an attempted pass which ricocheted off the knee pads and made its way to center ice. A sprint ensued and Jasse poked the puck up ahead and the race was on. A 1 on 3 with Jasse leading the way but the D closing in. Jasse took a peak and unleashed a wrister headed for the stick side.
As soon as it left my blade I was thinking,
'That's got a chance.'
Clang!
Off the post.
That was it-game over.
I think Reynolds summed it up best by channeling Johnny Upton from Slapshot,
"That was fuckin' disgrace."
True true.
Perhaps our fortunes will turn with the new year.
'Till next time
# 12 in your program

Dude... that was quite a guest blog... I mean clasic. An excellent ... if not dudeisticly eccentric.. outstanding. Thanks very much.
Nice job at lest getting the hard fought tie. Good work boys.

SantaDaveur! Nice Beat Naughty!

Cadavers (12) vs Schlitz (12)
Tuesday December 22
Dedham 10:10pm

Cads (The Nice) 4
Schlitz (The Naughty) 2


Santa set the teams for this Christmas week Daveur over at the Dedham rink. The weather was certainly like the North Pole and the teams assembled to settle this whole Naughty and Nice business thanks to the man in the Red Suit guest GMing. The rosters were set and looked like this.
Cadavers-Nice
Matt in net
Defense: Daley, George, DWH, and Brian Carey
Offense:Neil, Nelson, Daley, AK, Jasse, Roman, Matvey, and Brian's son John

Schlitz- Naughty
Lizzy in Net
Defense: Campbell, Jeff, Reynolds, and Parker
Offense: Larry, Chuck, Goody, Elliot, Hammitt, KenMitch, and Capraro

The game was a classic Schlidaveur with a slightly better than average competitive factor and some better than expected back and forth play.
Lets boil this one down to the nitty-gritty... especially given that the Blogger is tackling this one about 2 weeks after it happened... The Red would clearly take the advantage in the early going and really throughout the first period. This was assisted by... no surprise here... the Yellow taking a few penalties. Campbell would make a trip to the box only to be followed by Mark Reynolds.
The Red would score on a slapshot from Brian at the point. Nice to have Brian skating out for this one as the CEO was in the pipes. The Red would break through again later in the period when Matvey Nikhamik would land a nice shot.
Both goals are on the sheet as unassisted... but lets face it... the scorekeeping was dubious at best. Jeff skated over in the pregame to ask for the keeper to write the times on the sheet when the goals and penalties... and she gave a good natured "It's going to cost ya..." and laughed. Jeff was skeptical given that Linda looked like she was well into the "Holiday Spirit(s)" at that point. Who can blame her given that she has to watch the likes of us.
To the second we go with the Red up 2-0 and the momentum would continue on the Nice side. Really, what did you expect 3 days before Christmas... when Santa picked the teams even? The Second would see a return to the box for Campbell and another two goals for the Red. The first the scoresheet shows Roman assisted by ... Roman. I'm sure there is some other explanation for that goal but you guys will have to fill us in in the comments. The second was the dominating Brian Carey this time assisted by Dr. Jasse and Nelson. Great work all the way around from the Red this whole period, taking it right to the Naughty. The second would end with the Red boasting a 4-0 lead and CEO Keeper Kilroy talking smack as he passed the wheezing Yellow bench.
The Naughty weren't going to take it lying down and shortly after the start of the third they would break through when Mark Reynolds would basically take the play end to end with a brilliant rush. He would beat Matt to break the shutout and put the Yellow on the board. This would be followed by a goal from Goody who had a nice shot from a wide angle... I think... its been a while... someone is going to have to set me straight.
Anyway Campbell would get another call and was shown the gate for the night. Hammitt would take a trip to the box... just for good measure and the Naughty would pretty much not be able to recapture the early period momentum.
Sorry to be so late on this one.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Matty Kilroy for another great night in net.
2nd Star: Roman Kurin for assisting himself on a nice goal.
1st Star: Badass Brian Carey. A pair of goals and great work all night. Maybe we need to find a way to get him to skate out a little more often?

Nice save Sergeant Carey

Friends and teammates I bring you a Christmas tale for one and all. A true hero that walks in our midst, not only manning the pipes for our late night fun, but more importantly walking a beat and saving lives when he's on the clock. Some of you were right on this (Mike Hammitt) and forwarded the story on the team email. Thanks. I wanted to share the link here too so people can check out this story.

Brian Carey who has been with us for a few seasons now, is also an MBTA police officer and yesterday at Back Bay Station Brian made the best save of his hockey or maybe professional career.

Boston Globe Story Here

Thank you for your service Sgt. Carey. Thanks for saving at least one families Christmas and looking out for your fellow man. This is a Christmas story for the books.

Nice save Brian.

Cadavers go down to SLJ @ BU

Cadavers (11) vs SLJ

Wednesday December 16

BU Walter Brown Arena

5-1 Loss

A cold, dark, and windy night on Babcock street for this meeting between the Zombies and out of division opponent SLJ. We dont see these guys too often but last night they were on the schedule. The Blogger will gladly stand aside as series of Guestbloggers gives you a rundown of the action. First up Dan The Man Gregson with a short and sweet recap.

Gregson: "D pairings wereMatvey and RomanElliott & DaleyWe had 3 sets of wings 2 centre'sKen G. and myself were a set of wings... See MoreThe Centers switched it up with the other lines a bitIjosh, AK, Steve, Nelson, and Neil and Chuck and Lizzie in netI remember falling down 3 times other than that they had some dude that looked like Scott Neidermayer. It might have been him."

Thanks Dan. Now we will hear from Matt Elliot, Mike Daley, and Nelson Sharfman... in that order. The Blogger's cup runneth over on this and he truly appreciates everyone chipping in.

Elliot: The Defensive pairings were set-up as U.S. (Myself and Mike Daley) vs. Russia (Matvey and Roman). The U.S. didn’t allow a goal until the end of their last shift which was a disappointing way to end the game.

Also, Mike D had one of the greatest Penalty Kill shifts ever. It was me, Gregson, and Mitch out there with him. He was everywhere, and essentially killed the penalty singlehandedly. It was really impressive. If you were to award game stars I think he would definitely deserve the first one just for that shift alone.

Daley: I brought an 18 pack and still have 14 left. Bunch of Sally's can't handle the subzero temperatures. I'll bring what survives the weekend on Tuesday.We were not going to win this one but managed to avoid a blowout. The highlight was the defensive pairings. We felt the need to involve nationalism in our line structure. Elliott and Daley represented USA while Roman and Matvey represented Russia. Final score USA -1, Russia -3. USA!

Nelson: Uggly (two "g's" required)
5-1 loss
I guess they were pretty good. I was pretty bad.
AK scored our only goal. (My single contribution for the evening was being an opaque.)
There were some strong individual performances by selected Cadavers throughout the game, but overall they were unable to carry the deadwood (me and whoever else feels like they belong in that shameful category) past a team that by comparison certainly had their act together.

The next game can't come soon enough.

Wow. Thanks guys. Sorry about the outcome. Also sorry to hear that those 4th period beers went un consumed... we'll have to work on that for next time. See you all next week.

More spawn of daveurs!

Congratulations go out from all of us here at Schlidaveur International to the Valenti family for the delivery of thier new baby boy!

Massimo "Max" Joseph Valenti
Here are his stats:
Born Dec 6th @ 2:56 AM
7 Lb. 9 Oz (with the hair)
20"

Congratulations to Marc and Joanna! Looking forward to seeing the little guy on the ice soon.

Schlitz soaked, tanked, blotto'd... by Call

Schlitz (11) vs Last Call
Monday December 14
Dedham 9:00

6-3 loss



The Golden Beercans threw a decent lineup out on Monday night against a struggling Last Call team which, according to the website, only had 2 wins on the year so far. There was a nice even 11 in the room and the optimism was high… especially given the preponderance of “natural” defensemen in the room. No we still haven’t nailed down the certified “natural-ness” of any of us just yet...the blogger has always been a believer in better living through chemistry...but I digress.
Here’s what the lineup looked like.
D1: Campbell, DWH
D2: George, Jeff
Centers: Larry and Neil
Wings: Daley and Baker; Parker and Goody; Blake and Gregson
Lizzy in the Pipes.

The early returns weren’t just good, they were awesome. After two shifts the puck hadn’t left the Call’s end and there were shots flying from everywhere. Clearly the Gold would be able to move the puck around a bit if the first five minutes were any indication. Daley would come close on two occasions as he wheeled and dealed around the zone. It took two or maybe the third shift around for Mike to finally hit paydirt. Neil would feed Mike who would step to an open spot about 10 feet out and blew his shot past the Call’s keeper. Good guys 1-0.

The Gold would keep up the momentum and would continue to get chances in the White end and the confidence level was high. The Call wouldn’t exactly go quietly in the first and they would make a nice play that got behind us and would plunk one by Lizzy to tie the game. The first would end 1-1 but the Gold was feeling very good about things.

The second would see Magic Mike Daley bust off another beauty of a shot after another extended cycle in the White end. Linemates Neil and Steve Baker would figure on the helpers and did a great job all night moving the puck around. Baker was returning, tentatively from a foot injury just 4 weeks ago. According to Steve in the post game locker room he spent 3 weeks on crutches, a week walking around, then showed up to this game. He wasn’t feeling great after the game, and honestly was limited at times on the ice.

The Gold was still doing a good job carrying the play but the Call were starting to get their chances. They were starting to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them, and they would come back to tie the game just a few minutes after the Gold had gone ahead. A bang bang play from their man 33 (blue helmet) and the game was tied about halfway through the game.
The play would definitely start to go a bit more back an forth. The Gold would take a penalty when Larry would go for an interference but the penalty was killed. As the period began to get late the Gold would strike again. Jeff would take the puck at the top of our own end and he flipped it to Goody in the slot. Goody flipped the puck up ice as Jeff streaked ahead of the D and picked up the puck for the breakaway. Jeff was able to stay ahead (miracle) of the D and got off a good low shot that beat the keeper for a 3-2 lead. Assist to Goody, that one read 10 from 10 on the sheet.

That my friend is the end of the good news I’m afraid. The period was coming to an end and just a shift or two after Jeff's goal the game changed, dramatically.

Bing, bang, boom. The Gold chased their collective tails in our own end... and the game was tied again. Not more than a minute later another goal for the Call and the second period ended, in a stunning reversal, Last Call 4 Schlitz 3.
To coin a phrase from the postgame locker room... and we weren't done sucking yet.

The Third period would open with the momentum still squarely in favor of the Call. They would rip off two more goals in the first five minutes of the period. Now it was 6-3 Call and the Schlitz were stunned. More chasing around on our part but really, something threw the switch on the other side there. The game was totally different after that stretch late in the second. The Call suddenly counter punched, effectively, and often. We were caught flat footed or would blow an assignment or lose an open puck battle and they pounced on it and turned it into trouble. Where were these guys in the first half of the game?

That's the way it would end folks. 6-3 bad guys with little redemption in our lackluster play the rest of the way. Everyone was trying, to be sure. There was a good effort from everyone on the Gold, but they just got chewed up and spit out by the Call after rocking the early periods of the game.
Strange but true fans.

Lets hope the Dead in Red have better luck at BU on Wednesday night.

Suds go down to Goats

Schlitz (10) vs Scapegoats
Tuesday December 8th
UMass Boston 10:30pm


5-3 Loss



Looks like the Suds had a long night at the Prison by the Bay on Tuesday night. Major props off the top to Dan Gregson who checked in with a scan of the score sheet. Looks like we had a good crew for a late night but things didn't go so well.
Nelson and Neil both had goals in the first but the Goats had 3. The Goats would get another 2 in the second and Mike Daley would land one for the good guys in the third.
Looks like the Gold were no stranger to the penalty box taking 3 in the second, and two more in the third... at least we won the penalty total (5-3).

Now, big thanks to Neil Shah who sent in a quick recap of the relevant action...

Forward:
Ken-Nelson-Neil
Gregson-Roman-Mike

Defense:
Dan with hands and Matvey
Daly and Kevin Parker

I think Daly took Roman's place at center after Roman got hurt late in the game.

We actually started the game pretty well and staked ourselves a quick 2-0 lead. Nelson scored the first goal- our line did some nice cycling down low and then Ken found Nelson in front and he put in a backhander through the goalies legs.

Second goal was scored on a rebound. I'm not sure who shot it but the rebound came out to me for a second shot which went in over the goalie's shoulder. Though I'd love to take credit for roofing one, I think in actuality the puck might have deflected off a defender or someone else in front and went in over the goalie's shoulder.

Unfortunately, beyond that things didn't go so well. Our defensive zone coverage was not great; we made some bad line changes; let in a few soft goals, etc.

I think Daly scored the third goal on a nice shot.

Thanks Neil. Thanks for giving us a few words about the game. Too bad about the outcome.
The Suds are on quite a skid.... good thing the Zombies are doing well...

Cads capture Tigers for nice win!

Cadavers (10) vs Tigers

Monday December 7

Canton 10:20

4-2 Win

A late night engagement for the Zombies against El Tigre in Canton last night saw something that we haven’t seen around here in a while. A win. Seriously. Not bad for a Monday night. There weren’t an abundance of Zombies, but we hit the ice with a nice even 9, and a good crew it was.

Lizzy in Net

D George, DWH, Jeff

O1: Larry, Neil, Gregson

O2: Daley, AK, Chuck

I think that’s how it went, but I could be sketchy on the forwards. The Tigers had their usual lineup. Number 8 with the Cooperalls was there as always, they were also 9 or 10 but added a handful of players as the first period went on. They had the Asain kid with the Red shirt and pads in the net. Naturally, due to the Tigers Red shirts Team Zombie skated as the Gold.

The first would see lots of back and forth action and both goalies made some good stops and the teams fell into the rhythm of the game. The Red would take a penalty with about five minutes left in the period, but survived the Gold power play without giving one up. The Gold did get some nice chances but nothing off the ice. Fortunately just after the penalty expired the Gold finally broke through. Larry would feed DWH at the point and Dan would launch an absolute laser into the top corner for the 1-0 lead with just over 2 minutes to play.

The good momentum would continue for Golden Zombies and Neil would land a nice shot (again from Larry) about 2 minutes into the second. Things were starting to fall for the Gold but they were clearly going to have to keep the effort up to preserve the lead. Larry wasn’t done with the score sheet quite yet, and four minutes later he would send a wobbler toward the net. There are conflicting stories on the flightpath of the puck but it went under, over and glanced off of a defenseman or something and ended up in the net (unassisted). That gave the Gold a nice 3-0 lead with just over 10 minutes left in the second.

Team Kitteh wasn’t done either and they would clearly bear down and try to make some things happen. They would break through only another minute and a half later to get on the board. The Gold was looking tired but continued to grind despite the loss of momentum. At the four minute mark the Tigers would land another one, this one a long shot from the point and the game was now 3-2 in the closing minutes of the second. Larry and a Tiger would go for a match with a minute and a half and the game but the sides would skate 5 on 5.

The Gold did a nice job not backing down and thanks to some hard work by Chuck, AK and then Daley they would score just before the end of the period. Daley had a nice finish on the play that had gone around the zone nicely. Onto the Third 4-2 Gold.

I’m here to tell you friends, there were lots of tired faces on the Zombie bench but everyone was game to bring it for the whole third. Golden Zombie pride was on display as the Cads would handle the early surge by El Tigre and settle the action down. The Gold was able to get some more chances but nothing was falling. Larry in particular had a great opportunity that the Red Keeper slammed the door on after it looked like half the net was open. AK would get stuffed on a breakaway. It seemed the first period troubles were back with a good number of shots but just no finish. As time wound down the Gold started to play a bit more conservatively and did a good job keeping the Red bottled up. We went to the final 5 minutes and the intensity was clearly rising. Mike Daley made a nice call and requested a timeout with a faceoff in our own end at the four minute mark.
Jeff: “Good call on the timeout”

Daley: “ You were looking pretty tired there Jeff”

Jeff: “You’re just noticing now? I’ve looked like this since the first period.” Actually the Blogger is pretty sure Jeff looked like he was about to fall over on his face… just sayin.

So with a quick breather the Gold reapplied themselves to close out the game. The Red would really take the game to us in their last surge. Lizzy stood strong on not 1, not 2 but no less that 3 great stops that really stymied the cats and kept the good guys ahead by two.

Just under a minute Larry would give a forward a hit and the guy turned as he bumped him and went head first into the boards which garnered a whole bunch of “Hey!” but Larry appropriately helped the guy up and told him he didn’t mean to send him face first into the boards. Good intentions not withstanding Larry went to the box, the Cats pulled their goalie and we skated 6 on 4 for the final minute. All the Gold skaters did a great job breaking down the Red chances and this one would end, thanks to Lizzy as a 2 goal win for the good guys. It felt really good.

Game Stars

^3rd Star: Tough call. DWH had a great goal to break the ice… but Mike Daley just does so many things well, and he had a nice goal too. Those two can share the Star. Great work all night from both of you.

2^nd Star: Lizzy. Nice solid play all through the game, and showing a very UN-Patriot-like tenacity in the clutch, she shut down the Tigers when it counted most with just a couple minutes left in the game. Great work.

1^st Star: Larry Double Vision Bell. A nice 3 point night, and two penalties to round it out. Larry was all over the place and had a terrific all around effort.

Plus Larry bought the victory rounds at TGIFriday’s across the street for the Fourth Period win. He was joined by Star goalie Lizzy, Chuck and Jeff. The bartender (wearing a ref shirt) said “boy you guys look tired” as we sat down. I guess it really showed.

Cads sing the Blues

Cadavers (9) vs Blues

Wednesday December 2

UMass 9:20

6-1 Loss

Well, looks like this one was another long night at the Prison by the Bay. Never a treat to skate at UMass, worse when its cold out, and even worse when you take a beating from an old rival like Les Blues. Didn't sound like a lot to tell after the game but we have two good check in reports from Guest Bloggers Reynolds and Sharfman who have a few things to note. Thanks guys from the Blogger who wishes he could skate every game but just can't make it some nights.

Here is your pregame Zombie Lineup. If there are any obvious changes or ommissions please use the comment feature.

Campbell
Ijosh
Nelson
Ken G
Hammitt
Gregson
Dan H
Matt E
Greg
Mark R
Daley
Ken D
Blake
Goal - Lizzy

Alright. Enough from me. Here is the news from the men on the scene.

Reynolds:
Wednesday’s loss to the Blues wasn’t due to lack of effort, but rather smart play on the Blues behalf. They shut down our passing lanes and managed to get far too many odd man rushes…even a few 3 on 0 breakaways due to some poor play by one defenseman (sorry guys, I hope to play better next game). There were a couple of bright spots. Lizzy played well between the pipes. She saved my arse on the odd man rushes all night. Chuck scored a nifty “Rick Middleton” type goal on a breakaway. After streaking down the ice, he held the puck and forced the goalie to commit to a diving poke check. Chuck expertly lifted the puck over the goalie for our only goal of the game.

Sharfman: Tough game. We lost 6-1. I, for one, had a terrible game. I felt like I was skating (or not skating) with a piano on my back (or for those who are familiar with my regular skating prowess, two pianos on my back). Too much left over turkey I would guess. We kept it close for the first period and even scored the first goal (Chuck, great hustle). Liz had a handful of ten-bellers or similarly close calls in the first, which I suppose is how it managed to remain close. Some nice individual efforts throughout the night but in the end their horses were better than our horses.

Thanks for the words guys. Too bad we didn't have a better night on the ice and scoreboard.

Schlitz stoned by Sucka's

Schlitz (9) vs Windsuckers
Monday Nov 30

Canton 10:20

3-1 loss

Dissapointing night for the Golden Beercans against the Windsuckers whom we seem to have seen quite a bit of this season. Yet another in a seaon long series of Monday night events, Managment is still scrambling at times to fill out the roster for these games. Looks like we had a hearty and even 10 to go to war with at gametime.

Here is your lineup

Schlitz

Matt Elliot

Mike "Goody" Goodwin

Pete Capraro

Roman Kurin
Matvey Nikhamik
Larry Bell

Dan Gregson
George Moorachian
Mark Reynolds
Mike Daley
Goal – Lizzy

No surprise that this one has a long list of penalties given the way the last one ended against these guys. Unfortuneatley, the penalties didn't look to help us at all. I believe, if I read this scoresheet correctly that we out PIM'd the Sucka's 11 to 7. That would include 4 penalties in the first period (Daley, Bell, Capraro, and Matvey) in which the sucka's would outscore us 2-0. Then 3 more in the second period (Pete, Roman, George) in which we broke even at a goal apeice. Roman was the goal scorer from George. The Gold would round the night out with another 4 penalty period in the 3rd (Mark, Mike, Matt, and Mark again), but managed to keep the Sucka's from adding to their lead.

Apparently not much brewing on the offensive side of the puck on this night.

Here is Guest Blogger and man on the scene Mark Reynolds with a breif recap:

"Monday’s loss was to the Windsucka’s was due to a lackluster effort and multiple penalties (11) by the Gold. We fell behind and could never regain momentum as we were shorthanded for much of the game. Think about this fact: no Hammit or Campbell and we took 11 penalties. Capraro (2), Reynolds (2), George (2), Larry (1), Daley (1) and I forget the rest. I must add they had 3 players that were way beyond the typical “D League” ability. This certainly caused lots of frustration. Maybe they think it’s cool to add a few guys in their young 20’s that have some skills. "

Thanks Mark. The Blogger always welcomes any commentary with open arms. Thanks for your input.

Lets try to get a better performance against these guys the next time out.

Zombies mauled by Tigers in Milton

Cadavers (8) vs Tigers
Monday November 23

Milton Academy 10:10

4-0 Loss

Here is the lineup for this game. The Blogger doesn't have much to offer here... he didn't play and there was no input from anyone that skated that night... not that it sounded like there was really anything to write home about.

Campbell
Ken G
Chris
Larry
Jasse
Greg
George
Kevin
Marc V
Chuck
Goody
Mark R
Lizzie in Net

There was just this comment, that kind of stands alone and says quite a bit really.

Here is Dr. Jasse " We couldn't do Jack Shit."

Well. There you have it. If anyone recalls anything about this game regarding penalties or anything else that might give us some insight as to what happened... please use the comment feature below this post. Thanks.

RedDaddys win Whosyourdaddydaveur!

Schlitz (8) vs Cadavers (7)

Monday November 16

Umass Boston 7:00

Schlitz 4

Cad-Dads 6

The Who’s your Daddy Daveur was featured last night at the Prison by the Bay. The fathers, playing at the Dead in Red (possibly a comment on the amount of sleep they receive) faced off against the Non-Daddy Schlitz (possibly a reference to the “gusto” of the good life) in a game that was, as usual, a pretty good matchup. This was a terrific team split concept and major ups go to CEO Daddy BMF Matt Kilroy for coming up with it. The concept worked perfectly and we only had to adjust with one player given the turn out, so new Dad Dan Herbert played with the Suds to even out the squads at 9 each. Dan had the youngest child of any of us… Here are your Team Breakdowns.

Cad-Daddys’

Matt in net

D: Dave DiLoretto, Mike Daley, Jeff Fosdick

O1: Larry Bell, Nelson Sharfman, Mike Jasse

O2: iJosh Greenstein, Ken Goldenberg, Blake Underhill

Schlitz-Non-Dads (or in this case new or almost Dads)

Lizzy in Net

D: Dan Herbert, Greg James, Marc Valenti

O1:Matt Elliot, AK Douville, Roman Kurin

O2: Neil Shah, Mike Goodwin, Dan Gregson

The game would start off pretty well and the teams would settle in and get into the flow a bit. It only took 2 players and 3 explanations to both the Ref and Katie the scorekeeper (a Umass staple) to get them to figure out that both teams rosters were on the same piece of paper. That aside the game got going and got up to speed pretty quickly.

Nice to have some fans in the stands for this one. Appropriate to the theme we had Family Night at the home of the Beacons. The Goldenbergs, Greenstiens, and Jassess were all in attendance and the squeek of little voices echoed around the rink as the dads and dudes wheezed it out on the ice. Thanks to everyone that made it.

The Beercans would be the first to strike. Goody would land a wicked shot from the slot after a pass from Valenti and Neil. This came at the 11 minute mark of the first. The ‘cans would continue to build on their momentum as the Reddaddys wouldn’t be able to really get anything going offense wise.
It wasn’t until the 330 mark of the first when the Red would put something nice together and the Cagey Vet Nelson would land a nice shot on a feed from Larry and Daley. The game would go into the first intermission tied 1-1.

The second period would see a bunch more action as the offenses would warm to the task.The Gold would be the next to strike when Goody would land a fierce shot that came from a feed by Neil and the Schltiz would be up 2-1. Not long after that the things would continue to get difficult for the Dads when Mike Daley would go for interference with about 10 minutes left in the second. The Dads would be up to the task and would kill the penalty but the momentum was definitely in Gold's favor. In fact the goal combo of Neil to Goody would come through again, on a very similar setup if I recall(iffy). I just remember Goody in an open space and a good shot that beat Matt. The Kidless Beercans were now up 3-1.
The tide was soon to change however, and only minutes later Mike Jasse would land a shot from iJosh and the Red Dads would only be down one, 3-2. Before the period was out they would strike again, this time iJosh with the goal from Chris and the period would end in a 3-3 tie.

Onto the third we would go. A tie game and both teams clearly in the groove. The first nearly 10 minutes of the third would go back and forth, up and down the ice with good chances at both ends, both keepers playing very well. Greg James (he'll be playing for the Dad's next year) would go for hook at some point in the early going.

The kids in the stands were clearly having a great time... weather it was watching the game or playing with each other (most likely the latter)... but it was cool to have them in the building regardless. Maybe it was the children that inspired the Dads... because the third would start to go their way, led by Big Doctor Daddy Mike Jasse who was doing some great work with his line. Nelson would be in full grind it out in the corners and down low mode and would feed Mike for the go ahead goal at the 8 minute mark.

Credit to the Kidless Beercans they would answer to keep the game tied at 6 minutes when AK Douville would score on a breakaway (I think).

Not a minute later the Nelson to Jasse combination would give the Red Dads another goal putting them up 5-4 at the 5 minute mark. And the Dad's weren't finished yet. Mike Daley would seal the deal with the help of Double Vision Dad Larry. Daley's goal would come with 3:15 remaining and the Dads would hold on for the last 3 minutes and win the game 6-4 to much celebration. Good stuff. Really a fun game.

Big Kudos to the families that made it and a shout out to the Kids! Madison Jasse (very proud of her Hat trick dad), Lewis and Elliot Greenstein, Robyn and Max Goldenberg! Thanks for coming guys!

Game Stars

3rd Star: A tie here between two three point guys. Nelson Sharfman with a goal and two helpers for the Red Dad cause. Nelson is always a contributor and a leader in effort on the ice and this night was no exception. The other is Nifty Neil Shah with 3 helpers for the Kidless Beercans. Neil is also turning out to be a very consistent producer. Good work guys.
2nd Star: A Hat Trick in a losing effort, still good for a game star. Mike "Goody" Goodwin. All of them wicked shots. Mental note... get Goody the puck in open space as many times as possible... unless you are playing against him. Nice Job Goody.

1st Star: Big Hat Trick Daddy Dr. Mike Jasse. Three goals and a multiple game scoring streak for the good Doctor. The Blogger doffs his hat to you sir, and apologises you had to wait so long for this blog post. Great work Mike.

Tonight! Who's Your DaddyDaveur!

Schlitz vs Cadavers
Monday November 16th
UMass Boston 7:00pm



That's right Team... we finally figured out a gimmick for this week's Schlidaveur experience and this is it. Those with kids will skate as the Cadavers, those without will skate as the Schlitz. See below for the roster breakdowns... just in case you can't recall if you have any kids or not....

Don't forget to give yourself time to get there even though the game is early. Also remember that the State Troopers have been carefully patroling around the campus and have been pulling folks over for going just over the speed limit... so keep your eyes open.
Here are you MondayDaddyDaveur Rosters.

Cadavers (used for the Daddies, because “Cad” sounds like “Dad”)
Nelson
Jeff
Ken G
Scott
Larry
Jasse
Dan H
Kevin
Blake
Daley
Di-lo
Matt – Net

Schlitz - Not Daddies
Roman
Hammitt
Gregson
Matt E
Greg
Marc V
Ken D
Goody
Neil
Mark B
Lizzie - Net

Suds versus Sputniks in nightcap

SCHLITZ (7) vs SITNIKS

Monday November 9th

UMASS 8:10 PM

9-1 Loss

The nightcap game featured a rivalry with some of our own good friends and 'daveurs. The Sitniks feature regular 'daveurs Roman Kurin and Matvey Nikhamik so its always fun to play against those guys... Although they had plenty of players and let us keep Matvey who joined a bunch of guys who had just played against the Windsuckers to face the RED MENACE.

It didn't go well. Think opposite of the cold war.

Let me put it this way... by the time the blogger left the building it was 3-0 Sputniks and that was with 8 minutes left in the first.

Here's Positive Pete Capraro with a recap.

Second period, The goal by Baker Assisted by Shah and Capraro.Second period,

Campbell sin bin for roughing in first. Chris Foz for checking.3rd period Hammit for holding.

That's it. 9 goals against.

My only blog comment is that it looked like after game 2 Larry the stat whore, with a big smile on his face, approached the score keeper that he berated with anatomical verbal gestures a few games back to make amends. Looked like he even showered and shaved the landing strip on his face for the approach.

What a beating, but I like that faster skate, I think we did alright for the first few seconds in the first period until they scored.

Thanks Pete. Well. I think we are just going to leave that right there and move on to sunnier topics.

Zombies vs Windsuckers Early game

CADAVERS (6) vs WINDSUCKERS

Mon, November 9th

UMASS 7:00

3-1 Win!

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

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

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

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

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

Another Double Header Monday at U-Ass

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

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

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

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

Zombies win Superfun Saturdaveur!

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


Zombies 3
Beercans 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good game and a fun night at the rink.

Game Stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not kidding.

Satur-Daveur Makes a Return

SCHLIDAVEUR!!!!

Saturday 11/7
7:40 Canton

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

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


Hope to see everyone in Canton tomorrow night!

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

Suds beat Tigers!

Schlitz (5) vs Tigers

Monday November 2nd

9:30 Canton

4-1 win

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

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

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

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

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

Great work everyone. Nice win.

Game Stars

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

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

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

Cads Pound Predators in Rematch

Cadavers (4) vs Predators

Monday October 26th

Canton 8:10pm

7-5 Win

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

Here is your early game, Team Zombie lineup.

Lizzy in Net.

Roman

Valenti

Goody

Elliot

Daley

Baker

KenMitch

Larry

Matvey

Gregson

Nelson

AK Douville

DWH

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

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

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

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

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

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

No game stars for the moment....

Suds squashed by Blues in Nightcap

Schlitz (4) vs Blues

Monday October 26th

Canton 9:30

4-1 Loss

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

Matt in Net

Scott

Campbell

Chris

Dr. Jasse

Jeff

Parker

Reynolds

Blake

Chuck

Hammitt

and Neil

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Injury Update

Got this email from Greg James:

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

Howard's Response:

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

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

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

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

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