Cads lose to Spuniks. Its all over now.

Cadavers (p3) vs Sitniks

Thursday April 16th

Canton 7:00pm

5-2 Loss.

The news out of Zombieville is no good this morning friends. The Dead in Red went down to the Red Army (wearing purple) and the book is officially closed on the Cadaver 08-09 campaign. The word is that Team Sputnik had three full lines to the Dead's two and really had a strong lineup on the ice. It also sounds like Brian "Long arm of the Law" Carey had another great playoff performance, only to be squandered by some lackluster play on the part of the rest of the Zombie roster.

There was the faint ringing of some complaints here and there but that's all that I'll say about it, our guest bloggers have a comment though down below here. It sounds like a frustrating one, but really, hasn't this just been a season of frustrating games? This whole thing had a stench on it from the start, so as far as the Blogger is concerend good riddance to Winter 08-09. Let's try to get some different mojo going for the summer season.

Lets get on to the first hand accounts and summary of the game. Here is the rundown from Defenseman Marc Valenti:

"Period 1
Sputniks Goal @ 10:05
Dead Penalty @ 12:07, Tripping #11
Close period, we kept the pressure and Brain played great.

Period 2
Sputniks Goal @ 6:21
Sputniks Goal @ 3:06
Dead Penalty @ 0:02, Roughing #16
With our two lines to their three lines of decent skaters we began to run out of steam. Brian played great.

Period 3
Sputniks Goal @ 16:33
Sputniks Goal @ 7:02
Dead Penalty @ 4:47, Roughing #11
Dead Goal @ 1:11, #2 Unassisted
Dead Goal @ 0:50, #44 Unassisted
We staged a comeback, just too late. Brian played great, score doesn’t show it.

Overall, the calls did seem one sided and they had #25 who was the ringer that we played with the last time we played them.
The roster says him name is Sasha Tkachev, NOT. Nelson told the refs to check his ID and they would not, therefore, it doesn’t matter. It’s all hot air. They brought in a ringer for a playoff game, really, it’s D league.
Final Score 5-2"

Nice wrap from Marc. Here are some comments from another D-man Chris Fosdick. He gives a nice recap on the two third period goals here.

"Brian turned in another amazing performance, he is really improving. However, we just couldn't get it done. ...

It's not that they were so good, but they did come out and hustle more than we did and that made the difference. They pass pretty well too, but if we had had even slightly different personnel we could have beat them. It was very frustrating. ...

Finally with less than 2 mins left Dan G. was battling in the corner with two guys on him, and I was wide open on the point, so I called for the puck, which he got to me and I released a cannon of a shot that beat the goalie high glove side. Then, 30 seconds or so later we get the puck in their zone and make another bid and Dan G stuffs in a losse puck in the scrum in front of the net. So in the end we had at least a little redemption, but also a condemnation ... [comment deleted]"

Thanks for the words and recap bro'. Good job with the goal at the end there, and thanks for taking the shifts on D when the team needed you.

Good luck to the Sputniks/Sitniks... try not to get blown out in the next game.

Thats all from here. See you for the begining of the Summer Season. I'll work up the end of season statistics and dreaded season wrap post while I'm on vacation in Florida next week.

As far as I'm concerned this party is over. Last one out... turn off the lights.

Cadavers Face Sitniks Tonight!

Cadavers (p3) vs Sitniks

Thursday 4/16

Canton 7:00pm

This is it folks. The playoffs continue tonight with Team Zombie facing the Sputniks in and elimination game in the early evening in Canton. The Sitniks won last night to continue thier own run and look to advance at the expense of the Dead in Red.

Management is still looking for some warm bodies for this one so if you are available get an email in, or heck just show up for the game. Seriously. Here is the confirmed roster as of Noontime.

CADAVERS

Nelson
Chris F
Scott
Larry
Dan G
Matt E
George
Marc V
Chuck
Ken D
Brian - Net

Lets have a good turnout and try to keep it going against these guys. Some of you may recall that they have a few familiar faces over there... namely Roman and Matvey. Be sure to give them your best when you see them.

Good luck Zombies.

Suds go down in loss to Blues

Schlitz (p3) vs Blues

Wednesday 4/15

Dedham 9:10pm

4-1 loss

Well folks, it really hasn't been a pretty this season for the suds, and last night's season finale was really no different. U.G.L.Y... you ain't got no alibi ugly. I wasn't for lack of trying. It wasn't for lack of players. I wasn't for lack of desire, but most of the night was an excercise in futility for the Golden Beercans as they were eliminated from the winter playoffs by the Blues.

There was plenty of willing skaters. Jeff Fosdick showed up after working late to make an uneven 14 , but was encouraged to dress as not everyone (Parker) had shown up before the game began. Jeff thanks his D teammates, George, Mike C, DWH, and Mike Daley for being understanding enough to have him.

The forwards were iJosh, Jasse and Capraro; Nelson, Mitch and Scott; and Parker, Blake and Gregson. Mr. Newpads and newoutlook CEO.BMF.Kilroy in the pipes.

The game was pretty close for the first period. We can run with the Blues and usually do. They clearly had their playoff roster intact for the night and they played well. The teams went back and forth and Matty made a few good saves to get warmed up.

It wasn't long however until a nifty player for the Blues took advantage and bounced an unlikely shot off of Matts elbow and back into the net for a cheap 1-0 lead. The Gold tried to double their efforts... without much success.

The Gold would answer.... believe it or not. Jeff Fosdick would pick up a loose puck in at the blue line then would fire a shot that went through traffic, and off Capraro's skate and into the net. Jeff got credit for the goal... but he owes it all to the traffic in front courtesy of Pete and Jasse. Thanks guys. The period would end 1-1 and the Gold was far from discouraged.

The Blues would be the next to score, on a bungled play (a theme) in our own end. The Blues would take a turnover and make a nice pass to a forward camped out right next to Matt who drove it home to take the lead back 2-1. Not much Matty could do on that one either. The Blues would strike again on another give away in our end that resulted in a short break away. A quick move and the score was 3-1. The second intermission was much quieter on the bench than the first.

The third was quite unremarkable aside from the Blues scoreing again in the first 2 minutes. The Gold would continue to try hard but was plagued by mistakes and just never got anything going. That is how this one would end. Not much more to report other than a benalty for Parker and one for Campbell but that was it.

So the sun sets on a quirky, not so fun season for the Schlitz, who look forward to a few weeks rest and a clean slate when the summer season begins.

Shame to see good players like Gregson, Daley, and Herbert go, knowing that they are out for the summer, but we look forward to getting those guys back in the fall.

No Game Stars.

Overheard in the parking lot 1: As Campbell and Jasse loaded Kilroy's truck with toys and baby stuff they are getting rid of... "Jesus Joe they brought their F*cking TOYS with them..."

Overheard in the parking lot 2: "Its kind of a bummer when your rival...doesn't think of you as a rival"

Overheard in the parking lot 3: In regards to the setup of a Schlidaveur Twitter feed for the blog.

Daley:"You could message while on the bench... 'getting smoked 4 nothing right now..."

Parker:"Or while you're playing...' ROMAN! PASS THE PUCK!'"

A nice scrape on the blogger courtesy of our friends the Blues

Exciting Pair (of Games) Coming Up

Ok Team... while we sort some things out over last nights game between the Zombies and the Rats we still have a few things to look forward to this week.

Namely two more playoff games.

First up is Team Beercan (0-1) squares off against our old and familiar rival the Blues (1-1) in a classic elimination game.

Schlitz (p2) vs Blues

Wednesday April 15th

Dedham 9:00pm

Kilroy tells me we have 13 confirmed for this one... so lets make sure we give 'em hell. Recent history here... actually kind of interesting reading. Lets be sure to beat these guys and knock them out.

The winner of this game plays the NEXT NIGHT... Thursday 4/16 @10:10pm at the Bavis Rink.... so lets start planning ahead...

Next up is a Thursday night matchup for the Zombies, now 1-1 thanks to the Rats. They will play the winner of Sitniks and Spartan's game on Wednesday night. Lets be honest... we probably wouldn't mind seeing either of those clubs after facing the Rats....

Cadavers (p3) vs Sitniks/Spartans

Thursday April 16th

Canton 7:00pm

Get your responses for availablilty into Managment for this game ASAP!!! The winner of this game will play again on Monday 4/27.

Rats chew on Cads.

Cadavers (p2) vs River Rats

Monday April 13th
Dedham 10:20pm

4-0 loss

Looks like we didn't fare any better against the Rats than we have any other time we've played them this season. Reports are still slow coming in on this one...

Anyone with a Tale to tell... drop a dime to the Blogger... you know where to find me.
I will update this post when I have something of significance to add....

Oh wait a minute... I do have something...

Twas some other playoff hockey to think about over the weekend. So in the interest of denial… and the cheap excuse to crow about my own team…
The Blogger would like to congratulate the 08-09 Boston University Terrier Hockey Team on their National Championship. The Terriers played an incredible game on Saturday night. I’m here to tell you that as the evening wore on at Chez Blogger there was long faces and copious beer consumption. Things looked very dark… then things got much much better. Zach Cohen pulls them within one, then Colin Wilson ties it up. When Colby Cohen’s goal fluttered in during overtime I can tell you this… there was some serious dancing on the coffee table. Way to go boys. Way to go Jack.
Its always special when your team wins the big one… let alone when they practically give you a heart attack doing it.

Credit Boston Globe for Pics from Today's Championship Rally on Comm. Ave.

Woo Hoo!
...and by the way... BC STILL SUCKS!

Playoffs Tonight! Zombies vs Rats!

Cadavers (p2) vs River Rats

Monday April 13th

Dedham 10:10pm

Hey there 'daveurs... another big Playoff Tilt on the way for Tonight in Dedham.

Here is the late breaking roster for the game against the Rats. We haven't had much success against these guys... and they are the number 1 seed for a reason. Ahem... so I just did a little math and came up with some numbers... we are 0-4 against these guys this year and the goals for/against stand at... are you ready? ... no really do you think you're ready?

29-1 for the four games. I'm not kidding.

Lets have a good turnout and a good game and try to pull off a big upset.

Here is just the crew that can do it. Have 'at em boys.

Cadavers

Roman

Matvey

Chris F

Stefan

Larry

Pearlman

Hammitt

Elliot

George

Marc V

Chuck

Mark R

Ken D

Brian "Long arm of the Law" Carey in Net

Suds fall to Goats

Schlitz vs Scapegoats
Thursday April 9th
Hingham C 10:20pm

6-2 Loss

The Blogger has been waiting for stories from this one to come in, but the early news was not good. Sort of like news coming back from the front when things aren’t going so well.

The messenger shows up limping, with a bandaged head, and can barely salute when he tells the generals that he’s the only one left from the 5th Cavalry division.

I’ve got a feeling iJosh has got something for us somewhere out there so well keep an eye to the email.
...wait... here's iJosh now...

With a 3rd straight Schlitz Championship in the balance the pressure was on from the start. George would lead the blueliners along with Dan with Hands, Mike Daley and always versatile and level headed Mark Reynolds.
The forwards would be centered by Roman and Gritty and Grizzly Old Nelson, who's playoff beard full of large patches of gray just add to the character. The wing pairs would be Matt Elliott and Matvey, Dr. Pounds and Dan Gregson, Capraro and iJosh.

No doubt the team felt the pressure as there was almost no flow, no control, no offense and certainly no defense to start the game. This would lead to a very quick set of goals by the Scapegoats. The first just a scrum of players near the crease, the 2nd a perfect pick set by our own defense allowed the opposing forward to deke "unseen" before moving around everyone and slide the puck into the open net. The 3rd goal would soon be netted before the end of the 1st came to a merciful end. Both Mark Reynolds and Dan with Hands would be sent to the sin bin in this period courtesy of a hold and a slash.

So the Golden Beer Cans had to get back into this game. And the only way to get back in was to score the next goal. But that is not how this story goes. Not before long, the Suds would find themselves down early in the 2nd by the overwhelming score of 4-0. Nothing was going the Suds way. Absolutely, positively nothing. At one point the Cans had a 5 on 3 penalty and got a grand total of 0 shots for and quite possibly a few against. You could tell exactly how the game was going by closing your eyes and determining the level of excitement in George's voice. And after doing exactly that, following the 2 man advantage, one would have thought we were down 4-0 with no appearance of hockey skills what-so-ever. So after getting the verbal assault we deserved, some people would actually get to work.

First Gritty and Grizzly Old Nelson would do what Nelson does, find a way to get the hard working goal.

Then Matvey would find paydirt, cutting the deficit to 4-2. Then the Team of Beer was just flat once again giving way to another goal ending the period at 5-2. Somewhere in this period Dan Gregson would get called for a hook.

Plodding into the 3rd would see more of the same. The best news out of this period wasn't that Dan Gregson was called for an interference or that instead of the game ending 7-2 it ended 6-2 after a goal was waved off due to a goaltender interference penalty on the Goats.

So our night over and our playoff hopes damaged we will head toward Wednesday knowing that one more loss and we are done. Hopefully it will be better next time.

... great work iJosh as always. Too bad about the outcome.

The suds are on deck for Wednesday 4/15 against... The Blues

Bavis Arena 10:10pm

Lets have a good game against the rival Blues... whom we haven't played in a while.

Quick Playoff Update. Rosters Tonight

Ok team... just an update on tonight's game and last night's action.

Last night the Dead in Red went out and took care of Bid-nez by waxing the Spartans to the tune of 5-0. You read it right friends. A big night for Team Zombie with terrific contributions from Daley, Parker, Carey, Sharfman... the list goes on. Blog post to follow... honest.

Before you get too excited that means that the Cads will now face off against #1 Seed the River Rats on Monday April 13th in Dedham @10:10pm. If you skated last night, get your availablity in to Managment asap for the game. If the Cads win that game they play again on Wednesday night the 15th, if they lose they play Thursday the 16th.

But enough about them. Tonight is all about the Golden Beercans. The 'cans will face a group we know well the Scapegoats. We've actually had some success against the 'goats. Most notably we haven't played them since the Championship Game from the end of last Summer Season. It didn't seem that long, and its a bit mystifying that we didn't face them once this whole season.

Regardless... here is your confirmed roster for tonight. Skate well everyone.

SCHLITZ vs Scapegoats

Hingham C 10:20pm

THURSDAY APRIL9th

Lizzy in the Nets

Roman, Matvey, iJosh,

Nelson, Scott, Larry,

Gregson, Herbert, Underhill,

Capraro, Reynolds, Daley, and George.

Oh and by the way... win or lose this group skates again next Wednesday night the 15th. Feel free to get your availablity in to Management asap. Thanks.

Zombies Conquer Sparta!

Cadavers (p1) vs Spartans
Wednesday April 8
Hingham C 10:20

5-0 Win

The Dead in Red showed up for the start of the Winter Season Playoffs ready for action. The Spartans were the opponent for the night, having just played on Sunday. They had beaten the CH Terriers that night and won the opportunity to play against us. The Zombies were well stocked, taking the ice with 12 and adding Stephan before the end of the first to round us out to and even 13. The Spartans looked to be suffering from Second Game of the Week Syndrome and had a thin bench of 8 guys. It might have been 9 but they looked like 8 all night. This clearly played to the Dead’s advantage.

The Zombie Lineup was thus.
Campbell, Valenti, Jeff, and Stephan on D. Chris Fosdick played the first then went up to forward. Nelson, Mike Daley, Pete, Matt Elliot, Matvey, Chuck, Parker, and Douville made up the hard working Oh-Fence for the night. Pete was an unexpected drop in… but he happened to be driving by, with his equipment, on his way back from the imaginary practice/game at Quincy Youth Arena… luckily we had a spot for him, and to his credit he made the most of it.

The game went like this. We pressed, played hard, shifted short, hustled back, fore checked with some success at times, and kept after the Spartans all night. They played the exhausted, back on your heels style of a short benched, second game this week group of guys. They played hard and tried hard the whole game to their credit. They just couldn’t get much going against us. Brian saw a few shots but not many of high quality. I believe he was overheard in the locker room after the game… “I think I only saw 5-6 shots all night…” He wasn’t complaining, and he turned out a nice solid performance standing in there when we needed him.

Mike Daley was all over the place, as you’d expect and was the first Zombie to break the ice. Fed from Nelson Mike would tuck one by the keeper about halfway through the first. Sparta was hard pressed to keep up with Mike when he started wheeling around the zone. Before Stephan showed to relieve Chris at his D position, the tall, lanky forward would make a play. Keeping the puck at the right point, (playing opposite brother Jeff that shift) Chris made a nice move to give himself room then launched a nice slap shot at the net. The Scoresheet has Matvey tipping it into the net, but Chris contends it may have gone in untouched… we’ll have to get a ruling.

Mike Campbell would go to the box for the always interesting “Leg Check” penalty. No shit he “Leg Checked” the guy… have you seen how long Mike’s legs are? Most of the guys we play against only come up to the bottom of his shoulder pads anyway…

The first ended 2-0 Zombies. The Second period would see Mike Daley land another goal, this one from Marc Valenti at the point. Nelson would go off for roughing at some point, but the PK was solid. Pete Capraro would make the most of this evening out with his equipment and would score on a long cycle with Chris assisting. Hmn… this one might be wrong too… did Pete or Chris score this one… we need another ruling. Chime in boys and help the blogger out..? The period was basically the same as the first, with more panting.

The Third would see two more penalties for the Red. Daley for a phantom Slash, and Campbell again for Interference… I wonder why not “Leg Interference”… again the PK and Brian stood strong. Sparta did actually mount a few good chances in this period but nothing worked out. Nelson would cap off scoring unassisted, once again turning in an epic hard work performance that he is so famous for.

Other notable incidents during the game included Kevin Parker walking back to the locker room in his socks to get his crappy old skates, after skating the first in his shinny (and apparently painful) new skates.
Always nice to have “fashionably late” Stephan Wennik. He always drops in out of the blue but turns out a good game every time. Thanks for making the journey down.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Chris Fosdick. 2 goals or 2 assists? Maybe a goal and an assist? Any way you slice it Chris got 2 points, did a great job helping out the D, and then continued to impact the game on offense. Great job.
2nd Star: Another 2 point man. In fact he’s The Man. Nelson. Goal and an assist, and a nightly clinic on how to play hard and will yourself into scoring opportunities. Thanks.
1st Star: Wheelin’ and Dealin’ all night, its got to be Michigan Mike Daley! Mike has another 2 goals to add to his totals. Great hard work all night and results in the net to boot.. Who could ask for more?

That’s the story from here (a week after the game)… unfortunately it doesn’t sound like the Suds fared as well on the next night. The Cadavers next face off against #1 seed the River Rats on Monday 4/13.

Cadavers Open Playoffs Tonight vs Spartans

Cadavers (P1) vs Spartans
Wednesday April 8th
Hingham C 10:20pm




Tonight Team Zombie hits the ice to begin the Winter Playoffs. The Dead in Red will faceoff against division rival the Spartans. They are here by virtue of thier 7-3 win over the CH Terriers on Sunday night. By the looks of things we've had so-so success agains this team. Looks like a 2-2 record for this season, and we havent even played them since the end of January.

So without further ado... here is tonights roster as of 3pm on GameDay.

Brian Carey in Net
Campbell
Nelson
Jeff
Chris
Stefan
Bill(out) replaced by Mike Daley
Matt E
Kevin
Marc V
Chuck
Matvey
Ken D - ? no response
... 2 others asked.

Lets have a good turn out here and a good start to this playoffs. See you tonight.

Practice... or Playoffs?

We were talking about practice... in fact Marc Valenti went so far as to book some time at the Quincy Youth Arena to do just that. In fact judging by the prodigious email string it looked like there were plenty of 'daveurs looking to get in on some late night practice action to tune up for the upcoming playoffs.
Well... the upcoming playoffs have arrived... the same week as Practice... in fact the same night...

...so with a quick change we will switch from Practice to... PLAYOFFS!?!?!

This rant seemed to sum up how the winter season has gone for our beleaguered Suds and Zombies.


Both Teams are in action next week as the Winter Playoffs get underway. Here are your Rosters as of 11am Thursday Morning 4/2/09.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 8th CADAVERS vs (Terriers, Spartans, or Team X)
Hingham C 10:20pm
Brian "Long arm of the Law" Carey in the Pipes.
Campbell, Jeff, Chris, Stephan, Pearlman, Elliot, Parker, Valenti, Chuck, Mike Fitz, and Douville.

THURSDAY APRIL 9th SCHLITZ vs Scapegoats
Hingham C 10:20pm
Lizzy in the Nets
Roman, Matvey, iJosh, Nelson, Scott, Larry, Gregson, Herbert, Underhill, Capraro, Reynolds, Daley, and George. No Goaltender assinged at this moment... but relax... there will be.