Zombies crushed by Blues. Its ova.

Cadavers (3-1) vs Blues (3-1)

Tuesday April 27th

Canton 8:30

5-1 loss

Team Zombie headed into the final game of the "losers" bracket last night high hopes and a good attitude against a team we thought we knew pretty well, and came away with a stinger of a loss and an end to the winter season.

The Blues were certainly not the Blues of old, lots of familiar faces but a few key additions. They had a new center that wore #6 who was a powerhouse of speed and ability, and another new addition that wore #88 who was also a big plus. Couple that with good performances by#13 (green socks) and the rest of the regulars and they had a recipe for success against a Zombie squad that was never really in the game.

The roster looked like this.

Jim Sullivan in Net

D1: George and Baker (later Roman)

D2: DWH and Jeff

O1: Larry, Roman(later Baker) and Jasse

O2: Neil, AK, and Goody

O3: Gregson, Nelson, and Dr. Pounds

Things started out ok for a few minutes. It was clear it would be a heck of a game and Jim had to pull out a few really big saves even in the early going. The Red found their skates a little and managed a shot or two but it didn't go long before it went bad.

At twelve minutes in #6 would rip a ridiculous shot off that picked a corner. Four minutes later 88 would score on a bang bang odd man rush. At four minutes left 13 would score on another great shot, and then he would get his second with a minute and a half remaining on another rush. End of the first, 4 - zip bad guys.

Not much hope for the Red but the effort was there in the second and Team Zombie played them to a draw for the whole frame until the very end when 6 would score on a crazy end to end rush with about a minute left. Five nothing Blues after 2.

There would be a bright spot in the third when Steve Baker, who had been moved up to forward in the second, tipped home a nice drive by DWH for a power play goal. They collected another pair of penalties when #3, a notorious douchebag, took out AK in front then headbutted him after Kenny stood up to him. He went for a double but the Red couldn't put anything together on the powerplay. The game would end in some frustration for the Red who had a hard time mounting any consistent attack in the last 5-10 minutes. George went for a rough somewhere in there but nothing happened on that either.

All in all a quite unsatisfying way to end the season.

Thanks to Dr. Jasse and Dan Gregson for the 4th period beer and at least we won that frame standing in the chilly Canton lot wondering how we just had our heads handed to us...

Good season boys. Now don't go crazy in the off-season and we'll see you in a few weeks for spring training...

Cadavers Stay Alive! Playoff Run Continues!

Cadavers (2-1) vs Last Call (2-1)

Wednesday April 21st

Canton 10:30pm

4-0 Win!!!

The Playoff run of Team Zombie continued on Wednesday night as the Cads faced another 2-1 team the Last Call for the second elimination game of the week. The Dead in Red seemed to be gaining momentum in front of what is becoming a nice run by goalie Jim Sullivan. The defeat of the Tigers on Monday night has given the skating dead some inertia, and by all accounts they used it well on Wednesday to send yet another team home for the season.

Again the Blogger was somewhere in Florida applying lotion to his sunburned skin and washing sand out from between his toes so there is no first hand account. Guest bloggers were unavailable for comment in the time between the game and the bloggers return, but we do have some data and snipits to share.

Here we have the scoresheet rundown courtesy of iJosh and his Facebook Status:

"Bruins in OT? Not nearly as exciting as a Cadavers 4-0 stunner in the New England Senior Hockey League Semi-Finals. Go Zombies.

Scoring:

1st Period: Reynolds from Bell

2nd Period: Bell from Reynolds and Jasse

3rd Period: Roman from Shah; Bell from Jasse

Penalties:

2nd Period: Bell (Roughing - matching)

3rd Period: Reynolds (Holding - matching)

Players of the game:

3rd Star: Reynolds (goal, assist)

2nd Star: Bell (Gordie Howe Hat Trick + 1 goal)

1st Star: Jim "Tuuka" Sullivan"

A text from Dr. Jasse indicated that the Zombies wore out their opponents and got a big lift from thier streaking goalie.

Nice work boys. The blogger wishes he could have been there. Anyone with a comment or anything to add... PLEASE add your words with the comment feature. All words accepted. Good work. Next up Tuesday night vs Les Blues.

Playoff Madness Zombies vs Tigers

Cadavers vs Tigers

Monday April 19

Canton 8:10pm

3-0 Win!!

The blogger was on the road as the playoffs rolled on and Team Zombie continued its run, now playing in the "losers" bracket of the Islander Division Playoffs. That meant a match with El Tigre who was also one loss from elimination, on Monday night.

The Blogger being lost somewhere in the swamps and roller

coasters of Florida, we turn to a terrific guest blog appearance by Dr. Mike Jasse. Here is the good Doctor with a nice rundown on how the night went:

Larry centering Jasse & Chris Fozdick
Goody centering Roman & AK
Hammit centering Dr. Pounds and Elliott
Valenti & George
DWH & Daley
Jim Stonewall Sullivan ‘twixt the pipes
As you can see from the lineup, a formidable and confident bunch showed up for this win or go home playoff tilt against old rivals, El Tigre.
From the drop of the puck, Larry’s line set the tone and swarmed the offensive zone with a relentless attack. Chris, Larry & Jasse buzzed about the net with countless opportunities all game. Goody’s line would continue the torrid pace, cycling and creating shots throughout the night. Hammit’s group would do much of the same; the Dead in Gold were mounting continuous attacks. Due to the offensive onslaught and stellar D, Sully was not particularly busy but when he was called on he came up HUGE. A couple of saves would have made it into Sports Center’s Top Ten compilation, but one glove save off a zinger of a wrist shot may have prolonged our season.
Despite our, dare I say, moments of dominance, it was zip zip through 2. The boys on the bench sensed our 13 bodies were starting to wear down their 11 and a concerted effort for short, sharp shifts was talked about in the 2nd intermission. Reminders of ‘this is the season’ and ‘no OT’ were part of the banter on the bench.
Our effort finally paid off after a seemingly endless scrum in front of their net resulted in the puck loosening itself from the pile and Johnny on the spot, Goody jammed it home. One nill for the old in gold.
The Tigers, who had a couple of really good players on their squad, started to play with more desperation and started taking it to us a little bit. Our solid D held firm and when called upon, Sully bricked up the net. During a frenzied attack in our D zone, Roman went down and got clobbered in the melon by an opponent’s knee. Play was thankfully stopped and our dazed Russian compadre was asked by the ref what his name was and I’m pretty sure the slurry reply was,
“Tuesday.”
It should be noted at this point in the game there was only one infraction called (on the Tigers) and we managed to control our emotions and focus on playing clean, hard hockey. I say that because as the time started to tick away and the pressure started to mount, the guy who is out of the running for the Lady Byng trophy on game 1, Mike Hammit found himself with the puck in the slot (thanks to an aggressive fore-check by Elliott) and let go a bullet of a wrist-shot. ‘Ping’, off the post and in. This scribe has often said that Hammit has one of the better wrist-shots in the league but it’s hard to score from either the box or the post-ejection locker room. Mikey had a very solid game, was all over the ice, stayed within himself and put the game away with a beautiful shot.
Speedy AK would seal it with an ENG.
A sparse but enjoyable showing in the 4th with adult beverages provided by Chris Foz and Jasse.
3rd star-Mike Hammit
2nd Star- Sully
1st star-GWG, Goody

Brilliant. A nice round of applause for Dr. Jasse and all the members of Team Zombie who have staved off elimination once more. Looks like that win bought the boys another game... the next night.

Zombies fall to Predators.

Cadavers (2) vs Predators (3)
Thursday April 8th
Bavis Arena 9:30pm

4-2 loss


The Cadavers, the lone surviving member of Schlidaveur Enterprises remaining in the playoffs, took to the ice on Thursday to play a very scrappy and competitive Predators team. Unfortunately the result was not what we were looking for, but the game was a tight contest and Team Zombie certainly had their moments. Lets get right to the lineups.
Net: Jim Sullivan
D1: George, Valenti
D2: DWH, Jeff
O1: Larry, Chris, Roman
O2: Goody, Scott, Pete
O3: Hammit, Gregson, Blake

Lets say this about the green wearing Preds. They had their Playoff roster. A couple of half shields and a guy with tape numbers on his generic shirt (44), so clearly they were prepared and brought the talent. Beyond that they let the talent play and there were very few shifts that didn't see at least one of their strong players on the ice. This included Red helmet #8 Newcomb, and the centerman #14 with no shield that would score just a ridiculous tally in the first. The aforementioned 44 was troublesome because if you didn't keep both eyes on him (and hands) he'd skate right by you, and often did so to the Blogger. It was clear, from very early on that the Zombies would have their hands full.
The first period would get going and it didnt take long for the Red to act in frustration. The Green would rip off a couple of shots and by the time Hammit had chased 44 around the ice once or twice he caught him and stapled him to the side boards and went for the first penalty about 3 minutes into the game. The Red would survive the penalty kill and really worked themselves into the Green end more as the period went on. As the shifts rolled the Red would get some opportunities, and the longer the game would remain scoreless the better they felt. Jim would turn aside a bunch of good chances and showed his consistent stability.
Before the end of the period #14 would strike on a nice break that DWH was all over. In fact DWH was all over the guy as he drove to the net, then flipped the puck up as he was being ridden off and it went top shelf over Sully's shoulder for the goal. Speaking from someone who saw it from a bout 3 feet away... it was ridiculous. The first would end 1-0 Preds.
The second would progress much as the first, with more wheezing. Jim would pull out some terrific stops, and the Red held together very well under the constant pressure. Still, scoring chances were infrequent and eventually the Green guns would get us. Before that Larry would go for a hook at some point. No blood on the PK as I recall... The Preds would score again when old tape numbers 44 would rack up another sick talley and put the bad guys up by 2. Roman would be the next to fall victim to frustration as he laid a nice check on his man but would take a seat in the box for his efforts. Not long after... but not on the power play... 44 would score again, this time with help from #8 red helmet and the second period would end 3-0 Predators.
Team Zombie faced a serious uphill climb in the third. The situation would get worse before it got better when 44 and 8 would team up yet again, this time with 8 providing the finish on a bang bang play and it was 4-0 Predators early in the third. Things finally came around just a little for the Dead in Red and good things began to happen.
George was clearly in meltdown mode as he verbally berated a teammate as the Red struggled again with the breakout. But moments later the play was in the offensive zone, George had fed it up to Dan Gregson who made a great play and in turn zipped a pass to Dr.Pounds who was in the slot and finished the play for the first Zombie score of the night. There was no small hint of irony as George congratulated his teammates after the goal. Regardless, it was good play all the way around by everyone on the ice, and it finally managed to turn the tide.
Larry's line had been up and down all night, but was starting to get better chances. Only a minute or two after Scott's goal they would put it together. Larry would keep the play and work the zone, he sent it to Dan Herbert and he would send it with force to the net. Chris Fosdick was there to bang it home and suddenly the Zombies actually had a pulse. ...well... you know what i mean.
It was nice to see the Green react by essentially keeping its best line(s) on the ice for the rest of the game. I think 8 might have taken a minute off in the last 10, but I could be wrong. He and 44 and 14 would pretty much play the rest of the way making it extra difficult for the Red to keep the momentum going. Eventually Hammit would go once more for a rough, but he showed good restraint by simply staying in the game, and once again there was no scoring on the penalty.
The Red would fight hard, Jim would again close the door when needed but there would be no dramatic comeback for this club. A bit too little, a bit too late against a team that was going to be hard to beat.
So thats how it would go for the Zombies. 4-2 final and a first class ticket to the "losers" bracket and a matchup on Tuesday coming up. We'll find out who we are playing and have an email out for roster purposes Monday.
No game stars.
... but ....
We can say, in an honorable mention capacity, that the Cads did take the fourth period... and maybe the fifth. Its always a "good" night when the zamboni driver tips his hat and reminds you to pick up the empties on his way out of hte parking lot. Kudos to all who stayed... you know who you are...

Playoffs! Golden Zombies Boil Lobsters

Cadavers (2) vs Lobsters (7)
Monday March 29
Dedham 9:00


3-1 Win



The playoffs for the Winter season kicked off last night at the Boch Ice Palace in Dedham. The number two seeded Cadavers would take on the ever fiesty Lobsters who came in as a seven seed in the Islanders Division. Of course the Lobs wear red so Team Zombie skated as the Golden Schlitz. This squad… you may recall was George’s crew from the ‘daveur a few weeks back. The roster looked like this.
Jim Sullivan in Net
D1: George and Pete Capraro
D2: DWH and Jeff
Centers: Larry and Roman
Wings: Blake, Jasse, Gregson, Scott, Chris, and Neil

The game would start off with the Cads immediatley scrambling. It was clear early on the Lobsters had their excellent female player (8) and a pair of good players (73 & 75) who would take their chances and would press us whenever possible. The goldencads would scramble around a bit in the early going just trying to get set up and deal with the red. It wouldn’t be until well halfway through that the Gold would roll and couple solid shifts that would result in some extended time in the offensive zone and a handful of chances. Jim would be a stabilizing force for us in our own end making more than a few quality stops and forcing play stoppages when needed. There was only one penalty, to Larry who went for an elbow… as a kind of strange match for the hack he took just before, and the teams skated 4 on 4 but there was no blood. The first would end with no score.

The second would see more good back and forth action and both teams pressed for chances when they could. It was more than halfway through when the dealock would be broken. A just under the eight minute mark Jeff would take the puck on a rush through the far side of the neutral zone and over the line. Dealing in traffic he worked the retreating defensman and slid the puck to himself coming toward the center of the zone. A quick shot beat the keeper far side and low and Jeff came back up the ice with his arms up.

The red wouldn’t take it quietly and they wouild counter with solid chances. At one point Sully would make a great stop and fell back on the puck as it spun around litterally on the line. Another occasion he came sweeping across the crease and making a Bruce Lee-equse kick save that shot the puck out into the corner and away from traffic. Needless to say Jim was a big factor in the game for the GoldenZombies and did a great job filling in for regular Brian Carey.

The second was noteable for one other event which was a remarkable clearing out check laid on Roman right by the offensive net. What made this check unique was that it was delt by Chris Fosdick as he chased after the puck and got tangled with the russian (who landed on the ice) on his way by the net. Both guys had a good night on offense otherwise and got lots of chances. The second would end Cads 1 Lobs 0.

The third period would see a bunch more action on the ice and the scoresheet. Less than three minutes in the Zombie offense would hit paydirt. George would keep the play in the offensive zone and fed Larry who made a beauty of a pass to Roman who was out front. The Russian ripped a quick shot that put the Zombies ahead 2-0. Only another three minutes later the Gold would strike again. Dan Gregson kept after the puck in the offensive zone and then made a nice pass to Larry who buried a rising shot for the 3-0 lead and the zombies were feeling pretty good, now with just over ten minutes left in the game.

As the game would go under 10 minutes things would start to get desperate for the Lobsters and they would definitly turn up the heat. On a good break one of the 70s guys would turn Jeff but not before the flagging defenseman would get a piece of him with his stick. Jeff would go at 920 for the slash. No blood on the PK but the Lobs were gaining momentum

Jeff was back on the ice and trying to defend a fast paced 2 on 1 but was unable to intercept the pass and the Shellfish would score on the attmept @6:06 remaining. It was really a good pass and rush from 75 and and #8 finished it off nicely.
Number 8 would then tangle with the D once or twice, the second time resulting in a small skirmish with DWH. Of course Dan would be sent to the box, and no match for #8... who apparently doesnt take penalties because she's a she... The zebra didn't seem interested in any conjecture from Jeff or George and got downright snippy about it... but again, no blood on the penalty kill.

Thats how it would roll. The Golden Zombies trying to finish out the win and trying to keep thier mouths shut from inducing any more penalties.

Game Stars
3rd Star: Hmmm. I'll say DWH and George(1assist) who both had very solid nights on D and did a great job all the way around. I'll have some honorable mentions for the other candidates for this star below.

2nd Star: I'm going with Larry "I wish I didn't send that email" Bell. A goal and and assist and a typical hard working great effort all night. Also... Larry was sporting his new "I'm not saying shit to anyone about anything" philosopy... which seemed to work out... but he still made it to the box once. (but he didn't say anything...)

1st Star: Not a shutout but Jim Sullivan was a major factor in net. More than a handfull of EPIC saves and very solid play all night that helped anchor the defense. Great work Jim, nice to have you with us for the "tournament".

Honorable Mentions:
Jeff Fosdick for a wicked goal. (if the blogger does say so himself)
Dan Gregson for a terrific assist on Larry's goal.
Pete Capraro for playing D all night.
Blake Underhill for bringing the effort all night.
Roman for his goal which was a nice tally.

Red vs Blues classic

Cadavers (20) vs Blues
Tuesday March 2^nd
BU 8:00 pm

2-2 Tie

Another classic D level matchup with old time rivals the Blues. An early evening start at BU meant a bit of a scramble for parking, some paid, some walked a loooong way. At any rate we ended up with a nice full 13 for the roster, and this is what it looked like.

Lizzy in Net

D1: George, Valenti D2: DWH, Jeff

O1: Daley, AK, Hammit

O2: Roman, Neil, and Matvey

O3: Nelson, Elliot, and Gregson

I’m not 100% on those lines, you’ll have to comment if things were otherwise arranged. This was a good group, and the Red felt good as things got going.

The first would see the Red get heaps of chances. A bunch of times the Blues just iced the puck to take off the pressure. They were playing defensively but hanging #8 or greensocks at the top of the zone or in neutral ice, looking for breakaways. The Red would basically take the game right to them and were able to limit the number of chances in our own end. Still the score remained 0-0 for the majority of the period.

Then after a faceoff in our end a strange thing happened. Nelson took the faceoff and he and his opponent tangled their sticks while pushing against each other. Nelson’s stick ends up releasing… right into the Zeebra’s crotch. The Zeeb then grabbed Nelson’s stick… and wouldn’t let go. The Blues took advantage of the scramble and popped the puck behind Lizzy for the 1-0 lead. Reached for a quote after the game Nelson had this (or something like it) to say. “ I’ve played a lot of hockey games, but that’s no question, the first time, ever, that I’ve had a ref hold my stick. At least they only scored once.” So the first would end 1-0 Blue.

The second would see more good play from the Red, and eventually they would break the ice with a nice play by Mike Daley. Mike would wheel through the zone, would feed Hammit who would make a great pass back to Mike who stuffed the wraparound home to tie the game. It felt like things were starting to go the Zombie’s way, but the game would continue to be a struggle. Roman ( or Neil … they both wore 13) would go for a hook in the second. The Blues would take one too, but no blood on either penalty.

Then with just under a minute left in the period, a Blue would rip a slapshot from just inside our Blue line that would catch Lizzy napping (or something) and would slide under her stick and into the net for the 2-1 lead. The period would end that way, and the discouraged Zombies would take the ice for the third looking to come back.

The early returns were good in the final frame. The Red proceeded to keep the puck in the Blue zone for almost the entirety of the first two shifts of the period. With about 4 minutes gone into the period Roman would push the puck up through center ice. Knowing Roman, I almost don’t need to tell you that he neglected to pass the puck up to Neil who was open (and ahead of him) most of the way up ice and into the zone. Roman would hold onto the puck though and would eventually pass to Neil who would make a great move to shake a defenseman and then zipped a terrific pass back to Roman who banged it home for the equalizer. Really a great play by both guys.

So there we were. The minutes would tick away, the Blue goalie would make some nice stops and the play seemed to get a bit tighter as we went below the 10 minute mark. Hammit would finally reach his boiling point and went for a cross-check with just under 7 minutes remaining. We would survive the PK and Hammit did a good job not letting his temper get the best of him for the remainder of the game. The Blue goalie would get a call for a trip not long after, but again no blood on the penalty.

This brings us to the last 2 minutes. Tied. The AK, Daley, Ham line would look for a change at the 130 mark. AK was the last guy coming off the ice as the puck was taken by Red in our own end an came up the ice. Neil was anxiously waiting on the boards and jumped down as AK got close and raced to the puck in the neutral zone… then the whistle blew. That’s right friends, with 1:25 remaining in a hard fought 2-2 game we took a too many men on the ice penalty. Despite the many and loud prostestations so the Dead in Red the Zeeb held his ground and Hamm would go and serve the penalty (doesn’t count towards his Campbell totals). The Red would call time to try and get things together.

DWH, Daley, Neil and Matvey/Roman (they split the shift) would finish out the game for the Red and held off the Blues well. The game ended, a dissapointing tie, given the “time of possesion” inequality for the whole night. A hard fought close game with a division rival, but no joy for Schlidaveur Incorporated this night.

Honorable Mentions: Roman and Neil for good strong work all night. Daley for his terrific wrap around effort. Elliot for postgame beer. Matvey for splititng the last shift with Roman, and for showing up so soon after the birth of his second child. Congrats Matvey! Valenti also had a very nice game at the point and produced a number of really good shots.

Dead and the Call in West Roxbury

Cadavers(18) vs Last Call

Thursday February 11th

West Roxbury, 10:30pm

3-2 Loss

Well team... the blogger is more than happy to announce the Return of the Original Guest Blogger. That's right, iJosh not only played last night but he's got a "hot off the pressess" game story for us. So without further ado...

Here's iJosh:

"So it has been a long time since I have been able to write a story. Between not playing as often as I'd like (thank you Paul for the wonderful diverse schedule....Monday, Monday, Monday, Tuesday. Guess which days I can't play) and usually being paired with the Blogger there hasn't been much chance. Since this was a game on a Thirsty Thursday, I was more than elated that I would be able to make my way to the local arena.

Thank god I got to KenMitch's house early to pick him up. Because shortly after that a call from AK has us racing to Cambridge to add him to the carpool. AK had left an door or trunk open to his car which drained his new battery. That left him with no way to get to the rink. Again, thank god, because without him we would have been quite shorthanded.

So the carpool of iJosh, KMitch, and Angry Ken would arrive on the later side to get the group to nine. Nelson (making his usual timely entrance) would eventually give us an even ten.

To start the game, the pairing would be:
Gregson and Neil centered by AK
KMitch and Scott centered by Nelson

Defensive pairings would be:
Steve Baker and Mark Reynolds
The Natick Labs Pairing of Capt George and iJosh who did his best impersonation of an orange cone.

Playing at West Roxbury arena has its challenges. It is a small surface. But specifically there are no lines, dots or circles still visible on the ice. That issue would play a role in the game. More often than not, play would be offsides without a whistle or a Cadaver would slip over the blue line without realizing it. Or someone would dump the puck too early due to the fact that....well.....you can't see the freaking line. The ice surface was a touch choppy too, but that is par for the course for most of the places we play at.

Overall the Dead in Red would be a touch choppy too in their skating. Not much pressure offensively nor defensively. Mid way through the 1st, Last Call would a Cad and one of their own tussling in front of the net. The Call would send the puck toward them and a distracted Sergent Brian Carey. The puck would slide into the net untouched. However, the Call didn't realize that they had gone back over the blue line. Offsides. No goal. The Dead would get away with that one. Now the Cads would start to get some puck movement. At least for a little while. It would see a nice effort in front of the net where AK would finish the job and put the puck in the net for a 1-0 lead for the Red. Somewhere in there George would get his first penalty of the day for a slash. George claimed that the other guy did it first, but the ref wasn't buying it. In George's defense the Call were a little testy at the time.

Going into the 2nd frame, the Red had some mo'. Though as like any well thought out Schlidaveur plot-line there has to be ups and downs. So the eerie, melodramatic music is playing......So not long into the 2nd period the Last Call would finally strike and put one past Sgt Carey. This would soon be followed by George taking his 2nd 2 minute timeout of the night. With our depleted D corps, George could not afford to take a 3rd penalty. This would affect his aggressiveness a bit since it was his intention to take it to #10 (I think I am remembering the number correctly) most the night. Later in the period Brian would get beaten by a slap shot from above the left face-off circle on an odd man rush. This would make the score 2-1 and bring us to the end of the 2nd period.

Into the final period we go, still within reach of a win, despite not really playing any cohesive hockey all night. Sure there were some flashes of good play. Some good rushes. But nothing we could really point to. The Call would go down a man and finally the Dead would wake up a bit. This is aided by some upbeat "something is going to happen" music. This would be courtesy of shot from the high slot from Neil that would make its way past the goalie. Now in a 2-2 tie, the Red would try to make a push to get ahead.

Now the ominous music begins again. Only a few minor attempts would be viable before the Red would make a fatal error and become a victim of the lack of paint. An attempt to clear the puck would seemingly fail. But some would argue that it did not. Regardless, no call was made. But the Red did not cover the point nor the slot well (sorry that was my man). The point would send a shot into the middle that was well tipped by #30. The puck would redirect up, stick side, high and beat Brian for a 3-2 Last Call lead. Unfortunately there would be no comeback. As the clock wound down the Dead in Red could not control the puck long enough to make a viable push and pull the goalie. So the game would end with a 3-2 loss.

Noteworthy though was that due to the refs watching George's play AK stayed out of the box. However he has enough to deal with today with his dead battery.
Guest Blogger out and glad to be back...

Alright. Too bad the result wasn't better... but it is nice to have the OGB back in town. Thanks again Josh. See you all next week at the Schlidaveur on Tuesday night!

Zombies fall to Suckas

Cadavers (17) vs Windsuckers
Monday February 1st
Bavis Arena 9:20pm




4-1 loss



A cold Monday night on the South Shore for a tough division matchup with the pesky 'suckas, this one would suffer from being the same night as the Beanpot which would reduce the roster size considerable. Despite that Team Zombie showed and played hard against the Blowhards and it sounded like a hard fought game.
Once again the Blogger doffs his hat to another Guest Blogger for this game story, this time from dependable (on ice and off) Mark Reynolds who gives us a nice rundown of the action. Without further ado... Here's Mark:


4- 1 loss to the Windsuckas

Defense: Valenti – DWH – George
Forwards: Baker – Pounds – Matvey – Goodie – Chuck - Reynolds
Net: Lizzy

The Red started out with 8 skaters. Then, Goodie showed up after visiting the wrong rink (aka the Greg James syndrome), but arrived in the second as a huge and much needed relief.

The Suckas had us vastly outnumbered, but it didn’t faze the Red. We played a tough game and moved the puck reasonably well. They had a few guys that most wouldn’t consider “D leaguers” which accounted for their goals and generally gave us some trouble.

Steve Baker scored the lone goal on an extra effort by jamming the rebound past their “rent- a-goalie”, who happened to be far superior to the usual goalies we face. The Red had lots of high-quality shots on goal, but we just couldn’t beat him with anything.

Our defensive trio won most of their battles in the corners and our forwards passed well and did a good job of controlling the puck in the offensive end.

As for Lizzy, she played a kick-ass game. She stopped a number of high velocity shots and didn’t give up any rebounds. Way to go Lizzy!

Penalties: Matvey for tripping in the second immediately followed by Reynolds for slashing one of Suckas non-D league players (#5). Yes, I totally got my money’s worth.

Valenti tangled with #5 later in the game and gave him a WWF style body slam…simply outstanding. #5 went to the bin and Valenti remained on the ice, much to the chagrin of the Suckas.

Without their “rent-a-goalie”, the Red would have fared better. We’ll get em’ next time for sure.

Cads vs Tigers Monday 1/25

Cadavers (16) vs Tigers
Monday January 25

Milton Acad 9:10

4-1 Win!

Its a familiar story and it comes around again this week. A Monday night matchup with El Tigre over at the Milton Academy rink. An unusually warm night for January and a nice result on the ice from the hard working Zombies in Yellow against a classic division rival.
As per usual we have a couple of guest blog entries to tell you all about the game. Here's Mike Campbell with a nice recap to lead us off:

"Big win for the Dead Beercans… We were gold, since the pussycats wear red, too.
D: Reynolds & me; DWH and Michigan Mike
O: I have no idea how they paired, but the following were in attendance: Nelson, Steve, Pete, AK, Big Dan, Blake, Scott, and Chuck.

Highlights – Well executed game all around; they didn’t have all of their talent, but they had a good chunk of it. Lizzy played very well in net, giving up only one goal, late in the game. I think we had four goals all in – I had one, although It ricocheted off AK’s foot; Nelson rolled one up the goalie’s arm, and it went it. DWH sent a looping saucer from the point, and maybe Steve had the last one.

Overall, good passing, pretty good break-outs, (although we sucked at that at times) and pretty good play in the defensive end. Disciplined play, except for Reynolds who had a bad day in the office, and went out with three penalties – the last one timed perfectly at 1:30 left in the third, and they just let him serve it. (I’m floating the “Mark Reynolds Award” idea… What say you?

Their goalie was great, but gave up enough for us to walk away with the win. I think win makes the Schlidaveur enterprise 4-0-2 since the holiday break. Good 2010 so far.

And the MAPD left us alone long enough to throw back a 12 pack in the parking lot on a balmy Milton evening. ~ Mike"

Thank you Dr. Campbell... good news all around. Thanks for the words this week. Next up we have another contribution... this time from the Cagey Vet himself... Nelson Sharfman.

Here's Nelson: 4-1 win

Goals by Angry Ken (assist by Campbell, shot from the point and tip in); Dan with hands (shot from the point, assist unknown); Mark Reynolds (assist by Nelson); Nelson (assist by Steve)

Strong team effort across the board on this one. Good win, good game. We had more skaters than they did AND WE ACTUALLY WORE THEM DOWN. This is the first time I have ever seen our team use the extra skaters to our advantage. Rumor is that Tigre was missing a good player or two. Whatever. The line of Neil, AK, and Big Dan was a joy to watch. Plenty of hustle and they generated several chances. Strong game by Lizzie in net. Both defense pairs were strong. Excellent overall team defense. Shots were minimized. Lots of back checking.

Mark collected three penalties in the game, but the last was with less than 1:30 left in the game so the ref let him watch the rest of the game from the box.-- Nelson"

And now to wrap things up lets hear from Neil Shah who has a very nice summary of his own to share with us.

Here's Neil: " We won 4-1 on the back of a solid all-around effort. We started out the game strong with 2 quick goals. First goal came from some nice team work and puck possession in their end. I had the puck on the right side boards and skated it down into the corner. When the defensemen collapsed on me, I swung it around the net to a wide-open Gregson, who made a great pass to Campbell for a shot from the point. AK did a great job getting in position in front and deflected Campbell's well-placed low shot for a 1-0 lead. Second goal also came from a shot from the point. I had the puck on the right wing boards and dumped it off to Dan with Hands. He unleashed a great wrist shot that beat the goalie over the shoulder.

Third goal came from a highlight reel play from Mark Reynolds. He took a nice pass from Nelson and fired a shot that glanced off the goalie's shoulder and popped up in the air. Somehow, despite having a defender draped over him, he managed to bat it out of mid-air and into the goal for a 3-0 lead. In the third period, they scored a goal from the point to make it 3-1, but we iced it with a late goal from Nelson off a great pass from Steve (I think).

Solid win overall. We were helped by the fact that they only had 6 guys for the first 10 minutes of the game, but we still kept their offense in check when they had 2 full lines. Great job by Lizzie and our four defenseman- Daley, Campbell, Mark R., and Dan with Hands. "

EXCELLENT! Great work by all... on the ice and with the Guest Blogs. Nice to see that we have collectively seemed to found our way back to the winning side over the last month or so. Good news indeed. Thanks again everyone.
See you Wednesday for a 10:10 Game Suds vs Predators.

Zombies and Suckas MLK Monday

Cadavers (15) vs Windsuckers
Monday January 18

BU 10:10

1-0 Win!

Another matchup with the Windsuckers on the old Walter Brown Arena ice for this MLK day showdown. Sounds like this one was another classic division battle, and a very very close game. Once again the Blogger stands aside and gratefully presents some terrific guest blog comments and stories from the game. As always many many thanks to everyone who contributed. Lets start off with the short and sweet from Mike Campbell:

MC: "PIMs: Campbell 1:30; Capraro 1:30; Angry Ken 1:30
Larry got the only goal in our 1-0 win. We should’ve whooped them, but the win is a win."

Next up we hear some good stuff from Greg James.

GJ: "Ken got into another fight last night (pretty much in the same spot on the ice as a year ago when I pulled a third man in in exactly the same situation). And, despite my overwhelming urge to step in and play the role of heavy and crack some heads.., and despite the fact that by simply changing the date on a word document on my laptop I would have the suspension appeal letter already written… I quickly realized that the NESHL commissioner also had a readymade suspension appeal reply letter already written (coldly reading only: “suspension stands”), I smartly decided not to jump in. Turns out Kenny didn’t need my help anyway and ended up pulling a guy 3 times his weight down to the ground. Nicely done bro.

I don’t really remember anything else from the game except for perhaps some wicked point shots on net by me, sorry Jeff. -Greg"

No apologies necessary Greg. Thanks for the great recap. Now we move on to frequent contributer Pete Capraro who has another angle on things.

PC: "Hard fought win, I think we had 2 good offensive lines going putting solid pressure on all night. We did well bringing it through the neutural zone and putting it on net, lots of rebounds by the netminder that we could have capitalized on. BU ice looked 10x worse than the Capraro arena, with cones on the ice warning of the holes at center ice. Some terrible calls by the zebras but it didn't throw us far off our game, in fact we scored when I was in the box, see what happens when you get rid of trouble?"

Now we hear from a major player Ken Douville about how the night went:

AK: "Larry got a ridiculous goal shorthanded to win the game 1-0. Everyone played a great game which was needed versus that team. ... when asked to elaborate on his "incident":

sure... this team was very physical all night in front of the net with crosschecking etc. So when this guy started pushing I got into a little tussle with him and ended up on top. I usually don't win those so I was happy with the outcome. "

And lastly... but certainly not least... we have the Cagey Vet Nelson Sharfman.
NS: "Larry gets the number one star for a workman-like effort and a more than nifty unassisted goal, the only goal of the game, when he pressured the Windsuckers SHORTHANDED, caused a turnover behind their net, got the puck out from behind the net, skated by himself in front of the net, and roofed a wrister point blank off the goalie's glove and into the top netting.

Brian was also quite solid in net. Hard to win those 1-0 games unless your goalie throws a shutout.

Their goalie was really tough, and they had a very solid defense in front of him (lead by the dude in the yellow helmet, not to be confused with the man with the yellow hat...). We had a lot of pressure against them all night but both the defense and their netminder was more than up to the task. I can think of at least one breakaway, one on zero, that came up snake eyes for us (that would be me), but I believe there were others as well.

Not that many people in the sin bin that night. What's that you say? Well, now that you mention it I don't remember Hammit being there...

A well earned and exhausting victory. The drive home at midnight is a lot easier to make when we have the one and they have the zero. -- Nelson"

Awesome work Team! On the ice and with your keyboards. Thanks for helping to keep the blog on life support.... the Blogger appreciates it. Great win guys... looks like things might be turning around on this season....

GoldenZombies Ice the Minus

Cadavers (14) vs D-Minus
Tuesday January 12
Milton Academy 9:20pm


3-0 Win



A cold night at the nice rink in Milton, and an evening that looked like it might be long on shifts and short on skaters as the room was a little on the empty side about 10 minutes before gametime. Nelson walked in and scratched his head knowing that not many usually show up after him, and he made 7.
Of course let it be known that the early omens weren't good. There happened to be a neatly printed page taped to the door that said "Girls Locker-room" which was noticed by more than one Zombie on the way in. Then there was the copious lack of water bottles... Mike Campbell had a full one in his bag, but since it had been in his truck all day, it was solid like a rock.
Luckily some more players filtered in. Goody, then Blake and Reynolds showed to round the Zombies out to a nice even ten.

Here's what the lineup looked like.
Brian "Long arm of the Law" Carey in Net.
D1: Campbell and Jeff
D2: Reynolds and Hammitt
O1: Goody, Baker, and Underhill
O2: Nelson, AK, and Chris

Not bad for a chilly Tuesday night and all ten made it to the bench in the opening few minutes of the game.
The D-Minus crew had their usual solid turn out. Again the Blogger salutes them for having one of the best Jersey's we've seen in our division in a while. Givent that those shirts are dark red the Cads would skate as the Gold for the night. They seem to have added a girl along the line somewhere and she was a bright spot showing great hustle all night. The rest didn't show too much pop and the Zombies in Gold were able to control the play for the balance of the evening.

Most of the Gold played pretty well but despite many many opportunities in the first period they were unable to break through to gain a lead. The Minus stood up pretty well to the Gold barrage, and Brian had to make a few stops as they counter punched a few times. The first would end 0-0, no goals and only one penalty to Hammitt who held up his man at the offensive point for a hook late in the period. The tie at the end of the first was good because we were able to beg for a water bottle and thanks to the Minus sportsmanship they shared and we had some much needed hydration.

The second saw a step forward for the offense but a continued problem with penalties. First the offense. The Gold was doing a solid job with the forward cycling and doing a nice job keeping the puck in the zone and moving it around for chances. Nelson would make a great play jon the end boards and fired a nice pass out to the point. Jeff one-timed the pass to the net and AK (who was mucking it up in front) deflected it by the keeper for the 1-0 lead.
Shortly after that the Gold would get called for too many men when there was a botched change about midway through the period. The PK went just fine, in fact the Gold was able to get a couple of chances even being down. Nelson and AK both did great work on the PK all night.
Speaking of the PK, Hammitt would make his next trip to the box later in the period. Hammitt got to a puck in our own end and fired it then decked the guy covering him. The ref came by the bench chuckling after the call and had this to say.
"I think that was the first roughing call I've seen from a belly buck... did you see how far the kid went that he hit?" The guy was noticeably smaller than Mike, but apparently had been running his mouth... for what its worth...
The third would see more of the same from the second. Goody would score a nice goal, lifting it over the keeper after a nice pass from Blake Underhill. This was actually the second goal scored in the period but the first one was disallowed because of Zeebra "selective shortsightedness"... he couldn't see the puck... mostly because it was behind the keeper...
The Gold would strike again when Nelson would take a pass from Jeff at the point and pop it home for the icing on the cake. 3-0 and no further scoring to report.
Hammitt however... would make the game complete as he would collect another rough after knocking over his guy after taking the puck from him in our end. 3 and out for Mike again and he watched from outside the boards the rest of the way. Campbell would take one in the closing minute... I think just to make sure Ham didn't get too far ahead in the Campbell Cup standings.

Game Stars
3rd Star: *cough cough* Jeff Fosdick for two nice assists and not a horrible night on D.
2nd Star: Nelson for a nice goal and an assist and his usual excellent leadership through hard work. The guy just never stops trying.

1st Star: Brian Zero Degrees Carey for a nice win and shutout.

Honorable mentions to AK for being all over the place and having a great night, and Mark Reynolds for the same.

One more HM for brother Chris who just happened to have a handfull of cold delight tucked under his seat. There was a very cold footstamping, hat adjusting, cars running sibling conference in the parking lot for no more than 15 minutes. No frostbite to report.

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.

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.

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.

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.