Red get revenge in Daveur Rematch!

Cadavers (10) vs Schlitz (9)

Monday Nov 21

Milton Academy 10:00pm

Cads 4

Suds 3

Last week’s Schlidaveur matchup was such a hit, and a tight contest that with another ‘davuer scheduled for this week it was a natural to run a rematch of the same two teams. So that’s what we did last night in Milton Academy… with a few slight alterations.

A couple of guys couldn’t make the game so there was a slight shuffle. Gold lost Marietta and picked up Teddy Locke to play net and bumped Sully up to the forwards. Red ended up 2 players light losing Jasse and Bittker and rolling with 9.
Here are your lineups for Daveur-deux.

Cadavers

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Valenti, George, Bauer

O1: Baker, Gorden, Gregson

O2: Larry, Nelson, iJosh

Schlitz

Teddy Locke in Net

D1: Campbell; DWH

D2: Jeff; Reynolds

O1: Daley, Parker, Elliot

O2: Matvey, Mitch, Doc Pounds, and Sully rotated.

The Gold felt very good about the game and came out with lots of confidence that adding Sully up front and Red being down to 9 players they would have a better chance to pull off another win against the talented Cads.

That confidence got results in the early going when Sully would score taking a play from Campbell and Parker. They had been grinding away in the Red zone and Sully jumped on the pass and showed the finish he’s had all season.

While Gold felt good, the play was pretty even. At the 8 minute mark Red would strike back. The play from Baker to George would find Dan Gregson standing right by the slot where he would bury the game tieing goal by a sprawling Teddy.

Gold was not to have its momentum checked so early and Mike Daley would take matters into his own hands. Mike would break out on a nice rush and whipped a ridiculous wrist shot over Randy Dudek in the Red net and the Gold would be back on top by one. End of 1, 2-1 Gold.

The Beercans would take the night’s first penalty when Matt Elliot would go for a trip a little over halfway through the second. They would hold on during the penalty and then Matvey would take a feed from Sully and would land a nice shot that put Gold up 3-1 with about 7 minutes left in the second.

The two goal lead was a treacherous beast for the Suds. They were clearly comfortable and weather it was fatigue or a slight reducing of pressure, they would see the momentum fade from that point.

Jared Gorden, who had been threatening all night for the Red finaly got the chance he was looking for. Working in space about 10 feet out he would rip a great shot that would bring the game back to 1 goal with  5 minutes left in the second.

Larry would go not long after as he would check Jeff from behind as they both went after the puck at George’s feet on the side boards. This time the Gold would threaten but Randy Dudek would stand tall for the rest of the way in the Second.
One series saw Dan Herbert crashing into the crease to push home the loose puck and somehow, someway Randy held and covered and the Gold got nothing.

Sully and Daley would also have excellent chances that Randy would turn aside.

End of 2, 3-2 Suds.

The third would open with both teams pressing. It only took one shift for the simmering battle between Larry and Mike Campbell to boil over. The two had been exchanging pleasantries all night and finaly they ended up in a tangle in the Gold end and the Zeebs sent both guys to cool off and the teams skated 5 a side.

The Gold was clearly fading as the Red was getting better chances and Randy continued to snuff out anything the Gold got going.

The Red would hold the play in the Gold end and Mark Valenti would work a play through Eric Bauer who worked down low in the zone. Bauer would send a superb pass out to iJosh who was not exactly closely (or at all) covered by Jeff. iJosh would make him pay and would bury the shot by Teddy and the game was tied.

The Red now clearly had the momentum and the game was turning fast. Larry, now out of the box would take a nice play from Jared and Nelson and would put away the go ahead goal with still 7 minutes left in the third. Nelson and Jared had been busting it all night, and Larry was clearly due, fueled or not by the missed chance in the penalty shot the week before. It was clear he was going all out to get the win. That was how it would go, and Gold would not be able to get the game back from the hard working Red nine.

Reynolds and Baker would go for matching calls two minutes after the Red goal, and really it was lucky for the Gold to get the match. Still the Suds couldn’t get much pressure until they pulled Teddy at the 130 mark.

Gold had an excellent doorstep chance that had come from DHW to Jeff to Daley to everyone else crashing the net. Somehow Marc Valenti would help Randy cover the puck, (looked like Marc did the covering) and the Red escaped.

So this one would end up the opposite of the week before and you know what that means… we’ll just have to have a rubber match. Next time.

Game stars

3^rd Jared Gorden with a goal and an assist and lots of chances all night. The Gold had to keep an eye on him (and Baker) all game long.

2^nd Randy Dudek in net. Just a spectacular set of saves in the late second and mid third period for the steady netminder. Randy held the fort and Red clearly gained momentum to come back from 2 down.

1^st Larry Bell. Captain of the Red squad and scorer of the game winner. Larry had his motor running and made hard plays all night long. Great game.

Monday Schlidaveur! Red vs Gold!

Schlitz (8) vs Cadavers (9)

Monday November 14

Canton 10:10pm

Suds 4

Cads 2

Last Monday night saw the assembled ‘davuers face off in the second intra-squad game of the season. This one had a nice angle right from the start. Management put out the request for guest captains/gms and Larry Bell stepped up to help. Larry and Jeff would have a playground-style pick ‘em over the phone on Friday afternoon.

Larry would captain the Cads and Jeff the Suds and both rosters filled up and both captains clearly had a philosophy in mind.

Larry would go with a heavy offensive look, snapping up multiple scoring leaders (Nelson, Baker) and this season’s rookie phenom Josh Bittker. Jeff would counter with most of the defensemen on the roster, well… most. Then to work around the possiblilty of needing Sully to play net, we made a trade and Eric Bauer would go over to Larry’s D lite Cads and Kevin Parker and Mitch Goldenberg would come back to bolster the Gold offense.

Here is your final rosters.

Cadavers

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Valenti; iJosh

D2: George; Bauer

O1: Baker, Gorden, Gregson

O2: Larry, JoshB, Nelson and Mike Jasse

Schlitz

Sully in Net

D1: Campbell; DWH

D2: Marietta; Reynolds

O1: Daley, Parker, Elliot

O2: Matvey, Mitch, Doc Pounds, and Jeff rotated.

The game started quick for the Dead in Red. Larry’s offensive philosophy would show immediate results as Greggy would bury a close chance as the play went around the zone from Josh B and Jared Gorden. This was in the first two minutes and the Gold knew they would have to play a tight defensive style to keep a hold on the Red.(I thought the first goal was from Baker...)
But the Gold would counter no more than 2 minutes later when Jeff would keep the play in the zone and worked it to Matvey who did some nice work getting it to Scott Pounds who whipped a low shot from high in the circle that beat Randy, sneaking through the legs and into the net to tie the game.

Valenti would go for a trip at 10 minutes when he took Jeff down low in the Red zone. Scott would go for a trip of his own but there was no scoring on the penalties.

The teams would go back and forth at each other and really both goalies made some nice plays all game long, keeping things very tight. The first would end a 1-1 draw, but the Gold felt good about the gameplan.

The Red would find that their chances would start to dwindle in the second as the Gold D would smother everything that came over the blue line and the offense was counterpunching well, getting good chances. Mike Daley was doing his usual excellent job of pushing the play and being all over the place. His line with Elliot and Parker would get lots of excellent chances. Mike would get results with 3 minuets left in the 2^nd when he would wrist home an nice play from linemates Matt and Kevin. Suds 2, Cads 1 after 2.

The Red were starting to show some frustration at not being able to get things going but that wouldn’t last all night. With that kind of talent they were going to make something happen eventually. Jared Gorden would finish a hard work cycle from Nelson and Gregson and the game was tied at 2 with 10 minutes to play.

The Gold would do a nice job counterpunching though, and only a few minutes later Matt Elliot would feed Mike Daley who would fire a great pass to Jeff who was camped in front of Randy and Jeff would bang it home for the 3-2 lead.

Not long after that iJosh would go off for the Red after tripping Jeff (who was clearly enjoying playing forward). He would slide along the ice like a seal…mostly to have a rest not so much to embellish…

Mike Campbell would go for the Gold before penalty was up but there was no scoring on either.

This takes us down to the last 2 minutes. Gold up 1. Red desperate and surging, getting chances. Larry would get a break doing a great job with his legs to get ahead of the D, but Mike Daley would tackle him and he was awarded the dreaded penalty shot.
So Larry would have it in his hands to tie it up with 1:30 to play. The teams would rise and there was plenty shouted, both pro and against his chances. Larry would take the puck and work fast into the zone favoring the right side. His move was not his best (or fastest) but he made it, but Sully was there and came across the crease to swat away the backhand bid. Really a good try by both.

Later in the parking lot Larry went to Sully to get some shooter’s feedback and Sully told him he dropped the shoulder so he knew he was going backhand.

The game still had a minute and a half to go with both squads pressing hard. The Gold would get the sealer when Mark Reynolds would hold the play in the Red end and get the puck to Jeff who was again working the middle of the zone. Jeff would fling it at the net and Daley would burst into the crease area and would slam home the puck for the 4-2 lead with less than a minute to go.

That was how this one would end and the Gold locker-room discussed offering the Red squad another chance at the contest and since there was another daveur scheduled for the next Monday… it was a natural.

Before the rematch though…

Game Stars:

3^rd Star: Jeff Fosdick. 1 goal, 2 assists. Jeff has now played 3 games in a row at forward and is looking like he likes it. Hmmm…  maybe that’s some insight into his selection of a D-heavy roster.

2^nd Star: Sully in net for the Gold. Sully was pressed into service in the nets when management  was unable to book another keeper. He did a tremendous job, making great saves all night on a bunch of pretty darn good shooters.

1^st Star: Mike Daley. Doing huge amounts of work for the Gold. Two huge goals and an assist and once again about 100km skated. Great work.

So after a Tuesday morning email to Larry…. The rematch was set for the following Monday.

Zombies top Guns n Hoses...

Cadavers (8) vs Guns n' Hoses
Sunday 11/13
Canton 9:30pm


3-2 Win!


This was a swap out game that the leauge bestowed on us as a result of our complaining about scheduling us for two games on the same night last Thursday. Kind of a sandwich game given that we have a BIG Schlidaveur showdown the next night... and the Guns n Hoses weren't a team we'd ever played before in my recollection.
Word coming back was that they were a very good team but our Zombie pride showed through and we gave them all they could handle.
Heres the Roster
Randy in Net
Baker
Bauer
Bell
Bittker
Daley
Gregson
Herbert
Kurin
Marietta
Moorachian
Pounds

The Gun's scored first only 3 minutes into the first but the Zombies kept after it and things settled down.
Roman Kurin scored, unassisted before the end of the first and it was tied 1-1 after one period.
The second period would be a grind the whole way until Josh Bittker would score with a helper from George and the Dead in Red were in the lead!
The Guns would come back about halfway through the third and would tie the game. But Zombie pride was not to be denied. Steve Baker would make a brilliant rush that fell just short, but Josh B would be right there to pop in the rebound and with one minute to play the Dead in Red would take the 3-2 lead and win the game. The only penalties were Larry who went for a matching call with one of the Gun's at 7 minutes into the 3rd.
Sounds like great work all the way around for the Red.

Nice job.

Zombies roll over Tigers

Cadavers(7) vs Tigers

Monday 11/7

Milton Academy 8pm

4-0 win

The Cadavers would face longtime division rival the Tigers on Monday night at Milton Academy looking to continue the recent success we’ve had against these guys lately. The Dead would wear gold as is tradition by now against the Tigers. It was just a week ago that the Schlitz had their way with these Tigers in the nightcap game at BU which wasn’t much of a contest. The Dead in Gold would also feature a nice lineup and the pregame confidence was high.

Here’s your breakdown.

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: DWH, Bauer

D2: George, Reynolds

O1: Baker, Teddy Galante, and Matvey

O2: Daley, Elliot, and Sully

O3: Larry, Jeff and Dr. Jasse

The Tigers were not as short handed as they’ve been the last few times, and seemed to have a bit more fight than last week, but it was clear that Gold should be able to control the play. Rolling 3 lines the Golden Cads would get lots of chances and would play well the whole first period.
A tribute to their keeper, not the usual guy, the Tigers fought us to a standstill for the entire first frame. Gold would see some excellent plays though. Sully would have at least two great chances on the doorstep and watching him work with Daley and Elliot all night was a pleasure. Daley was wheeling and dealing and creating all kinds of space and both Sully and Matt would get at least a handful of great chances during the game.

The first would end scoreless and there would be only one penalty for Gold, Larry who would go for a quick wrestle with a Red defenceman who would also go with the match.

The second saw things get going scoresheet wise when Daley would feed Mark Reynolds at the left point and Mark would label a slapshot that found home and gave the Cads a 1-0 lead just 2 minutes in. Five minutes later Larry would tie up a faceoff in the Red end. Number 26, their best player, would try to go around the net and out of the zone but Jasse met him on the other side. Mike would slap the puck away from 26 and it would squirt out right to Jeff who was coming across the slot. Jeff would finish the play with a wrister stick side and the Gold would be up 2-0.

Mark Reynolds would go for a check but there would be no blood on the penalty. The second would end 2-0 Golden Dead.

The third would see another penalty when Eric Bauer would go for a trip or some other nonsense. Eric collided with a guy and they both yard-saled and he went to the box. Again no damage on the penalty. But Red deserves credit for continuing to mount an attack. Randy would have to scramble a few times to keep things under control around the net.

But the Gold just kept on coming. The Sullivan line finally broke through after all their solid chances and Jim would bang home a nice play from DWH and Matt Elliot. I don’t know how Daley didn’t figure there as it seamed he had a million touches. He and DWH really did a nice job of puck possession when on the ice. DWH in particular with that long stride can really move with it and its nice to have him back there patrolling the blue line again.

As things would begin to wind down Larry would take a break out and then feather a terrific pass right onto Jeff’s stick as he came down the slot. Jeff would rip the wrister again and this time going 5-hole would cap the night making it 4-0 good guys.

Unfortunately no 4^th period for this one as Milton is tight on the booze policy.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: DWH. Only one assist but he (like Mike Daley) covered a ton of ground and acted as a stabilizing force all the time on the ice. Good work.

2^nd Star: Speaking of stable… Randy Dudek with the zero and yet another solid game in the pipes. Randy has quickly become the foundation for us in net and has settled in nicely this season with dependable quality play. Nice to see him get the shutout.

1^st Star: Self admiration society special… Jeff Fosdick… for two nice goals in his second game at forward in a coon’s age. Felt great to skate with Larry and the Good Doctor. Thanks guys.

The ride home saw a turnout at the Cavern Tavern for a beverage, a quick strum and a laugh or two with the proprietor and his high quality associates. Boulevard, Sympathy, Tornado,  and the Weight… good stuff. Thanks for making the night perfect. 

Golden Cads spank Bros.

Cadavers(6) vs Booze Brothers

Tuesday 11/1

BU 9:10

7-2 win

Game one of the Tuesday double header at BU featured the Dead in Red playing the newcomer Booze Brothers in what proved to be not much of a game. The Dead were compelled to don the Gold due to the deep red of the Bros. shirts. Always accommodating those Cadavers.

This one just wasn’t much of a contest as the Bros. are clearly finding their feet as a new club in the league and the Dead in Gold would pretty much control the play from the opening drop.

Here’s your lineup.

D1: DWH, Bauer

D2: George, Reynolds

O1: Daley, iJosh, and Ken

O2: JoshB, Parker, and Jeff

(yes… Jeff got to play forward for the first time in… well lets not think about how long)

Randy Dudek in Net

The game would be something of a strange experience for the Blogger. It had been a while since I’d played in a laugher… especially with us on the dominating end. We’ve been on the down side plenty of times and its clear that the Booze Bros have some due paying still ahead of them this season.

The Golden Zombies would get on the board first about three minutes in when Parker would put away a feed that would come from Reynolds to Bittker and to him out front. Kevin would just be cracking the ice.

George would be next, assisted by Daley as he put in a nice shot that sent the Gold up 2-0 less than 2 minutes later.

Kevin would grab two more, both assisted by JoshB on circumstances that escape me … the trouble with writing this too long after the fact.

The first would end 4-0.

Mike Daley, who was once again spending lots of time skating with the puck all over the place would get the next talley. This one with help from iJosh and Mike would provide the slick finish. George would get another, after taking the pass from Bauer he would finish the play with I think a long shot. George had a number of rushes and nearly had his trick before the night was out.

Many guys got tons of good chances, it was that kind of night.

None moreso than the only goal scorer of the third period Josh Bittker. TOJ/JoshB would have a handful of doorstep chances in each period it seemed. Josh is really producing in the early part of the season and looks to be a terrific addition. He would get his goal this night on a breakaway unassisted.

This one would wind down without much fanfare.
I suppose I should mention that the Bros did score twice. Once in the second once in the third, but both were of really no consequence.

A nice way to kick of the back to back, a 7-2 win.

Game stars

3^rd Star: A nice pair of goals for George Moorachian at the point. His contributions don’t always show on the scoresheet so its nice to see him get some glory.

2^nd Star: TOJ Josh Bittker. The dude has been a point scoring machine and this night saw plenty of that with the weak opponent. Josh landed the hat trick assists and a goal of his own to cap a 4 point night. Great work man.

1^st Star: Kevin Hat trick Parker. Three goals and boatload of restraint for Kevin who was all over it all night. He worked really well with his line and buzzed around the net taking shots or passing around as the situation called for. Nice work.

Zombies thump Preds

Cadavers(5) vs Predators

Monday 10/25

BU 9:10pm

6-2 win

The Dead in Red faced the Predators, wearing green but not looking themselves, last night at BU looking for another Monday night win. Team Zombie posted a very nice roster of even 13 with Randy in net, but the Preds had 10 that clearly did not contain the usual level of humbling quality they’ve used in the past to beat us like unwanted step children. It was going to be a good night for the Red.

Here’s your roster

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: DWH, iJosh

D2: Fosdick, Valenti

O1: Josh Bitker, Sully and Matvey

O2: Baker, Gregson, Ted Galante

O3: Larry, Jasse, and Parker

(lines might be fuzzy here….please comment and set me straight)

It was going well from the start, but Green put on an early push that tested Randy a couple of times. We could see though that they clearly didn’t have the game changer players (or enough of them) to be as tough as they usually are. Red got chances and continued to carry the play, between some scrambles and worked hard.

Sully would lead things off, with a nice finish off on the feed from Josh Bittker. This would become a theme, these two, later in the game. This came a minute in.

With about seven minutes left in the first Larry would put a cap on a nice shift in the green end when he would take a play from Dr. Jasse and bang it home.

Greggy would take a slashing penalty after a solid exchange of blows with the one, no face shield dude that they had. They both went to the box but Greggy ended up with the extra minute and a half. Still, taking the initial from the no face shield got him off the ice so Greggy helped us out there.

No real trouble on the PK as the D held pretty well, the forwards forechecked hard and Reliable Randy played steady baking.
Before the period was over Josh (Bittker... we need a nickname for this guy) Sully line was starting to show some pay off from their excellent hard work.
Jeff would hold the puck at the point and fire  a low shot that was slightly wide. (The other) Josh (hmm... ) would wrist it home after Sully tipped it toward the net. Nice pinball play but OJosh (hmmm…closer) provided the finish.

The first would end 3-0 good guys. Still a little odd for a Preds game.

OJB (maybe…)_ would start the second as strong as he finished the first and about the 10 minute mark he would take a pass from Sully and zip up the left side of the zone. Then he unleashed a wicked wrist shot that went top shelf, knocking off the water (and the peanut butter) and the Red were up 4 zip. It only took about 45 seconds for JoshB (better?)  to complete the hat trick. I think this one came across the front from Sully and JoshB slammed it home. So he gets the natural trick all assisted by Sully who I guess gets the A-trick.

To cap the run off DWH would make a few of his patented slow but swift moves and rush the puck through the neutral zone and into the zone where gliding by the net he roofed a very nice wrister of his own and finished the unassisted score.

It was a little surreal for the blogger sitting there with exactly half the time gone in the game (8:30 second) up 6-0 on the Predators, who were clearly done, despite the two scores they’d come up with later on.

The Preds would score with 3 minutes left in the second on a play that went around our end after a slight let down, but being up 6 will do that to you sometimes.
Green would get one more late in the 3^rd but that was it. Team Zombie kept the blanket on the Preds, who didn’t show too much the rest of the way. We had to keep the no shield dude under surveillance but he only had a few big bursts in him.

Nice way to start the week. Solid all around. Good work.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: Doc Jasse, Larry Bell, and Dan w/Hands. All with one point. DWH and Larry with goals.

2^nd Star: Sully. Who is racking up points like they are going out of style. An Atrick with Joshb. And a goal of his own. Great work all around.

1^st Star: JoshB. Josh Bittker who has literally taken over the scoring race in the early going, nearly locking up Rookie of the year with a mere X games played. His play has been a big boost and he’s clearly looking like a quality acquisition…. Of course he’ll be looking for Free Agent type money next season but we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. Great work man. Nice to have you around.

Fourth period honors to Dr. Jasse and Marc Valenti who both brought tastey beverages.  The crew hung for quite a while… trying to riddle out the messages in the BU dorm room windows… and discussing all manner of topics, drunken or otherwise. None of which can quite be recalled… at least by me…

I do believe Dr. Jasse was not far off the mark when he said:

“Apparently our 4^th period strategy is to drink the number of beers matching our jersey numbers.”  Always astute info from the doc… not sure we got there but we tried. (For the record 12 and 10).

Zombies chewed by Rats

Cadavers (4) vs River Rats
Monday 10/17
Canton 10:10pm


5-1 loss





No story on this one. Only this one line submitted by defenseman Mark Reynolds:

"The Cads (wearing gold) fielded a very strong team last eve, but took a 5-1 loss. Faced a superior opponent with a couple of solid players."

Roster Breakdown.
Randy in Net
D: Valenti, George, Reynolds, Bauer
Offense: Matvey, Baker, Daley, Sullivan, Gorden, Nelson
George did send me the scoresheet which is much appreciated.
1 goal. Daley from Baker.
Valenti tossed after 3 trips to the box.
Bauer and Reynolds also with penalties.

Not much more to be said really...

Zombies vs Tigers

Cadavers (3) vs Tigers
Monday 10/10
Canton 10:10pm

5-1 Win


The Blogger was not in the house for last night's game against El Tigre, but Larry Bell was and he's stopped by to deliver a very nice game summary for us here.
Take it away Larry:

Pretty easy win last night. 

Line Breakdown:

Sully-LB-Theodore

Josh-Jared-Pounds

Nelson floated

Baker-Bauer

Valenti-George

Scoring Summary:

1.        Gordon from Pounds and Sharfman – nice puck relay to Jared who came down through the middle of the slot and went top shelf over the tigers keeper.  Sweet pair of hands to roof the shot from in tight.

2.       Sharfman from Capt George – Nelson fought for and put in a rebound of George’s shot from the point

3.       Josh from LB – Josh made a nice pass from the corner to me skating into the zone from the bench.  I whiffed on the shot, but it went right to Josh who cut across the crease and beat the goalie.

4.       Josh from Gordon – Jared carried the puck across the perimeter of the zone and drew 3 tiger defenders then dished a pass to Josh at the goalmouth.

5.       Baker from LB and Sharfman – I fed Baker for a backscratcher from the point.

The best action of the night was when Marc stepped up on a Tiger forward and lifted his stick as the puck came.  The Tiger forward lost control of his stick, hit Marc in the head with it and chased the puck to the top of the circle where he unleashed a weak shot that trickled through the otherwise solid Randy.  Marc went for an unsportsmanlike conduct after accosting the ref about the non-call.  Other penalties to Baker, Bauer and Bell.

Thanks very much Larry. Seems to be pretty nice to see the Tigers on the schedule these days. Hopefully this trend will continue.

Zombies and Boozers at UMalcatraz!

Cadavers (2) vs The Booze Brothers

Tuesday 10/4

UMass Boston 9:20pm

8-3 Win

Alright! With the return of #1 Guest blogger iJosh to the club this winter we will be treated to some excellent game story guest blogging! iJosh played last night at UMass and filed this report with the blog early this morning. The blogger just wants to say how overjoyed he is to have iJosh helping out making quality contributions in this space. I can't possibly play and write about 'em all and his help really keeps things going.

Thanks. Now... Here's iJosh:

Welcome to the Prison by the Bay on this raw rainy evening.  A perfect setting for this one of a kind rink.  They did spruce up the place a bit and painted the once crap-brown, stone walls white.  Still the same old crappy rink with parking fees and no locker rooms.  However let's not let that bring us down there is hockey to play.

So this night the Cadavers took on the Good Ole Booze Brothers Hockey team....from Chicago (I think).  With a name like that Larry was worried that maybe they would be the odds on favorite to win the 4th period.  But we can cover that later.  The Booze Brothers would don crimson, league issued jerseys.  So the Dead in Red would sport the yellow with the Schlitz logo.  I see a theme brewing. 

The game would start with Roman centering Matvey and Dr. Pounds.  Larry would sit in the middle between iJosh and KMitch.  And Matt Elliott, Gregson and new comer Theodore Galante.  The defense would feature Mike Daley, Geoff Marietta.  Both Dan with Hands Hebert and Marc Valenti made their return to the ice.  Randy Dudek would sit between the pipes.

The game started with the Russian Crew of Roman, Matvey and Dr. "Zhivago" Pounds.  With less than one minute elapsed on the clock a deflected puck would make its way into the back of the net behind Randy putting the Cads in a quick 1-0 hole.  Definitely not the way to start the night.  The next shift of Larry, iJosh and Mitch would quickly even up the score with a pass from iJosh up to the point.  Valenti would send the puck to the net.  Larry would pick up the rebound and put it home.  1-1.  Roman, never one to let himself slack in the scoring race, would net one from DWH at the 11 minutes mark to put the Dead up 2-1.  Next shift saw Larry put another one home.  This time from iJosh in the slot. 3-1 Cads. Then Dan with Hands in open ice tried to beat the goalie high and whiffed a bit on the shot only to have it in trickle far side right, just past the goalies skate.  And the first would end with the Cadavers holding a 4 to 1 lead. 

The Cads had spent much of the 1st period controlling the puck and play.  Randy was getting a little bored back in the defensive zone.  However the Cads, specifically Mike Daley, had no plans to make his night any more exciting.  So Daley would spend much of the 2nd period trying to explain to us how Kaberle should have been able to help the Bruins offense last season.  Thankfully for both the Cadavers, Daley pulled it off (and thankfully for the Bruins, Kaberle didn't keep them from winning).  Mike on the rush took a pass from Larry and shot it past the Booze keeper for a now 5-1 advantage.  But Daley would get in alone again and tuck it behind the goalie again 2 minutes later to make it 6-1. 

So the Dead go into the 3rd with a comfy 6-1 lead.  Randy would finally get to see some action as the Booze Brothers were able to beat him on a little breakaway to cut their deficit to 4 goals.  iJosh would get back on the score sheet with a backhand putback of Daley's shot to get back the goal.  But a deflection from a Cads defender off a hard shot would find itself top shelf behind Randy to Make it 7-3.  Mr. Valenti would cap off the evening from Gregson to make it an 8-3 win.

All in all not a bad game.  A few defensive lapses, but that wasn't really until garbage time.  Randy wasn't really tested much.  And only let in one goal off an opposing players stick. 

Despite Larry's pregame worries, there were Bud Light Limes, Bud Light and Molson Canadians to be had in the misty parking lot.  No Booze Brothers to be found except for a short conversation before they bolted for the car.  So with that a complete wire to wire victory for the Dead in the Schlitz logo. 

Game Stars:

 1: Mike Daley - 2 goals, 1 assist and stellar D.

 2: Larry Bell - 2 goals, 1 assist and 0 penalties.

 3: Dan with Hands - 1 goal, 1 assist

Cadavers Scoring Summary:

Period 1:

 (1-1) Larry Bell from Valenti and iJosh

 (2-1) Roman from DWH

 (3-1) Larry from iJosh and KMitch

 (4-1) DWH from Theodore

Period 2:

 (5-1) Daley from Larry

 (6-1) Daley unassisted

Period 3:

 (7-2) iJosh from Daley

 (8-3) Valenti from Gregson

Season Openerdavuer! New look Suds dominate!

Cadavers (1) vs Schlitz(1)

Monday Septermber 26

BU 9:10pm

Suds 6

Cads 1

The winter 2012 season kicked off Monday night at Boston University’s Walter Brown Arena with a Seasonopendaveur featuring a bunch of new and old faces among the Gold and Red. Management was very happy to be able to field two squads again this season after a trimmed down Summer season. Great to have another Schlidaveur really… these games are one of the best features of the two team setup.

The teams broke out hastily just hours before the game ended up being a little of the new guys versus the old guys.
The Schlitz would feature three new skaters, all free agent pickups signed in the offseason. Jared Gorden came over from the Sitniks and was a force at center all night long. Geoff Marietta, a Mike Daley connection played D for the gold, and Josh Bittker, from the Mass Skaters waiver wire, played forward. All three looked like solid players that will certainly help us out, we welcome you all aboard.

Here’s the breakdown of the rosters.
Schlitz

Randy Dudek in Net

D1: Reynolds, iJosh

D2: George, Geoff Marietta

O1: Jared Gorden, Matvey, and Roman

O2: Daley,  Gregson, and Josh Bittker

Cadavers

Jim Sullivan in Net

D1: Parker, Bauer

D2: Campbell, Fosdick

O1: Larry, Nelson, and Elliot

O2: Baker, Pounds, Goldenberg

The game tone was set by the New Look Suds immediately. Winning the opening face off and streaking right up ice Jared Gorden walked through Campbell and Fosdick and right to the net where he laid one in for the lead. Just like that, 15 seconds in and it looked like it was going to be a long night for the “old guys” in Red.

Things settled right down after that but it was clear the Red would have to keep a close eye on Jared all night and really the Gold did a good job keeping the Red off balance and only occasionally productive.

The first would turn into a grind as the teams settled in, both goalies would get going and were making nice stops. Campbell would go for a trip for Red, and Mark Reynolds would go for a check for Gold before the period was out but no blood on the penalties.

It took until halfway through the second period for Gold to score again. This time Dan Gregson would finish up the work on a shot/pass from iJosh and popping the rebound under Sully (defensemen no where to be seen) the Gold were up 2-0.

This is roughly when the new look Suds took over the game. At the start of the third period Josh Bittker, playing the right side, would score unassisted, after some nice work in the offensive zone. This was less than a minute in and things were getting harder for the Dead in Red.

As the grind went on, Mike Capmbell would be called for a minor assault at 12:35. As the ensuing power play wound down, Josh Bittker would assist Mike Daley who would score on a nice play and with 11 minutes left it was 4-0 Gold.

Then the play got more and more contentious as the Red desperation level rose as they just tried to get on the board. George would go for the Gold on a hook but there was no scoring on the power play for Red.

The Bittker-Daley combo would work again with 3 minutes left as Daley would land his second goal of the night. His success was well deserved as he had a great night, wheeling and dealing on offense and doing his usual solid job of covering the entire ice sheet.

The Gold would get called on a retalliation again and this time Geoff Marietta would get a High Stick call and the Red would have one last chance.

Larry would make good on the chance… but it was all Eric Bauer who afterward, quite deservedly said “I’m taking credit for that.” Bauer made a nice play at the top of the zone with the puck and then sent a great shot through traffic that deflected off of Larry’s stick and into the net. This was the only time all night that Red could solve Randy Dudek who got better as the game went on. He’s turned into a nice solid option in the pipes for us, and his work has been well appreciated.

That was how this one would end. 6-1 with the New Look Suds on top.

Big welcomes to Josh Bittker, Geoff Marietta, and Jared Gorden who all look to be quality pick ups by management.

Game Stars

3^rd Star: Randy Dudek. Another very nice performance in the pipes snuffing out everything that got close to him. Nice job.

2^nd Star: Josh Bittker. Early candidate for Rookie of the Year, Josh jumped right in and started producing, looking very at home as Daley’s winger.  He was able to rack up a goal and 2 assists in his franchise debut.

1^st Star: Mike Mr. Everywhere Daley. Only two goals on the night, neither of which I can really remember all that well, but this is chiefly because I was probably just beaten badly by Mr. Daley or a teammate on his way to the net.  Great work as always formed the backbone of the Gold attack.

Honorable Mention: Jared Gorden. Especially given his impressive game opening goal, Jared looks like he is going to be a force to reckon with.

Fourth period goodness provided by Eric Bauer and Matt Elliot.

Nice to see a big Post-Daveur group hanging out in the BU parking lot. Feels good to be back. 

Welcome back also needs to be said to a few returning players that it was great to see again.

Mark Reynolds showed he hasn't accumulated any rust over the summer.

iJosh Greenstein was also a frisky competitor holding the line very well at his D position. Nice to see him... and Superfan Heather after the game.