Suds Face Tigers Playoffs game 1

Schlitz(4) vs Tigers(3)
Monday April 4th
Quincy 7:50pm

1-1 Tie/Shootout loss


The Suds would face old friend El Tigre in round one of the playoffs on Monday night in Quincy. We knew we'd see the Tigers, as we seem to have played them 37 times already this season.
Here is your Beercan Roster
Jon Cole in net
Baker
Bauer
Boisvert
Daley
Elliot
Goodwin
Gregson
Kurin
Nikhamik
Sharfman
Gordon
Douville

Not much chattah on this one either. The word is that the game was a 1-1 tie and the Suds had taken it to the Cats all night but just couldn't get over the top.

Here is a quick recap from Dan Gregson:
So on D we had Goody, Bauer, Daley, and Roman The forward lines were Matvey(left) Baker (centre) Gregson(right) Joe(left) Nelson(Centre) AK(Right) and Matty floated through the lines.
I know we had the first goal and I probably had an assist or 2 on it. I think Joe scored it, but not really sure. They scored at some point in the second.
Scoreless 3rd.
They had the cooperall pants guy and some guy with gray socks that were their puck carriers but it seemed like we had the upper hand the whole game. The goalie was giving up some juicy rebounds but we couldn't convert. They had 1 penalty and we had 0. Overtime was 5 minutes no scoring then it went to shootouts and I don't even know who was in that but I think they got 3 goals in and we only got 1.
The 4th period was road sodas due to everyone bailing and the state trooper hanging out in the lot.
Oof Thanks Dan. Here's more info here from Goody:
We lost 2-1 (1-1 after regulation overtime). We def. outplayed them for 90% of the game and had 1 misplay that led to their goal.
I know Goody choked on one of our penalty shots, which they beat us in the SO 2-0 I think AK had the only goal assisted from Nelson.

Thank you for the words guys. Here's another good wrap from Roman:
1-1 tie after regulation and overtime. Generally we carried the play, just could not put the puck in the net. For some reason it escapes me who scored f or us, but i was on the ice for their tally.
They didn't have many chances and the one that they scored on was a broken play. Refs called off the icing at the last moment so i was hustling to get to the puck in our zone, but guy on their team was just a big quicker to the puck behind our net and tossed it to the front of our net. Goody and the guy from their team was there and Goody prevented the initial shot, unfortunately puck took a bounce and Jon was prepared for the shot and not for this bounce. So the puck bounced right back to the guy with Jon out of position so he had an open net to shoot at. Unlucky.

They didn't have much more then that. Jon played well. It felt like we were losing our legs towards the end of the game and were stuck in our zone. Overtime was much better but again we could not capitalize.
Shootout did not go well, they scored twice and we got zip. That's that. Baker was pretty good at faceoff circle, we had a bunch of shots from the point, but someone their goalie got them all even through traffic. Defensive pairings were Daley - Eric, Goody-Roman. Nelson and Baker at center.

Thanks man. Well... not a great start to the playoffs. Shame we couldn't pull that one out. Hopefully the Zombies will fare better in their first game.

Suds and Strippahs Struggle to a tie!

Schlitz vs Alex's
Tuesday 3/29
Canton 910pm

2-2 Tie

The last regular season game of the looong winter season was on tap as the Suds faced the guy's sponsored by the strippers over at Club Alex's.

Here was your gameday roster:
Baker
Bauer
Boisvert
Bell
Elliot
Goodwin
Gregson
Herbert
Kurin
Moorachian
Nikhamik
Pounds
Reynolds
Jon Cole in Net.

Not much in the way of gamestories mailed in from this one. With one notable exception. It seems Steve Baker took exception to a few things done or said... still no specifics and apparently went all Rock 'em Socke 'em Robots on half the Alex's team. Tossed for fighting 3 (that's right) opposing players, Steve outdid himself.

Here were some comments:
Boisvert: Baker got a one game suspension for fighting three guys and he was wearing my shirt so technically I'm suspended.
Nelson: A desperate, last minute, if ill-advised attempt to wrest the Mike Campbell award away from it's rightful owner.
How fair is it that God gives a pair of legs and that kind of shot to a person who, shall we say, is so prone to ill-advised decisions and gives me the Building 19 remnants? Not very.
Valenti: I have not played in months and why am I not surprised that Baker got in a fight with not one…not two…but three guys.
Bauer: I scored two goals during my first shift. Both were with my head down and my eyes shut!

So according to the score sheet the Suds scored early, both Bauer from Bell then fought off the Alex's come back and earned a 2-2 tie against a team that usually outclasses us. (we showed them class!). Alex's scored once just before the end of the first and once halfway through the second. No scoring in the third.

Penalites to Roman (rough) and Baker (Fighting and Game Misconduct)
Oh well. A tie is a tie. At least something interesting happend. Although it would have been more interesting if the sponsors of the opponent had shown up with a few ladies... you know... for the effort...

Its on to the playoffs.

Suds wrangle with Les Bleus

Schlitz vs Blues

Monday 3/21

Cambridge 9:00pm

3-3 Tie

Well hello there, blog readers... hello? Anyone in here? Is this thing on?

The Suds took the ice Monday night to face off against the much improved, division leading Blues in Cambrigde. A new game site, but an old familiar refrain as the teams played another classic in a long history of tight and exciting games.

Here's your Golden Beercan Roster

Jacob Marks (friend of Joe Gordon) in Net

Baker

Bauer

Bell

Daley

Elliot

Gregson

Herbert

Kurin

Moorachian

Nikhamik

Parker

Sharfman

Gordon

The Blogger wasn't in the house for this one, so as usual we will have some excellent Guest Blog selections from the guys that were. The Blogger wants to thank everyone and anyone that chips in a word or some stats that help tell these stories.
I know the blog has been empty this season... but the stories are there, and nothing goes away forever, or stays the same forever. One thing for sure, it simply wouldn't continue to be without your contributions. Thanks. Sorry I haven't been here. I'll get back and up and running.

Alright enough of this:

Here's Captain George Moorachian with tales from the rink:

3-3 tie. It was a pretty fast-paced back and forth game. The tough thing was 1 of the Blues goals was a result of a pass from behind our net going off of the Daley's skate as he was hustling back and stopping in front of the our goal. That one sucked.

The good thing was that we tied the game with something like 13 or 18 sec left, with the goalie pulled... textbook faceoff win by Larry, and awesome slapper by Baker. Actually, with the goalie pulled, prior to that goal, we had a flurry of good shots from the point from DWH and Baker.

Here are the stats:
Goals by period
Cads 1/0/2
Blues 0/2/1

Scoring:
Per 1: Matvey, unassisted
Per 3: Gregson from George, and Baker from Larry

Penalties:
Nelson with a trip in the 3rd
Matvey, crosscheck in the 3rd

Thanks George! Now here's a slightly more colorful recap from defenseman Eric Bauer:

Amazing!

We were down 1 goal late in the game. We pulled the goalie at 2 mins, then they got a penalty with about 50 secs to go.

On the ensuing face off, we stacked four in front of the net with on man on the point. DWH got the puck and got a really good shot off that just missed the net.

Then Matvey got into a small pushing match in front of the net. He off course of ejected with one of the blues. Leaving it at 5 (+ extra skater) on 4.

Next face off, three in front of the net, and two on the point. Baker got the puck off the draw and shot it in for the game tying goal. the puck hit the back iron and made a wonderful "clank" sound.

The place erupted, Carl detonated some dynamite, the Judge and Dr. Beeper both lost 80 grand, Ty Webb got to sleep with Lacey Underalls again, Al Cervick said "hey everybody, we're all gonna shower" (edited for tv), and Danny Noonan went to St. Copius (where there were only two girls and they were both nuns)!"

Classic! Thanks for the words guys. Great job, hanging in there with the Blues.

Special thanks to Jacob Marks for making the long trip and turning in a great game in net. The Schlidaveurs organization thanks you.

Good work. Hey this was fun... maybe we'll have to blog all our games...