Sunday Monsoondavuer!

Schlitz vs Cadavers

Sunday March 14th

Dedham 6:30pm

6-6 Tie

The season ending playoff seeding, monsoon season, Suday- daveur turned out to be an epic

daveur indeed, but ultimately left nothing more decided after the game than was before it. By that the blogger means... we tied. On a night when pucks were flying into the net at an alarming rate, ie... 6 total goals scored in the first 9 minutes of play, the combined schlidaveurs left with no concrete decision on which team would play as which for the upcoming playoff rounds.

Not to worry now... Managment will work something out, and will take suggestions from all participating 'daveurs on how the issue should be resolved.

First off Neil Shah (Cads) and George Moorachian (Suds) did a great job picking squads for this game. The sides were pretty even and it really was a terrific game up and down the ice all night. There was even a pretty good attendance factor given that it was a Sunday evening, and half the state was underwater at that point. Here's what the sides looked like.

Cadavers

Lizzy in net

D1: Valenti and Daley

D2: Reynolds and Baker?

O1: Neil, Nelson and AK

O2: Elliott, iJosh, Chuck and John Carey

Schlitz

Brian Carey in Net

D1: George and Hammitt

D2: DWH and Jeff

O1: Larry, Roman and Chris

O2: Gregson, KenMitch, Goody and Dr.Pounds

The game would open with the Dead in Red opening up like a house on fire. Led by Captain Neil and the Energizerbunnylike Nelson the Cads would capitalize on the early momentum and would take the game right to the Gold (and really down their throats).
First strike would go to Nelson from Neil. I think there was some good passing, and certainly some hard work that got that one done. This was followed up by the worst case scenario for Gold Goalie Brian Carey as son John would put in the second goal, this one from Steve Baker.

This would finally be counter by the Gold when Jeff Fosdick would keep the puck at the left point and fire a low shot that Lizzy got in front of, but then it dribbled under her pads and over the line to put the Suds on the board. Team Zombie was not slowed down much when only a shift or so after that Baker would assist AK on a nice 2 on 1 that would see the back of the net and put the Red back up by two, the score now 3-1.

It was punch counterpunch then as defensive star Dan "DWH" Herbert would push the play into the offensive zone, then taking the pass back from Roman would launch a wicked wrister that would give the Gold their second tally of the night. The momentum seemed to shift as the Gold would light the lamp again, this time a nice bang bang play that went from George to Larry to the back of the net. The game was tied 3-3 and we were only at the 8 minute mark of the first frame. Whew! The teams kind of settled in and there was no further scoring in the period.

The punch counterpunch theme would continue in the second, this time with the Gold taking the lead. The Gold line of Roman, Larry and Chris was really nifty at times. It showed on the next goal that went around the zone once quickly then from Larry behind the net to Roman, totally alone out front to the back of the net for the lead. I think... that the Gold would score again before too long when Lary and Roman would assist DWH who had another great shot that Lizzy didn't have much hope on. The Gold had a two goal lead and a pretty good feeling at that point. At some time Roman would take a hook call and there was no blood on the power play. The Red weren't down for long and would eventually answer with a goal from iJosh, assisted again by Baker, and then Steve would get one of his own not much after, this one assisted by Mike Daley who had a good night patrolling the blue line for the Zombies. The game was tied again, getting late in the period.

Then KenMitch Goldenberg would pop in a rebound from Roman and the Gold would take the lead again, now 6-5 just before the end of the period. 11 goals so far and the third looked like it might get even crazier... who knew if the game would end 9 to 8 or something like that at the rate we were going. It was still anyone's game.

The third, instead of being a scorefest was the opposite. The play got tight, and fairly well contested, each puck battled for at the line and in the corners, but there wasn't any scoring. That is there wasn't any scoring until less than 2 minutes left and the Red stacked a line and really put the pressure on the Gold.

It went like this. Steve Baker would make a nice shot after a scramble around the zone and a pile up in front. The ref blew the whistle as he lost sight of it. The puck goes in the net and Red starts celebrating. But the ref closest to the bench is skating in with his arms out (no goal). There is a huddle by the net, and then the other ref brings the teams up ice an says the goal was good. What? There must have been some good convincing going on because just about everyone was very surprised. The Refs, typically, offered no reasonable explanation and seemed pretty disinterested in general. As time wound down there was an intentional offsides, on Red and then instead of taking the faceoff down to the other end, with 3 seconds on the clock the Zebra tells the scorekeeper to run it off. What? Seriously. Jeff appealed and he said "no one's going to score from there in 3 seconds" pointing to the blueline dot. I appealed that it should be all the way down... but again, not interested. What crap. So bored they cant even give us the last 3 seconds on the clock. Kenny and Scott M were the fraud zebras in question. A couple of ham and eggers if you ask the blogger.

But enough of that. The game ends 6-6. Another tie for the season ending daveur. We'll have to work something out. Send your suggestions via email to management.

Game Stars

3rd Star: Larry for a goal and two assists and some great offensive work.

2nd Star: Linemate Roman Kurin for a goal and three assists and a big 4 point night.

1st Star: Has to go to Steve Baker for the Red. He had 2 goals and 3 assists for a whopper of a 5 point night. Good work Steve.

Honorable Mention to DWH for a pair of really nice goals.

Fourth period kudos to Chris Fosdick for bringing beer and to DWH, Matt Elliott, Mark Reynolds, Dan Gregson, and Jeff for standing in the rain (for about 5-10minutes) and drinking them. No shutout in the fourth, even on this rainy night.

Rosters set for season ending Sunday-Daveur!

Cadavers (23) vs Schlitz (23)

Sunday March 14

Dedham 6:30pm

Season Ending Playoff-Roster-Deciding- Daveur!

Ok Team. Here are your rosters for Sunday night in Dedham!

Be sure to be there, and to bring your "A" game as playoff seeding will be on the line.

Guest Captains Neil and George picked the rosters for their respective teams and management thanks them for their contributions.

See you Sunday!

-Cadavers-

Neil

Daley

Baker

Nelson

Valenti

Reynolds

Greenstein

AK

Campbell

Chuckie

Elliott

John - Brian's Son

Lizzie in net

-Schlitz-
George

Larry

Chris Foz

Roman

Goody

DWH

Jeff Foz

Hammitt

Scotty

Ken/Mitch

Gregson

Brian in net

Civil War Daveur @ BU Snowdome

Cadavers/South(19) vs Schlitz/ North(19)

Tuesday February 16

BU 8:10pm

SouthCads 6

NorthSuds 5

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS...

Well... we had a great concept... some good teams, an early start time and a pretty good location. Against us from the start was the weather, which was a classic snowy or wintry mix(!) for the whole day, continuing into the evening and game time. Most players had to find parking along the snowbanks on Babcock street or pay the $5 to park in the BU lot... the parking guys hadn't gone home yet... but in general everyone made it ok, if not eventually... except for one.

We didn't have two of our regular keepers available and Management called in a guy from the Goalie list to help out and play for the Suds. Lizzy was there for the Cads but as game time approached no sign of the fill in. This guy's name is Anthony Damplo, and had confirmed that he would be there. Given that there was no change in the weather during the whole day we can only assume that he wasn't taken by surprise when he realized it was snowing when he left for the rink... who knows. We may never get the story because Anthony Damplo didn't show... didn't call... just disappeared i guess and left the two teams, two refs and scorekeeper in the lurch. No official game, the crew went home, we turned over the net and played an hour of pickup. Too bad... we need to have a rating system for the goalie list so we can trash losers like Anthony that pull a no-show. Maybe someday he'll google his name and find this post... who knows. Chances are he could give a shit.
Anyhow Management apologizes for the lack of a game and hopes to not have this problem in the future...

The teams were pretty good and this is how they played out.

Schlitz/North

Goalie= No show

D= Daley, DWH, James and Elliot (i think...)

O1= Larry, Neil, and AK

O2= iJosh, Greggy, and Mitch

Cadavers/South

Lizzy in net

D1= DiLo, and Campbell

D2= Reynolds and Jeff

O1= Jasse, Chris, and Baker

O2= Nelson, Scott, and Goody

The game was actually pretty low scoring with only a goal a side for the first period. Lizzy making nice saves, both teams getting decent chances. The play was a little awkward as we called our own Goalie covers and offsides, but it had a cool almost pond hockey kind of a feel so it was alright. I believe that Greggy had a goal in the first for the Gold and possibly Chris for the Red... not certain... please comment to set the record straight.

We switched sides in the second and the Red shot on Lizzy while the Gold shot at the net webbing on the turned over net. If my recollection serves me the teams ended up 2-2 after the second period with Larry scoring a goal for the Gold and somebody (Baker maybe...) for the Red.

During the second there was a terrific collision between Greggy and Campbell as Mike was coming back out of the zone after a rush and the two Big Boys collided at the blue line. No reports on what the Seismographic Institute recorded when the two of them hit the ice... but chances are it rocked the needles. There was certainly some physical play here and there given the lack of refs, but really it stayed pretty subdued. No one took any rough or cheap shots and while there was a little contact here and there nothing egregious took place and in general everyone deserves a gold star for sportsmanship... maybe not Campbell... but what do you expect...

We switched at about 16 minutes left on the clock for the third and then the game opened up a bit. The Red went on a tear scoring the next three goals to bust open the game at 5-2. Again I'm not really sure about the goals but I do know this. Jeff scored the goal to make it 4-2 on a nice steal, rush and shot, and then must have felt so good about it... you know... scoring on the turned over net and all... we know what an accomplishment that is... that he turned and proceeded to ride his stick out of the zone. Uh... only one problem... he fell flat on his face as his legs went out and came to a skidding stop on the blue line... on his face... an epic fail of gratuitous grandstanding... good entertainment for everyone else. The Red would get that one more but then maybe Jeff's shenanigans spelled doom for the Red as the game would turn suddenly.

The Gold would swing the momentum right back as they would make a nice run, led by a terrific goal by Larry, fed by either Neil or AK... or maybe both... to bring them within two. Then Dan "The Ghost" Gregson would proceed to rack up two more goals, both of them coming after the Gold had done a nice job keeping it in the zone... letting the Red defence run around (Jeff)... and then deftly, silently,... ghostlike... slid into position on the left post and banged home two goals only a couple minutes apart to tie the game. No sign of Jeff on either goal as Greggy stood there wide open, in great position.... maybe he was still thinking about what went wrong on that goal celebration...

So there we were, with less than 4 or 5 minutes left tied up nicely with both teams making runs and getting good chances. As time was winding down the Gold would pull their goalie... which meant Daley would turn the net right side up and join as the 6th man... really they had nothing to lose... right? But the Red would capitalize as Hard Workin' Hard Skatin' Good Shootin' Nelson Sharfman would hold the puck in the Gold end and would unleash a nifty shot from the low left side (below the dot) that would find the net and put the Red ahead with less than TEN SECONDS on the clock. Really for an unofficial game... it was pretty darn good. A nice skate from everyone there and a good way to forget the bummer of the no show.

No Game Stars...

Which is a shame because Dan "The Ghost" Gregson came away with a beauty of a Hat Trick... that's 4 goals in 2 games also... and had a great night. So an Honorable Mention goes out to him.

More props to Larry who had a great night and a pair of goals, and to Nelson for the Game Winner, and Dave DiLoretto for great work on D all night for the Red.

At some point Jasse and Chris combined on a terrific rush that resulted in a great chance but no goal. This was highlighted by a give and go between them all the way up the ice.

Last but not least the atmosphere was actually pretty great... the snowy walk down the slippery ramp at the beginning of the night to the slushy BU lot with the cars warming, sharing a few (really) cold ones with the Apres Skate crowd. Big ups to beer men Jasse, Campbell, and... Larry maybe... again please comment to set it straight.... it was a fun night after the game.

We may just keep these teams for the end of season Daveur which is coming up in about two weeks which means they could be possible Playoff Rosters as well. Please comment to voice your opinion.
Thanks for reading... and being patient... the Blogger appreciates it...

Fight night at BU! Monday Daveur!

Schlitz(14) vs Cadavers (13)
Monday January 4
BU 9:20pm

Schlitz 4
Cads 4


Well the blogger sent his regrets and it sounds like he missed a fun night at the old BU rink when he missed this post Holiday Monday Daveur. Thanks to some very nice guestblog work we've got a couple of good angles on the game. So without further ado... Here are your guestbloggers on the event. First up is Larry Bell the always fiesty and scoresheet conscious...

Here's Larry: Last nights Schlidaveur was a hard-fought affair with fought, or its present tense "fight" being the key word. The game started late, around 9:20 after the zamboni driver finally showed up. Apparently there was a car fire on 93 north that seriously delayed traffic... Lizzie missed out on the first period, so a sub goalie from the previous game filled in for the Cads

The cads struck first - Matt Elliot banged one past Brian after a freakish bounce from the end boards. LB tied the game later in the first period on a shot from the point that bounced off AK's skate and then off my stick. Schlitz took the lead in the second period when I was able to fight off the red d to send a pass across the slot to AK who finished it off with a shot by Lizzie (2nd assist to Neil). Chris Fos tied it later in the second when he tapped in the rebound of a Capt George rush.

It looked like the Schlitz were going to run away with the game in the third. First, Matvey wristed in a shot from the tops of the circles that was going wide until Lizzie deflected it in off the inside of her stick. Then AK and Neil combined for some nice passing from the corner to behind the goal to me waiting in front for a 1-timer and it was 4-2 Gold. Then the Cads fought back. At around 6 minutes to go, Greg James sent a backhander from the point that Pete Capraro deflected in (2nd assist to George).

As the red were coming back into the Schlitz zone again, and really starting to apply more pressure, Hammit plastered Baker into the boards, Baker took exception to the hit and punched Hammit several time in the face mask. Neil tried to break things up and got a 3rd man in penalty. On the following PP, Nelson tied the game with and assist to Parker (according to the scorekeeper it was #9) who wasn't actually at the game. I think the assist goes to DWH or Daley.

The fourth period featured bud light and Molsen Canadien and a truck driver who could barely manage to drive his snow laden rig out of the parking lot. Cheers

NICE! Thanks very much to Larry Double Vision Bell for this report from the rink. Now we will hear from another excellent guest Blogger... none other than the Cagey Vet Himself Nelson Sharfman. Here's Nelson.

Many interesting elements to last night's game. There was the car fire on southeast expressway that made much of the Cadavers (including Lizzie) quite late for the game. Then there was the Zamboni driver who was AWOL, and therefore did not shoo off the previous hour's crew off until they had consumed a fair amount of our ice. The two random events seemed to cancel each other out, so other than using one of the previous goalies for half of the first period and the fact that the contest finished well after 10pm, the game seemed to go off without a hitch.

Cads went ahead 1-0 and 2-1 on goals from Matt Elliot (putting in the trash from a horrible shot by me; my shot had some rather peculiar English and bounced off of the back glass depositing itself near an unprotected post next to the crease, Mr. Elliot man-on-the-spot finished the job) and by George (putting in his own rebound). Schlitz then stormed ahead with three straight goals, the last by Larry on a rebound. I thought I had his stick hooked to prevent that. I guess not.

With four minutes left in the third period the Cads came storming back. The line of Steve, Pete, and Matt put one in after the Roman, Big Dan, and Chris subjected Schlitz to withering pressure in their zone. (It had to be in there for over two straight minutes. No simple task.)

Then came the Hammit show. By all accounts he had played a "physical" game and that was certainly my experience as well. In the first period I had a deja vu moment when he had lined me up for a check into the boards as I was trying to skate by him. This time, however, I had the good sense to NOT trust that he would let up and decided to juke him instead. That worked much better (though my shot was well wide). Nonetheless, he got me back later in the game and stood me up at the blue line (a play that Campbell would have been proud of) after I had taken a shot. Still sore from that collision...

Anyway, the Hammit show: I couldn't see it very well as it was on the far corner of the ice but there appeared to be some "contact" between Hammit and Steve which Steve found "unacceptable" so they exchanged dissenting views and performed some elaborate choreography. (I don't remember seeing them practice this choreography before the game, but I came late.) The refs needed a fair amount of time to sort this one out and when they did there was two minutes left on the clock and a man advantage to the Cadavers.

In the subsequent power play there was more sustained pressure on the Gold which seemed to be breaking down their defense as I heard Brian calling out to his charges to stop running around. Eventually there was a shot from the point and I scooped in the resultant rebound.

Like all good though somewhat unsatisfying Schlidavuers, it ended in a tie, 4-4.-- Nelson

Outstanding guestblogging Nelson. Thanks... we always know we can count on solid work from you. To wrap this up lets have this comment from Pete Capraro.

Pete: A schlidaveur in its truest ugly form. Generally sloppy play, lots of laughs and a good fight or two amongst friends, making for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Good stuff. Thanks very much to all the guestbloggers for their kind words.

SantaDaveur! Nice Beat Naughty!

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

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


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

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

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

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

RedDaddys win Whosyourdaddydaveur!

Schlitz (8) vs Cadavers (7)

Monday November 16

Umass Boston 7:00

Schlitz 4

Cad-Dads 6

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

Cad-Daddys’

Matt in net

D: Dave DiLoretto, Mike Daley, Jeff Fosdick

O1: Larry Bell, Nelson Sharfman, Mike Jasse

O2: iJosh Greenstein, Ken Goldenberg, Blake Underhill

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

Lizzy in Net

D: Dan Herbert, Greg James, Marc Valenti

O1:Matt Elliot, AK Douville, Roman Kurin

O2: Neil Shah, Mike Goodwin, Dan Gregson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Game Stars

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

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

Zombies win Superfun Saturdaveur!

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


Zombies 3
Beercans 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good game and a fun night at the rink.

Game Stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not kidding.

Zombies win season opener shutoutdaveur!

Schlitz (1) vs Cadavers(1)
Monday October 5
Bavis Arena 10:40pm

Cadavers 3
Schlitz 0



Well, so much for the off season.
This is what happens when you go deep into the playoffs… the next season starts the next week. So the assembled ‘Daveurs kicked off the Winter 2010 season with a very well balanced Schlidaveur event at the Bavis Arena in Rockland last night.
The Hockey Gods, with some help from management, set out a nice pair of rosters with the available talent for an early in the week late night tilt. Even though we’ve been playing a lot lately, this one really did feel like the beginning of the season with a bunch of friendly faces making a return to the ‘daveur ranks.
It was great to see a bunch of guys back in the Red and Gold last night. Mike Daley, Dan Gregson, Matt Elliot, Marc Valenti, and Dan Herbert all rejoined the team after a summer lay off and it was nice to have everyone back.
Here is the breakdown of the rosters.
Schlitz/Gold
Lizzy in Net
D: Valenti, Reynolds, Herbert
O1: Bell, Baker, and Shah
O2: Elliot, Hammitt, and Underhill

Cadavers/Red
Kilroy in Net
D: Campbell, Greg, and Jeff
O1: Nelson, Daley, and Parker
O2: Gregson, Dr.Pounds, and Capraro

Despite being a late game there were plenty off late arrivals, including Lizzy who was nice enough to have someone fill in for her as scorekeeper over at the other Rockland rink so she could make it for the game. Someone was injured in the game before and that gave us a few extra minutes.
Everyone made it out to the ice and the game got underway with just a smattering of smack talk between the rosters. Lots of chatting in the warm ups with guys catching up with the guys back from summer vacation.
The game settled in and the two teams started taking shots at each other. In general the play was clean and competitive, and both goalies warmed to the task as they both saw early action.
The Dead in Red would take the momentum in the early going and would generate a handful of chances right away. It was about 6 or 7 minutes into the game when they would get their first breakthrough. Pushing the puck up the right side and through the neutral zone, Mike Campbell would find Nelson at the offensive blue line. Nelson took the puck low and made a beauty of a pass back to the big D man who went to the slot and popped it home for the early lead. Campbell better be careful he is setting an expectation for excellence with all the goal scorers moves he’s had lately. The Red would hold the momentum and would get more chances but Lizzy and the Gold D would turn them away and the game would settle into a good back and forth at 1-0.

The second period was all back and forth but no blood either way. Also notable was that there were no penalties… not that there wasn’t contact…there was plenty of that… the items of note were a massive hit that Hammitt placed on Mike Campbell that literally shook the building. Campbell bounced up without so much as a word... Hammitt approached Campbell warily at the end of the game... kind of like when the lion tamer brings the big ol' steak in to see his friend... it was all good. The other item was Larry pulling a Roman. By this I mean that Larry headmaned the puck into the Red zone, thought about passing, made a move to avoid traffic, thought about passing again, made another move (now on far side of zone) thought about passing again, and then... he turned it over at the top of the zone and the play went up ice the other way. Jeff was going to call him Roman but was too busy sucking his lung back into his chest.

The third was really more of the same. Great stops by both keepers. Great work by both team's defence to work the play away from the slot. The third started with the Red down. Pete Capraro had taken the game's only penalty just before the end of the second and there was still well more than a minute to go when play began. A big shout out to Nelson and Parker for what could be the finest penalty kill I've seen in some time. The work was unbelievable. Both guys got back, then pressed forward and kept the Gold bottled up in their own end the whole time. It was really some nice work there.

We come to the end. With about 6 or 7 minutes left Mike Daley would make a terrific rush up the right side for the Red. Weaving in and out of players like so many pylons he wound his way to the slot and deposited a neat shot that went in and gave the Red the insurance goal they needed. The play was very similar to the "Russian Lullaby" also made famous by Roman. It kind of lulled everyone into a trance as he skated around then... bang. Goal.
The Gold would keep on coming and would force the play in the Red end for most of the rest of the way. This included a mad scramble in front of Matt that saw bodies flying and the puck resting right ON the goaline. Jeff was able to flip it out but not after it sat there for a full 2 seconds (that seemed much longer). On another occasion as time ran out Neil tried to stuff a shot between Matts pads as he stood right in front of him but the CEO BMF was having none of it.
The Gold pulled Lizzy and got a few more chances but it just wasn't going to happen. Greg James had a terrific takeaway with about 30 seconds to go, and he spun around and whipped the puck down ice. Greg screamed "please go in!" and it did. Game over 3-0 Cadavers. Winter season underway. Great work by everyone involved.
Game Stars
3rd Star: Nelson. An assist on Campbells goal and just tremendous work all night.
2nd Star: The Red D. James, Fosdick, and Campbell kicked ass and won battles all night.
1st Star: We're going to have to come up with a new nickname for him if he keeps winning first star like this. Mad Matt Kilroy pitches a shutout in the opener and gives his team the first 'daveur win of the season. Nice job.

4th Period awards to Greg James and Dr. Pounds for bringing cold tasty beverages.

Also to Kilroy for the peelout that left us all in stitches for minutes afterward.

Bonus comments here from Lizzy here as she chimed in this morning via email.
Here's Lizzy:
"I would like to personally welcome back Mark Valenti, he saved two goals from going in the net and he played well for someone who gets his equipment professionally cleaned.

*cough* pussy... Its nice to know when he retires/gets cut form the cadavers he will fit right in with the lobsters. As a matter of fact, I hear they will be holding tryouts this week, maybe Mark and Larry can go in that cute little BMW of theirs...
Its nice to finally have someone back who speaks as eloquently as me though.
thank you!!"
No no Liz. Thank YOU. Great game and a really good playoff run these past few weeks.

Welcome back everyone. Its nice to see you all. Check your email for rosters later in the week.