Cadavers vs CH Terriers
Thursday 8/25
Canton 7:00pm



3-0 Win!


The Dead in Red made it back to some winning ways on Thursday night as they took on division opponent the CH Terriers. Nice to see Team Zombie make something happen in the W collumn again.
The Blogger was out of town so this one will be a bare bones rundown.
Here is your roster.
Randy Dudek in Net
D: George, Bauer, iJosh and Baker?
O: Larry, Roman, Matvey, Gregson, Pounds, Jasse, Sharfman, Sullivan, Goldenberg

The looked like it went pretty well.
That Thug Ken Goldenberg went out ofr a trip in the first.
This didn't stop Sully from scoring what was rumored to be a nifty goal a minute later.
End of 1 good guys up 1-0.

Randy had another great game making good stops all night.
In the second Baker(might have been George) and Bauer went for penalties but no blood.

Gregson would score from Nelson to put the Dead up 2-0 after 2.


Baker would finish the game with an empty netter and the game would end 3-0.

Great job. Wish I had more to go on... but there you have it.
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Golden Zombies break the streak!

Cadavers (15) vs Lobsters
Thursday Aug. 18
Dedham 9:00pm


4-3 Win!


The dead in Red... actually yellow thanks to playing the red-backed shellfish... stumbled into Dedham last night like a weary leigonier dragging himself into a desert oasis, desperate for a drink from the cool fountain of victory, our lips parched from the blistering passage of a 9 game winless streak. Its been since June 16th, a night we put the hurt on an undermanned CH Terriers squad, since we'd had our itching thirst slaked. Long overdue, and thankfully the Lobsters provided us with a golden opportunity last night. They were thin on players and only had a few that could really compete, from early on it was clear they were very beatable.
Of course, if you've stopped by here more than 2 or 3 times, you'll know it wasn't all that easy, even against a weaker opponent for us to shake our losing ways.
The Dead in Gold had nearly a full boat with 12 and Randy Dudek in the pipes for his third appearance. Here's your breakdown.

Randy in Net
D1: George, iJosh (yep)
D2: Jeff, Matt Elliot (sloshed)
Centers: Larry, Baker
Wings: Roman, Matvey; Sully, Gregson; Mitch, Dr.Pounds

The pregame locker room had plenty of good optimism. Nice to see iJosh make a return, its been too long since he's laced 'em up with us. Matt Elliot agreed to play D with Jeff, actually talked himself into the job as it was revealed that he'd had quite a number of CL smoothies during pregame and apparently "was up for anything". He also made some slurred remarks about being "dangerous". Jeff was glad for his enthusiasm and agreed to the D pairing right away.

The first period was kind of frustrating. It was clear early on that we could out skate and out play these guys but somehow it wasn't translating into dominant play. In fact we looked like we didn't know exactly what to do with ourselves for half the time. 7 Minuets in the Lobsters would jump on a loose puck to Randy's left and thump it off him and the post into the net for the 1-0 lead. Worse than that one of their capable skaters made a nice play after a good pass and unleashed a strong shot that beat Randy for the 2-0 lead in the closing moments of the period.

So there we were, intermission number 1 and down 2 goals to a weak team. Looking down the barrel of 9 winless games (7 losses, 2 ties) over the last two months. I'm glad to report, that when it was gut check time, Zombie Pride made a comeback.

The Dead in Gold took to it and finally started to make some things happen. Jeff Fosdick led the way on D as he started to push things up ice at every opportunity.
A couple of minutes in he pressed the play up to Larry on the right. Larry gained the zone and made a nice pass back to Jeff who was crashing the net. Jeff took a couple of hacks at it, the keeper let it slip out from under and then Jeff flipped it into the net for the first Zombie score of the night.
The blogger gushes with pride to report that Jeff wasn't even close to being done. A few shifts later as the Gold continued to build momentum and keep things in the Lobster end, Jeff would intercept a clearing pass at the top of the zone. He grabbed the end over end flip with his left glove, plopped it down in front of him and whipped it in to Jim Sullivan who was streaking to the net. Sully took the pass and banged it home for the game tying talley. Nice work on the finish by Sully there.

Other notable items in the second were a handful of stops by Randy and a curious play with Baker and Roman that saw Baker hesitating at the blue line putting Roman off side. The blogger thought this was hilarious. Baker just Romaned... Roman. The period would end with the teams deadlocked at 2.

The Gold continued to roll as the third opened. Jeff again figured in the play as he pushed up ice into the neutral zone. There he led Steve Baker with a pass at the blue line. Baker slipped into the zone, and as the D backed off of him he pulled up and released the hounds in the form of a lasershow slapper that the Red keep had no chance on. Bang. Good guys up 3-2.
Good things continued to happen as everyone got it in gear and made some plays. The forwards were doing a nice job getting things going and keeping the play in the Lobster end when possible. We were a long way from anything like "polished" or "dominating" but it looked good at times.
Baker would strike again, this time from George who made a nice play to Steve. Baker would provide the nice finish again with a wicked shot that put the Gold up 4-2 with less than 5 minutes left in the game.
Now... The Gold could certainly taste it, but as stated earlier, we don't like to make anything easier on ourselves. So there was the standard chase it around out own zone for a couple of the final minutes. This led to a goal with less than 2 minutes left and the score was 4-3.
Regardless, Team Zombie was able to grind this one out, snuffing out any offense the Shellfish could muster in the closing moments. Felt good.

Game Stars (whoa... its been a long time) 3rd Star: Larry. A nice assist and a lot of hard work all night long. Good solid game.

2nd Star: Pair of goals for Steve Baker and some very nice all around play. Steve has had a great summer working hard and making plays. Good job.

1st Star: The Blogger blushes... but since he was given free license by Larry in the postgame locker room... awards 1st star to hard working Jeff Fosdick. An all effort 1st goal to get things going and then 2 key helpers to keep it going for the Zombies. Nice work big fella. This 3 point outburst puts Jeff among the team leaders with 10 points on the season(tied with Larry and Baker), only 1 back from Jim Sullivan who has 11.

Honorable Mentions:
iJosh for carrying the mail on a regular D shift with George all night. Nice to see you out there dude.
Matt Elliot gets the Mike Campbell drunken defenseman award for surviving the night. Only a few spills but in general Matt played great.
Randy Dudek for hanging with us. He went from blowout loss his first game, to a hard fought tie in his second, to a nice win in his third. Careful dude... we may want to keep you.

4th Period Beerman Honor Roll for Larry Bell who brought a deliciously marinated selection of Limeys in a cooler. Nice to hang with Larry, Ken, iJosh, and George after the game. Been too long since the 4th period followed a nice come from behind win.
Great job Team. (click to make stats big)

Now... not to get too far ahead of ourselves... we stand now 6-7-2 with 2 games remaining over the next 2 Thursday nights. The CH Terriers next week and the Blues the week after. If we can figure out a way to pull these games off we could still finish over .500.

Zombies vs Tripods

Cadavers (14) vs Tripod Allstars
Thursday August 11
BU 8:00pm

3-3 tie


Thursday night at BU gave the Dead in Red another chance to break the current winless streak that has started to dominate this season. The Tripod Allstars stood in the way of our getting back into the W column and wore a mish mash of different green jerseys.
They had a couple of guys that needed watching, a pair of half shields and the dude in the kelly green league shirt who could be trouble. Otherwise we were a pretty even match for these guys and this night’s opportunity was as good as we could have hoped for.
Randy Dudek manned the pipes for the Red, his return representing something like courage or masochism after he got torched the night of the Shock game a week back.
Randy had shown some flashes in the early periods of that game and brought a great attitude and solid hard work to the crease Thursday night at BU and we were glad to have him. Here is how the rest of the roster broke down.
Randy Dudek in Net
D1: Baker, Jeff (Baker would later switch with Parker and play up)
D2: Bauer, Snow
Centers: Sully, Roman
Wings: Scott, Matvey, Parker, Elliot, Jasse

The early going of this one didn’t look great for the Red who seemed to struggle a bit getting their game into gear. The Green did a good job pressing the play when they could, and the Red kind of scrambled for footing in the first 10 minutes. Randy did a nice job on a handful of strong chances and kept us in the early play.
Wish I could tell you otherwise, but the word that kept coming to mind while watching from the bench was... SLOW. That didn’t bode well if we were going to get over on the green Tripods.
The Green would break the ice first after potting a nice play past Randy who didn’t have much help, trust me, I had a great view of it as the guy went right by me… At the end of 1 the good guys were down 1-0.

The second period didn’t really get much better. The Green still spent more time in our end than we did in theirs. They would score again, about 5 minutes in. This time one of the half shields broke around Steve, after colliding with him, and ripped a sick wrist shot that went top shelf over the keeper.
The momentum would keep sliding away from the Dead as the clock went under 7 minutes the Tripods would land yet another one, on another high wrist shot and the game was now 3-0. Gulp. Again, I hate to admit it the feeling on the bench was not exactly one of brimming confidence.

One guy had had enough though. One guy felt the Zombie Pride bubble and stir and none other than Steve Baker would pull Parker out of the face off dot and switched with him, taking the center spot and single handed he would change the tide of the game. Steve won the face off, and playing with palpable anger and effort, pushed the play into the green end. The play went through the D men, and Steve found himself in the crease and on the doorstep where he chopped at his own short rebound and buried the puck to put the Dead on the board and back in the game.
The last few minutes of the period would see the Red at least with a pulse thanks to Bakers resuscitation, but the frame would close with the guys down 3-1... but at least we were alive.

The third would be a grind, as you who read these pages know it usually is. The game was clearly contested again and the sides had plenty of “give and take” with every loose puck. Parker would draw a penalty from the kelly green shirted number 3, a blatant cross check behind the play. Even after the call he had something to say to Kevin about the “checking” nature of the league. Whatever the delusion he sat and the Red shuffled through the power play with no real progress other than more time spent in the offensive zone. Almost as the first penalty expired Matvey would tangle with a Green forward and the two would end up on the ice then in the box with a pair of matching minors.

The teams played 5 on 5 and then the momentum shift became more dramatic when again, one of the Cads took the game on his shoulders and made something happen.

This time it was Jim Sullivan, playing center who would provide the jump. Sully would pick up an outlet/ loose puck just outside our blue line and pressed the play up ice with vigor. He swung around the D on the left then drove across the goal line, shedding defenders on the way, to the crease where he slipped the puck under the sprawling Green keeper and finally went to the ice himself after a bunch of contact in front. Jim came back up ice covered in snow and to a Red bench that was a lot happier and more engaged than earlier in the game.

I’m glad to say at this point that the Zombie revival was not done. As the time now ticked down to the final 5 minutes the Red would continue to get chances despite Green clearly trying to scramble and take the momentum back. Team Zombie kept it coming.
Sully would figure in again as he started another play up through the neutral zone. He swung it wide to Matt Elliot on the right wing who carried it into the zone drawing a guy toward him. Matt then threaded a absolute beauty of a pass back to the high crease where Roman Kurin was streaking. Roman took the pass and flicked it 5 hole past the moving keeper to tie the game. It was a really terrific bang bang play from Elliot to Roman with the nice finish. Just like the the game was tied and the clock was below the 3 minute mark.

I wish I could tell you the story had an even better finish, that the Red found a way to get one more tally in the closing moments to pull out the improbable comeback, but I can’t. You and I, friend reader, will have to be happy with the fact that the Red squelched any and everything that the Green tried to get going in those closing moments, and even turned in a few more shots in anger that at least had the potential to give us the W. You have to admit, coming back from 3-0 on a night when for half the game it looked like we just didn’t have it, will just have to be good enough. A tie is better than an L, and we’ve had too many of those lately, so we’ll take it.

Kudos have to go out to Baker for the paddle board jump start that got things going. They also go out to Sully for the great rush and goal, and to Roman for the most excellent finish on the game tieing goal. Randy deserves a mention here as well, he did a great job all night snuffing out chances. Great work all the way around.

The early game time left an opportunity for a nice 4th period gathering in the BU parking lot. Despite the BUPD cruiser idling 60 yards away, many cold beverages were enjoyed by those that stayed after.

Big props to Dr. Micheal Jasse and Kevin Parker for providing the ice cold goodness that fueled the stories and laughs under the full moon and flickering streetlights in the warm evening. Bauer, Elliot, Parker, Jasse and Fosdick lingered. It had been too long since number 12 joined us not only on the ice but for the postgame.

It was noted at some point that the 4th is declared an automatic win whenever you see the guys from the following game walking to their cars to go. So it was last night.

The cruiser moved on, to the relief of the lingerers, and the evening would end with a better feeling than it started with. Sometimes its enough not to lose, and to have those beers, laughs and stories in the warm moonlight. Thanks guys.

Dead in Gold battle the Rats!

Cadavers (13) vs River Rats
Monday Aug 8
Canton 1010pm


3-1 Loss


The dead in Red hit the Ice in Canton last night as the Dead in Yellow, with new and old faces trying to bust up this miserable streak that the team has been on since the early part of the summer. Newcomer Jay McNamara was manning the pipes for the first time for the Dead and he did a fine job in his first appearance. Jon Carey (brought by his Dad Brian) was home on leave from the Marines and he skated a reunion shift with the forwards for the night. Likewise it was nice to see Eric Snow on the blueline again as he made only his second game for the Cads. Here’s how the roster shook out.

Jay McNamara in net
D1: Eric Snow; Bauer
D2: Baker; Jeff
O1: Sully, Daley, Matvey
O2: Parker, Carey, Elliot
and Doc Pounds did the floating.


The opponent for the night was the River Rats, a club we’ve seen before but very rarely. They usually play in a division one or two above us, and after the debacle last week against the Shock, there was a bit of trepidation in the room about the prospects of being badly outclassed on the ice. The blogger is glad to tell you that this wasn’t quite the case, and the situation was certainly made much better given that the Rats acted with a lot more class and sportsmanship than the F*ckbag Shock.
They were better than us. No question. They had two guys, no face sheild number 6 and blue helmet 18 that were a full step or two above the talent level we are used to. It was clear from early on we’d have to keep a sharp eye on both of those guys whenever they were on the ice.
I’m also glad to report that the Dead in Gold looked at the task at hand and dug right in and played hard matching the Rats intensity and keeping a dull shine on Zombie pride preventing anything from getting out of hand.
The Red forwards did a nice job backchecking, and the D was pretty well shutdown all night. Great play by Steve Baker all night helped anchor that D unit and he must have had 30 stops/breakups over the course of the game. Bauer and Snow worked pretty well together and the Gold limited the Red to short cycles in our end.

More good news. Jay McNamara is a nice find. Kudos from management go to George Moorachian for digging this guy up. He’s got game and shut down the Rat’s big guns a number of times in the first and third. The ‘davuers look forward to seeing him back in the nets sometime soon.

The first period would see a few scrambles in our end but in general the Gold did a nice job reacting to the Rats speed and snuffed out everything they brought. Its notable that the first time the blogger remembered a good hard shot on the red keeper was at about 4 minutes remaining in that period. It would end a 0-0 draw and the Gold clearly had a moral victory at that score.

Really the only bad section of the game for the Cadavers was the beginning of the second period. The Rats would turn on the juice and land a bang bang pass and shoot goal just 15 seconds in. The goal was set up by the speedy number 18 who had serious wheels when he wanted to open it up. They plunked another one in less than a minute later and there was clearly a sinking feeling on the Gold bench. They would hand semi tough though and get their legs back, only to let another one in at the 1130 mark and the game was 3-0, but that was as far as the bleeding would go that period.

The Gold would get the next one on a nice play by Sully and Daley. Mike led the play in the zone 2 on 1 and threaded a beauty of a pass to Sully who ripped a good shot by the Red keeper to make it 3-1. That seemed to buoy the Gold hopes and they seemed to play a bit harder after that.

Each team would take a penalty. In our case Matvey went for a trip with about 4 minutes left in the second. No scoring on either the kill or the power play and the period would end 3-1.

The third would be a grind all the way. The Rats were clearly looking to bust it open but thanks to great plays by both Jay in Net and Baker on the blueline the Gold held them without a score in the final frame. Of course we didn’t generate much offense and didn’t make any ground back on the 2 goal lead. Still it was again a bit of a moral victory just to play to a draw in two of the three periods.

It was all around a very good skate and a nice competitive game that had none of the nonsense from the blowout the week before. A tip of the cap to the Rats for that.
Honorable mentions go out to Mike Daley who played his usual very solid game covering lots of ice with each shift. Sully also looks to be becoming more of himself and showing the occasional flash. Nice to see greybeard vet Kevin Parker out there grinding it up with the offense too.

Management would be remiss not to thank Jon Carey for not just coming out last night, but all for his service to our country. Jon looked really well, and certainly added some muscle (and a new tatoo) over the last few months. Stay safe Jon. It was great to see you and remember you can play with us anytime.

Also nice to see his Dad who seems to be on the mend from shoulder surgery. It will be nice to have him back this winter.

That’s how that one went. The last bit of good news I’ve got for you is that we won the all important 4th period thanks to nice chilly collection of beers brought by Eric Bauer. There was good conversation to go with the beer and a laugh or two in the Canton lot before we called it a night.

Cads Electrocuted. Badly.

Cadavers(12) vs Shock
Monday August 1
Dedham 9:00pm


0-11 loss (yup… that’s right)


The Dead in Red showed up in Dedham last night looking to stay over 500 (5-5-1) and faced the Shock, a group we hadn’t seen for a few months. The Shock were sporting their slick new jerseys, Reebok NHL style with a great new logo, a lightning bolt zapping a skeleton. Schlidaveur management immediately had thoughts of copyright infringement but the lighting bolt was clearly a central part of the logo… so the team lawyers advised against it.

The Shock have a bunch of Mooks that we’ve seen before in a bunch of different configurations, but clearly they have a healthy amount of talent on the roster. Baker commented to Jeff pregame that they had a bunch of really good guys. Baker’s words would be prophetic and it wasn’t long before we found out just how good they were.
Jeff has also decided he may not want to remind the scorekeeper to write down the times of the goals… the scorekeep, Charlie did just as he asked… too bad there were no goals written on the Cadaver side of the sheet.

Here’s a roster breakdown.
Randy Dudek – from the goalie list in Net
D1: Baker, George
D2: Bauer, Fosdick
O1: Scott, Ken, and Elliot
O2: Sully, Larry, and Gregson
Nelson floated between lines.

Well… it took almost no time at all for the Shock to show their class and ability as the their large fat defenseman, number 77, a blockhead named Chris Baron found his way to the box after tripping one of the Cads. Of course he had plenty to say on the way and was clearly just getting his stupid into gear. He would go again only a couple of minutes later when he and Bauer tangled down low in the offensive zone. Bauer came across and Baron planted him with a total crosscheck takedown. Again he had plenty to say along the lines of “slash me again and see what happens’ and more eloquent brilliance as he went to the box. Apparently someone had the gaul to make contact with him. It was difficult not to as A. he takes up so much space, and B he can’t move his fatness very fast one way or the other. He would be only emboldened however as his teammates would be soon to show the flash and ability they had.

The Shock would get on the board when number 24, their no face shield wearing D would get it going and start to take us apart. First he would take the puck at the blue line and turn Jeff like a carousel and flip one past the keeper for the 1-0 lead. A pair of shifts later he would take a loose puck and slide into the slot and unleash a laser that beat Randy cold.

Number 24, Sean Curran was another genius on the Shock and he seemed to be all lathered up to put a hurt on the Red, because apparently we tried to play hard against them, even though we clearly were a step below in talent. Sean is a great player. He’s fortunate that he’s still in his youth, ( I guess mid-late twenties) and the extra weight he carries hasn’t hurt him much yet. He can turn it on whenever he wants and dominate, and coast the rest of the time and have the game well in hand.
Give him another 10 years and he wont be able to move as well when he needs it and will probably turn into a maladjusted pathetic version of the player he could have been who takes a lot of frustrated penalties and doesn’t do much for his team, except add to the class they show on the ice of course.

However that will be down the road, and last night he and the rest of the Shock had more than enough to put a serious hurt on the very pathetic looking Cadavers. It was 3-0 at the end of the first and the Cads were pretty clear on the fact that they’d be fortunate if they could hold them to only 3 a period.
The second would see the Shock land another 3 exactly and their bench was still whooping with the goals up until the 5th, because again, apparently we had the nerve to try against them, as futile as that was. Baker would go for a trip, and Bauer for a slash during the second. I think only one of their 3 goals in that period was on the PP.
6-0 after 2. Baker was melting down by the end of the period and had to be hosed off between periods due to some stupid disagreement with one of the refs. Thankfully he pulled it together and didn’t get himself ejected.

The Shock would keep afer it, and continued to show their class, as they landed two goals in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd. They would send a guy to the box for a slash but the Red had nothing on the PP. The Shock would land another 3 goals, all a bit shakey in the last 5 minutes as the Red clearly had had enough and were ready to be done.

There would be one more classy move on the Shock’s part. Number 10, Derek Phillipon would blatantly cross check Bauer from behind in our own slot in an epic cheap shot with less than a minute left on the clock. Like I said… classy. Nothing like beating a team 11-0 and then taking cheap hacks at them as time winds down. Curran and Baron (24 and 77) had all kinds of things to say during the handshakes too showing true sportsmanship and class all the way.

All I can say is, there may be a chance at redemption somewhere down the road. Douchbaggery begets douchbaggery and really… that’s no way for us to go. Our only option against a team that much better than us is to shut up, play hard and try to socre a goal. Last night wasn’t a horror show, but it sure was embarrasing.

The only bright spoot was beer from Dr. Pounds and Larry Minivan Bell. Ice cold Limeys to sooth the sting and burn of the beating we just took. Thanks guys.

To quote Bauer postgame “ It wasn’t much fun in the bouncy house tonight”
True Fax.

Cads and Dogs play to a tie.

Cadavers(11) vs CH Terriers
Thursday July 28
HinghamA 10:10pm

3-3 Tie


The Cadavers hit Thursday night’s game in Hingham with a 5 game losing streak and a need to get back in the win column against the Terriers, a team we’ve matched up with decently over the last few meetings. The Dead in Red had a scramble finding a keeper, now that Jon Cole has headed off into the sunset, but management was able to ink Teddy Locke at the last minute to come by and man the pipes.
Here’s your roster

D1: Moorachian, Bauer
D2: Campbell, Fosdick
O1: Baker, Gregson, Goldenberg
O2: Daley, Sullivan, Kurin
O3: Sharfman, Elliot, Pounds

The game would start with a delay of game penalty as the Terriers keeper was late arriving. The first really only got underway at the 12 minute mark.
Depending on the lineup, and as always, who shows up for them, we’ve played the Terriers fairly even of late, and the 1st was largely a stand off with no scoring.

The Terriers would take the first penalty but no action on the power play for Red. With the period winding down the Cads would get turned around in their own end and would leave number 2 alone to bury one past Teddy for the 1-0 lead. That was how the first would end.
Unfortunatley the Terriers would continue their momentum and would score the next one only a couple of minutes into the second. Now down 2-0 the Zombies would have to dig deep to get back into the game. I’m glad to say they did just that.

The next goal would be from the Dead in Red. After some good work in the offensive zone Dan Gregson Sully would pop home a rebound from a Greggy shot and it was back to a one goal game. The Second would grind on with good chances at both ends as the Red started to turn the momentum back their way. Teddy was also digging in and was making solid stops, and even flashing the glove and blocker when needed. He gave us all we could have asked for.

The period would wind down and the Red was working hard to make something happen. When you say working hard, the first name you ought to be thinking is Nelson Sharfman, and you’d be right, as he led the play into the zone as the seconds ran low. He fought off a defender, swinging wide and got the shot off that hit the keeper. The puck dropped down and he wasn’t covering it when Jeff Fosdick rushed in from higher in the zone, and not hearing a whistle pushed at the puck under the keeper and it squirted into the net to tie the game as time expired.

After the game Jeff was heard saying to the local media: “ I wanted to crash the net, just like Nelson always does. He’s kind of my inspiration. You know, shows you how its done. He was down there and made a good play, I figured I owed it to him to finish hard.” The veteran Sharfman left without comment to the press.

Unfortuneately the third didn’t get off to the start the Dead were hoping. Just a couple shifts in a strange play in our end saw the forward’s shot glance off George’s skate and deflect into the net by Teddy who couldn’t snag the misdirected shot. The Dead clearly still had some work to do, but there were good signs as they conintued to get good chances. The forwards all did a nice job of passing and getting chances on offense. The teams would trade penalties. First the Terriers, then the Cads when Mike Campbell would go for a trip as he knocked over one of the speedy forwards. 99 had been giving us trouble all night but there was no blood on either penalty.

The blogger had a great view of what happened next. Jeff would back check in our zone and hacking at a forward he would knock both the puck and his stick loose. He then grabbed his stick off the ice and spun around with the play and the loose puck was close by floating near Dr. Pounds. The Doc tapped it to Jeff who now had momentum after a couple of strides. Jeff would proceed up the ice and would shake a forward on the way. Then, defying the eyes, and all laws of inertia, Jeff actually made a move (something that looked like a cow shifting its weight) and split the defenders. He would rip a wrist shot as he closed in on the goal and it would find the twine behind the keeper high glove side. The game was tied and Jeff tried out his Ray Bourque fist pump on the way back. He was also gracious enough to recreate the goal with the media members postgame lining up people to be players in the Hingham conference room. Ok maybe that didn’t happen… but the goal was awesome.

The rest of the 3rd would be a muck and grind. Major kudos are due for the guys that kept getting good shots on offense. Sully, Nelson, Roman, and Baker would all have excellent chances that we just couldn’t slip past the Terrier keeper. Teddy also made a pair of absolutley aweseome saves down the stretch. Going one side to the other he dove across the crease to snuff the first and picked one clean with his glove on the second when the white forward was less than 5 feet away. Teddy really deserves a ton of credit for keeping us in the match.

Alas.. that was how this one would go down. No further scoring and the game would end 3-3 and the Cadvers would still be .500 on the season.

More kudos need to be given to Mr. Campbell for bringing the Limeys and for hanging out in the parking lot. A good handfull of chaps stuck around to enjoy the summer apres skate, which always seems to go well in the Hingham lot.
A nod also here to Greggy... who came up big with a little lighter he shared with his teammates.

Jeff and Mike hung out as the team went home one by one and somehow the night brought back memories of other nights and times the two have had, and how long that time has actually been. Thanks again Mike, it was great just to talk for a while.

No game stars, but no shame in hanging tough and coming back to … not lose.
Good job to everyone who came out and thanks again to Teddy.

Cads continue slide to 500...

Cadavers(10) vs SLJ
Wednesday July 20
BU 8:10pm

6-1 loss


The Dead in Red tried to stop a 4 game skid going into this one against occasional opponent SLJ but just couldn't stop the momentum of the downward turn this season has seemed to take.
The blogger was not on hand for this one but got sufficient... if brief... feedback on how things went.
For the first time we'd have a crowded bench going over the full mark by 1 to make 14 skaters. It also was the LAST time we'd see good guy Jon Cole in the pipes as he was due to ship out to Nevada by the end of the week, leaving us more than lacking in the goalie department.

Heres your roster breakdown.
Jon (sad to see you go) Cole in net
D: George, Roman, Dilo, Eric Snow, Bauer
O1:Larry, Sully, Elliot
O2:Baker, Nelson, Mitch
O3:Matvey, Pounds, Gregson

This one didn't sound very pretty.
Here was first responder Dave Diloreto
“Let me know how it went down.”
It went straight down the drain …

Doesn't sound good... Larry gave a bit more.

"Dude, we're really outclassed in this division. We lost 6-1 I think.

Our one goal was a Sully tip-in from George's feed. The scorekeeper gave me an assist, but I did not assist on the goal. I may be a stat-whore, but I'm an honest stat-whore.
Minor penalties to: me, Dilo, Matvey, Bauer."

Thanks Larry. Short and sweet and probably doesn't give us the details we don't really want to know anyhow.
Its true that the level of competition has certainly gone up a few notches since our early run. Nelson warned management about winning too many games early and ending up someplace we didn't really want to be.
So the Dead in Red slide to 500... looking to turn things back to the right track next week against the CH Terriers.
'til then...

Zombies continue to slide against Sparta

Cadavers (9) vs Spartans
Thursday July 14
HinghamC 10:30pm

3-2 loss


The Dead in Red faced the talented Spartans in Green last night in Hingham in a late evening game for a chance to put a stop to the recent 3 game skid. The streak comes after the great success in the early going that saw the team open 5 and 0. That seems like a long time ago now, and the Spartans would be a tough match up (given our recent train wreck beating at their hands) to “get off the schnide”.
The Cads had a full 13 slated and a nice group of players, even with Nelson and Bauer showing fashionably late for the puck drop. The team was once again haunted by missing equipment troubles as Mitch discovered he was short 1 shinny.
This realization had a funny reveal as while he was explaining his situation to Capt. George there was a short ebb in the conversation. Mitch was heard to say “I’ve got the big one.” as he knocked twice on his cup. Of course we knew he was talking about his most important piece of equipment… wait… never mind.
So we lost a skater in the pregame again (last time it was Scott) and went to war with 12 after the late arrivals made it to the bench. Mitch didn’t seem too troubled… this just meant he could have a little longer ride home in his new Mustang. (sweet ride dude)
Here is your final roster.
Jon (leaving for Nevada next week…sob…) Cole in Net.
D1: George and Bauer
D2: Campbell and Jeff
Centers: Larry and Baker
Wings: Matvey and Roman; Greggy and Scott; Nelson and Parker

The Spartans are clearly and experienced and talented group but I’m happy to report that the Red played up to the task most of the night and kept the game close. The first period would see action at both ends, both keepers doing a solid job in the early going.
It was clear that the Red would have to keep a close eye on a few guys, number 20 in particular had ridiculous wheels and they had no trouble getting odd man or breakaway chances from time to time.
Larry would go for a trip as he hauled a streaking forward down on his way to Jon at just under 9 minutes. After a line change and faceoff to Jon’s right the Spartans made a nice series of passes and a shot that put them up 1-0. Jeff looked up to see Mitch shaking his head slowly behind the end board glass then turned to D partner Campbell who said “Wait… we were shorthanded?”. That’s kind of how that one went.
Unfortunately a fumbled line change would lead to a breakaway for Green and they would score on the chance to go up 2-0 with about 2 and half minutes left. The good news was only that Red continued to stick with it and didn’t lose it completely before the period break.

The Second period would see a revival by the hard working Zombie crew. Led by strong efforts all the way around. The forwards did nice work cycling in the Green end and D did a solid job snuffing out Green chances in the neutral zone before they got cooking.
Some of that hard work would pay off about 5 minuets into the frame when Larry would send a play to Matvey who would bury the chance and cut the Green lead in half.

Campbell would go a minute or two later for a mild molestation of a forward that was free wheeling in the zone. No blood on the PK though this time.
Mr. Campbell would make up for his penalty on the next shift he made the ice. Mike would take the puck in our end and barreling up ice would make a nice rush into the zone and let go a shot. Nelson, doing his typical muck and grind routine in front would bang home the rebound from the shot and the game was tied. No question Zombie pride was in effect and the Red got a little jump being back in the game.
Unfortunately before the end of the period Green would strike back on a long shot that kind of ham-strung Jon and sneaked in under him and the second would end with Team Zombie behind by a goal again.
The third would see a pair of penalties for Green in the first 6-7 minutes but the Cads couldn’t seem to get the offense into high gear. The Spartans were doing a good job all night squashing things before they made it to their keeper.
Baker’s scouting report on the keeper was deadly accurate… if only we all had the wrist shots to take advantage…
Under 5 minutes Bauer would go in a matching penalty situation after tangling with his Green counterpart. The Zombies would pull Jon in the final minute and a half, and would get a pair of good chances as they were able to hold it pretty well in the Green end. Despite the chances this one would end up a hard fought one goal loss against a pretty good team.

The fourth period would be sponsored by Eric Bauer and the Harpoon sampler… and its always a pleasant hang in the Hingham lot in the Summer, a full moon through thin clouds above.

So the season opening 5-0 has now been followed by 0-4 and the team heads towards 500. Next up will be SLJ (no slouches) next week at BU.
See you then.

Mid-Summer Stats!

Team,
Check it out. With the reduced workload of only one squad to keep track of the Schlidaveur International Statistics Division seems to be up and running again.

So below you will see a summary of the numbahs so far this summer.
We are roughly halfway in now that we have 8 games played.
I believe you can click on the image to make it more reader friendly.

Zombies rocked by Blues

Cadavers (8) vs Blues
Tuesday 6/28
BU 7:00pm

6-0 Loss


Ouch. This one sounded like it stung a bit. Early reports were grim... and don't look to be getting any better. So without further ado... here is a nice handfull of Guest Bloggers to tell us all about how the deal went down last night on Babcock street.

First tale out of the gate was grim. Here's Larry with a few words:
We got smoked 5 or 6-0.
We left Jon out to dry on several breakaways, 2-on-0's and other odd-man rushes and nice easy rebound goals in the slot. Worst of all, they only had 7 skaters to our 13 and we couldn't wear them down.
I skated with the russians, sully-elliot-gregson, baker-pounds-mitch.

Thanks very much Larry. Here is Eric Bauer with a short summary:

Wasn't pretty. 6 nothing. Their best skater floated around our blue line looking for outlet passes the whole night. We started to take a bit of our aggression out on him.

Daley brought his family and we got a rousing rendition of how the B's won the cup (apparently game 7 was last night).

Small showing for the 4th period, but Bell, Moorachian, Gregson and Bauer finished strong.

Thanks Eric. At least we made some showing in the fourth...

Here is another good summary from Mitch Goldenberg who added some more definition to last nights beat down:

We got crushed, something like 6-0 (I lost count). We started out with 12 guys (later rounded out to an even 13) vs their 6 (which later became 7) and I noted to Scott that we'd lost to shorter benches before. Seconds later, they scored on the first shift of the game, and then added another pretty quickly after that. 1st period ended down 3-0. We didn't test their goalie much, and they constantly had one or two guys cherry picking which led to way too many odd-man rushes. The game got a little chippy towards the end, with the highlight (for me) being Baker's arguing a penalty call because it was "a clean hit" (it was). The ref asked if he was aware that it was a non-checking league. One of those games...

-Mitch

I asked him if he knew how many penalties we got and he responded:
Mostly matching minors. I (personally) think the refs did a decent job to keep the game from getting ugly. We were shorthanded a couple of times, and as usual played some of our best hockey of the night while down a man.
We had some fans in the stands (so there MIGHT be a picture or two) but we were down so quickly that they really didn't have much of a game to cheer for/want to remember.

Annnnnd Here is Capt. George with a nice thorough breakdown of the action:

We lost: 6-0 shellacking.

Within the first few minutes we were down 2-0, and before the end of the 1st we were down 3-0. The Blues only had 7 skaters. But, apparently it was their best 7, and what I would call representative of a typical D league team. If they got behind our D, it was almost an automatic goal. And they got behind us an aweful lot, and had plenty of odd man rushes.

We weren't much of a threat in the offensive zone. So, that allowed their speedy snipers to cherry pick all night. We gave them no reason to help in their own defensive zone. I think it was a moral victory to hold the Blues to one goal in 2nd period. But, it just doesn't matter when you're shut out. The only way for us to get on the score sheet was to get

penalties: 7 minor penalties. I'm sure that didn't help our anemic offensive showing. You would think with a full bench of 13 skaters we would have been able to tire them out after a while. It didn't look like the slowed down at all.

Those of us that stuck around for the 4th period, closing up shop around 10:00 PM, declared victory and dubbed ourselves the co-1st stars of the game: Larry, Eric, Gregson, George. 2nd star to Mattie E. for participating in the 4th, but leaving early on, not going the distance.

Yeeesh. Thanks for the excellent breakdown George. Too bad about that game though...
A quick look at the scoresheet that George submitted shows the following penalties:

Larry and Sully both for holds in the first.
Baker for a cross-check in the second.
Bauer and Matvey for Roughs, Baker for a check and George for a trip in the 3rd.

At least we lit up the scoresheet... not in a good way... but we'll take what we can get.
No game next week due to scheduling.
We next play:
Thursday 7/14 HinghamC 10:30pm vs Spartans

Have a nice 4th of July weekend.