Pardon my French, RK... but, you're assholes!

We played RK Mechanical in the semi-finals of Summer D4/D3.  They shut us out again- 0-6.  They are a good team.  The pass well, handle the puck well, and cycle in the offensive zone well.  They also know they are the better team, and they are total jerks about it.   They constantly talk about how good they are on the ice, and do anything to drive up the score.  They complain, chip, and laugh at other teams.  It didn't help that the refs were their sixth and seventh men on the ice.  We went to the box 7 times to their 1.   No one likes playing against a team with a cocky ringer, and RK is a team of them.  They're total assholes and I'll be glad when they get moved up.

Beyond that, I played some good hockey I think, including my last shift, where I was able to spoil a near goal.  We had a great season all told.  We didn't expect to do as well as we did, and everyone was pretty stoked about our performance.  We should be back to the appropriate level next season. 

Well, ok... if you insist.

We played Ten Blades again last night in our first playoff game.  I was pretty sure it was going to be our only playoff game... I was wrong.  We won 4-2 and move on.

We had a great bench and really played our guts out.  We skated with them all night and were able to shut them down in our zone more often than not.  They played a really physical game, which included them getting sent to the box more than once.  One of those times included a massive hit on me.  I was so intent on getting the puck up the wall, the hit really didn't affect me.  I went down hard, got up fast and then headed down the ice.  I'm sore today though. 

And I removed that plastic... why?

I wasn't feeling very well last week so I skipped the game.  We won 10-3.  Last night, in our last regular season game, we played Ten Blades, another really good team.  They had a really short bench, but they skate really well.  I was using the skates my brother gave me for the first time, and they weren't really working all that well for me. I'm going to go back to my Grafs.  I also played in contacts for the first time- top notch!

I wasn't skating all that great, but was able to be in the play whenever I was on the ice- including a blocked shot that went off my thigh.  My pants were not fitting all that well, with the plastic shield in the thighs, so I took it out long ago.  I think I'll be getting a nice bruise.  There was an up side.  The puck bounced off my thigh and landed right in front of me.  I got a hold of it, and was able to pass it to Jordon, who was able to run it up the ice for a shot.  No joy though.

The game was really toughly fought, and a load of fun.  We scored first, but Ten Blades were able to equalize and then score again.  With about a minute left, we took a time out, put our best skaters on the ice, and got Adam- our goalie ready to come off the ice.  After a bad face-off we got another chance and were able to score with the extra man on the ice.  It was sweet!  We went to the shoot out, which Ten Bladed won 1-2.  Playoffs are next week, and since we're in 6th, out of 8 we'll be playing one of the better teams.

And that better team turns out to be Ten Blades again.