Thursday, August 13, 2015

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.  

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