Hockey with friends, won't you?

We started our new season last week, and so far it’s going pretty damn good.  We’re undefeated, including our first regular season win against Team America last night.  We beat a fired up Islaynders in a shootout win 4-3 (we scored 3 shootout goals to their 1) last week.  They are really putting great games together.  The game against Team America was a real tough one…  we don’t really get along with these guys.  Lots of contact, lots of chirping, lots of chipping, lots of penalties.  Team America cried all night long, complaining to the refs anytime one of them went down or got touched.  We had a few defensive breakdowns, and Adam saved our collective arses on a few breakaways.  The game went scoreless until there was less than 10 seconds on the clock, when Z moved the puck up the ice to Eli, who made a great pass to Justin who buried it.  It was awesome!  Of course Team America called shenanigans and said the play was offside.  I think the refs had finally had enough and shut them down.  Good stuff!

A good scooter friend of mine- Jared- has joined our team this season.  He’s still finding his legs, but he’s been having a great time.  With the horrible snow last night, he picked me up with another friend, Gary.  Gary has an AWD truck.  Gary joined us for the night- the first time he’s played in a few years.  It was pretty cool.  The three of us are doing the Jan-Feb DU Learn to Play Hockey course as well.  Finally more than one night of hockey a week!