The tournament was a 4 team
competition where everyone played each other and then everyone played again for
the championship. It was a lot of fun, though three days of non-stop hockey, so
much that I had trouble writing this blog, in combination with other factors,
of course. I was on the Green team, and there were several people I knew,
including GG and IC, both of whom are hockey warriors and literally carried the
team. G’s son, JG, played, and he’s young and skilled, and we had an assortment
of Bs and Cs, including myself. We had several skilled women players, as well.
All in all, I think we were not as deep in really good talent as the other
teams, especially DF’s team, the Bears. Those guys were so stacked, it really
wasn’t fair. When you played against them, it was like playing in the NHL, they
were so good, and again, they were so big.
We lost our first game to Yello, won our second game to Blue, then lost our last game to Red. With the
exception of Yellow, who were undefeated and crushed all of their opponents,
every other team had only one win. Through a complex process of scoring, we
ended up in the championship game against the Yellow for the rematch. To make a
long story short, we beat them. I couldn’t believe it, because again, they were
so good, and they clearly came out to win. We got lucky, or they got
complacent. The rules stated that the best players were only allowed to score
one goal, but they had so many outstanding middle level players that they could
still score at will. We had a great goalie, and we played our hearts out. I had
about 12 scoring chances and blew all of them when IC set me up perfectly, but
I’m still learning, so they cut me some slack.
It was a lot of fun, but man did
it take up a lot of time. Even I was feeling the need to take a break, if not
only for a day. Time to let these aching bones heal.
Until the next time, thanks for
reading, and thanks to saganaga for the pic.
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