Then again, winning and losing are
good lessons to learn, and ones they’ll experience throughout their lives, so
maybe it’s better to learn them in sports in preparation for when you
experience them in life. Whatever be the case, we had a great weekend of
hockey, mainly because the outcomes were in our favor. The fact that we are
playing again this weekend was completely dependent upon how we did this past
weekend, and suffice it to say we did well.
There were 15 teams vying to play
in the next round, and they had to whittle that group down to 8. Our odds were
decent, but we approached it by wanting to do the best we could, especially in
light of how we did all season, which was pretty poorly. In case you’re just
tuning in, we lost a majority of our games all season, and it wasn’t until the
last quarter that we actually started winning some games. Truth be told, we
probably played opponents that were above our level (clearly this was the
case), and now the tournament, we are seeded with teams that are more on our
level. Maybe having a tough schedule was good in that it prepared us for this
situation.
Last weekend was going to be a
challenging one because we were playing teams that controlled us all season. We
managed to win all of our games and advance, which was really cool. The kids
are excited, the parents are excited, and we get to play one more weekend of
hockey. Of course, this coming weekend will determine if we make it to the
championship game, and I like to think that it’s cool we made it this far and
that the outcome doesn’t matter.
I may have to keep reminding
myself of this. Until then, thanks for reading, and thanks to Katherine Abrahams for the pic.
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