Memmingen Indians

For some reason i am getting really comfortable here in Aalen , sleeping in daily until around noon . Last night i hardly even drank and went to bed at a decent time but still woke up late :) yeah this is really not one of my traits .... today i have to pack all my bags and head over to Memmingen to practise with their semi-pro team ( Andi will argue otherwise but you can even follow their games on tv there ) . Rainer has an old friend we are going to stay with while we are there so we have to drive to his place first .

Michael is the biggest German i have ever met ... but also one of the nicest people i have ever encountered :) and seriously i am not just saying that because the man can probably crush me like a tin can he really was top notch ( there more about him in future stories ) regardless he is a really good friend of Rainers and he set up a room for us to stay in with chocolates on the pillows even LOL .

Rainer also knows one of the guys on the Memmingen Indians squad named Andreas Borner another great guy he got us on for the 90 minute training with the team and also told their Canadian skater about me ...Brit Oullette. Memmingen    http://www.memmingen-indians.de/teams/erste/2012_13/team_saison_2012_13.php?PHPSESSID=0db11a796674e8f8ef429660c6cdec25 are allowed to sign an international skater and they chose Brit . Unfortunately Brit is injured at this time and is not skating with us but met us in our dressing room and we really got along well , i am sure mainly due to the fact that he is new to Germany and was happy to speak with another canuck :) Brit i hope you are doing alright out there bud ! Check out Brits hockey db ... http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=146182 . We get dressed and i am late , i asked Brit to take some pics from me and he got a few good ones ... when i got on the ice i could tell that these guys were good , no offense to the other German clubs i have practised with but these guys are a level above the rest easily .



You probably can't tell in the pictures below that i got my ass whooped the whole practise by these guys , i mean i held my own for the better part but at the end of it i was super gassed . In my mind a few weeks of good training and i think i would be up to speed and able to play for a team like this but lets face it ... i am getting old :) these guys were mostly youngins and they are truly the future and present of hockey .

For me it was a really good skate and a great experience to help me out when i get home . I want to thank Andreas for getting us on the ice , and yes i did puke in the dressing room after houghing and puffing my way off the ice , this was a real  killer 90 minute skate !!! Thanks to the Memmingen Indians and good luck this season ! I will be following your progress this season :) Brit it was great talking with you , hope all goes well for you and keep on rocking that kick ass scooter LOL ! Tomorrow we are heading to London and Andreas thankfully helps us by taking our gear to dry off at his place . Bye bye bags !

We go meet Michael at Burger King and i have some King Wings which totally are awesome :P we meet Michaels wife and head back to their place to crash out . Pretty sure both myself and Rainer passed out quickly in our comfy little beds . I hope London is ready for us , cause we are sure not ready for London !