Wr had to get up earlier on this day which is 2 days ago . I have time to catch up as I am stuck in airport waiting 5 hours for flight but that's another story .... As I said we had to meet our team bus at 730 and what are the chances it's on time lol. Seriously the education system must be fantastic here hahaha if you put circle in circle slot you graduate with honours :)
2 guaranteed games with first game vs undefeated Ice City from Minsk , Belarus they had beaten their opponents all by at last 3 or 4 goals . The team battling us for 3rd in our group plays them immediately after we do so whoever keeps it close gets to play 2nd place team in crossover quarter final game . His should be a huge challenge and we did quite well jumping out to a lead . I really played amazing helping us slow the game down by constantly freezing the puck and yelling at players to just dump it out . Running time and no icings in this tourney .... Smart play is make them skate . After 18 minutes we were up 3-1 with about 10 min left we buckled :( the plan went to shit and we didn't play smart with the back breaker coming when out weakest skater jumped on ice for final minute .... Don't ask as I am still pissed ! When you are a weak skater and I mean by miles and miles the best thing you can do for your team is to sit the last couple minutes if you don't understand this then you are selfish and should stick to playing outdoors . There is nothing more I dislike then hearing a weak player complain about ice time they paid for ?!?!? Well everyone else paid too and we want to at least try to win so shut up and sit down ! Feel free to argue with me over this if you want but I think we have all been there unfortunately :( so yeah we lost 4-3 to a team we should have lost to but we had it and that's what hurts the most .
I flamed up a bit and did some yelling but it should be known that I am a goalie and playing the way I played we should have won . We were easily outshot by 35-40 shots no joke ! There was 4 hours until quarter final vs Pokjes Pokkar from Sweden ( not sure about spelling lol ) they ended up in second place and the Belarussians remained undefeated after pasting Team Euro 8-2 . In all reality I am proud the way we played and was hoping for another miracle performance in our next match .
That was not going to happen though as we started off rough with really bad positioning a guy in front all alone had days to tip in puck with no cover and the next goal was scored by the same defenseman and from there on it just got worse . The swedes were good but they are nothing compared to Ice City who they played next and got pasted by them ! So we went out losing 5-2 we had a 1-3-1 record and ended up in 6th out of 10 which is not bad when you consider the obvious weak spot . We hung around the rink and drank a ton of beers all for free ! Great atmosphere got to make some connections for future trips :) Cardiff Titans I hope to see you guys in January ! So many good people I would highly recommend this tourney to you all. .
We watched Belarus dispose of the French in the finals which I am almost sure the whole rink wanted to see ;) they actually came closer to beating them then we did only losing 2-1 but if you think about it we were the only club to have a lead against them and yeah I wish we beat them or even tied . That loss will taste sour for a while :(
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