It's been crazy jumping time zones to play hockey this past week ... when i woke up yesterday i felt like shit . Basically went to bed at 2 AM woke up around 730 AM and had a game at 11 AM . When i got to the rink my teammates were trying to feed me coffee i looked so rough but i had already had a cup of Kona Coffee i brought back from Hawaii :)
Our first game was vs. Boom . We beat them in the championship game last year and i have had some great games personally against them , they are definitely a really good team ! As usual they came out gunning , not sure who the little waterbug they have on their team but he was buzzing us alot . Had to keep an eye on him the whole game . Ghettos jumped on them and we had a 2-0 lead going into second , Boom was outplaying us but i was on my game .... this did not mean it was anything close to over . Right off the bat in the second Boom tied it up a 2's and we pounce back on them pretty much immediately to go up 4-2 .... third period they looked a bit tired and we controlled the centre ice zone basically padding our lead to win 5-2 .
There are 2 games a day at this tournament so our next game was at 2 PM ... we had some laughs in the dressing room and then hung out mostly in the parking lot talking about our game . It was good to see all the guys having fun . Next opponent was Le National from Montreal ... they were champions from lower division which moved up a division this year . We knew they had beaten Sgt. Rock and that is something we have yet to do so they must be good .
Entering the ice i did not think much of them as they looked like an average team . It was weird , like we just were playing half assed or the other team had twice as much energy ? not sure , not trying to offend anyone by saying that either , what i mean to say is that they looked friggin determined . They peppered me ... i think they had more shots on me in the first period then we did on them the whole game . Well unfortunately i gave up a goal in the first period and held us in there as long as i could . The second goal came with under 2 mins left in game when i was pulled at a bad time , they scored an empty netter and then we gave up a shitter as everyone did their impressions of the statue of Liberty ... not happy but what can you do , we lost 3-0 .
Usually you could queue up the crazy insanity that follows , instead i decided to keep my cool and carry us into today with some positivity . For once i listened to the guys warning me not to freak out LOL ... you know who you are ! It was Neil's bday 2 days ago and Kellers bday yesterday , Neil had us all over to his place for a bbq . His fiancee' was a great host , i hit a wall .. no not physically . Basically i jammed a few beers and burgers into me and felt like i was going to pass out so i had to leave early . SO that being said i was asleep at 8 PM , my internal clock was telling me it was 2 AM and i woke up at 2:30 AM this morning meaning i missed the Hootenanny last night at the tournament :( , not sure if my body will get me to the Hoot tonight either .
I almost forgot to mention that Iain & Brad performed their Rink Rock during a very exciting game ... Iain was dj'ing with Brad rocking out on his guitar ! Pretty sure that is a first for this tournament ? It was entertaining ... Today we play Easy Company ... winner goes on to playoff later on . Wish me luck ;)
Our first game was vs. Boom . We beat them in the championship game last year and i have had some great games personally against them , they are definitely a really good team ! As usual they came out gunning , not sure who the little waterbug they have on their team but he was buzzing us alot . Had to keep an eye on him the whole game . Ghettos jumped on them and we had a 2-0 lead going into second , Boom was outplaying us but i was on my game .... this did not mean it was anything close to over . Right off the bat in the second Boom tied it up a 2's and we pounce back on them pretty much immediately to go up 4-2 .... third period they looked a bit tired and we controlled the centre ice zone basically padding our lead to win 5-2 .
There are 2 games a day at this tournament so our next game was at 2 PM ... we had some laughs in the dressing room and then hung out mostly in the parking lot talking about our game . It was good to see all the guys having fun . Next opponent was Le National from Montreal ... they were champions from lower division which moved up a division this year . We knew they had beaten Sgt. Rock and that is something we have yet to do so they must be good .
Entering the ice i did not think much of them as they looked like an average team . It was weird , like we just were playing half assed or the other team had twice as much energy ? not sure , not trying to offend anyone by saying that either , what i mean to say is that they looked friggin determined . They peppered me ... i think they had more shots on me in the first period then we did on them the whole game . Well unfortunately i gave up a goal in the first period and held us in there as long as i could . The second goal came with under 2 mins left in game when i was pulled at a bad time , they scored an empty netter and then we gave up a shitter as everyone did their impressions of the statue of Liberty ... not happy but what can you do , we lost 3-0 .
Usually you could queue up the crazy insanity that follows , instead i decided to keep my cool and carry us into today with some positivity . For once i listened to the guys warning me not to freak out LOL ... you know who you are ! It was Neil's bday 2 days ago and Kellers bday yesterday , Neil had us all over to his place for a bbq . His fiancee' was a great host , i hit a wall .. no not physically . Basically i jammed a few beers and burgers into me and felt like i was going to pass out so i had to leave early . SO that being said i was asleep at 8 PM , my internal clock was telling me it was 2 AM and i woke up at 2:30 AM this morning meaning i missed the Hootenanny last night at the tournament :( , not sure if my body will get me to the Hoot tonight either .
I almost forgot to mention that Iain & Brad performed their Rink Rock during a very exciting game ... Iain was dj'ing with Brad rocking out on his guitar ! Pretty sure that is a first for this tournament ? It was entertaining ... Today we play Easy Company ... winner goes on to playoff later on . Wish me luck ;)
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