November 2010
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Jinxed Indeed...
Ok, I will take a little responsibility for having written the last post. I had a feeling an 11-0 win in game one would not be a good start. Oh ye cruel hockey gods.
Game two found the Colts up against a stronger, hungrier opponent who took it to them physically and handed out a 3-1 loss. With much less time to think and react, the passes weren’t as crisp, the shots didn’t find the...
Colts Tourney is On
The Boy and his mates opened a home tournament last night with a severely lopsided victory. It was 2-0 three minutes into the game and you could just tell it wasn’t going to be pretty. The next couple of goals were both scored while the team was killing penalties. It got worse from there. The opposing coach switched up his goalies after the third goal, but to that point it hadn’t...
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Close but.....
In the semi-final this morning the Sharks battled hard and did everything they needed to do to win; except score. At least three and maybe five or six pucks were uncanny in their ability to avoid the net. Point blank shots, a couple of breakaways and in close rebounds were all turned back or away by the goal keeper and her cohorts. The Sharks’ string of close games against their fiercest...
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So Far, So Good
The Devil and her mates have held true to the hopes of moms, dads and coaches in delivering three strong performances in their first three round robin Sharkfest contests.
The first two teams they faced, as suspected, were arguably stronger sides, but the girls were able to more than hold their own to earn 1-1 and 2-2 ties respectively. Both of the first two opponents exhibited a slight edge in...
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Sharkfest cometh
The Devil’s home tournament, appropriately dubbed Sharkfest, starts tomorrow. We are all, of course, all hoping for a good showing. You have to figure the home team has a bit of an advantage as there is no travel, no hotels, no pools, no rushed meals in restaurants and no other out of the norm distractions that virtually every visiting team has to deal with. Our girls will be playing in...
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Sharks Bounce Back
The Devil and her team had an excellent outing the night before last in which they earned a 3-1 victory. Then again tonight they came out strong and played three good periods of hockey in a 0-0 tie against an important rival; a team they lost to the last time they played. Their early season record sits at 2-1-2. I am told the coach delivered a focused message about playing aggressively and being...
Back to Winning..and Scoring..Ways
The Boys team had a busy, but successful, weekend this past weekend as the previous photo foretold. We traveled a couple of hours down the road to play in a tournament. The first game was at 6:50 pm on Friday, but the Boy somehow finagled getting a full day off of school. He hitched a ride down with a teammate’s family as I decided to not miss another full day of work to his hockey...
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Temporary power outages
The Boy’s and the Devil’s teams have both, of late, had problems putting the biscuit in the basket, bulging the twine, solving the keeper — that is to say, scoring goals. Both have had a string of low scoring games. In the case of the boys this has translated into three regular season ties in a row before their most recent 4-1 loss. In the last of the three aforementioned ties,...
