GAME #1 of SUMMER SEASON!!

well, not the most ideal way to start off the summer season but it gives us something to work on.
we were missing hackett, johnson, and baskie for the game because they had some hockey tournament that they made it to the finals in. i really hope this doesnt become a regular occurance, if they're going to miss games all year we would be better off getting reliable players that want to play every sunday and a goalie also. really hope thats not the case.

so anyways we're back at the village arena and its changed since last summer. the benches are bigger and the penalty boxes are all enclosed now and look proper.

first period was pretty exciting. no goals, but it was back and forth and OX made some important saves to keep the game tied at 0 going into the second. the pylons scored the first goal and we responded back a few minutes later to tie it up. into the third we were playing pretty well, we only had 6 forwards to we were tired but we were still making good plays and getting it into their zone.
i had a chance to score on a backhanded shot but it got deflected out of play so i was pissed and went off the floor after a short shift and it seemed to help our team out. jason, who replaced me on the floor scored a goal 30 seconds later on a nice backhander over the goalie and put us ahead 2-1.
we were able to keep the other team at bay for most of the third until about the 1:30 minute mark and they tied it up on a slapshot from the point. someone shoud have been covering their point man. next shift brawley takes a penalty and we go shorthanded for the last minute in the game. we were obviously looking forwards to the overtime and messed up big time on our penalty kill in the last minute. we had a perfect opportunity to clear the ball and run out the clock and we didnt. pretty pathetic because the next 15 seconds the guy i was covering got the ball and he just outright beat me and i didnt get a chance to get in front of his shot and he sniped the shit out of OX with 18 seconds left. pretty weak way to lose, considering the ball shouldnt have been in our end to begin with at 18 seconds left.

i felt overall i had a really good game. i made some good plays and me, brawley and brawlet had a couple good scoring chances but none of us could finish. cowin had a great game and went in a few times and beat the defence by himself and got some good shots. beaven moved up to forward for the 3rd period and got some good chances, at one point wide open in the slot but he needs to shot the ball. stop hesitating and worrying about if you have a bad shot or not and just shoot. the more we shoot the more scoring chances we have.
we got ross coming back to the team in a week or two, that is great to hear. hopefully we have hacket and johnson sometime eventually. unless they have an ice hockey practice or shinny game that is more important.

next week full team. cant wait