Hockeylover
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- Oct 5, 2005
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We had a game at 7 in the morning! Well, supposed to be. The manager of the arena arrived at 7:15AM to open the doors. Everyone was waiting inside their car because it was freezing outside. We finally started the game at 7:30AM. Just too bad, because if we had started at 7AM, the other team would have lost by default because not enough players. We were leading 2-0 in the second half of the game against the best team of the division. We are struggling to make the playoffs. We'll know for sure next Sunday. They finally scored when their pointman took a shot and one of our player perfectly screened our goalie's view! They tied the game with a ball that was loose in front of the net. You could see it roll, roll and and roll slowly but surely in our goalie's direction. It went in. Their third goal? I don't remember how they did it, but I remember the pain I felt. They won't blame it on me because I wasn't on the ice when they scored that goal. I had two break-aways, no one behind me, all the time and space you could dream of, and all I could do is to shoot a 3-mile-an-hour shot on the goalie. On both occasions, the goalie did not move an inch, which just threw me off. I think I played my best game since I started playing in a ball hockey league last year. One more year, and I will be an average player. I'm the oldest of my team, 41, but I have a big heart. I play to win.
I don't mind receiving advice from my teamates. I even welcome their opinions. They told me that I need to be more agressive and cover more closely my man. When the ball goes in the corner, I must be the first one on the ball, and fight for it if the other guy got it. I need to stop this bad habit of just waiting to see what the other guy is gonna do. I must be on him, and put him out of the play. This will come when I am in better shape. It's easy for others to ask me to be more agressive, but if I'm out of breath or if my back or legs are tired, I can't do much more.
I don't mind receiving advice from my teamates. I even welcome their opinions. They told me that I need to be more agressive and cover more closely my man. When the ball goes in the corner, I must be the first one on the ball, and fight for it if the other guy got it. I need to stop this bad habit of just waiting to see what the other guy is gonna do. I must be on him, and put him out of the play. This will come when I am in better shape. It's easy for others to ask me to be more agressive, but if I'm out of breath or if my back or legs are tired, I can't do much more.