shave a beard and win a championship

Well I've finally shaved off that beard, why? Because of the constant nagging and nagging of Mrs Sap and cjblue. Well not really; we had my Rec Hockey Championship game tonight so my hockey playoffs are officially done tonight.

Well like I mentioned before our Final was tonight. It's been a strange year for this team with only 8 players on a roster (that's three less then anyone else). Also with Rec Hockey there's always someone who can't show so we had to play most nights with with only one spare on the bench. It made for alot of interesting nights. The good thing about this is that the main core of guys became really close and you look forward to seeing these guys every Friday night. Overall the season went as perfect as it can get. I won top goaltender, we had the top point getter and to top it off we finished first place in an 8 team league. I think in another blog entry I'm going to highlight certain games.

Tonights game was no different for us - as a team with suspensions we were down to 7 players including myself. The team we were playing had 14 including their goalie so it was set to be a long night. They came out like gangbusters which was normal - our team are very slow starters and we weathered the flurries with me having make key saves and the score was tied 0-0 right were we wanted to be - the longer it stayed tied the better it was for us.

Second period was more of the same but the guys were getting tired. Which lead to the opening goal - it was a simple wraparound that I had stopped and had thought I had covered up to get a whistle so the team could get a break but there was none coming and they kept bagging away and finally it goes in. 1-0 them. We answered about 10 mins later - a point shot that goes off the post and in. 1-1. The second period comes to an end and a much needed flood of the ice surface and break for us.

Well the third period was all ours; we outplayed them and they were getting mad at themselves and they were getting tired (which is really surprising cause the had double the bodies - go figure.) We took a 2-1 lead on a delayed penalty. I didn't see the goal caue I was heading to the bench for an extra attacker when we scored. We made it 3-1 on a penalty shot goal by our leading scorer. That goal was the backbreaker for them because we play defence better then anyone else. Also, you can feel it in your gut. They had got one late goal on a third rebound when I was down and out. The hardest thing for me was that last minunte but our guys tightened up and I really only had to make one save right at the buzzer.

Final score : 3-2 us.

The greatest thing for me was that I was named Playoff MVP! I think this one is extra special for me and was really hoping to get it. It was like the icing on my cake, I've never been one for awards in a team sport and it always been team first, but with this team it means a whole lot more. I think I'll end on this note. Whether we had won or lost tonight I was excited to do this with them. I think this is one of those memories that stay with you forever.


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P.S if anyone of you need any of the hockey stuff explaned I'll be happy to