Week 9, game 11

The entire team was really excited the week leading up to this game. We have been playing the top tier of the league for so long, and the losses were starting to get to us. Oh, believe me, we still all stayed for beer afterwards. Tried to find positive things to compliment each other on to take the sting off. This week was the minions of Jeff and we were ready. Just to refresh, Jeff was our 4th coach for Learn to Play class. When he got us, the class was almost over. There were definite holes in our learning due to being shuffled from coach to coach. He was easily annoyed at our level of skill and knowledge. I'm sure in his mind, he did us a huge favor trying to get us in some type of shape before the class was over. His regular class had weeded out their "dream team" and became the Blue Thunder.
When I walked into the locker room, I was so excited to see Alex! He had been out for weeks. If anyone is the heart of the team, it is our Sasha. We have missed him. What a great night to pick as a return. I knew then that we would win. Ricky Bobby questioned his placement at R wing. He has been playing D. I told him, no...we need shooters up front. Turns out that I  was psychic again.
Blue Thunder scored first in the 1st period, but the 2nd period was all ours. Sasha, Capitan, Ricky Bobby and Bob all getting goals. We were wild with excitement! We were winning. The Blue Thunder managed one more goal and it ended 4-2.
I did not get close to a goal. But I did get into the penalty box. Officially it is listed as tripping. I did trip the bearded asshole on the B.T. but did not get called for it. We had a small scuffle at sticktime during the week. He had a bevy of pucks in front of him at the end and I skated over and grabbed one. He said, Hey...these are mine, I collected them. I said, I brought one, so I'm leaving with one. He found his missing one in the net. I couldn't help it as I skated off I said, Told you I brought one. I think it was poetic justice that my stick got caught up in the top part of his skate and he splatted all over the ice :)
I was really in the penalty box for too many men on the ice. Stupid shrunken head skates so damn slow. Takes her forever to get from one side of the ice to the other. Not one end of the ice...side. Someone was videotaping the game, but I can't find it on youtube. I'm hoping that it gets posted later. I don't remember doing much beside hooking someone, the trip and generally trying to harass the BT players. I need to balance my aggressive moves with some real playing next time. I understand the concept of losing my personal space, but how to do that and play effectively at the same time? I seem only to be able to concentrate on one thing at a time.
Meanwhile, Alex was doing a Sidney Crosby imitation. I told him that he must have been moonlighting in Russia with the Kontinental League. His skating was beautiful for being gone for so long. If I took that much time off, I wouldn't even look as good as shrunken head and that is saying alot.