Hockey Tournament - Game 3
Well folks.. here you have it.. the recap of game 3.
For their third game (and last round robin game) of the tournament we (the Green Chili's) faced the AmaZambonis who were wearing orange.
This was a pretty good game. The AmaZambonis have some solid skill, so they kept us on our toes all game.
Having already decompressed and slept since the game I don't remember what happened in each period... but the basic run down is that early on in the game it was close, though thankfully we always led.
We led 1-0. Then we led 2-0. Then they scored to bring it to 2-1. Then we scored again 3-1. Then they rallied to bring it to 3-2. And then we started pulling away. 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, and finally 7-2.
To my credit I managed a few decent plays this game. Including one nice break away assist to PorkChop. And a few sweet defensive saves. It was also pretty interesting with the bench gate got stuck and so we had to start jumping over the wall to get on and off the ice. Praise God that this rink has REALLY long benches.. so you can fumble tossing yourself over the wall and not deck anyone else in the head with your skates!!
I
did managed to get clobbered twice this game. Once was a mess against
the boards that resulted in three of us tangled on the ground and we
slapping the puck away with my glove. I knew I needed to get up quick,
but was stuck between other skaters and the boards so I literally
rolled OVER an orange skater to land up on my feet and skate off. CRAZY!
The
second clobbering was against the far boards and it all happened so
fast i don't even know what happened other than two of us ended up flat
out on the ice and I saw stars and had a little trouble getting up but
I managed and finished my shift. After that one my teammates were all
like "you still with us??" but after a single shift of resting on the
bench I was good to get back in the game.
Throughout the game I caught sight of Melody up in the stands cheering me on, which ROCKED!
And after the game as we collected our stuff and were heading off the ice, something caught my eye... and I look up into the stands and BAMM! KB is there!!! CRAZINESS! She lives like 4-5 hours drive away. But she had promised a friend that she would visit them at some point soon, so she was in town and since I had informed some folks about my tournament schedule, she knew the details and just showed up as a surprise! Well it worked! I don't think I've seen her since before my own graduation last May. It totally rocked to see her. So we all went out to dinner after the game and got caught up and mostly they laughed at me on my "hockey high" laughing and babbling away, and then laughed at the pure volume of water and lemonade I consumed over dinner *smiles* Good Stuff!
Last night I took a long hot shower, a few Aleve, and went to bed early. This morning I'm not in pain, but I SURE AM SORE! I mean, man... 3 games in 25 hours.. thats pretty nuts. Who would have thought eh? I'm gonna need to do some SERIOUS stretching this morning.
So... the results of the Round Robin were...
Green Chilis over NEWHL (6-0)
SISU over AmaZambonis (roughly 6-2)
SISU over Green Chilis (2-1)
AmaZambonis over NEWHL ( roughly 6-2)
SISU over NEWHL (roughly 7-1)
Green Chilis over AmaZambonis (7-2)
So... today at 1:40PM is the final playoff game which will be
SISU (3-0) vs. Green Chilis (2-1)
