Played my first ever Thursday night league game tonight. I wasn’t sure how well I’d fit in, but it looks like I don’t have too much to worry about. It’s definitely faster, but I like it more than Saturday night, mainly ’cause the skill level is higher and more consistent. I don’t feel I improved much playing on Saturday nights, but playing on Thursdays will definitely force me to skate harder and play smarter.
I’m on a team with Susi, Google Joe (as opposed to all the other Joes we had on Saturday nights last season), and three other people from my company. It’s nice to have people I know, or should know, on my team.
In any case, I played a decent game, and had a few not-too-terrible shots on goal. They weren’t totally pretty, but at least a couple of them stood a chance of going in. Unfortunately, when I started getting tired in the 3rd period, my stickhandling disappeared and I missed what would have been some excellent scoring and playmaking opportunities. Maybe that just means I need to skate more…
Final score: 3-5. The other team was younger and faster overall, and we didn’t have our usual goalie, who I hear is really good. He should be back next week, though, so we’ll have no excuse not to win. ;)
Regularly scheduled midweek hockey. I diggit.
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Woops, I forgot to explain the title. We have black jerseys with an orange arm/shoulder stripe. BOO!
We look very…cheerful. Yellow with orange shoulders. Not only that, but it turns out that I’m yellow with green shoulders on Saturdays. Aie! I’ve decided to save myself the inevitable 2min penalty (for showing up someday with the wrong one) and just bring both jerseys and one pair of socks both days. ;-)