Muse back!
August 13, 2006 / Sunday
Five Goals, But No Cigar
No cigar, no win, and no cookies. What a sad, sad game.
Okay, not really. I had fun, as always. I was just happy to be playing with this team again. One month is much too long to go without a Cookie Monsters game.
We gave up a bunch of early goals, and had to dig ourselves out of a huge hole. Despite scoring many times in the 3rd period, we weren't able to overcome the deficit, and lost 5-6.
Krista pushed one over in the 2nd period that didn't get ruled a goal. The goalie pulled it back over the line before the ref made it over for a closer look. IMNSHO, that 5-6 loss was really a 7-6 overtime win. ;-)
I learned something about myself tonight. Actually no, I already knew this about myself, but I don't always remember it. I held back most of the game because I didn't want to tire myself out and bonk on D. Then, with four minutes left and my team still down by two goals, I got pissed when I realized we were going to lose to a goalie that we should have been destroying. "Leave it all on the ice," I told myself, "play this shift like it's your last." After all, there was nothing to lose but the game. On my next two shifts I took the puck down the ice twice and finally scored a (pretty!) goal off a pass from Gina with 1.6 seconds left. Too little, too late. And I wasn't even tired by the end of the game.
So what did I learn? (1) That I can skate hard for longer than I think and, more importantly, (2) that it's all in my head. I just need to figure out how to get worked up enough to play that hard all game.
I can do it, dammit.
But just to make sure, someone piss me off (not at you, but at the other team) before next week's game, okay?
August 13, 2006 10:41 PM | Cookie Monsters