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October 01, 2003

On the road to the playoffs...

We won our game last night 5-2. We pretty much dominated the entire game. Everybody was skating hard and playing well offensively and defensively. Our goalie played unbelieveable. He really played well last night. I got a double-minor [0] penalty about 5 minutes into the game though. Basically, their best player had a breakaway on our goalie, so I hooked his shin with my stick and brought him down to the ice. Definately deserving of a penalty. Afterall, I'd rather take a penalty than let the other team get the momentum early in the game. I do disagree with the double-minor though. Now, I would like to point out that I don't get penalties every game. I probably get about 5 penalties per season, which is not many at all. And this penalty (had it only been a single minor) would have been a "good" penalty to take. It wasn't retalitory or dumb. Someone was most likely (> 75%) going to score and by me tripping him, it didn't happen. Actually, _we_ scored short-handed while I was still in the penalty box. So, no complaints there. The problem was though, that since it was a double-minor, if I got 1 more penalty, I would kicked out of that game and wouldn't be able to play next week either. So, sometimes I shorted my shifts a little, just so I wouldn't be out there getting a penalty.

[0] Double-minor is 2 penalties. A normal minor penalty is 2 minutes, I had to sit in the penalty box for 4 minutes.

Posted by Michael at October 1, 2003 10:42 AM

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Clarification, please, for one who hasn't spent much time with you in the real world -- you're playing street/roller hockey, correct? I just want to get the right images in my mind when I envision you tripping some poor sap. ;)

Posted by: Jacob at October 2, 2003 10:28 AM

Ice hockey. Full equipment: shin guards, helmet, hip pads, elbow pads, gloves. Not sure if he wears shoulder pads though.

Posted by: Michael at October 2, 2003 11:27 AM

Gotcha. So it was a cold fall. Hehe. Hockey is great. Especially when one doesn't play oneself, and can watch other people get beat up in the cold. More power to you!

Posted by: Jacob at October 6, 2003 09:28 AM