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May 23, 2004
It's been awhile
There was a going-away party for someone I play hockey with at the rink tonight. They had food/beer/pop and stuff. It's been a while since I saw my hockey buddies, actually the last time I saw them was when I was still on crutches. I got the invite a couple of days ago via email and decided that I'd go. I didn't have any plans for tonight and it would be a good time. Well, they had a pick-up game of hockey tonight. I didn't play. My knee is not even close to being in good enough shape to play hockey and potentially get hit. That won't be for a couple months. But, what I did do was skate around for about 10 minutes during warm-ups. I took some laps and some shots. I had the goofiest grin on my face as I was skating around the rink. I really miss playing hockey. I can't wait to get back to it.
To my surprise[0], my skating was still pretty good. I haven't lost a whole lot of just skating skills. My stickhandling and shooting is a different story though. Also on the bright side was that my knee didn't bother me at all while I was skating. I noticed that when I did certain moves that I would feel a little weakness in my leg, but that's just because of the MCL tear that hasn't fully recovered yet.
Must...play...hockey...only a couple more months. =)
[0] Well, not really. ^_^
Music: Hoobastank - The Reason
Posted by Michael at May 23, 2004 12:54 AM