Flopping Carp Can't Save Moose
My buddy, Flopping Carp (an old inside joke, not a comment on his ability), picked up the last Moose game for me while I was out of town.
Carp is at that point where he's getting too good for Never or D, but hasn't had much time in C yet. I've been pushing him to the other locals as a sub in C to help him get time and meet people, and from what I hear back, he's doing ok for himself. The jump from Never or D to C is huge; C is the first level where the teams really care about the results, where managers really "build" teams, and where you even have a few sponsors that care what happens. It's also the catch-all league, so you get D players struggling to move up, A and B players that are recovering from injurries, slumming with friends, or just looking for extra ice time to stay sharp. I always describe C this way: a guy gets the puck and winds up for the shot, and when the stick comes down, the puck might come at you bouncing like a bad ground ball, or it might come at your head at 90mph... you just don't know.
So, into this mess, I threw poor Carp, to face the number one team in the league. The result was a 2-5 loss, in which Carp said he'd like a couple of the goals back, but that we would still have lost. In fact, after talking to some others, it turns out that one of our two goals went in through a hole in the back of the net, and shouldn't have counted. Taking out all the "should and shouldn't haves," that would still leave us with a 1-3 loss.
I give him credit, though. Carp stood in there, and it sounds like he's ready for more. That's good, since I will need to have a reliable sub on and off for the rest of the season.
Tonight, the Moose return to action with yours truly in net. Should be interesting to see if a two week break helped my game or killed it.
Carp is at that point where he's getting too good for Never or D, but hasn't had much time in C yet. I've been pushing him to the other locals as a sub in C to help him get time and meet people, and from what I hear back, he's doing ok for himself. The jump from Never or D to C is huge; C is the first level where the teams really care about the results, where managers really "build" teams, and where you even have a few sponsors that care what happens. It's also the catch-all league, so you get D players struggling to move up, A and B players that are recovering from injurries, slumming with friends, or just looking for extra ice time to stay sharp. I always describe C this way: a guy gets the puck and winds up for the shot, and when the stick comes down, the puck might come at you bouncing like a bad ground ball, or it might come at your head at 90mph... you just don't know.
So, into this mess, I threw poor Carp, to face the number one team in the league. The result was a 2-5 loss, in which Carp said he'd like a couple of the goals back, but that we would still have lost. In fact, after talking to some others, it turns out that one of our two goals went in through a hole in the back of the net, and shouldn't have counted. Taking out all the "should and shouldn't haves," that would still leave us with a 1-3 loss.
I give him credit, though. Carp stood in there, and it sounds like he's ready for more. That's good, since I will need to have a reliable sub on and off for the rest of the season.
Tonight, the Moose return to action with yours truly in net. Should be interesting to see if a two week break helped my game or killed it.
posted by Micah at 1:10 PM
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