Once in a Blue Moose
The Moose have added another "W" to the list. Last night's game, a painful 11:20pm start, ended with a 3-1 victory.
We had music durring the game for the first time in a very long time. The girl in the box doing scoring and clock played various things durring warmups, and also durring stoppages in play and between periods. Apparently U2 and Green Day (among other groups) are very good for my game. There's something kind of surreal about being on the ice at 12:30 in the morning, listening to Bono sing "Sunday Bloody Sunday," while stopping hockey pucks.
Whatever it was, it worked. I was so focussed on figuring out what some of the songs were (Who was that doing that aweful cover of that old Beatles tune?!?), that I wasn't thinking about what I or the team were doing right or wrong durring all those stops in play. I started the game by stopping a breakaway (made the big Hockey Night in Canada glove save on an old buddy from the other team), and I just never looked back. Turns out I am still a decent goalie, even at this age and out of shape, as long as I don't think about things too hard.
The refs were in a good mood, the other team was good natured, and Baboon was in net for them, which always adds a little pressure for me to step up my game. Baboon was a little off, but he played better than any of their "regular" goalies play; it is Baboon, after all, and anytime you see him at the other end of the ice, you have to worry. We got one on him in the first by picking up the trash in front of the net, and two on him in the second on power plays, but other than that, he was his usual, pain in the ass, self.
I played a great game, and had them shut out until about 1:30 left in the game. They scored on a screen shot that I can't possibly consider my own fault (never saw the shot, it went through 3 people in front of me, and I still got a piece of it before it went in). I'm also not that concerned about the shutout. It's not that useful of a stat; they are often luck as much as skill. What I care about is wins (above all), getting my GAA down (so I know I'm playing well and giving the team a chance), and my own satisfaction and knowledge that I left it all on the ice.
We definitely left it all out there last night. It was a much needed team win after the bad game the other day.
The new stats:
Team GAA: 4.63
My GAA 4.57
Team GFA: 2.36
Record: 3-16-3 (9 points)
We had music durring the game for the first time in a very long time. The girl in the box doing scoring and clock played various things durring warmups, and also durring stoppages in play and between periods. Apparently U2 and Green Day (among other groups) are very good for my game. There's something kind of surreal about being on the ice at 12:30 in the morning, listening to Bono sing "Sunday Bloody Sunday," while stopping hockey pucks.
Whatever it was, it worked. I was so focussed on figuring out what some of the songs were (Who was that doing that aweful cover of that old Beatles tune?!?), that I wasn't thinking about what I or the team were doing right or wrong durring all those stops in play. I started the game by stopping a breakaway (made the big Hockey Night in Canada glove save on an old buddy from the other team), and I just never looked back. Turns out I am still a decent goalie, even at this age and out of shape, as long as I don't think about things too hard.
The refs were in a good mood, the other team was good natured, and Baboon was in net for them, which always adds a little pressure for me to step up my game. Baboon was a little off, but he played better than any of their "regular" goalies play; it is Baboon, after all, and anytime you see him at the other end of the ice, you have to worry. We got one on him in the first by picking up the trash in front of the net, and two on him in the second on power plays, but other than that, he was his usual, pain in the ass, self.
I played a great game, and had them shut out until about 1:30 left in the game. They scored on a screen shot that I can't possibly consider my own fault (never saw the shot, it went through 3 people in front of me, and I still got a piece of it before it went in). I'm also not that concerned about the shutout. It's not that useful of a stat; they are often luck as much as skill. What I care about is wins (above all), getting my GAA down (so I know I'm playing well and giving the team a chance), and my own satisfaction and knowledge that I left it all on the ice.
We definitely left it all out there last night. It was a much needed team win after the bad game the other day.
The new stats:
Team GAA: 4.63
My GAA 4.57
Team GFA: 2.36
Record: 3-16-3 (9 points)
posted by Micah at 1:00 PM
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