Shutout baby! I added another win this weekend with a 5-0 decision. I did have some help from my posts though. There were two shots that beat me but rang off the post. My team is now in a three way tie for 1st with a 4-2 record. This is the same team that went 0-14-1-1 last season. Get some!

I am improving! I’ve got 5 wins and only 2 losses this season (although 2 of those wins came while subbing for a different team). I just missed getting a shutout last weekend. My GAA is an ultra low (for me) 3.40 right now. I am #3 of 6 goalies in that stat category. Get some baby!

I got my new mask this weekend. It fits nice and snug. Unfortunately I have found that it does not significantly help my play… DAMN! Anyways, it looks just like the image below except it’s solid black in color.

I went all of last season without a win. My record was 0-14-1-1. Ouch! Well, my losing streak has finally ended. The new season opened up this past weekend and I picked up my first win. I quite nearly had a shutout with a final score of 3-1.

A GAA of 1.00? Yeah… that’s right!

Photos are rolling in from the recent tournament. There are some really good photos. I hope to get my hands on a few of them. For now I have the team photos…

We had a 3 on 3 tournament this weekend. It was quite a bit larger than the last one. There was 16 teams involved in 4 different tiers (A,B,C,C). I signed up to play in net for both C divisions and play out in the A division. Turned out to be true iron man hockey for me. The tournament started at 3:45. I was on the ice in net for 9 consecutive games. I only had two 20 minute breaks in the first 5 hours of the tournament. Crazy but fun! I made it to the championship game with one of my teams but unfortunately we lost. Results looked like:

Storm: W(15-4), L(5-3), L(7-2), L(4-1)

Giants: L(11-4), OTL(4-3), W(6-5), W(5-3), L(8-4)

Immediately after that I changed gear and played for the A division where we failed to make the finals. I didn’t end up leaving the rink until 3:00 AM. What a day! If only every Saturday could be like that!

A friend from one of my teams is a professional photographer. He was at the rink all day taking photos of all the action. He sent me a few photos from my games. These shots are unbelievable! Supposedly I made the save on both of these although I don’t believe that I could possibly have gotten my glove on the first. However, he says he has the shots right after and I did indeed make the save. I’ll go with it….

I had my game taped for week 9… a horrible game it was. I guess that’s the best type of game to have taped when you are looking to learn from the video. I got rocked for 9 goals and most of them were pretty soft. I spotted a lot of stupid things that i am doing. Now I just need to correct them. I’ll see if I can’t edit that video and put some of the most humuliating clips up.

Week 10 was a bit better but still another loss. Probably my last chance to get a win this season as we were playing the second to last place team (the one just above us). I had a guy crash the net and collide pretty hard with me. Hit me directly on the top of my bum shoulder. I’ve got a pain that I’ve never felt before so I’ll likely be heading to the orthopedic surgeon in the next week or so.

Not as good as I had hoped this week. As usual, another loss. This was a 6-0 loss against the second place team. I let in two soft goals. One, a slapper from the point found some way underneath my leg pad and the other was just me thinking I had something in my glove when it was behind me being poked into the net. I got a chance to come out and play the puck tonight and show off my stick handling skills. Oh yeah… Marty Turco biyatch! At the end of the game the puck was sent back towards my zone with about 5 seconds left. I was going to skate up to center ice with the puck and attempt to launch it but I ran out of time. Anyways, that reminds me of an awesome YouTube clip… check it out! 

Next weeks game is against the first place (undefeated) team. They regularly cream their opponents with double digits so I’ve got to be solid.

I received a funny photo via e-mail today! Take a look at the size difference between myself and Dave (guy pictured). Dave is actually a goalie on our A team (Chiefs).  The dude is huge! I am even in my “big boy suit” and I still look like nothing next to him. HA!

OH! Got my skates today… they are all sharpened and ready for a morning skate tomorrow.