Week 9: Moussaka vs. the Turtles

Glove Save!
OK, I did drop it, but recovered the puck and froze it.
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I took my own advice and wore a practice jersey that I know fits. However, I thought we were the home team and wore a white jersey. Oops. It’s been over a month since we played Moussaka (Purple), and last time we tied 3 - 3, so you can imagine how disappointed I was to lose after the victory in Week 8: The Blue Angels vs. Pink Floyd. I thought we lost 5 - 3, but the final score was 5 - 4, so it was a close game. We were behind by one all game, and I was pulled in the last 30 seconds.

Of course I beat myself up about my performance, even though Moussaka members complimented me on my game. It didn’t make me feel any better then, but it does now. I mean, you all know how hard I am on myself, and for the other team to tell me I did well is a real compliment. Also they had some really good subs playing for them, but I still held my own.

I’m disappointed that I can’t quite get the butterfly thing going, but I guess I just have to find the right buckle holes on my new pads. Well, and practice, of course.

First Period: A Moussaka player skated towards me along the stick side circle, then shot across and scored on my glove side. We ended the period with a 1 - 1 tie.

Second Period: The second goal came from a shooter coming at me from the stick side circle. I almost stopped the shot by pressing my glove arm against my body, but the puck squeezed through the 11-hole, anyway.

Their third goal was from a rebound in front of the net, and one of the Moussaka players poked it past my glove side. I was down, but I just couldn’t reach across the crease quickly enough. NOTE TO SELF: practice lateral movement.

Second period score was 3 - 2.

Third Period: Moussaka’s fourth goal was a 2-on-1 (two opposing skaters against one of our defense), with the first skater coming up on my glove side trailed by our defender. I was hugging the post as the Moussaka skater moved towards my glove-side corner, but she then shot the puck across to a teammate parked in front of the net for a one-timer. According to Brian, I moved well, but it was an easy shot for the second shooter.

I was on my own for the final goal, which was scored on a breakaway that was a 1-on-0 (one skater; no defense). The shooter came up on my glove side, I went down too early I think, and she scored on a low shot on my stick side. NOTE TO SELF: practice lateral movement.

With 30 seconds left in the game, I was pulled so we could have six skaters on the ice to try to tie the game, but unfortunately, we didn’t. At least Moussaka didn’t score an empty-net goal!

Final Score: Moussaka 5, The Turtles 4.

For stats abbreviation key, see below.

KEY
GP: (# of) games played
GA: goals against (shots I let in)
GAA: goals against average (GA divided by GP)
S: shots against (how many shots I faced)
Sv %: (S minus GA divided by S)
W: wins
L: losses
T: ties
W %: win percentage (W divided by GP)
SO: shutouts (when you don’t let in any goals at all the entire game–or like in the 3rd period when I didn’t let in any goals, that’s considered a shutout period, but don’t count in stats)