Week 7a: Purple vs. the Turtles

My Spring Mixer Jersey Fits!
(see Week 9: Moussaka vs. the Turtles)
(click here to see the game pics)

I had a bye week the previous week, which is why there’s no Week 6 post. On this particular week, I wasn’t scheduled to play until Thursday, but we were so short on skaters that I (foolishly?) volunteered to play. Many of you know that I was a winger long before I played in net, but without recent practice and coaching, I didn’t know what I was doing, so I just tried to get in the other team’s way!

My forward skates felt so wobbly, and I actually have bruises from falling or whatever! Skaters just aren’t protected as well as goalies are! I had even sworn several months back to never skate up ever again, ever since I got hurt at a women’s skate clinic. But we really needed skaters, so I figured, why not? Brian was happy that I’d be able to carry my own bag and that he wouldn’t have to keep stats! I still won’t skate up during the regular season, but I may consider it for something like spring or summer if we’re really desperate.

Well, I was the only sub! (You’ll see in some of the pics that I’m the only one sitting on the bench, while the other team had almost two full lines!) Thank God I’ve been working on my cardio skills, but towards the end of the third period, I thought I was going to die. I don’t know how our defense did it — they were on the ice for the entire game! Not only that, we tied 1 - 1! Go Turtles!