“Don’t Go Down or You’ll be a Sponge” — The Ref
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I asked him what he meant, and he said that the ice was still wet, even after it was Zamboni’d. The problem was, it remained wet for the entire game! Later, even one of the Blue players told me that during the third period, she tapped the ice with her stick blade and it actually rippled! When I skated up on Monday, I knew I was coming down with a sinus infection, but this absolutely did not help. I was already on antibiotics and the doctor (not my regular PCP, who was on vacation) assured me that I’d feel better by the weekend, but I didn’t — and it was the weekend of the Puck Cancer Cup! I was sopping wet by the end of this game.
Anyway, we were short about two skaters this game and actually had to borrow a couple of people from the other team. One is jersey #35, and the other is wearing a blank but green jersey.
We had a lot of penalties this game; I have no idea what for, but they had nothing to do with me!
As usual, we put the pressure on in the third period so the final score was 4 – 3, not in our favor. I wonder why we wait until the last period to do that?
Brian
i hate it when the rink’s a lake! argh!
You’re telling me! My pants looked like a loaded diaper by the end of this game!