Week 7b: The Turtles vs. Blue

“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?

First Period: There was a loose puck in front of the net, thanks to the the crummy ice conditions, and I was scored on via my glove side post. The second goal was from a rebound — I made the first save, but I don’t know where my defense was so Blue had a wide open shot. My only consolation is that an advanced Blue defense(wo)man, Kristen, made a slapshot from near the blue line right into my chest, and I stopped it — remembered to cross my arms and hold the puck to my chest.

First period score: Turtles 0, Blue 2.

Second Period: There was a turnover in front of the net; a Blue player shot it and scored low, stick side.

Second period score: Turtles 0, Blue 3.

Third Period: #37 - Cabby made a great shot while in a scrum in front of the net and scored high, stick side. I should have yelled, “Screen!” but on second thought, who would I have yelled it to? It seemed like everyone was in front of the net.

Final Score: Turtles 3, Blue 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)