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Game 3, 07-08: Fighting Squirrels 2, Tigers Orange 3

Friday, October 26th, 2007

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This Rink Was So Cold . . .
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. . . you could actually see the fog or vapor or whatever it was rising to the ceiling! I was just glad that I was on the ice the whole time so my feet wouldn’t have a chance to get cold while sitting on the bench waiting for a shift. This is probably the rink with the worst conditions we’ve ever played in, and not just temperature-wise. Some of the actual painted lines on the ice were missing, including most of the crease on one end of the ice!

But who cares about all that, when we got our first win of the season — and on the road, no less! We celebrated afterwards by going to a local tavern where I actually had fried mozzarella sticks and a Coke! Although this game took place on October 14, 2007, I believe I’m paying for eating that now.

Brian

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Game 2, 07-08: Tigers Orange 0, the University of Chicago Maroons 7

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

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No Save, No Goal, Went Wide
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My worst game so far this season, but I shook it off. Although U of C had plenty of skaters that were about the same level as most of ours, they had a few big guns who scored most of the goals, though I did stop some of them!

Since the season began, I’ve used a different stick for each practice and each game, but I’ve finally found one I like. Maybe they would have scored less if I’d kept my blade on the ice more; maybe not. It’s something for me to concentrate on, anyway. I know I tend to lift my stick when I go down, sort of halfway placing the paddle (the wide part of a goalie stick) parallel to the ice, which I used to do, but not quite doing so anymore because I’m trying to keep the blade on the ice — what I was taught to do in the Instructional League I attended over the spring/summer.

At this point, we’d only had one practice and played in one game all season, so we’re still trying to come together as a team. Overall, considering what we were up against, we were satisfied with our performance. :smile:

Brian

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Game 1, 07-08: Tigers Orange 0, Fighting Squirrels 1

Monday, October 15th, 2007

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What a Save!
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Our season opener, at home! Too bad we lost, but at least the margin was low. The Fighting Squirrels were the team we played against in our very first game last year but at their rink, and we were spanked 8-1 (see “Game One, 06-07: Tigers Orange 1, Fighting Squirrels 8”)! This year, both teams were evenly matched.

However, the heresay is that we should have won, or at the very least tied this game because the other goalie supposedly pushed out a goal or two. Because there was only one ref instead of the usual two, she didn’t see what happened. This was our fault; as the rookie Tigers team, we didn’t realize we were supposed to schedule refs for home games since the Blue and White teams’ managers took care of it for us last year! As it was, we were lucky to get even one referee at the last minute.

Still, most of our new team members are either just learning how to skate, if not the game and its rules. We had few of last year’s veterans in attendance, and even if we did, we’re still getting used to playing together — I mean, we only had two practices before our first game! So this was a great start to our season!

Brian

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Puck Cancer Game 4: The Tigers vs. the Ice Hawks

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

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Finally!
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The One Where Most of Us Were Looking at Brian's CameraFinally! The last Puck Cancer game post! This was the consolation game for the two teams who finished last in their respective divisions and took place on Sunday, August 13, 2007. The Ice Hawks came all the way from Cleveland and like us, placed 4th in the second of two beginner/novice divisions. Like the game against the Talons (see “Puck Cancer Game 3″), this one was really, really close, the team was close to our skill level, and was a lot of fun to play, even though we lost. And we were ahead for most of the game, too! Oh, well. Click on the small picture to a larger version of the 2007 Tigers Puck Cancer Team. #95 is missing because she had a roller hockey championship she was also playing in and #5 isn’t in the picture because she was hurt in the last game, but luckily not badly.

Brian

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Puck Cancer Game 3: The Talons vs. the Tigers

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

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Just Missed!
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This game, which took place on August 11, 2007, was a really good one — the score was so close, even though we didn’t win. The teams were really evenly matched, and they were just a fun team to play against. If you look at the series of pictures that precede the one above, it really looks like the Talons’ #68 scored a goal, but in this and the following pics no one on the other team is celebrating and the scoreboard remained the same from before this picture to the end of the album. So I must have made a superhot kick save! :mrgreen:

The only unfortunate thing is that for some reason, we’re missing the pictures from the first and second periods, maybe because we played another game earlier that day and things just got lost in cyberspace? I don’t know. Oh, well — it was a lot of fun, and the Orange team will be playing a few games against them this coming season!

Brian

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