by sutherland | May 15, 2012 | florida, kayaking, keys
With a new car that gets much better mileage than my V8 Mountainer (even if a 16’ boat on 14’ Prius does look a bit silly), I can now worry more about where I want to paddle than how much it will cost me to get there and back. Since Orlando to Key Largo costs about...
by sutherland | May 6, 2012 | clinic, equipment, fall
I made it through about half of today’s clinic before leaving the ice with an equipment problem. First we started off skating the face-off dots forward – two reps of that, then another two reps carrying a puck. With the puck, I concentrated on either keeping my...
by sutherland | Apr 29, 2012 | clinic
Today’s clinic started with a High-Low drill: Two skaters from the goal-line along either side. Take the puck around cones set on the face-off dots – either far or near, depending on which side you’re starting from – then into the zone for a shot. We ran this...
by sutherland | Apr 17, 2012 | fall, game, pain
So game number two for me, after skipping last week due to taking an ass to the groin. Even strength teams tonight and we lost 3-4 in overtime. I wasn’t on the ice for any goals against and was out there for one of our goals, so I feel better about my...
by sutherland | Apr 17, 2012 | clinic
Only seven skaters at the start and eleven when the late arrivals finally showed, so Coach went easy on us as far as the end-to-end skating went. Tonight we stayed around the net, practicing deflections. First off, taking position between the goal and the point,...