Monday Clinic

by | 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,...

Clinic Catch Up

by | Apr 15, 2012 | clinic, fall, injury, pain

There was no Sunday clinic last week (4/8) because the rink was closed for Easter.  Monday’s clinic ended abruptly in the following manner. After a brief skating drill, the first puck drill was to carry the puck from the goal-line, down the ice to the other zone,...

Equipment Review

by | Apr 3, 2012 | equipment

So having used it all for a while and now finally played a game, it seems like a good idea to review my equipment and see what I’m happy with and what I’m not.  Maybe decide what order to upgrade things in. Skates Bauer Vapor X:50 – not a single complaint about...

First Game

by | Apr 2, 2012 | fall, game

So a month and change shy of my forty-fifth birthday, I play my first hockey game. It. Was. Awesome. I haven’t had so much fun in a long time.  But, damn, having the clinic and game on the same night makes for a long night.  Six-plus hours. 6:00 30-minutes...

Monday Clinic

by | Apr 2, 2012 | clinic

This week’s clinic got off to a rocky start.  The regular goalie was out of town, but no one at the rink knew to find a replacement and the Zamboni dumped a lake of water on the ice – so we got a late start waiting for the water to freeze and spent half the...