Sunday Clinic

by | 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...

Game 2

by | 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...

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,...

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 | Mar 27, 2012 | clinic, equipment, exercise, fall

Tonight’s clinic was a lot of fun and I’m happy with my performance, despite a number of falls.  Since the falls were because I was pushing things, I’m good with that. Skating drill started with coach putting us on the goal-line and having us crouch as low as we...

Blame it on the Blood Bank

by | Feb 21, 2012 | clinic, fall

So … Monday night clinic … yeah … Not a good performance this week.  I knew going in that it would be bad, but had no idea, really. Last week I donated blood.  And it was a double-red donation, so they took twice as many red-blood cells as a regular donation...