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Sunday Clinic

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…

Game 2

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…

Clinic Catch Up

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,…

First 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…

Monday Clinic

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…

Blame it on the Blood Bank

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…

Sunday Skate

RDV had four hours of public skating today, so four 45-minute sessions.  I made it through three of them. I broke each session into two 10-minute skates with a 5-minute break and ending with a 15-minute skate. The first ten…

Monday Clinic

So … yeah … not my most impressive showing at the clinic … On the plus-side, I have a new stick.  The old one was wood, no flex at all and cost $19.99.  New one’s composite, has some flex which…

I’m not the Slowest! (except sometimes)

The skating drill at tonight’s clinic was an important milestone for me: I wasn’t the last one across the ice in one of the drills. Yay! So skating drill tonight was goal-line to blue-line forward, then return backward; then the…