Couple More Hockey Games

Played a game last Monday and another one last night. The Monday game we lost 7-4 after making a bit of a come back. However we had a bit of a lapse for 5 minutes in which time the team score like another 3 goals. I really felt that we were starting to gel as a team though, and the more our endurance increases I think the better we will do. The team on Monday had to call a timeout because we had the puck in their zone for a good 10 minutes straight in the second half, simply because we were outskating them. Myself personally still was having troubles playing the puck on Monday, it is a lot different than a ball.

Yesterday we won our game 5-4 to even our regular season record at 1-1. I played a lot stronger of a game with a goal and an assist, but more importantly I think I am finally starting to get a feel for the puck. I shortend my stick by about an inch which I think has help out a lot as well, as it is giving me more control. My goal came on a nice cross ice pass that I pounded into the net. My assists happened just as I got on the ice from a change, the puck was just sitting in front of me so I picked it up and sent it cross ice where we scored from. Probably my best play of the night happened when I picked up a puck on the left side, I made a nice move around the one defensemen then sent a pass through the other defensemans legs cross rink to my linemate who just missed it.

Anyway I need to work on winning faceoffs, I think I have maybe won one faceoff this whole time, pretty pathetic.