Youth Hockey Player Blogs About his Passion - Ice Hockey
I have Jr. Coyotes practice really early on Saturday morning (YAWN). But when I finish, I am heading to Gilbert to check out the newest ice rink in the valley … Gilbert Polar Ice. They will be laying the ice this Thursday … how cool is that! The rink is on track to open with a party on September 13th. They will have some players from the Phoenix Coyotes there to celebrate the opening. I hope to see you there.
AZ Republic article: Gilbert Ice Skating Rink to open
I played my final game on the Squirt House Saints Team. We lost by one goal. During the game; I kept thinking that I would not be playing any more games with these teammates if we did not win this game, and I would really miss my Coach. It was really painful in the third period when the buzzer sounded and we lost.
The other team had one really hard player, and she scored 4 of their 5 goals (whatever!), and their goalie is my Jr. Coyotes goalie. He’s had so much training lately … I knew he was going to be good today. Our Team Captain managed to pull a hat-trick out of the game, he was awesome. Our goalie was awesome in net, he really deserved to win that game with the amount of saves he had, because they were shooting on him like crazy.
I have made a lot of new friends this season. We each got a championship puck and that was pretty cool!
We played the Rampage again!! This time … we had a full roster, and it made all the difference. Our goalie was amazing in this game, they only got two past him. When we scored first, I thought for sure we would win this one. We ended up losing 2-1 (I got the assist), but at no point did we ever give up. Even with 40 seconds left in the game, and I hit the ice, I thought for sure we could have at least tied the game … no such luck!
We may be facing them again in the championship game in a few weeks and I feel we may actually be able to take them. That would be the best game of the season!
I can’t believe this season is almost over, I had such a blast on the Saints team and have made a lot of new friends. Most of all, I will miss my Coach … he is really good and I love going to his practices. Mrs. Coach (I made up the name) is really cool, she always screams for us!
Go Saints! Win the Championship!
I was very excited to hear the news that the Polar Ice – Gilbert Rink will be opening August 29, 2008. I will be there when the doors open! It will be great to have a rink so close to where I live. I hope that this location will also have power skating and hockey camps, it would be nice not to have to travel far for additional instruction. The Gilbert Rink is currently in the process of fielding Travel B Teams for the Arizona Heat, click the link for details: http://www.azheathockey.com/.
People are shocked when I tell them I am from Arizona and play ice hockey. With the many rinks we have in the state … hockey in the desert should not be kept a secret!
Arizona Republic Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/07/19/20080719gr-icerink0719.html
Rampage Sandwich
Being on a summer league … means occasionally team members go on vacation; our goalie and six players were missing from the lineup last night. That was painful! One of our players volunteered to play goalie (his first time in net) and we had enough players show up that we didn’t have to forfeit the game.
Forfeiting would have been the easy way out here; playing the best team in the league with awesome players, including an awesome goalie! The Saints gave it all they had and held them 11-0.
I had a few opportunities to make it toward their goal; but the photo shows that I was quickly stopped (or sandwiched)! I think I was able to get four shots off, that their goalie saved. Our goalie really stepped up and showed them he was capable; I think they had 40 shots on goal to our six.
I think we are better for playing the Rampage and loosing then just handing them the win. I know I slept really well last night, it was quite a workout!
Here are some highlights from a couple house Squirt games. In the beginning clips we are playing the Express (Blue) then the Admirals (Green). I am having a great time this summer playing for my squirt team. In the game against the Express; I had many shots, but I was shut out. My friend Tristan is the goalie and he is really good. Tristan was having a great night in goal. In the second game we played against the Admirals, I had my first hat trick on the Saints team!
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