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Squirt House has come to an end

August 25, 2008 By murphyhockey Leave a Comment

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!

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Saints Game August 2008

August 5, 2008 By murphyhockey Leave a Comment

Saints Game August 2008

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!

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Recent Game Highlights – Murph gets Hat Trick!

June 27, 2008 By murphyhockey Leave a Comment

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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Power Skating with Holly Harrington

June 11, 2008 By murphyhockey 1 Comment

I am back skating at Polar Ice on Tuesday nights. I started Power Skating weekly at the Polar Ice rink in Chandler when I was four. I went almost every week for three years (I went to Florida for a year). Holly Harrington is now the Power Skating Instructor. She is tough but she is one on the best in the Valley. My first Travel Hockey Coach from the Polar Bears, Tim Hedquist told me when I first started playing hockey that if I wanted to be a great hockey player, I needed to be a great skater first.

I tell new players that are just starting out and want to play travel, they really need to work on skating in addition to regular practice. The best place to become a better skater is at a weekly power skating class.

Here is some video from Holly’s Power Skating Class last night