I just wanted to say, Great game last night!
For those of you who missed it we played a combo team very similar to ours comprised of Hawks D and developmental players. We started off kind of ugly because your goaltender (me!), lifted her stick off the ice to let in a gently pushed puck! But things got better from there! The ice was pretty bad following public skating and players from both teams were falling a lot. Our team just got up and played while the other team cried that one of us hurt them! haha. They even took down Helen's number....not sure what they planned on doing with it! Helen is such a goon! Stella and LeBlanc from the other team seemed to find each other on the ice and run into each other all the time. The ref even stopped play once to say that it was just a case of losing footing as the Hawk player complained. She seemed to fall down whenever anyone got near her. Anyway, we did a great job of not retaliating or complaining. The result was a 2-2 tie.
So, here are some highlights of the game. I will try to remember what I saw from the net that was just awesome to see........the team really improved as the game went on.
Beth did the best forechecking she has done yet.....constantly on the puck.....I think you are more confident in your skating!
Karen stopped worrying that she couldn't stop and just went for it! She stole the puck several times and got her first goal! She and Poptart had one great 2 on 1 where Karen made a beautiful pass to Poptart who took a really nice shot. (the goalie made a great save on it)
Jenna did a great job on breaking out the puck from the wing. She remembered to come lower on the boards to help out the D and also forechecked in the corners coming up whit the puck several times.
Margie took the puck in and shot and went end to end passing everyone to knock the puck away just as the Hawk's player was about to shoot!
Lisa also got the hang of forechecking and positioned herself perfectly for a pass from Helen for her first goal!
Poptart was a good sport and humored me by playing center. She was awesome there. The perfect mix of offense and defense. My favorite play was when the girl in the pink gloves knocked her down and literally skated right over her!
Rosie played a great defensive game. When I looked up she was always there covering the girl in the slot. Sometimes it is hard for centers to get there. She also really hustled to get the puck in the offensive zone.
Helen, the brute of the game, set up both goals with rushes up the ice and caused much upset from the opposing team by having a girl fall down next to her! haha!
Marybeth made some rushes with the puck into the offensive zone to create more offense and did a great job on defensive positioning.
Stella kept #27 on the ice the whole game! haha! She did a great job of having her head up on the break out and finding the wing or center to get the puck out of the zone.
Linda also made one of those great back checks catching up to their player just as she was about to shoot! you have no idea what a relief that is to a goalie!
Becky played a solid game and had great control of the puck bringing it into the offensive zone under control creating great offensive attacks.
Billie made several great forechecks stealing the puck from their defense and creating plays from that by finding our open player or skating with the puck to an open space.
And last, but not least Julia! Julia skated with the puck with confidence. She made some moves to deke their players to get the puck out of the zone. She came low on the boards for the break out and looked to make a pass to our center.
When you put all of these things together it shows why the game was successful. The team improved tons during the game. It was great to see you taking what you learned in practice and using it in the game. Everyone should be proud of how she played. There wasn't one person who had a bad game. I hope that it was fun! It shows what aggressiveness and team work can do!
Good luck on your Sunday games! Play with that kind of intensity and you will do great!
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