The last weekend before Christmas saw most teams missing players and in Brandyn's case it provided a dream come true. Don't ask me why but he wants to be a goalie. He came close to quitting hockey if he couldn't be a goalie but we came to a compromise where he practices with the goalies in the hopes of being prepared to take on the loneliest position in hockey next season.
With far less practice than even he knew he needs, he got his chance to play a game as the team's goalie was away for the holidays. He ended up with 20 saves in 23 shots and a tie, but really wasn't challenged by the older lines. Two breakaways against the older kids saw a nice pad save and a missed call by the ref as the clank off the back part of the net was misread by the ref and not counted. Well they say you have to be lucky to be good...
Sunday saw our annual Christmas party complete with a visit from Santa and Wolfie, the LU Thunderwolves mascot who is always a hit with the kids. A parent donated an iPad to our Shelter House food drive and along with a huge pile of food we collected $225 which will be donated as well. Lots of new people expressed their happiness with the league as we skated and chatted. We've got a few more weekends of regular season games and then the playoffs will kick off in late January. Fore the next few weeks I'm going to enjoy a break from the rink.
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| lining up to meet Santa |
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| Wolfie might need a new tail |
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| showing off my Hero of Play Team Canada jersey |
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