Another season of hockey started last night.  I’m still playing with a few of the same guys from last season, whom I’ve played with for years now, but most of the guys are new teammates.  We’ve moved up a division, and the speed increase is pretty noticeable and a nice change.  Our team is partly sponsored by the Hockey Guild, which I hope will provide some opportunities in the future for other teams and/or tournaments.

Our game last night started off really well, even though many players on our team have never played together.  We had a few quick goals to take an early lead.  Eventually the other team started scoring, but we never lost the lead.  I had a nice shot from the point (playing defense again) that another player tipped up for one of our earlier goals.  When it came down to the third period, we started to lose some of our momentum and eventually the game was tied with just over two minutes to play.

Then, one of the referees called a weak penalty on us, which most felt should have let slide in such a close game.  The other team took full advantage of their power-play to get another goal and take the lead with around a minute to play.  We tried our best to tie it up again, but it didn’t happen.  Despite the loss, I felt our new team played really well and we will only improve from here.  I believe we have a week off already, so hopefully we can all remember how to play at our next game.