Not that I havent been playing, I just havent been writing

Lets get back on the horse I expose

So,  I have had the pleasure of backstopping the fine players of what was called Velocity, and now rebranded to the "Flying V's". 

Brilliant name by the way seeing that they're probably all old school canuck fans and the new name is not in any way shape or form pertaining to the fact that the team is predominantly female who sport, and I will use a circa 2006 Grey's Anatomy phrase, "Vajayjay's".  Entirely named afer the style of vancouver canuck jersey that looked like giant V's extending from the collar

Anywhoo,

Never played St.Anky before but I could only assume its a bunch of dudes that enjoy shenangians since they named their team after the fictional beer company in the movie SuperTroopers.

How did it go...

First Period:

What ever summer rust I had built up got knocked off via the thwarting of 22 St.Anky shots that were fired my way.  So much for easing back into the crease.  The ladies and gentlemen of Flying V's countered with 15 of their own.  Nothing tickled any twine.  Cooler heads prevailed.  Thats 'bout it for the first frame

Second Period:

St.Anky opened the scoring 3 min in from a marvelously placed pass by our own player.  He should have tried to chisel a secondary off it and get onto St.Anky's stats page but the only assist awarded was to their #43.  Looking at the score sheet the scorer's name is Ian Guss.  My dads name is Ian Angus.  Its kinda like dudes parents just smooshed my dads first and middle names together.  Not really relevant to the game, but nifty enough to mention.  Back to the game, Leanna tied the game back up about a minute later from a dazzling close in passing play via the tidy work of Mel Woolger and Melissa Kueber.  Everyone was still on their best "first game of the winter season" behaviour as no penalties were awarded in this frame as well.  St.Anky fired 20 more shot my way and the Flying V's countered with 16

Third Period:

My legs and cardio (assuming cardio is that rap crooner lady) was done about midway 2nd period so I was running on fumes at this point.  Disaster struck with 2:33 left as St.Anky #44 did his best homeplate slide and got back the St.Anky lead.  I neither had the energy nor will to get in front of that, and am man enough to admit it.  Game done right? Wrong!  With a minute left I heard my named called and the D gate opened.  I got on the bench just in time to see the 6th skater aid in a mess that ended with a puck on Tate Jeffery's stick and shortly there after in the net.  Isn't it great when things work out?  And off to the shootout we go!

It took 5 rounds of the shootout to finalize this one for the Flying V's thanks mainly to the plain dumb luck that surrounded me the whole game.  Dude whiffed on his deke and the Flying V's claim first victory of the season.

Other Gator News:

I had a rabbits foot jammed up my buttocks this game on account of several instances that could have ended up in the net that didnt.

Melissa won the "So Happy To Be Here" award if there was one.  Cant honestly think of an instance where someone was just so gosh darn happy to be playing hockey again.

Supertroopers is a great movie

Winning doesnt suck