...Now You Know (coda)

Yes we did! The Truckers won the championship Sunday night 11-6. We were up 8-2 going into the third when the team kind of relaxed and gave up some cheap goals. We finally had our full line up and are quite deadly with all the pieces in place. For the goalie report:

- Movement: Very good. I got my skates cut by a real pro and it made a huge difference. All of my pushes were strong and it kept me in position all night.

- Rebound Control: Mixed. For the most part I did not let up too many dangerous rebounds, but their 2nd goal could be interpreted as a rebound. I in fact played very strong in the crease and stopped many 2nd and third chance opportunities (demonstrating at least some level of control).

- Puck Handling: Poor. Another gaffe. Fortunately it didn't cost me. When will it end?

- Endurance: Strong. Again I felt like I could play forever and did not feel fatigued despite several extended plays.


Goals/Saves:

- Goal 1: Low post blocker-side. It was a bang-bang-bang play from behind the net. Went to a guy in the slot and he buried it before I could extend over.
- Goal 2: Unfortunate bounce off a grounder towards my shin blocker-side that ramped up over my stick, blocker, elbow and shoulder. Shrug (pun).
- Goal 3-6: None of these really stand out. There were several breakdowns by my team that lead to ridiculous scoring opportunities. As stated earlier, the game was over by this point.

- Save: Extended right toe save on a slapshot while body was going slightly left.
- Save: Left shoulder shrug off of a wrist shot from the low slot. Tracked rebound to left leg and made 2 additional tough saves.
- Save: Sprawling reverse blocker save swatted to the left followed by a left toe save. Not really sure how I did this?

They offered me the game puck, but I declined as it was a team effort throughout the season. I even got some very positive comments about my play from the other team at the after party (they apparently frequent the same bar as our team). I feel very good about the season (obviously) and look forward to what lies ahead for us. I'm also re-evaluating some of my training to hopefully produce even better results in the future. "You asked yourself if all the pain and sacrifice is worth it..."(D.C. al Coda)