Tri-Valley

The boys played a close game against Tri Valley this weekend. This was a really even game with 20 shots against for both teams...the final score was 2-1 Blackhawks. Cross and Dustin were the 2 stars of the game.

What only 2 Stars!?!?! What's up with that??? We won the game and played OK but the boys continued their lackluster performance that started the night before at practice. We were skating slow and letting the Blue Devils beat us to pucks. Cross and Dustin did a great job stealing this game away from Tri Valley by coming up big on a couple of saves.

Winning is great but the more important issue is...Are we achieving the goals we set for ourselves before the game? The goals for this game were: 1. Skate Fast 2. Stick to puck and 3. Get the puck to the net. We did OK on #3, we did a really good job on #2 and frankly we stunk on #1. The most important goal of them all and we missed it by a mile.

The good news is as we get prepared for Silver Sticks this Thanksgiving Weekend the boys look much better. They skated hard on Sunday at practice and we had a great practice last night... so let's hope they are ready when we face the Jr Sharks on Wednesday. As is the custom with our Mites we picked captains based on who was working the hardest at practice and showing leadership on the ice. Our captains for the Silver Stick campaign are: Bryan, Cameron and Anthony. Great job guys...remember captains lead by example, hard work, hustle and heart are the keys to being a captain.

Cheers,
Kevin