Today was shinny day, and we also had to contend with a pretty decent-sized snowfall. When I was brushing my car off to leave for hockey, the snow was coming down nearly as fast as I was clearing it. A taxi nearly collided with my car as I was coming out of a side street, but then again, taxis are not known for either using snow tires, or driving very carefully.
Probably because of the weather, it was a small turnout, only seven skaters per side and one goalie, so we brought out the shooter tutor. Generally when there's only one goalie we play with the "hit the post, off the ground" rule. The shooter tutor sure gives up a lot of rebounds!
It was not a good hockey day for me. I missed some easy passes and subsequently the guys stopped passing to me. I was wearing dark today, and the other guys on my side frequently play together in some league, so they gel really well, and the rest of us are kind of outsiders. It's not as noticeable when there are more people there. Sometimes I wear white but I try to avoid it most of the time, so I don't have to play with Mr. Red Dog (who now has a new, still white, jersey), the biggest puck hog in the universe.
However, I'm not actually too upset about my mediocre performance, which is pretty cool, because a couple of days ago I might have really let it get me down. Let's count the positives: I got out of the building in the middle of an otherwise blah day, skated hard, had some fun, saw an old friend (a retiree who decided to come to shinny in spite of the weather), scored during warm-up by faking out the goalie (first successful fake EVER), fell on my a** for no real reason which caused some good-natured snickering all around me. It was good to get out and onto the ice, and be with other humans, even with the snowfall warning.
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