The winning streak came to an end at five games. Earlier tonight the Renegades faced off against a team called StAnkey. We played these guys once in the past and beat them, but this time around their lineup was totally different, and they had a lot of really good players.
We had a short bench with only 11 skaters and a goalie. I can't use that as an excuse because our oppenents had a short bench too. In fact I think they probably one or two fewer players than we did. It is such a challenge to be able to put together a roster and get guys out to play hockey at this time of year. The Christmas just around the corner there are many guys at Christmas parties and out of town for the holidays. I had 13 players turn me down and say that they wre unavailable for this game, with a couple even cancelling just hours before game time.
We did not have our best players out, and many of us were tired and not really in the mood to play. We ended up being soundly beaten by a score of 8-3, in a penalty filled game. Not really the way that we wanted to close out the year, but at least we are still clinging to second place in our division. There is a bit of a break over the holidays, and we don't play again until early January. Hopefully at that point I can line up a full bench and get a better effort.
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