Winter Hockey

The Renegades have played four hockey games so far in March, with mixed results.  Back at the beginning of the month, on March 3rd, we played the Clansmen at Terwillegar Arena.  We found ourselves down by a score of 6-1, midway through the second period.  But we rallied and scored eight straight goals and went on to win the game 9-7.

On March 10th we played a game against the Moose at Canadian Athletic Club and fell by a score of 10-4.  We have not been able to beat these guys all season and will probably face them in the playoffs.  We are going to have to find a way to do it if we want to advance past the first playoff round.

On March 15th we played a game against the last place team, the Bastards, at Bill Hunter Arena.  We won a lop-sided game by the score of 10-1.

Then on March 17th we played the Shredders at Grand Trunk Arena and lost a close one by a score of 6-4.  We had a backup goalie in for this game as we wanted to qualify one for playoff eligibility, just in case.

As if that wasn't enough hockey the team also signed up to play in a spring tournament out at the River Cree Resort in west Edmonton.  We played on Friday night and again on Saturday afternoon, with a team consisting of 12 of our regular players plus a few extra friends and co-workers.  Our first game on Friday night against a team called the Punishers was fairly close with the lead changing hands a few times through the first part of the game.  We ended up losing by a score of 7-3.  Then on Saturday afternoon we played a young team of mostly Junior players called the 4 Pac Battalion.  We were told their average age was 22, while our team has an average age of well over 35.  We simply could not keep up with these young guys and lost by a score of 10-1.  This eliminated us from the double knock out round robin so we retreated to the lounge to console ourselves.  It was a fun weekend and gives us a good tune up going into our playoffs.

We have one more regular season game left on Tuesday against the Wolfpac but have already secured a spot in the post season.  The playoffs will start right after Easter.  This will be the Spring Break week so hopefully we have enough players around to fill the roster for our first couple of games.