Summer Hockey

I haven't reported much about my Renegades Hockey Team this summer.... mostly because we aren't doing all that well.  The regular season just came to an end a few days ago and we finished with a record of 6 wins, 11 loses and 2 overtime losses.  We had a total of 77 goals for and 116 against, with 140 penalty minutes.  This put us solidly in 7th place, out of 8 teams.  Only a team called the Turning Point finished with a record worse than ours.  Of the six wins, two were against the Turning Point, and two were against the Raccoons.  The Raccoons finished just barely ahead of us in 6th place.  We had one win early in the season against a team called the Ice Dogs, who finished in the top three.  We also had a win against a team called the Rhinos, that got moved down out of the division.

Needless to say our hopes weren't all that high when the playoffs got underway last Thursday.  We were starting a best of three series against the second place team called the Edmonton Capitals.  But, we played a solid game and had a 3-0 lead going into the third period.  The Capitals were getting frustrated and started taking some penalties.  With two of their guys in the box, and nine minutes left on the clock a big brawl broke out.  Two guys on each team ended up getting ejected with misconduct penalties and suspensions.  We ran out of ice time and the clock switched to run time as the officials sorted out the mess.  By the time they dropped the puck there was less than two minutes left and we coasted to victory.  

It's highly likely that game two, which will be played tomorrow night, will be a rough and physical affair.  We are ready for it and hope to take another winning streak into the playoffs, like we did in the spring when we won the winter season.  Stay tuned.....