When Everything Goes Right :)

Irondale...
Pee Wee's tend to be a little crazier then Bantams, and definitely crazier then the women! But for some reason, when it comes down to crunch time, they step it up. We did our outside warm-ups, and the boys were a "little" unfocused. That carried into putting on the skates, but once we began our pre-game pump-up speech, they were silent. Prepared. Ready. Wanting to win the game. We step on the ice, and all the boys look to Brandon and I in amazement. "Coach! Do you see those guys, they're huge".

But my gosh, that didn't stop our team. We had the best first and second period we have ever had. The puck was in our offensive zone for probably 10 of the 12 minutes in the first period (shots on goal, us 11, them 1). In the second period, we took it up another notch with 5 goals. However, in the third I wanted to try a different forcheck (which I corrected back right away) to a 3-1-1. Didn't work. We didn't score any goals in the third. Their team came back hard in the third. Many, many, many cheap shots (no comment on how they had 0 penalties), Irondale got some shots on net, but overall we kept them from scoring.

Final score: Minneapolis-Park 6, Irondale 0
GOOD JOB ANDY ON THE SHUT OUT!

The boys have two days off, followed by a Saturday practice (which will probably be one of the toughest practices of the year) and then a Sunday game against the B1 team in our association. The boys better be prepared to play their best. We aren't looking for what the scoreboard says but how they play. If they play their best, I know they will do well.

Saturday is also picture day, so everyone look pretty!