Blue closed out the season tonite with another win - the third in a row in another solid effort. Post game, the jerseys were thrown in a heap, torches to be past to a new set of blue warriors who will wear them on Saturday at the season finale. We all agreed it was a …
Category: Hey Oldtimer
What Makes a Great Hockey Team?
Good refreshments. And so, with the White team gelling nicely via email this week in anticipation of Saturday's season close-out tournament, the talk was decidedly around who was bringing what to the rink to replenish the machine between games. I'm almost embarrassed to say that I don't think Martha Stewart could have planned this …
True Blue
Some games are painfully difficult, some are wonderfully simple. You'll note I didn't use the word "easy" to define the opposite of difficult. No game is ever easy for an old-timer. Let's leave it at simple. Tonight's game was a good example of simple. Red has owned us the last few times we played them, …
Let The Tournament Begin
The much anticipated email from the freshly-minted captains of this year's end-of-year WOHL tourney were sent yesterday. And the verdict is...White is the new Blue. Yes, I'll be trading in my blue sweater for a white one late Thursday night. White looks solid, really solid. As much as I'll have blue tatooed on my chest …
A go-to Beer
Heard an interesting comment from a fellow player recently. We were discussing the joy one gets from a post-game beer. Now this cat is one who knows, and loves, beer. I forget which one he was describing (I am an oldtimer after all and this conversation didn't happen today) but he called it his "go-to …
Happiness
It was a crazy long hard weekend of work. Not many hours sleep and a fair bit of angst that go hand-in-hand with a large system conversion I have been working on with a client. Monday, the morning-after, is always ugly even when such an event goes well and today was no exception. However, …
Down Goes Blue
Red took us down tonite 5-3. We'll be ready next time. We may have to make a move at the trade deadline though as they appear to have been built just to beat us as we start to see the Golden Boot on the horizon.
When Your Mom Dresses You
Last night's game for Blue had an interesting twist before we even hit the ice. We were clearly missing a few player moments before the game, a development that seemed a little weird given that the missing warriors had not informed me they would be away. Suddenly the door opened and in came the two …
Down Goes Blue
We played hard and fought back from being down early but the pumpkins had us on this night and we lost 4-3. Hate those guys. Chad the new guy (sparing for someone) felt really bad that he took two penalties. I mean he felt really bad and must have apologized six times. We all …
The New Guy
I played pickup with a gang in St. Jacob's last night. I've played with these guys once or twice before but that was a couple of years back and I definitely felt like the new guy in the room. However, being the new guy isn't all bad. You get to listen to a bunch of …
Rink Tales 