The Season Begins

Before the game I told all the players that it would be highly unlikely that our young team would go undefeated this season. The feedback I am getting is that no other team has as many 5th and sixth graders playing.

Today we lost a game. Couple of little mental errors in the first period. But if you looked closer and really paid attention, you see how well we really did today.

Every young team comes out nervous in the first few minutes of the first game of the season. We did too. But our team was not overwhelmed. Down 2 goals we adjusted quickly. 3 goals was all they would see. Then it was Ashar's turn to show the experienced Hanc players that Ashar has what it takes to be competitive. Then almost 2 full periods of scoreless hockey, with not a single error. Positions were covered. Pumps were chased hard, and we had a few good scoring chances.

Best of all we did all of this without leaving a single player on the bench. Everyone got a chance to play, and everyone showed what David and I saw at the first hockey try-out. "The desire to play".

David and I are proud of all the boys. You did your best today, and you showed all that our team will only get better as we play on.

Note - as a display of Ashar sportsmanship the team recognized the Hanc Goalie as ESPN PLAYER OF THE GAME and is awarding him one of our ESPN sponsor gifts.
( click here for a post game photo )