one clumsy girl

A handful of firsts from class this week: first goal that made it through a real, actual goalie (in a drill, so it doesn’t really count). It went in 5-hole off of his skate. first scrimmage (wow, I was HORRIBLE) first face-off. I went out for the first shift on the ice and everyone had [...]

Wednesday’s class ended with everyone taking turns going one-on-one against the goalie. If we didn’t beat him, we had to do push ups. My first shot was weak, went off the goalie’s left leg. Pushups for me! I couldn’t get the tip of my skate into the ice well enough to stay still enough to [...]

Last night was my first Learn to Play class. I was a little concerned going in because the class had accidentally been listed as an advanced class. I spoke to the instructor and knew he was planning to run it as a beginner class, but I also knew a few advanced people who signed up [...]