Yesterday I played my first hockey game in over 12 years! It was so much fun, afterwards I asked myself, 'Why did it take me so long to go back to this?' We lost the game 2-1 but it was pretty close and we didn't play too badly. I did not play too well but not so bad considering my long absence from the game. One thing that I am trying to do differently is to take my time with the puck and look around, rather than panic and fire it up the boards regardless of who is there. Unfortunately my stickhandling skills leave a lot to be desired so I'm not able to do too much with the puck when I get it.
Another thing I am very pleased with is that most of the players on the other team were slower than me so after a while I stopped hanging back so much in the neutral zone and started pinching in at the point. Toward the end of the game though I started to lose my legs so I will need to work on my endurance. Anywhoo, overall a good time and some of us went upstairs for dinner and a drink afterwards which was good to get to know some of them (I have a lot of names and faces to memorize!) My husband watched the game from the bleachers but he couldn't tell which player I was for half of the game :)
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