Chan's Personal Blog

In the midst of looming deadlines, final exams, and assignments, it's good to take a time out and vent some frustration in a constructive way like floor hockey. Tonight was another floor hockey night at church.

The evening started off a little short-handed because some of the regulars were late. So, we were playing 4 vs 4 for about the first half with no replacements. Lucky for us, Adam was on our team and we made short work out of their defence. As crappy of a player as I am, even I made a goal.

For the second half, a bunch of people showed up, so we were playing 5 vs 5, and they had some better players switch on. We were largely on the defensive for this period. It also gets a lot more physical when certain people show up . Near the end of the game, the other team caught up to us, and we were tied at 10-10. Adam had a break away and scored another point. In the last minute of the game, I intercepted a pass while on defence, and 3 of us switched to offense, and went towards their goal. I passed to Adam, and he scored another. Chalk up another assist. Their goalie had no chance because there were three of us, and he had no defensemen because all of their players were in our zone.

The one nice thing about having Adam on the team is that the other team checks him with two people usually. If this was World of Warcraft, Adam attracts a lot of aggro. Good for the rest of us, bad for him. In either case, a lot of us can wander into the other zone without attracting much attention because everyone's busy trying to stop Adam. So, crappy shooters like me can score a few goals because no one pays attention. Keeping a low profile rocks!

In either case, we won the game, 12-10. I contributed two points and probably two assists. I think Adam probably put in at least 6-8 points?

Good game overall. I didn't get high-sticked in the face as usual by a certain someone because that someone was on our team. I've got all my teeth, so I walk away happy.

Next floor hockey night is on April 21, 2006, 6:30pm at North Douglas Church.

Just a public service announcement. My church is opening up the gym to the community for an evening of floor hockey. It starts at 6:30pm on Friday and it'll go on for a few hours. We'll probably play something else in the evening like indoor soccer or volleyball later. In either case, it's quite fun since it's just for fun, and even if you suck, no one cares because it's a fun league. In fact, every time I play floor hockey there, I get a stick to the face from this one guy who doesn't know what he's doing. Good times!

The youth of my church has issued a rematch challenge against the adults because they beat us in floor hockey last time, and we want to settle the score. So, if you're 12 - 30 years old, come on out because we need ringers . Believe it or not, but two of the seniors from the church played on the adult team, and they absolutely kicked our butts. I think it's not fair though because they're both Swedish, so hockey is in their blood .

We provide hockey sticks if you don't have one.

Place: North Douglas Church, 675 Jolly Pl (off of Glanford Road)
Time: Friday, March 3rd, 6:30pm
Cost: FREE!

We're going to try to put this on once every two weeks on Fridays.