A shivery sigh released
For the tournament finals today, we faced a fellow NDG team. The pre-game player announcements alternated between players from each team. Our teams warmed up together en masse instead of each team in its own zone.
Then we got down to business.
We gave up the first goal early but soon climbed into a 2-1 lead. The Panthers tied it, but we went up 4-2. They scored and we put another in to go to 5-3 in the third.
Child Three continued his stellar play but couldn't stop the other team's superstar every time and the game was knotted at 5-5 as time dwindled. Our #3 worked his heart out and gave us the lead with two and a half minutes to go, but the superstar tied it a minute later. Overtime solved nothing, and to another shootout we went.
Our first shooter shot wide and Child Three kept things even with a quick outward stab of his right leg.
Our second skater beat Child Three'sgirlfriend rival through the legs on her butterfly (which she's awesome at, by the way). Child Three reached to make another good pad save to keep the lead. (That shooter is a great hockey player and an even greater kid, but just can't ever beat Child Three, not even during our practices.)
Our third shooter had a good shot but it was too centered and the goalie was able to surround it with her body.
The superstar had the other team's last shot - unless he'd score. He skated in and held his stick blade at about a 35-degree angle to the ice, which told me he was going to shoot high. Sure enough, he did - over Child Three's glove.
Our fourth shooter skated in off to the forehand side and skated across the crease to his backhand, with which he lifted a hard shot that rang off the post and into the net. That was the nicest shot I think I've seen all year from anyone.
Again, the other team had to beat Child Three or lose. The skater came in and took a shot that Child Three shifted to get in front of and blocked with his elbow. We won, and to do it we beat a team that hadn't yet lost a game or even tied one.
I still feel sick.
UPDATE: Elvi has some photos up. Here's the shootout-winning save:
Then we got down to business.
We gave up the first goal early but soon climbed into a 2-1 lead. The Panthers tied it, but we went up 4-2. They scored and we put another in to go to 5-3 in the third.
Child Three continued his stellar play but couldn't stop the other team's superstar every time and the game was knotted at 5-5 as time dwindled. Our #3 worked his heart out and gave us the lead with two and a half minutes to go, but the superstar tied it a minute later. Overtime solved nothing, and to another shootout we went.
Our first shooter shot wide and Child Three kept things even with a quick outward stab of his right leg.
Our second skater beat Child Three's
Our third shooter had a good shot but it was too centered and the goalie was able to surround it with her body.
The superstar had the other team's last shot - unless he'd score. He skated in and held his stick blade at about a 35-degree angle to the ice, which told me he was going to shoot high. Sure enough, he did - over Child Three's glove.
Our fourth shooter skated in off to the forehand side and skated across the crease to his backhand, with which he lifted a hard shot that rang off the post and into the net. That was the nicest shot I think I've seen all year from anyone.
Again, the other team had to beat Child Three or lose. The skater came in and took a shot that Child Three shifted to get in front of and blocked with his elbow. We won, and to do it we beat a team that hadn't yet lost a game or even tied one.
I still feel sick.
UPDATE: Elvi has some photos up. Here's the shootout-winning save:
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