Day 3. White 259 - Red 160

Quote of the day
"My lips are chapped"
"Oh it's because you're dehydrated"
"Really? I thought it was because I was licking them and skating so fast?"



So you might be wondering why white is killing it on the scoreboard? Well red is shy a couple of 'real' goalies. White has three solid full time goalies and I think red has one experienced one, and one very keen and rapidly improving one, and one rotating never been in gear player one. So it's not their fault really. Plus we have this one girl who is racking up the points like they're going out of style. I am playing with her currently, and it is fun when you can just skate towards the net and the puck ends up on your stick everytime.


But the score isn't really the point, however try to tell me that and I have a hard time adjusting my level of competitiveness.

Staying healthy is one of the main goals for everyone, so I try to stretch, rest, ice and eat. Got my first massage today which was nice, but really not long enough, or often enough if you ask everyone around here. The main source of pain for most people seems to be lower back and skate bite. I just learned the term skate bite. It's for the front of your ankle/calf where you are putting forward pressure on your skate all the time, it is red and raw for many people. Latest attempt at relief is a piece of yoga mat cut to shape.

Trust Vancouverites to find another use for a yoga mat. Starbucks is the coffee of choice in RV land and those little via packets are like crack for some.

But on a more serious note, I think we lost our first player today, rumour is a concussion will force her to sit the rest of the game out. She has a history of them, and went to get checked out today I think.

With the fatigue and the ice conditions (which only gets Zamboni'd every one or two hours, not 20 min like the pros) it is easy enough to lose your footing and fall backwards. Plus the lazy poke checks and sticks between the legs have increased for us all.

I have asked about the quality of the live stream and the orientation of the camera. They said that they are storing the entire game on to one external drive so couldn't bump up the quality, and that the orientation is to keep the time clock in (for the Guinness copy) and the poster in the corner. Too bad you can't see how many goals I'm scoring! I got another hat trick today whoop whoop!


We have determined that we may becoming slightly delusional as our sense of humour has lowered to the point where everything is funny, only when you laugh your stomach muscles hurt and that isn't funny.


Some shots of the AV area where the camera is that you all see, the massage lady table;) the volunteer table that is manned all day, some players mending their gear, icing knees and drinking ceasars.