Stormin'

There was a lot of talk this last week that the Thunder had lost it's drive. That we were vulnerable, and people where thinking that with that one loss, we'd be shut down.

Well, the critics were shut up pretty harsh last night when we came out to dominate against the Storm Troopers. 16-7 was the final, with us controlling from the get-go. I felt much more solid in goal this week after making some changes to my positioning and style. The shots they did get in were very good, so I'm pretty happy with that. I also stuffed the majority of 1on1's that came up, so I was stoked with that.

We were short Stuart this week as his parents had just arrived to visit that evening, and the 'Troopers were short two guys. Turned out that three (of five!) of George's brothers were in town to visit for a couple of days and they wanted to play. Mike asked for Zak in goal and two of George's brothers, and we took the other two. It made for a very interesting dynamic, having the bro's split up. Needless to say, there was a whole lot of 'brotherly love' going on (you should see John's ribs...).

George himself was on fire, racking up more than nine goals I believe. Mark was also on a mission again (goals, ground balls, rebound, everything!) after a quiet round last week (it might have helped a bit that he could actually pass with his stick again, after a bit of restringing work before the match). Dara and Gibby also stepped up on Defense and made it very difficult for the 'Troopers up and down the court. They had to work extremely hard for every shot.

All in all, a very good game for us. I'm actually pretty happy that we lost last week. I think it cleared any tightness in the lads and allowed them to have fun on the pitch. And when we're enjoying our game, it's very difficult to match us.