Stung

(Apologies, I just now realized that I didn't hit Publish on this post last friday)

Well, it had to happen sometime I guess. We lost our first game on Wednesday night to the Darkside. Not much to it really. We played good Defense, allowing only 8 goals, but on Offense it just came down to not finishing. We only scored about half our average number of goals.

The game was close all the way through, with us picking up our rythm in the second period and pulling ahead by 1. Unfortunately, it seems that the period end stopped that momentum. The DS boys put up one heck of a fight and we ended up tied at 7 with 2 minutes left to play. Somehow Paddy got free of the defense and it was 1on1 right on the crease. The ball just barely, I mean barely, slipped past my arm to put them ahead. I felt pretty low after that, as I felt I lost the whole game.

Stepping back and evaluating things, we made some mistakes as a team, but not a ton. The DS came out very strong, and they earned the win. They simply wanted it more than we did on that night. I think this will be good for us as a team though. It should be in everyone's head that we are not invincible, and that we are going to have to continue to work very hard if we want to finish strong and take home the cup. We're now 6-1, with 2 games left in the season.

I'm happy that I've been able to keep my goals-against average pretty low, but also pretty angry with myself for not making the save when we really needed it. I feel I made improvements on the night though, not making any of the mistakes I have previously. So, if I can keep my focus and continue to improve, there's no reason we won't win it all.

Playing in field goal for my third time tonight when Dublin Lacrosse takes on UCD. We're 1-1 in the three games series, so tonight's the big night. The Irish national TV station, TG4 will be filming the game tonight as well, which is pretty cool.