2008 Summer OTTER Hockey Team

By David Warner

The 2008 summer season Stanley Keg final hockey playoff game is upon us.

We have had a great season on and off the ice.

On the ice, we are now 19-3-3. On Friday, we must continue to play our game:
stay in position in defensive end (wingers on boards), pressure/forecheck in offensive zone, backcheck, shoot and most of all stop and start around the puck, no circles or waving at the puck. Also plenty of communication, in English or Russian, is very important!

We know our opponent and it appears they have no respect or show disrespect for our team.

When the young goalie came into our locker room last game and said “good” after we joked that we lost, that shows stupidity.

Last Friday, when one of the assholes asked if Alan Nolet was playing next week and was told he wasn’t, he then proceeded to smile and say “good’. That shows no respect for the team. I told him HIS TEAM was the one man band!

Last Friday, when the assholes laughed at the Otter shirt and made disparaging comments, that showed disrespect.

If we stay together next season or the season after, I certainly do not want to be the team that doesn’t allow subs or doesn’t want to sub on other teams. I don’t want to be the team that other players at IOHA dislike. They are!!

No matter what the outcome is, shirt or no shirt, this Friday night, it has been a great time! The bonding on and off the ice has been memorable and is more important than the game result. What other team has had the laughs, the blog, the beer, the stories (true or made up) and the success.

Here’s to the 2008 summer OTTERS: Tom, Alan, Jules, Sergei, Val, Dmitri, Alan, Wes, Chuck, Ted, Gary, Rob, David, Jim and Jim

This will be the last blog by this writer under various names until after the game.

See you there. BE READY!!