HVC was A-OK!

Sunday, March 19, 2006. 4:32 AM

We just wrapped up our third game in the HVC. We won our first game in a shootout, we won our second game by default, and we won our third game 3-2. Close, hard-fought games. I got two goals in the first one, and a helper in the second one. In our first game, we played the team that knocked us out of the tournament last year. They were up 1-0 at halftime, and then they got a quick one right off the faceoff in the 2nd half. I got a pair of goals in about 90 seconds to tie it up, and then we traded goals in the final 5 minutes to get to the shootout. Pawliuk scored the only goal in the SO, and we celebrated our glorious victory.

I took a pretty nasty spill after getting tripped in the first game, and banged up my knee a little, but nothing serious. It sounds silly, but I play better when somebody takes a shot at me, or tries to start some shit. I guess a little confrontation gets the old heart pumping, and the adrenaline going, and it really gets you into the spirit of the game.

ps We wound up making it all the way to the semi-finals, where we lost by one goal. Our loss dropped us to the B-side, where we wound up getting knocked out in the semis AGAIN, this time in a shootout. Still, a wonderful effort and a solid performance from the Geeks in Motion. And like the Toronto Maple Leafs say, "there's always next year".

T.