We are the champions
What can I say? My first sledge hockey season ended on a note that not even I could have imagined. You see, over the weekend myself and the rest of my beloved sledge hockey team, the London Blizzard were in Ottawa playing in the 2006 Ottawa Carelton Sledge Hockey Challenge Cup. And as you can tell by the heading of this blog entry we won our pool that we were entered into and that was Group "B".
In our group there were so many amazing teams that have so many great players and to have beaten two of the best that were entered in our pool was an amazing achievement unto itself. I shouldn't say that we're a bad team because we simply weren't! As a matter of fact, I think I have a pretty amazing team too. But in the end we just proved to be the cream of the crop. Any of the final three games that we played (including the championship)were just ... wow! Heck, I will even go on record as to say that those last three were barnone the best three games I have been involved in this year.
Now having said that, going into this tournament I had no idea what to expect or how we were going to play. But by the end of the weekend I had the chance to be on a team who gave their absolute all and were justly rewarded for their efforts. To sit on the ice with my team mates and have that trophy in front of us was an amazing feeling and one I am still feeling 4 days later. It was indeed a total team effort with everyone doing what needed to be done to get the job done and the character of the Blizzard was shown when we had to clamp down defensively or get those crucial goals that we needed to stay in gold medal contention.
But in the end the Blizzard prevailed and it was without a doubt the best way to end the 2005-2006 season on! My thanks goes to my wonderful team mates for being such great new friends to me and for also making my first season one to remember. I'm looking forward to next year already!
Oh, just one more thing before I go. I would like to just thank my family for coming out to my games this weekend. You have no idea how much your being there and your support meant to me. To have been able to play in front of you is something that most athletes dream of and I got to realize that dream. So again, thank you for being there and for enduring those cold arenas. Hey, at least for the gold medal game they finally had the heaters on the bleachers going right? So it wasn't all that bad! ;) But thank you again.
Here we are ... your 2006 Ottawa Carleton Sledge Hockey Challenge Champions ... THE LONDON BLIZZARD
In our group there were so many amazing teams that have so many great players and to have beaten two of the best that were entered in our pool was an amazing achievement unto itself. I shouldn't say that we're a bad team because we simply weren't! As a matter of fact, I think I have a pretty amazing team too. But in the end we just proved to be the cream of the crop. Any of the final three games that we played (including the championship)were just ... wow! Heck, I will even go on record as to say that those last three were barnone the best three games I have been involved in this year.
Now having said that, going into this tournament I had no idea what to expect or how we were going to play. But by the end of the weekend I had the chance to be on a team who gave their absolute all and were justly rewarded for their efforts. To sit on the ice with my team mates and have that trophy in front of us was an amazing feeling and one I am still feeling 4 days later. It was indeed a total team effort with everyone doing what needed to be done to get the job done and the character of the Blizzard was shown when we had to clamp down defensively or get those crucial goals that we needed to stay in gold medal contention.
But in the end the Blizzard prevailed and it was without a doubt the best way to end the 2005-2006 season on! My thanks goes to my wonderful team mates for being such great new friends to me and for also making my first season one to remember. I'm looking forward to next year already!
Oh, just one more thing before I go. I would like to just thank my family for coming out to my games this weekend. You have no idea how much your being there and your support meant to me. To have been able to play in front of you is something that most athletes dream of and I got to realize that dream. So again, thank you for being there and for enduring those cold arenas. Hey, at least for the gold medal game they finally had the heaters on the bleachers going right? So it wasn't all that bad! ;) But thank you again.
Here we are ... your 2006 Ottawa Carleton Sledge Hockey Challenge Champions ... THE LONDON BLIZZARD
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