SDIA rolls past Bantam Leafs at Paramount 12/12

Sunday afternoon had great personal potential. Little old me, proudest hockey dad around, was going to enjoy a doubleheader, back to back Jack and Blake, 415 and 6pm. No Sunday crack of dawn in outer Slobovia, and back home and then back to Paramount in the late afternoon--one trip, two boys, two games!! What could be better?? Hockey heaven, here I come..

The Pee Wee version of the Michelle family, Jack, and his mates dispatched of the Lady Reign as expected, and he logged a bunch of ice time, and had some chances and played well. I filmed the game, and went to find the box with my charger in it to charge it between games. Sadly, in a heinous act, my power cord that connects to my charging block was pilfered from the TV/game room at the rink. No power, no video for game number two. Bummer--or was it? Maybe the 6pm game would not be fit for viewing...so I took my seat in the stands and sat with my wife Debbie and son Jack.

Marty McSorley inhabited the body of number 19, as a combination of slashing, cross-checking and good old fashioned hijinks ensued, as his uniform displayed his penalty minutes on the day. Three power play goals and a 40-9 shot advantage told the story, as the SDIA Oilers team we battled in a pre-season tournament and fell just 3-1 to (remember the shorthanded wrap around goal when the game was 1-1?) transformed into a juggernaut before our very eyes. Numbers 10, 11 and 12 combined for 6 of the 8 goals, scoring the middle six goals, all but the first and last of the game.

Anyway, the good news is Blake was sick and did his best, no one was hurt, I found a replacement cord from an older camera I had, and we have some nice photos which are less telling than the video would be, but a nicer momento and allow me to best remember Daddy's Doubleheader the way I want to.

As I look at the scoresheet, the only thing I can draw from it is the way the penalty was written four times, two per team. Sort of sums it up for me..and I quote.

"Unsports Man Like"

Yes, this man unliked that sports activity without a doubt. Gnarly, dude!

Jack Holiday Santa Beard from holy sock!

UNceremoniously, and somewhat UNsports-like, 

man, the water bottles have been retired. Here is 

the last official photo we have of them. 

No one is blaming them--they just weren't helping. 

As they say, if you ain't part of the solution, 

you must be part of the problem, eh??  

Good riddance I say!

The family tree is now up, and yes, Blake does excel at putting the
star on the tree. As we head into the holidays, we must remember to
keep our spirits bright, and keep in mind it is nice to give, but getting
is in fact, under-rated, as in getting Another WIN SOON!!

Where was I --- oh, actual game photos..I went all Ebenezer there for 
a couple minutes..

Blake: "Hey, Amanda, don't they usually put a winger in the slot when we lineup like this?" "He's there Condor, you just can't see him!" "You mean like, he's invisible--seems a bit unfair man like!!" "No, you have to bend down to see him!!"

     "Come on now, there's no "i" in team, unless Apple announces a product called the iTeam at CES or Comdex in January!"