The last couple of days I haven’t been able to blog much because to be honest on game days there isn’t much to blog about. On Friday night we played the 11th ranked Surrey Eagles, and the number one team in the coastal conference. Surrey plays on an Olympic sized rink, so it was really fun as a defenseman to jump in the play and have that much room to make plays. The game was a high paced game, with both teams having great scoring chances early. Finally we cashed in on a shorthanded effort by Rob Short and we really didn’t look back after that. We ended up winning the game 6-1. As the score got bigger Surrey got a little more frustrated as a semi brawl ensued in the third period. Although not being on the ice for it, the ref claimed I started it all and I had to serve 2 minutes for roughing. Graeme Gordon played very well in between the pipes for us, he made big saves all night. Although the score did not show, Surrey was a very good hockey team, and anytime we play them we will have our hands full. On Saturday night we got the opportunity to go into the brand new Langley Events Centre and take on the Langley Chiefs. The chiefs came out and tried to get us off our game early. Although having a sloppy first period, we bounced back and won our second game of the road trip 6-2. Langley is a very good team as well, they really frustrated us at times, and stuck too there game plan of finishing there checks and playing tough. The new rink in Langley was really something special. Before the game they played the CBC game of the night on the new big screen at the rink, and it was great. I am not sure if it all done yet, but it was a treat to play there. Today we take on the Burnaby Express, before we get back on the bus and head back for Vernon. I would like to thank you all for reading my blogs, I am sorry for not updating the past few days, as I said earlier there isn’t much we do on gameday’s.
Garrett Noonan
Game Days Blogging
