No Rest

Sunday was our semi-final game in our ball hockey playoffs. It was a 9:30 game which was about a half an our or so earlier than normal, but we all got emails alerting us of the time change so it was all good...or so I thought.

We get to the game and we knew that 'Copper' would be missing but nothing prepared us for Lisa and Ben being absent, therefore we had 5 players and a goalie--no subs. Yeah, that's right...no subs. On the floor the whole time at ball hockey. No rest. Nada. None. Meanwhile the other team started with 3 subs and then two more showed up part way through the first so they were always fresh.

We had to play in a defensive shell for most of the first part of the game and only went for specific chances. We ended up going up 1-0 part way through the first and held onto that lead until the 2nd. It was 1-1 after 2 and the score ended up a 3-1 final. We had two teammates show up for the third period but by then it was too late the damage had already been done.

I jammed my right toe again leading to another case of 'dek' toe. I hit the post and the crossbar all on one shot, and another post later. We put up a good fight, but when you are forced to run around all game long with no rest while the other team is always fresh it is bound to catch up to you. The winner of our game had to play in the finals at 12 noon. I was thinking to myself: "if we somehow win this, how in the world are we going to have anything left for finals?" Unfortunately or maybe fortunately, it never came to that.