December 09, 2010

Boston Showcase


Well the third showcase is done and we didnt fare too well. The team had alot of penalties the first four games and we lost both the games Devin played in. Had alot of 5 on 3's, all the goals were scored on penalty kills and the reffing was really bad. One of the ref's got a three month suspension because of the bad calls. We managed to win three of the games so we are still in a three way tie for first; however, Devin dropped to the middle of the goalie pack. He will have to work hard the next showcase to climb back up. One of his teammates made the ultimate blunder and may now be suspended from hockey for a year. He was so upset by the bad calling in the third game that he knocked the ref's feet out from under him and he fell to the ice pretty hard. This suspended the player for a month and he has to face a hearing regarding when he can play again. Past experience shows a years suspension in which he cannot go anywhere near a team, not even to practise, has to practise on his own and cannot play in a game until his year is served. Well this kid is the coaches son and had a good shot at the NTDP. He was also one of our best forwards and now he is going to be lucky to even play hockey again. Two of our defenceman were also hurt, one with a separated shoulder, the other with a broken thumb. It was not a good weekend for the team. What is ironic, the day before the kids left for Boston they played in a scrimmage against the number 5 team in the country and beat them 4-3 with Devin in net. Go figure...........!