Day Seven - Quiet Morning and a game

Monday, February 16 - Today started out pretty low-key. We met the boys at the Colisee between 8-8:30am and made sure that all the boys who had their skates on them got them sharpened for the upcoming game. While we waited for all to show up and for all the skates to be sharpening, some boys watched the morning game between Belle Tire and Markham while others walked around the Colisee to trade pins. Pin trading has become a new "sport" for most of the boys. Don't be surprised if your son comes home with a new pin album filled with pins. As written a couple of days ago...everyone received a bag of 10 Jr. Shark pins from Robert Savoie. The boys use these pins to trade for pins from the other teams. I am sure you will be amazed to see what pins the boys will be coming back home with.

Around 9:30am, we left the Colisee and headed back to the hotel. Once there, we divided up the boys amongst the coaches, Marabella, Borneman, Kelleys, Ellis and myself and took them back to the rooms for homework and rest. After talking with most of the other parents, it sounded like some of the kids actually accomplished something before resting for an hour or so. In my room, Robert and Brian worked on math for 1 1/2 hours and then slept for a little over an hour. Around 12:30, everyone was up and it was time to board the van for lunch at Cafe de Hockey. Today's luncheon special...pizza, french fries, soup, lettuce cups and an assortment of fruits and sweets. While at lunch, the Russian PW team came into the cafeteria and were greeted by Pin Trading Jr. Sharks. Some of our boys made some good trades with the Russian and secured them to their new pin albums.

After lunch, we made our way back to the Colisee where we boarded the vans to the Arpidrome where we played our first game in the consolation bracket. The opposing team was the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies from Quebec. The game started off pretty well, as Kyle scored 22 seconds into the first period...assisted by Carson and Hiroki. We started the 2nd period at 1-0...and within 3:10 minutes Kyle scored again (assisted by Carson and Brian)...and then again at 3:35, this time unassisted. Kyle with a Hat Trick. At 4:23 minutes into the 2nd, the Huskies scored...followed by a goal by Hiroki (assisted by Carson and Kyle) at 5:53. End of the 2nd - score: 4 - 1. After the ice cut and the beginning of the 3rd period, the other team managed to come back due to some penalities taken by our boys. But Nick sealed our win with a goal, assisted by Chris at 13:43 in the 3rd. The game ended with a win for us - 5-3. Ya-hoo!

(photo above...Kyle's first goal and Hiroki celebrating in front of the net).

Here are a few other shots from the game...

What is up for tomorrow...Snow park and Ramparts game. Until tomorrow...signing out from the Great White North!