A fun and fast paced class with lots more work on transition skating and always being square and facing the play. Here are three things that happened:
1. I fell on my ass like I haven’t fallen in a long time. I can still hear my helmet smacking the ice as I lost my balanced and went backwards. If there is one thing adult beginners have to get over that is the fear of hurting yourself when falling. I’ll talk more about this in a future posting.
2. The lead instructor stopped us for a moment to acknowledge one of the other instructors on the ice: Mike Bergin. Mike had just been drafted on the weekend by the Dallas Stars, 209th overall from Smiths Falls of the CJHL. It sort of freaked me out to be honest. The kid looked so normal! I know every dad thinks his son is going to play in the NHL, but looking at this guy made it seem so accessible.
3. We ended the class with a shootout drill. I was all primed! I knew from other shooting drills that the goalie in net always went for my forehand to backhand fake. So as I went in on him I did my shuffle stride, moved my shoulders, faked one way, then another and I had him beat! The goal was there! Except I couldn’t get the puck over the shaft of his stick!!!! All I needed to do was raise the puck off the ice 2 inches! Dammit!
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