"Day Off"

October 30, 2010

Last night's game was not ideal; we were winning 2-1 with 8 minutes left and I let a goal in. Player streaking down my left side, my defense got walked, and somehow it snuck through my stick. Those ones burn...always expect more from yourself. I came back that night and went out on our home ice for an hour (they allow us to basically skate when anyone hasn't bought our ice). I was tired from the game, but there's just something very unique about being the only one on a sheet of frozen water in a big college ice rink after midnight that feels better than anywhere else in the world.
Anyway, we have today off from hockey- these little gems of nothingness are very very rare. You look forward to days off because A.) as a college athlete you're in good enough shape that taking a day off is more healthy than working out everyday B.) as a student-athlete it's a constant struggle to find time to do work. Days off are a funny thing though, because you have so much to do that you literally get nothing done. I spent my day off working for the athletic department. I am financially independent at a very young age (wow my blog just got a whole lot more interesting eh?). A financially independent student athlete = A very poor person. It is not the lack of desire to work that kills me; it's the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and most of them are filled leaving no time to make money. I worked for 8 hours straight today, so techinically my "day off" was a "day on", but you take what you can get.

Review of Game (Oct 29)
1.) Good looking through screens
2.) Way to be patient on breakaways
1.) Choked at the end- stay in the now and be proactive