Hockey Weekend

Last weekend my Husband and I made the journey to the Midwest to watch our Son play college hockey. We went from sunny Texas to the freezing Midwest and saw three great games of hockey. This was the first time we have seen our son play this year, and we were not disappointed.  We were supposed to make the same journey last October, but he broke his arm in September, so we had to postpone the trip until this February. After being out for 4 months, and only back playing for 3 weeks, he looks to be back at 100%. I really missed seeing him play and was so glad he is back playing the game he loves.

This is the only picture we have of our Son during the first half of the season. 

My husband took pictures all weekend, and my Son's girlfriend and I  sat in the stands and watched three awesome games. I have sat in hockey ice rinks for the last 18 years, and this rink is one of the only ones that actually had the heaters working above the stands. I cannot tell you how many games I have left and needed to thaw out. Since it was 4 degrees outside with a wind chill of -30 it was nice to not freeze while inside too.

Three games played and three games won. Each game unique with the first a regulation win, the second an overtime win, and the third a shootout win. Like I said, three great games of hockey.

Our Son plays defense and has the perfect personality for the position, because nothing said to him gets under his skin, Yet, he certainly knows how to get under the opponent`s skin. His "signature" in front of the net is to push down on the back of the opponents pants. It is very effective and the other player tends to move out of the way, or risk maybe losing his pants, lol.

Pushing down on the back of the pants is a effective move.

The only person that gets to my Son, and everyone else, is the Referee. There is nothing worse in any sport than when poor refereeing can change the outcome of any game. There were certainly some questionable calls, one of the refs went a little ballistic on some of the college fans during the first game. In the second game one of the Refs shoved a player which is not OK, but most of the calls were maybe one sided, but did not change the outcome of the games.

I am sure the Referee is complimenting our Son on how well he is playing

For many this was the best play of the game

After the third game we went straight to the airport for our trip home. When we arrived home it was in the mid 60`s. I love Texas!