I decided last week that will be skating out this upcoming season, hopefully on defense.
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I decided last week that will be skating out this upcoming season, hopefully on defense.
said no one ever ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by beedee
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Originally Posted by beedee
Ah that is why you are selling all your goalie gear?
Anyone going to Phoenix for the tournament this weekend? If so hit me up. i'm going solo as a free agent for the beer leaguers. Staying at the new hotel in Chandler...
Yeah, my post a few posts back regarding the headshot in warmups two weeks in a row kind of was the nail in the coffin for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by SirJW
I wont be going to the Phoenix tourney, have fun!
sucks to hear that experince has ruined it for you. Finally got update on the correct start date for analhiem ice beginner league! It will be june 5th def excited.Quote:
Originally Posted by beedee
We'll be there to support my buddies team but not playing myself I didn't have a team. It will be great to get away for the weekend nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by SirJW
Bummer that you're giving it up beedee but honestly tending isn't for everyone.
i'd like to play D some day... but my skating sucksQuote:
Originally Posted by jammer06
Yeah man, ironic that it was almost a year to the date I started. The biggest issue for me was dropping down to Rookie and then moving up to Copper. I skated out in Gold for many years, so it was tough adjusting to the people in front of me lacking the experience, skills, and know-how. Sure it was a great workout, but I felt like I was always busting my ass for the team, while I would see people coasting, not back-checking, etc. Just about anything that could go wrong, did. I had a blast when I subbed in the upper Bronze level, but that was few and far between when sub opportunities presented themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by jammer06
The mental aspect was also HUGE. While it is just rec hockey, it was tough to not hold on to a loss, even when you played your ass off....yet your team couldn't score one or two goals against a team that had a bad goalie. That drove me nuts, I know I can only control me, but it still sucked. As a player, it sucked to lose, but as a goalie, it was the next level of suck, at least for me it was. I'd get psyched up for games a couple days before hand, and carry some anxiety until stepping on the ice. As a skater, I never experienced that. It was more along the lines of "ok, ho-hum, i have a game at 6pm". But as a goalie, it was like "ok, crap, this team has this guy, that guy, and then this ringer that scored 4 on me last game". Another thing I struggled with was getting a decent warmup. Until you are a goalie, you don't really understand that trying to deke the goalie in warmups isn't cool, nor are headshots, or shooting when the goalie isn't facing you, or shooting when the goalie is putting the pegs in the net. I had a couple really cool defensemen that got "it". They were there for me and routinely communicated with me during games and the locker room.
Perhaps I expected too much? I suppose I didn't really know what to expect. What I do know is that it felt more frustrating than fun, and this season in particular, I wasn't looking forward to games. Winning isn't everything, but when you have a 4 game losing streak, that sucks. The team was 3-8 at the time of my departure. All in all, I'm very happy I took the plunge into goalie at the age of 40. I had played goalie growing up in street hockey and roller hockey and it was always a dream of mine to play it on ice.
I'm looking forward to skating out. My experience in goal certainly has made me a more well rounded player, that is for sure.
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Originally Posted by Subhuman15
Have you left yet? Bring your gear there is always a team or two that needs a player. Contact the office asap if you want to play....
I'll be at the new place in Chandler, hit me up f you wanna get a soda...
Thanks for the info, I though about bringing my gear at the last minute and try to find a team with a need. We were lol be hanging out with the Riverside Yinzers. They are in the Grand Canyon division.
Did the draft skate up at Bay Harbor tonight at 6pm and had a blast. I hadn't skated out as a "player" in over a year, the last time I did was at an LGK Midnight PickUp Hockey game. At first it felt very awkward, because player skates are much different than goalie skates. My feet felt like stubs, due to the shorter blades and taller boots. After about 15 minutes or so I found my groove and felt kind of close to my old self. I played defense all night, we did a 50 minute scrimmage with the clock set to buzz every 2 minutes for line changes. It was crazy how fast two minutes went by when skating out there! I had a lot of fun, my D partner was pretty solid as well, we both netted a few end to end rushes with goals, but then just hung back and let the lesser skilled players carry the puck in to make plays.
The league directors were both there, and had a clipboard with everyones name, jersey color, and jersey number. They watched over the game pretty close, eveyrtime I looked up to see what they were doing, they were either watch the game, or jotting down notes. My first hour of experience at Bay Harbor has already been more organized than the last I don't even know how many years at Lakewood!!!
Devin said that I should know what team I will be on this week. It will be on Sundays, as I can't play on the Thursday night teams due to having to pick up our daughter from DayCare on Tues/Thurs.
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Originally Posted by beedee
I love playing D!! Probably because I suck at skating with the puck so I am terrible at forward! Also, I think I actually skate better backwards than forwards....at least my figure skating days pay off there.Quote:
Originally Posted by jammer06
Had my rookie draft skate at anahiem ice woo. It was fun let's us hit a 20 min warm up session. Which I tried my hardest to get feeling good and I burned myself out. Lol we had a 60 min scrimmage running 3 lines 5 in 5 out at 1 min intervals. After 40 mins I was gassed out its been a good while since I played a game. Talent was pretty good no overly to good players and it was looks like it will be spread out pretty good. I netted with goals and was decent on skating ability surprisingly. It's gonna be fun!
Excuse my spelling it's 4am and I'm on 2 hours of sleep and have to be up at 5am for work smh
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Originally Posted by beedee
Great! Hope to see you at the rink!
Think I just played my last game for my lower level team before the big move. Was great to see all the guys again and they deserved better than the 1-0 loss. Other team took a point shot that was trickling slowly in so I literally went to kick it, missed and it deflected off my skate passed the goalie. I felt really bad for him. I had a shot off the crossbar later trying to make up for it. To make things worse our goalie had his window busted out on his truck in the parking lot. I will not miss these late night games in Oakland.
Had my first structured clinic ever and it went ok. We are having 1 more clinic before our first game. I got drafted into the Gulls FML only team i didnt want i got. Only 1 goalie showed up and it wasnt out team goalie so thats kinda worrisome. Instruction was pretty decent on the ice for 1.5 hours running skating drills and shooting/passing. Some people def need the clinic i was decent minus the skating (cant skate backwards worth a crap). Cant wait till a game though feels nice to hit the ice on a consistent basis.
Skating is paramount.Quote:
Originally Posted by xLAxKingsx
Is your goalie brand new? I know from experience, that playing goalie at clinics pretty much sucks. Nothing about a clinic ever caters to a goalie actually learning via instruction, all the attention/instruction is given to the players.
Not sure haven't met him but this might hold truth as the only goalie that showed up has only been playing for 2 months. It does make sense though as he was only used for us to shoot pucks at lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by beedee
lol, isn't it amazing that the mentality of the league is that only the skaters need instruction!?! it seems like it is globally recognized that goalies are automatically skilled and don't need any instruction at all, there fore they are ignored at clinics, when it reality it is the most difficult positions to play in the game, physically and mentally.Quote:
Originally Posted by xLAxKingsx
Yes seriously after reading your trial and tribulations about the position i let the guy know after the session was over i appreciated him being out there as the lone goalie and sticking around for us. You can tell he really wanted to partake in drills or any other action then just being tossed into the goal. Only instruction i saw him get was another coach just shooting pucks at him when we weren't felt bad for the guy and he looked downed after hope it wasnt to demoralizing.Quote:
Originally Posted by beedee
That right there my friend does wonders for a goalie's psyche. Thanks for reading my stories man, I'm glad to see that you took it to heart and are spreading the love to the tendies you come across. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by xLAxKingsx
Btw, I'm still waiting to hear from the league directors about what team I am going to be on this upcoming season at Bay Harbor.
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Originally Posted by beedee
Thats what i was going for after reading your experience i had never thought about it till your stories came up. Goalies are getting beat up a whole game and probably feel the most at fault for a loss so i gotta do what i can to let em know its appreciated from now on!
Hope you get a ducks affiliated team lol i cant be the only one hating the team colors and name while playing. Why couldnt i get drafted into the Reign.
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Originally Posted by xLAxKingsx
Been there, Ducks inspired logo on Canucks colors... :(
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Originally Posted by beedee
Sorry but thats double bad!
I hate all my team jerseys that aren't Kings colors, which is all of them, my most hated ones had Avs, Canadiens,and Hawks colors. I have some Kings themed jerseys planned for my next team.
Well after nearly two weeks of waiting to find out what team I was placed on at Bay Harbor, I found out this morning. Bronze ended up being a no-go because there weren't any openings and their Silver equivalent plays on Wednesday nights (which I can't make). They placed me on a Copper level team, which is second from the bottom. I have skated out off and on for over 20 years, so playing Copper wasn't going to happen for me. The last time I skated out (the season before last) I was skating in what now is the Silver League at Lakewood, and previous seasons I skated in lower Gold. I kindly told them thanks but no thanks, and they issued me a refund for my first league payment. This was the very reason of why I didn't want to register and pay before I was placed on a team....in the case of getting put on too low of a level, which ended up happening. Luckily they processed the refund today before lunch time.
Looks like I will most likely be playing Silver at Artesia, which is basically Cerritos. I talked to their league director on the phone yesterday and he said it won't be a problem finding me a team. Their season also starts this weekend.
Thats tough Beedee, I'm glad you were able to find a backup but I think you'll find you made the right choice. Playing in a level where you can't play a team game is just incredibly tough unless you have reason to believe the teams going to be worth it.
thanks jammer. you are right, playing down would only frustrate me....as the last 4 seasons have shown, it was amplified even further because i was playing goalie. i have zero reason to believe this would be fun, i don't know anyone on that team they placed me on.Quote:
Originally Posted by jammer06
Yesterday was last day of clinics before a game. It went ok basic turning and crossover drills we actually had 3 tendys show up. We didn't get our team jerseys so not sure how the **** we gonna play our first game light vs dark? It's been OK overall so far. Only met 2 people on my team. I think I ended up with the team that gets blown out by everyone lol. Should still be fun will post a vid next week of my first game!
Our new season started yesterday. Despite the heat, the ice was fantastic! We were down 4-2 in the second period, but ended up winning 10-5. Even though the score was high, both goalies played pretty well and made quite a few good saves.
LOLOLOL, classic "The Rinks" right there my friend. They'll manage to outdo themselves each week with a new form of incompetence that you never even thought was possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by xLAxKingsx
I remember two seasons ago there was a team didn't have their jerseys (that The Rinks were suppose to provide). So, they did give them practice jerseys to wear, and I kid you not, the numbers were safety pinned on to the backs of them via a white rectangle, with black spray painted stenciled numbers on them!!!
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Originally Posted by LetTigerIn
So.....the defense sucked? lol
On a side note, I just got registered and will be playing at East West. :)
I guess so, because there really were quite a few shots? I was sort of focused on doing my job, but I don't recall seeing them put too much pressure on the puck. We had a healthy share of possession, and because of that I spent a lot of time making havoc in front of the crease and had a few good jams.Quote:
Originally Posted by beedee
They did a very good job of getting to loose pucks, and they'd have 3 or 4 join the rush. I backcheck hard on those, sometimes on the puck carrier, but most of the time trying to shut down extra attackers. On one of their goals, it was my fault, IMO, when I got beat to a loose puck. I was shielding it from a guy on my right who made a nifty move and went behind me to get to my left side. But I broke up a bunch of other plays, so happy with that.
Maybe the turning point for them on the whole was after we scored on a 3 on 1 rush. Their goalie was pretty mad at the defense, and the wheels sort of came off for them after that. Also, two of our players showed up late, so we got some fresh legs late in the game.
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Originally Posted by beedee
Every week I realize what you told me is true and this is all I can do.
Guess who's back, UH!
What beer (belly) leaguers. Popped in to give my boy xLAxKingsx the low-down on Anaheim Rookie League. Turns out we're on the same team! At least we were a few weeks ago, I know they juggled the rosters. Still on the Gulls, which I don't mind since I lived in San Diego back in the early 90's and I remember the Gulls playing at the old Sports Arena down there, so I kinda dig it for the nostalgia factor.
Anyway, Anaheim summer league looks like a hot mess, virtually all new skaters. The better players pretty much all moved up to copper save for a a couple of d-bag loser sandbaggers. If all goes well this will be my last season in rookie. I consider the first season at Lakewood a redshirt season since I was injured for half the games and then buried on the bench for a lot of the others. Good experience but didn't really help my development all that much. I made some progress last season at Anaheim mostly because we only had enough players to roll with two lines which was fine with me, and because my team had some really good skaters to play off of. Not sure what to expect this season with a roster full of n00bs, I am anticipating that I might have to play D if the general skating ability is as bad it sounds. I'm not nearly as proficient in skating backwards as I'd like to be but I've been working on it a bit since I saw this coming so I think I'll be able to hold my own. First few games are always a bit of a cluster-f anyway. First game tomorrow night, can't wait.
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Originally Posted by Peggy_GKG
Ha! Still on the gulls still cant skate backwards. I thought id be the worst skater but sesh some people can barely skate forward. Cant wait first time ever playing glad someone from here will be on the team though. http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/brc.gif