Freezing temps tonight for the first time all winter, and a fresh sharpening
Played a lot of shifts at forward tonight, and I'd have to say they were my
best shifts...especially when I was on RW (even though I'm a lefty)
I had one great shift of defense, a few ok, and quite a few less than ok
I didn't score any goals, but had bounds of energy on a night when we only had one sub
The RW thing... it may be a fluke, or I may be on to something
Since I normally play D, when I'm on forward I always come back and give my
defensemen a good target, whether they look that way or not
What was cool about skating RW tonight, was every time I started out of our zone
(and towards the end, EVERY outlet pass was coming to me)
if the other team tried to seal me on the boards, I could cut inside and look for
the pass across to center or all the way to LW (my stick being on the inside helped that)
When I stopped and cut inside, if my pursuit followed to the inside to take away pass,
I could just as easily tuck it back in and zip by them to the outside again
It worked just as well in the offensive zone
sometimes, I was able to stop, cut inside and thread a pass to the center or
the far winger for a golden chance.
I also completely leveled at least 6 dudes tonight, almost every one an accident
That's a good sign; if I can maintain my position and balance on unexpected contact
it means I'm getting my skating legs back