This weekend myself and Vince, (shout out to my 104 '"buddy!") headed to U of I's ice-rink to watch the University team play ice-hockey. I can officially cross that one off my list.
I imagined it to be fast, furious and unforgiving and on the whole, I found these to be true.
In my head there were going to be a lot more players, but surprisingly there were only 5, or maybe 6 on each team?
Fast, it definitely was, you'd be watching one end and in the blink of an eye the puck was being fought over on the opposite side.
Dangerous, is potentially another adjective I'd choose to describe the game. Hockey sticks could easily be branded as weapons in the fight for the puck! There was actually a slight scuffufle between two players in which the ref had to intervene, but in his gliding across the ice towards the disagreement, he himself tripped and flew into the arguing players landing fiercely onto the ice, inches from the wall!
A lot of my time was spent gasping or squealing, eagerly watching (and hoping!) the players would get back up again after their tremendous falls. Although it has to be mentioned just how skilled these guys are, they zoom around like Pigwidgeon when he's just been let out of his cage!
However, despite this mishap, our team actually won, woohoo! (#goillini)
It was a lot of fun. Especially since the students here really get behind their teams and support them. Every time we scored and therefore their goalie missed, they would stand and chant and point at the poor guy shouting: "You suck!" over and over.
But hey, team spirit I guess?
C.
I imagined it to be fast, furious and unforgiving and on the whole, I found these to be true.
In my head there were going to be a lot more players, but surprisingly there were only 5, or maybe 6 on each team?
Fast, it definitely was, you'd be watching one end and in the blink of an eye the puck was being fought over on the opposite side.
Dangerous, is potentially another adjective I'd choose to describe the game. Hockey sticks could easily be branded as weapons in the fight for the puck! There was actually a slight scuffufle between two players in which the ref had to intervene, but in his gliding across the ice towards the disagreement, he himself tripped and flew into the arguing players landing fiercely onto the ice, inches from the wall!
A lot of my time was spent gasping or squealing, eagerly watching (and hoping!) the players would get back up again after their tremendous falls. Although it has to be mentioned just how skilled these guys are, they zoom around like Pigwidgeon when he's just been let out of his cage!
However, despite this mishap, our team actually won, woohoo! (#goillini)
It was a lot of fun. Especially since the students here really get behind their teams and support them. Every time we scored and therefore their goalie missed, they would stand and chant and point at the poor guy shouting: "You suck!" over and over.
But hey, team spirit I guess?
C.
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