Scrimmage vs. U of D

We showed up with ten people and they had what looked like twenty-five on their bench. Their average age was 19 and ours is 35 (I throw the curve off...sigh). We lost 3-2 due to Jen's talented stick and a ton of hard work by our team. What should have been a blow out turned out to be a competitive game. Michelle as always dominated on defense and Chris helped dropped back and did really well on D after Ang got slammed and hit the ice looking like a starfish. She banged her neck up bad. My only complaint was the ref not making calls on the other team when he'd make lame ones on us. I had some cow kick my legs out from behind right in front of the ref. No call. I saw Jen get elbowed in the head in front of the ref. No call. I watched Catoia get yanked down behind the net. No call. Sensing a pattern here? The worst call of the night had to be the Hens first 'goal'. It never went in the net. Everyone on our team saw that it didn't go in, but because a few the U of D players raised their arms...you guessed it. The ref called it a goal. I hate it when the refs ruin a game by not calling it the way it should. Pay attention. You're getting paid to do a job, not come out for a Friday night skate and collect a pay check. Other than the suck ass refs, it was a hard skate and a shitload of fun. I got to see some old teammates on and off the ice. And Katie had two of the U of D goals. One was the non-goal, but that doesn't take away anything from what a great player she is. It's not the coaching that's going to win them games, it's Katie's talent. Without her that team would be just an average group of players. It's a shame Katie couldn't go somewhere else in a really big hockey program because she has a ton of talent and would become a standout anywhere she would play.