F-er Hocky – Back in Business!

By Commissar Patty
(The Commish)

After two weeks of being shut out – F-er Hockey was back in business this last Saturday. And a beautiful day it was too I might add. Sure it was cold, but we've played in colder. This Saturday, it was a paltry -2 below at first. But it warmed up nicely to around 10 degrees. Perfect, for a sweet January morning in my distorted book. Surprisingly, after our forced hiatus, the turnout was small, due to circumstance and schedules. I'm certain the cold weather would never in my mind, never, be an accuse not to play F-er Hockey? Who could forget our EPIC -17 degrees below zero game last year? Legend in the Halls of F-er Hockey! I know John Christiansen still talks about it, minus finger tips and all. Since I know our group is tough...I would hate to see a reputation of sorts, manifest that it's too COLD to play our style of hockey. What a sad day that would be...indeed.

Play it good – we did. Or so the Yoda of Hockey told us. Nearly an hour and 45 minutes of solid, non-stop hockey. If you wanted to skate your butt off and get a great workout, and get all the passing and scoring opportunities you ever wanted – this was it. I was SICK, sick of the amount of hockey I had to play. No substitutions, very few breaks, and very little banter – there was no time for NON-SENSE with this crew! It was particularly awaking to be on the team that was under assault by a relentless and tenacious passing barrage. Though we may have held our own, and scored some, one thing is certain – Humility is the losers chum in hockey. The score...don't ask?

In the end, happiness is a box of donuts! Thank you "Master of Donut."