Second Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 5

Jacob and Marco in characteristic formation as they skate toward goal.

Max D. in the offensive zone...

...and shortly thereafter, celebrating a successful shot on goal.

No post featuring the offense would be complete without Max B., so here he is.

Second Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 4

Dylan and Andrew S. in position.

Eric.

Gavin sweeps them off their feet.

Wyatt.

Hunter.

Second Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 3

Here are some more photos.

Eric.

Dylan.

Matthew.

Dylan, again.

Matthew, again, with oversight from three squirt A hockey stalwarts.

Second Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 2

More single photos.

Eric had a good night.

Jacob with a shot.

How's the mouthguard taste, Marco?

...Marco?

The whistle having been blown, the Shakopee players tried to help Andrew S. away from in front of the net.

Second Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 1

Our offensive lines had a terrific night against Shakopee on Thursday at the north rink of Parade Ice Gardens.

We lost to Shakopee in Eagan a few weeks ago. That was the infamous game that Matthew missed because the folks at the Eagan rink couldn't sharpen his skates properly. They ground the edge off the back part of one blade, and he simply couldn't skate on it. After three attempts at sharpening the skates, the management of the Eagan arena gave up, and Matthew sat out, much to his disgust and annoyance. There was a lesson there about making sure your skates were sharpened by your regular shop before a big game.

There was none of those problems last night, and the team won easily with 5 goals to Shakopee's 1.

Jacob.

Marco took quite a hit during the first period. There was a loud 'pop', it spun him around and Marco was down for longer than anyone likes to see. The game had to be stopped while he got his wind back. But he eventually skated to the bench, and was back on shift shortly. This photo was taken right after the hit.

Gavin.

In this evening's performance, Max D. played the role of Andy P. He took over from Andrew S., who played Andy P. in a previous game. (Andy is very generous to share a jersey when other players forget theirs.)

Max D. wasn't the only player to forget equipment. Jackson wore his practice jersey, not realizing that a game would be played during the ice time. Eric forgot his helmet, but Coach McCoy got the rink management to find him a loaner from lost and found. All this missing equipment notwithstanding, the team played really well against a group of tough opponents.

Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 4

In an earlier post, we saw Eric being congratulated. Here are some other shots of him playing offense. The first two photos show him passing to Max B.



Again with Max B., this time helping out with a faceoff.

Getting ready for play to resume

Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 3

Wyatt often plays defense. Here he takes care of a loose puck in front of the net, with Andy P.'s approval.




That's Jackson, Jacob, Wyatt, with Hunter behind Wyatt.

Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 2

There are a few skaters who play both offense and defense.

Here's Hunter on offense. The next sequence shows him on defense, along with Willy.



There's no resisting the law of gravity.

Good work on defense.

Scrimmage v Shakopee, Part 1

The informality of the scrimmage against Shakopee came out in several ways. There was one ref instead of two. At one point, with the other coach's assent, Coach McCoy removed one of his players in order to practice defending against a power play. No one operated the scoreboard, and I'm not sure what the final tally was. They probably had a few more goals than we did. Let's start with a few single photos:

Here's Coach McCoy providing some instructions to the players.

Eric being congratulated for some play, probably a goal.

Garrett gets ready.

Our two goalies, Andy P. (left) and Jackson (right) exchanging a word as Andy takes over for Jackson in the net.

Henri wrestles for position during a faceoff.