Did I see you're still playing the Open A division?So fucking disappointing. Losing in the Chowder Cup finals sucks because you play all 5 games including 2 on Sunday and don't even win.
My body can't take this shit anymore.
Haha my Thursday night team played there (and also lost in the finals). I played in the 25C (there was no B this year) with my other group of guys.Did I see you're still playing the Open A division?
I feel your pain...I play in the Cranberry Cup every fall, and the finals are Saturday night, which means a game Saturday am, and if you make it trying to not get drunk all day on Nantucket waiting for the finals. My team has lost in the finals the last 3 years, and I definitely haven't been sober for any of them. Not the best scenario for the goalie...So fucking disappointing. Losing in the Chowder Cup finals sucks because you play all 5 games including 2 on Sunday and don't even win.
My body can't take this shit anymore.
Well what the fuck is the point of that?I feel your pain...I play in the Cranberry Cup every fall, and the finals are Saturday night, which means a game Saturday am, and if you make it trying to not get drunk all day on Nantucket waiting for the finals. My team has lost in the finals the last 3 years, and I definitely haven't been sober for any of them. Not the best scenario for the goalie...
I’m hoping the Preds win it, only because I think their fanbase is awesome (shows up, is LOUD, doesn’t have any entitled douchiness) and because I think it will chap the Montreal fanbase’s collective ass if PK wins a Cup there while they wallow in the basement.It was a good season despite the ending.
I'm rooting for the Knights now because that's the craziest outcome.
As I get older, schadenfreude is less and less a motivation, but I'd be happy with this outcome and the collective Montrealer pain that comes along with it as well.I’m hoping the Preds win it, only because I think their fanbase is awesome (shows up, is LOUD, doesn’t have any entitled douchiness) and because I think it will chap the Montreal fanbase’s collective ass if PK wins a Cup there while they wallow in the basement.
I'm sure that I don't know...something about semi-competitive hockey players staying sober for games, its not anything I can get behind, and not really the point of the weekend in my opinion.Well what the fuck is the point of that?
This is why I don't do Chowder Cup...group of AB buddies of mine, did it for years. Problem was it was just a bunch of guys who grew up together and played pickup together. We'd go have fun for the weekend but we'd be playing teams that were super competitive- they were all men's league teams, they had plays and systems, all wore cages and full equipment...just brutal. It wasn't fun, so we just stopped going.I'm sure that I don't know...something about semi-competitive hockey players staying sober for games, its not anything I can get behind, and not really the point of the weekend in my opinion.
I'm with you there...beware the try-hards.This is why I don't do Chowder Cup...group of AB buddies of mine, did it for years. Problem was it was just a bunch of guys who grew up together and played pickup together. We'd go have fun for the weekend but we'd be playing teams that were super competitive- they were all men's league teams, they had plays and systems, all wore cages and full equipment...just brutal. It wasn't fun, so we just stopped going.
I want to play good hockey, but I want to skate with guys (or girls) who get it. Weekend tournaments are for having fun, not necessarily winning a $10 trophy. But YMMV.
Eh, there’s a balance here. I’m pretty competitive, so my feeling is that if I’m there, I’m gonna try to win. I'm not going to be a super hardo or anything, but I'm also not gonna get hammered before games. I skate my hardest in tournaments by far, since they only come around once in a while and winning is fun. (It doesn't help that I can't play hockey at all while drinking, unlike every other sport). Same with showing up for games on time, etc. Just be an adult and get there in reasonable condition and give it a good effort. I'm not saying people need to be in bed by 8pm, but staying out until 4am then not being able to skate the next day isn't as funny to me as it is to others.This is why I don't do Chowder Cup...group of AB buddies of mine, did it for years. Problem was it was just a bunch of guys who grew up together and played pickup together. We'd go have fun for the weekend but we'd be playing teams that were super competitive- they were all men's league teams, they had plays and systems, all wore cages and full equipment...just brutal. It wasn't fun, so we just stopped going.
I want to play good hockey, but I want to skate with guys (or girls) who get it. Weekend tournaments are for having fun, not necessarily winning a $10 trophy. But YMMV.
Agree on all points.Eh, there’s a balance here. I’m pretty competitive, so my feeling is that if I’m there, I’m gonna try to win. I'm not going to be a super hardo or anything, but I'm also not gonna get hammered before games. I skate my hardest in tournaments by far, since they only come around once in a while and winning is fun. (It doesn't help that I can't play hockey at all while drinking, unlike every other sport). Same with showing up for games on time, etc. Just be an adult and get there in reasonable condition and give it a good effort. I'm not saying people need to be in bed by 8pm, but staying out until 4am then not being able to skate the next day isn't as funny to me as it is to others.
As far as opponents go - I'm with you guys there. I've gotten trucked multiple times in the Chowder Cup the last few years and it sucks (only one actually called for a penalty too). No one needs to get hurt/fight/etc so that's dumb. You can play hard without being a douchebag try-hard about it. Plays, systems, full gear....fuck that too. Go play men's league hockey.
But once the game's over? Then it's gone and you're there to have fun. No need to dwell on it or have a bad weekend - that's when the real fun starts. The sitting around drinking, bullshitting, seeing people you rarely see is the best part of the tourney and way more rewarding than actually winning...but doing all that then winning is even better.
Thanks! And will do.Nice- glad to see you're sticking with it. It is not an easy sport to pick up, especially later in life.
Good move changing the lie of your stick...if I use a stick with a significantly different lie (or curve), it's like I've never played before.
Keep us updated.
Haha I texted Dummy Hoy that exact same thing. The example of going from skating forwards to backwards - I have no idea how that happens, I just do it naturally without even thinking about it. I couldn't teach it if you paid me.It's amazing how you start to take these things for granted after you've been skating for a long time. Like, if someone asked me how you stopped I would have absolutely no idea how to explain it to them.
Stole the picture from reddit unfortunately. Still, it is very fun.Showing a fair amount of leg there Homey.
Disc golf is fun.
Don't have kids. It's terrible for your golf game.After today, I'll have had 8 18 hole rounds and 2 9 holes rounds since April 14th.
I expect that rate to continue to rise once I move into my new house that's minutes away from my club.
No worries on that front.Don't have kids. It's terrible for your golf game.
Did you see my brethren from Brooklyn at Warrior? I think we (they, as I was finishing up a show and couldn't make it) played a 25 and up team for the championship and won it. We have Raccoons on White and Blue jerseys and sport 2 or 3 top echelon forwards and a couple of good DMen. Our goalie, Geo, reportedly had a good tourney, as well. Still waiting for my championship jacket....So fucking disappointing. Losing in the Chowder Cup finals sucks because you play all 5 games including 2 on Sunday and don't even win.
My body can't take this shit anymore.
Wait...what?Did you see my brethren from Brooklyn at Warrior? I think we (they, as I was finishing up a show and couldn't make it) played a 25 and up team for the championship and won it. We have Raccoons on White and Blue jerseys and sport 2 or 3 top echelon forwards and a couple of good DMen. Our goalie, Geo, reportedly had a good tourney, as well. Still waiting for my championship jacket....
Are we talking about different tournaments? My team played one at Warrior on the 3/4-3/6 weekend - I thought that's what you were referring to...Wait...what?
Sorry, meant 5/5, as well - but ours was at Warrior. We'll have to keep track of these, should our paths cross...Nope, this was at New England SportsCenter the weekend of 5/5.
1) after one has children, the rare opportunity to sleep in at all is taken advantage of, no matter how old one is.I have become physically unable to sleep past 7am now. It’s quite concerning and a sign that I’m indeed now old.
Although I moved into my new house in the suburbs yesterday, also indicating my advancing age, but this one I’m ok with.