Heading South Once Again

We’re heading down to Santa Rosa next week for our last scheduled tournament of the 2008-2009 season.  Although we play additional games through the remainder of the season, we are not currently signed up for tournament play after the Santa Rosa event.  We are all super excited and are looking forward to another fun tournament!

The stage is set for a great series of games.  As you may remember, it was Santa Rosa who we beat at the Silver Stick to get our chance in Pelham, Ontario at the International Finals.  You may also remember that it was Santa Rosa who beat us 3-0 in the championship game of our home tournament over MLK weekend after losing to us in the opening round 0-2.  There is no question that we have our hearts set on taking the trophy from their home tournament and bringing it back to Medford.

We do have some sick and injured players on the roster that may affect our chances; however, we hope to be healthy and ready to play come next Friday, the thirteenth.  Okay, that’s a little creepy for those who are superstitious (that would include most hockey players I might add), but that also gives us an advantage.  Paiute Morrison, our goalie, is number 13, so we are playing on his day.  Indeed the goalies have been the deciding factor in all three games we have played against each other this season.  We won our first match up 2-0 and our second match up by the same score.  Santa Rosa won our third match up 3-0.  Who will get the shut out this time?