I’m the Goon

[Wikipedia] Goon – n. Slang. A synonym for hockey enforcer.

After tonights game it looks like I am destined to be our teams goon. I swear that it is not because I am trying to be, honest! Body contact is not allowed in the league and is cause for a penalty when it occurs. The campus rec league is made up of players of all shapes, sizes, ages and skill levels. I am a big guy. You do the math.

Tonight I received three penalties: Body Contact, Tripping, and Body Contact. The tripping was definitely a good call, I was being lazy. However, those contact penalties were a joke and the ref knew it. The problem is that I am solid on my skates so if I come in for the puck against a smaller player chances are they are going to fall, and they did. Some of these players could come at me standing still and they would fall, and I would go to the box.

I am taking this as I sign that I need to work on my finesse.

So far the Screaming Donkeys are 3-0. I scored a goal in my first game last week so I am pretty happy. Our goalie, Sean Jackson, is playing amazing and the group of guys are really great. Soon we will be receiving our new shirts too, they are going to be nice.