Can't Look Back

I didn't get a chance in Bismarck. And my chance came and went in New Mexico. But that's OK. I can't look back because I know I'm a good player, and I know I'm in a good spot now. Sometimes things don't work out the way you want them to, but I can't let those things hold me back. I'm where I am now for a reason, and I need to take advantage of my chance here, now. It's been a long break without a game; I'm itching for the games this weekend. I'm anxious to get back out on the ice in a game because we had this past weekend off. This weekend we have 3 home games, and my mom is coming out to see them. I can't wait.

But I need to have a good rest of the week of practice first. Today, I didn't have my best day on the ice. I fumbled passes that I usually don't fumble, and my legs felt heavy. I just need to play and have fun on the ice, get excited about going to practice every day, and not worry about being perfect. I think today it was hard because we only had 7 defensemen, and we were doing pretty tiring drills. But that's what practices are like here. They run practices hard, and I might not be used to that yet. Also, I just didn't feel very good. I've been congested the past few days, and when my blood got pumping, I could hear it pound in my ears. The coaches were still very helpful on a lot of the drills, always pulling me aside to talk to me when I did something wrong, but I still need to do better tomorrow. At the end of practice, we worked on some power play, and I was on one of the top units. Coach wants me to fire the puck a lot. He likes my shot and wants to use it on the power play. I had a few really good shots during the power play work, and I had one awesome slap shot that was a foot off the ice and went in right off the post. Coach was pretty happy. And I was too. Now, I need to get some rest and come to the rink ready to practice tomorrow.