Relentless

Our team is known for being relentless.  That's the one word I think that describes our style of play best, and it's one word our coach uses a lot to describe how we play and how we should play every night. Tomorrow we're heading up to McCall for our first round series against the Ogden Mustangs.  We're going to come at them with a relentless effort.  That was our coach's only message after practice today.  It's playoffs.  It's not about skill as much as it is about mindset.  What are you willing to do to win?  How hard are you willing to get hit to get the puck out of the zone?   How hard are you willing to play?  If you get hurt, you get hurt.  People will fill in.  But playoffs are ultimately about making sacrifices for the team.

I think this week of practice went really well.  The first few days of practice this week were hard; I was dead tired after them, and it takes a lot for me to get tired.  Someone on the team likened me to a Kenyan marathon runner the other day when I was running around the rink before practice.  Once I get going, I keep going.  Anyways, back to the point: I think I'm peaking at the right time.  Today, I felt like I was flying out on the ice.  Our coaches might actually have it down to a science.  Sometimes I feel like they're pushing us past our limit, but now I see that it's all part of the plan.  I'm ready to have a great weekend, and I'm so excited to get this run for the Thorne Cup going!