Dad and I got good seats for the final game of the LDS team, which has two talented skaters who got their start playing street hockey in Belgravia. Jordan had spent the weekend in bed with the flu so when Beej called him up on Monday to tell him they needed him to play he rallied and laced up his skates.
It was one of those nail-biter games - Dad (Don Cherry) says it was, "intense, end-to-end action, with sometimes chippy play and lots of turn-overs and momentum shifts. The tension got to both goalies and they let in a few softies. No one was ever sure who would prevail in such a tight contest of evenly matched teams. John played a very stalwart defense and blocked many dangerous shots and Jordan played well on left wing despite feeling under the weather. Then... in the final few minutes, the LDS team fell behind by two points and it looked like all was lost!! until -- a furious rally by the LDS tied the game."
Now - just 30 seconds left and Dad and I were sure it was going to end in a shoot-out just like the NHL game on Saturday. Then -- in those last 30 seconds all Dad and I could see - - - was the puck disappearing into the net! - LDS had won the game!! The crowd (mainly YSA) went wild! We couldn't see who had scored the final goal, but everyone was jubilant.
Dad and I made our way down to the lower concourse and snapped these photos. The team was elated!
It wasn't until this morning when I was talking to Jordan about the game and saying - Wow! Whoever scored that final goal was amazing - that I found out the winning goal was scored by none other than # 8 - Jordan Schneider.
5 comments:
Jordan Schneider you're my hero.
I hate when I post as Jord but am really Char.
Wow - what an athletic posterity!
Congratulations, you guys!
Grannie
I'm so proud! Glad to know that my brothers are still going strong with their hockey.
Must have been a really rough game. Who's the guy with the two black eyes?
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