The Ice Dogs Falleth...

We finished the year in first place, a fair distance ahead of the rest of the teams in our league, but one team just wanted it worse than us -- the Skateful Dead -- and they did it in style. They won game one of the championship round 5-4 and took the second game in a stunning overtime win 3-2.

I must admit, we had a lot of chances to put game two away, but the Dead's goaltender shut us down more often than not. We even squandered a 2-0 lead going into the third period of game two...we just couldn't finish. Defensive mistakes, tired players and a little bit of over-confidence cost us the title.

Nevertheless, the season was great. We finished 16-4 in the regular season, and second overall. I personally had a great season, with 11 goals and 9 assists in the regular season, and 2 goals 2 assists in the playoffs. I can't wait for the next session, although I'll enjoy the time off to recouperate, heal up my knee which has been acting up again and just enjoy having my Sunday nights back for a little bit. Go Dogs!