Signs of life

It's Alive!!!!

After a winter season that has so far been what team phrenologist Mike K. described as "slightly catatonic, verging on death-like", the Black Aces may be showing faint signs of life.

Losers of their past several games, the newly-sweatered Aces club seemed headed for another check mark in the Loss column last week. The 3rd period saw the schwartzenmen down 3-0 to the veissguys (the Warriors), and the mood on the bench was... pensive. It had not been a great game. Weird bounces that favoured the opposition combined with some truly disorganized play at both ends of the ice meant that backup goaltender Pete T was kept busy keeping the game close.

It was up to sharpshooter and team llama groomer Mark L to get the ball rolling, which he did with a nice wrist shot past a sleeping Warriors netminder. Team scribe and defender Jeff M scored a rare goal after walking in from the point to cut the lead to one, and in the dying minutes of the game, with the Aces looking more and more like something faintly resembling a hockey team, Ralph R showed off some soft hands at the net and lifted one coolly over the Warriors goalie. The comeback was complete.

Let's hope that waiting until the end of the game to come to life doesn't become a habit, but if it does, it's at least better than waiting until the end of the game to stay dead.

Author's note: As a gesture of solidarity with this new approach I have waited until the end of the week to publish this blog post.