Andrew had his first hockey game today. The kids at this level play cross ice games. He was excited, but actually a bit nervous too this morning. It was kind of cute. He was happy that his first game was against one of his best friends (Rocco) teams. After we got him all geared up, he went onto the ice and was doing a few drills. All of a sudden the game started and we could not find him. I could not figure out where he could have gone. How could he have even gotten off the ice? Well as it turns out, the Coach asked if anyone wanted to play goalie, and he volunteered. He was off the ice being suited up in goalie gear! He had been talking about wanting to play goalie, but as one of the newest (and definitely the smallest) players on his team, I did not think that would happen. He played half of the game as goalie. I was very proud of him for volunteering and trying something new.
He was so excited to be playing goalie. He really liked it and said that he wanted to do it again sometime.
Here is a clip of him in goal. I have to apologize for the quality of the camera work. It was hard to get a good angle from where we were. Here he is.... in his goalie debut...
After half of the game, he got out of the goalie gear and was back on the ice.
Here is a bit of footage of him playing. He's #8.
So, for the next 9 weeks, he has practice on Tuesdays and games every Saturday morning. He can't wait for his next one. I will keep everyone posted on his progress! I have to admit, I am loving hockey!!!
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