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i had so much fun last night, I attended the adult skills clinic at our local rink. It was a great group of guys and the dudes that put it on did a really good job. There were two other goalies out there, one of which had only been on the ice as goalie for 7 times, the other was a gal with about a year of experience. Having one extra goalie was cool because it allowed me to take breaks during the various drills we did. I felt so much better than I did at sticktime on saturday. My stamina was better, I was receiving instruction and I even took one shot square in the juevos! (one off the mask too). We did various 2 on 0 drills and it was fun tracking the puck and then doing a very half-assed butterfly slide across the crease to make some saves! I cant wait until next mondays clinic! In the meantime I will continue my stretching routines.

Was not able to pass up on 40% off on these dt2 LE (quebec nordiques).

Nice thing about the clinic I attend - goalies who want to just face shots from the skaters attend for free, and they're at one end, and then goalies who want the specific instruction get the middle and don't have to face any shots if they don't feel ready. I mean, in the drills you usually get shots, but it's very controlled, and 40 minutes of a 55 minute clinic could be devoted entirely to movement. There's usually 3 goalies, but the minimum is one (of course) and the max is 6. The coaches have all been good to us allowing us to rest when we need it, or modify drills to more experienced or less experienced players. (for example, the coach might want a more experienced goalie to butterfly slide from post to post, but would tell me to shuffle.) Actually, the ice is divided in three - adult novice players at one end, goalies in the middle, and kids at the other end, so you can also lend yourself to the kids' group if you feel that's more your speed (and it gives the kids a thrill, shooting on a real goalie). Then a six year old dekes you out of your pads and you get to feel shame. Stretching is a process. A little bit at a time. Most of the time, about 20 minutes of my workout is devoted just to stretching. Groin, hips, back. Sometimes if the trainers are around, I make sure to do really pretzely stretches to freak them out. But I also work at the gym and enjoy messing with my co-workers and don't advise that as a proper training technique.

Played a mixed league fun tourney this weekend. Our team was back-to-back champs in 2013 and 2014. Sadly, we dropped our first game and couldn't repeat. Still made 3rd place of 12 teams. I played my first game at defense in the 3rd-4th place game. We won 5-2. I was a +3!

I feel like marsblades have the boot super high off the ground