I had my 3rd game on the weekend.
First game 7-0 loss - 21 shots to 9
Second game 1-1 tie 23 shots to 19
third game 4-1 loss 28 shots to 9
First one was a breakaway, I've noticed that with breakaways I just can't seem to out wait the attacker and then just drop into a blocking butterfly stance and try to throw out a pokecheck. they then just make one move and throw it in an empty net. I think it's just a mind thing, but I ALWAYS make the first move. So that guys scored pretty easily.
The second goal was my fault, the guy came down the left and put a low shot in. I can't yet control my gloves/stick to smother a puck, so I kicked it out to the right side straight to an unmarked guy who tapped it in the net as I was still trying to recover from kicking out the rebound.
3rd goal was really frustrating as I've spend maybe 10 mins a day downstairs trying to work on my VH stance for this play and then come game time they shoot the puck in, and beat out D to it, and I go into VH but then stand up and peer around the post to look behind the goal. the guy then passes it infront and I feel a bang on my foot, and hear him celebrating. I look down and half my skate is outside the post angling into the net.
4th goal was a PP goal 1 minute later. I play in the bottom league so no one can shoot a rocket shot from the point... or so I thought. Puck comes high to the blue line and my guy rushes out to block it, I drop down to butterfly expecting a low shot and as the puck goes past my guy I lose sight of it, then see it again but its going high and it goes upstairs and hits my bottle.
FYI: game 1 and game 3 were to the same team who are 5-0-1 with 25GF and 6 GA. my team is last with 1-4-1 8GF and 16GA (they won 4-0 last week as well)
I also just picked up some Passau knee pads from someone and god damn they are lovely, felt nothing at all when dropping down and no bruises the next day.