Christmas On Salem Street

Well, I’ve got a lot to write about this past week. I’ll go in chronological order. Last Sunday we went to the ice rink and I did sticks & pucks with the boys. They did great and had fun. We saw Nick Wallin’s (from the Hurricanes) wife and son there. I think his son is a year older than Owen. I think Owen can out skate him. Next in the week was our big hockey game on Wednesday. We were playing a tough team and I really wanted to beat them. It was a super exciting game. The scoring was tight. We took a 1-0 lead about 1 minute into the game. They came back and tied it and then took the lead. We came back and tied it up 2-2. In the middle of the second period our goalie took a shot on the knee and had to come out of the game for a few minutes. We played with no goalie for 2 minutes and didn’t allow a goal. With 2 minutes left in the game, the opponents scored to take a 3-2 lead. With 1:30 I pulled the goalie and we scored with the extra skater with about 1 minute to go. We went into a 3 minute sudden death overtime tied 3-3. Nobody scored in OT, so we went to a shoot out. The other team went 1st and there first shooter scored a nice goal. Then Owen was up. He skated out to center ice, got some speed, took the puck down and took a nice shot to beat the goalie on his blocker side. The crowd went wild and his mom and coach (dad) were so excited and proud. He was super excited and came back to celebrate with his team. Our 2nd shooter also scored and our goalie made great saves on there 2nd & 3rd shooters, so we won the shootout and won the game. It was more exciting than the Stanley cup. We have been improving and went from a tie for last place to a tie for 2nd place. Tomorrow is our last regular season game and then we have playoffs over the next 2 weeks. Tonight we went downtown Apex to “Christmas on Salem Street”. The video of the boys dancing is at the performing arts center downtown Apex. Tomorrow we are heading back for the x-mas parade.

‘Til next time…