Hockey

Sunday afternoon rolls around and it's time to watch Mat play hockey......I still haven't figured out why anyone in their, Ok so we get to Grapevine and we see the star player leaving his car. What is all that stuff in the bag......Great Scott! and he has two sticks! Too much to carry. Anyway, “…Most of the best hockey players on the American teams learned the game watching TV or playing a video game. American bred players are few and far between.…I've been told however Mat comes close to being as good as the stars from across the border….and can boast of being one of The Colony's superior players.

The cold weather game of choice as Mat grew up in Irving was roller hockey. This was a game played outside with teams of six or seven players using short curved sticks. Players propelled a ball into a cage somewhat smaller than a soccer goal. The young Mat became a proficient roller hockey player and easily transitioned into hockey as that game gained hold with both players and public to become “the winter game.”

I suppose most hockey players get hit in the head enough times that they can't tell the difference between winter and summer......so what was it Sunday 105 degrees? OK inside now and cooled off.

The game is on Mat looking good as he starts on the bench!

Well it's not long before he gets a chance to play and play he does. He goes from one end of the rink to the other and low and behold he puts the "puck in the basket" and Kara gets all excited, we yell and take pictures, I heard him say "Yow Baby" and Kara screams again! Hummm....

Mat's team quickly adds to the score and it's not long before the other team makes a come back. It was exciting and the fans were going crazy. Kara and Mom and kids found some good buys at Kirkland's... Mat made some awesome saves to keep his team in the lead. They inched it out 5 to 3 after 3 quarters.

I guess this was follow the leader! Maybe 3 blind mice.

It was fun watching the game although I did expect some blood or at least one fight; didn't happen they all left as friends should do after a hard played game.

Thanks Mat for the entertainment, I will attend more games.

Pops