Exhibition Game and First Day of Travel

On Saturday a game against the Rip Tide was arranged. The Rip Tide is a spring league team that are coached and trained by the Andrew's Hockey Growth Programs. They are usually the top level or most dedicated hockey players on PEI. Up until this year, they were the only spring hockey team on PEI so they would travel to play games.

In the past they had been to Boston, Ottawa, Sweden and other places to play in tournaments. Graduates from this team are often drafted into the OHL, WHL, and QMJHL. (Major Jr. Hockey Leagues) and some will even continue their careers in the NHL like Brad Richards or on Team Canada in the case for Brandon Gormely (U18).

I think we were all expecting a very tough match and maybe even a heavy beating. Fortuately for us we had made some huge improvements in many hockey areas, mostly in conditioning and skating and the final score was 4-2 for them. We were controlling the puck pressure for the first 5 mins and the Rip Tide was not able to get the puck out of their end. Some parents of the Rip Tide late told me that they were actually worried about the result and were shocked at the level of our team.

This Rip Tide team is made up of players born in 96-97, so we had some players older and some younger, but our core was the same as them. Jack scored both goals and one was a slap shot over the right shoulder from top of the circle, a great shot!

This morning we went to Brudenell and were in the canoes and kayaks for about 2 hrs. Then it was off to the Land of Anne for a 30km bike ride. I was able to attend the water exercise but they were with the tour guides for the bike ride.

After the bike ride it was off to have dinner with some family friends and have a bonfire next to the ocean. Unfortunately my camera was at home. I did manage to take some pictures of the canoeing and kayaking. However, they don't seem to want to upload so stay tuned for the update.