Victor Sussman

Tonight I backstopped a 4-2 loss. This comes on the heels of a 6-4 win last Sunday. Unfortunately, I was too busy to write about that during the week, so I'll have to try to recap that first and then get to tonight's game. (OK - fine, I'm eating my dessert first and saving the vegetables for later. Just don't tell my mom. lol)

Any win is a good win, in my book. I will admit, however, to being somewhat disappointed in how I coughed up three in the first period to put us down 3-0. ...

Well - I got to play in my first league game tonight. We had a 10 pm start against the Punishers (one of the better squads in our division.)

Anyway - while I would love to report a stellar performance my first time in a game situation, I can't do that, but I think overall the experience was positive anyway. :) The opposition scored their first goal on a fluky play where the puck stopped dead in the crease and everyone (including me) thought the play had been whistled dead. Sadly ...

Well, Thursday was quite the day. Up at 4 am (CDT) and off to the airport. Sure, flying involves a lot of sitting around, waiting for aircraft, waiting for departures, waiting for arrivals. Thursday was no different - returning from a business trip to Houston. Everything seemed pretty good weather-wise, but the dewpoint decided to get a little intimate with the air temperature and the result: fog. This meant a 7:30 departure turned into a 45 minute wait for takeoff.

No ...

Well, it's time for another blog post. I think this one will probably be less eloquent and probably shorter than my last, but I digress...

Anyway - greetings from that hockey hotbed of... Houston, TX where I am attending a conference for the next few days. I can only think of one word to describe it here: hot. Well - OK, two words: hot and humid.

Anyway - I am reminded of something that someone said early on in my days on this board, "Before you know it you'll ...

Well, the weather here has been unseasonably warm, hardly seems like hockey weather at all, in fact. I can't say I'm complaining too much, however; it's nice not to be dragging my goalie bag through the snow on the front walk. Still, it feels funny to be at a public skate and to feel a warm breeze blow when the rink attendants open the door to the Zamboni garage to empty the snow out behind the arena. Clearly many people's minds are starting to wander on to non-winter pursuits. For a good 5-10 ...