Losing Sucks!

There’s really no other way to put it but that losing sucks. So as you can tell we didn’t fare so well in our tournament on the weekend. We gave it our all, or at least I did judging by the fact that it’s Tuesday and I’m still sore, and we couldn’t quite get it done. Our first game was against Finland which we suspected would be our hardest and it definitely was a hard game. The first period we did not play well at all, mainly due to the fact that I think our bodies and minds were just trying to get adjusted to the speed of the game. Luckily for us our goalie kept us in it and we were only down 1-0. We were tied 1-1 in the third period thanks to a great goal by our captain, but unfortunately they scored with about 10 minutes left to go up 2-1 and we just couldn’t recover. The game was really bitter sweet because we were right with them and really could have won the game and on the other hand I think we did better than anyone expected coming so close to beating them and playing right with them. So that made the next game super important as we needed to win the next two.

Saturday was then our game against Kazakhstan and we knew it would be another tough game. After the first period we were tied 1-1 and I was pretty pumped as I scored the goal while we were on a 5 on 3 thanks to a sweet pass from Jeni. Then in the second period we had a defensive mental break down for about five minutes and they scored two goals within that time. It was really bad! So going into the third we were down 3-1, which a comeback from that score is quite doable. Our coach finally and I mean finally put all of us Canadians together on a line along with Sonja, our American/Czech teammate, and we started a comeback. I was able to pass it out front to Jeni who had an awesome tip in for a goal, so now it was 3-2 but it was too little too late. Our line dominated them but ran out of time for putting the puck in the net and we ended up losing 4-2 as they scored with a horrible give away at the end of the game. Therefore with that loss it meant that we would not be moving on to the next round. Disappointing? Very to say the least considering last year we lost in shoot out to go to the finals and now this year we come up short again. The next game we played Denmark and killed them 10-0. Where were those goals the day before? I’m still pretty bummed about the losses but definitely know I gave it my all as after the Kazakhstan game as I think I sat in the dressing room without moving for about 30 minutes partly due to shock that we had just lost but mostly because of exhaustion as I couldn’t move. There’s of course always the should of and could of’s that you think about after the game. But I guess losing is part of sports and something you have to live with if you play any sort of game...but it still really sucks!