Today was the start of the tournament and the reason for our travels. The talent level in Finland is better than expected. The 2 Finnish teams we played today were very skilled, big and strong. The first team we played was - EKS, which was comprised of mostly older players - 15 year olds with a few 14 year olds and one 13 year old. Although not our best game, EKS were very strong and had solid goaltending. They beat us 4-1. The player of the game was Brittany Pedersen. The girls knew we had to win the next game to advance to the next round and they came out flying! The second game was against Walapais - the girls pulled out their "A" game and came out with a 7-2 win! This meant that the girls will likely finish second in our division. Melissa Simone scored 6 goals and our goaltender, Ashley Pedersen was strong between the pipes. The player of the game was Ashley Pedersen.
Happy New Year to all our friends and family and goodnight from beautiful (but cold - 15 degrees Celsius) Helsinki.
Way to go Lightning! Great job blogging, Mohamed. Really appreciate the updates.
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June (a.k.a Erica Voss' mom)
Welcome to Finland and have fun. I thought you are accustomed to real winter. It was 40 below during the nationals in Regina in 2002 and about the same during WRC in Edmonton. Good games. See you tomorrow in game #12 at 30 sec clock.
ReplyDeleteMartti K.
Great job girls on your win today.
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Salma Esmail
Well done on Day 1 of the tournament. Best of luck on Saturday's games. Go Lightning Go!
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