Our Friday Night Hockey came to an end for the season recently. We've been playing for many, many years. Currently we're at Goulding Arena in the Yonge and Steeles area. We've been there for over 10 years if I'm not mistaken.
I've been organizing it for the past three or four years. The contract with the City of Toronto isn't too much trouble. I just have to fill out some forms and fax in the roster to them and set up payment.
The most work is organizing the goalies. It seems like we ran into all sorts of problems this year. One of our new goalies, Rob, left after playing with us for one season so I had to look for another one to fill in. I searched the internet and found, Petr, who was looking for a group to play with. He rounded out our roster along with Godfrey and Dave.
With around 6-8 weeks left in the season, Petr, ended up breaking four ribs and sustaining a concussion in a car accident while coming back from skiing at Blue Mountain. So, needless to say, he was done for the rest of the time.
Then Dave had his knee problems. He's had them for a number of years. So he wasn't able to make it out near the end of the season either. Thankfully Frankie's brother, Donald, and Andrew's trainer's daughter, Caitlin, were able to fill in for them in emergency situations.
A few players went AWOL through the year too. We lost Doug Lem before the season even started. He died mysteriously at home one day. It was very sad and tragic. Paul lasted only half a year. His knees were giving him problems. Jim broke a rib while playing during one of the games. So he missed a number of weeks as well. One other new fellow John disappeared part way through too.
All in all I know everyone enjoyed playing. I know I did. It's a great way to end the week by blowing off some steam and getting exercise at the same time.
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