blog post #3

blog post #3
Neal Chapman

If i were to do any day over again it would be this last Friday. after working for 4 straight years just trying to get better, my high school hockey career ended. I always knew it would end, but i can't quite believe it is actually over. The hardest part about it ending is the fact that it could have gone for a little longer, while making school history in the process. Since we were the 4th place in our conference, the team would have to play state powerhouse west valley high school. we had played them 3 times already this year, each one ending with a 8-1 loss. while some people might look at this as a definite loss for the bears, i have always been the kind of person who could see the silver lining. I honestly thought that we could win the game. the first period went good until the last 8 seconds, when west valley scored their first goal. the rest of the game went like this, our team playing solid, except for a couple of points, which the other team would exploit and score. our team could only muster 13 shots to west valleys 46 and the final score was 3-1. while it was much better than any other, i was finished. it took me a couple minutes to fully comprehend that it was truly over. if i were to change anything i would have changed that day, to try and keep my hockey career going. although i know that nothing can be perfect, even if i had one that game, or even won the state tournament, i would still be sad that my hockey career was over.