John Thor Kristjansson

With a perfect unbeaten season 16-0 we came into the playoffs.  In the playoffs you have to win your game otherwise you do not advance to the next round.  We played two playoff games in Breckenridge last weekend March 7-8th.  One thing you have to be aware of is the altitude 9,600 feet above sea level.  Drink lots of water and cut down on activities.  We had one game on Saturday against he last seeded team 12-0.  Then another on Sunday against the Summit ( Breckenridge home team ).  Our team was a little flat after spending the night at altitude, activities included the swimming pool and “Hotel tag”.  We came away with the win 3-1.

Then on March 15 we had the final game against the NoCo Fort Collins team,  it was played at the Promenade Green ice rink.  The Promenade is a really nice facility with 3 rinks.  Somehow we were a little tense and couldn’t get our game going for a while.  The game was tight, we had some unlucky bounces and we scored a goal that was disallowed because the ref did not have the right angle.  I had a shot on the post after beating the goalie but it just didn’t want to go in.  In all a good effort, the Fort Collins team seemed a little hungrier than our team and came away with the win 1-3.

I know there is a life lesson in there and I’m still processing the whole thing.  We got 2nd place which is pretty good considering 16 guys showed up to play at the beginning of the season, no tryouts.  We just had enough to field a team and a great team it became.