Week 10: St. Joseph Giffons vs. Carriage Club

St. Joe 0 - Carriage Club 5

Hi everybody! I kind of fell off the blogger planet and am finally back! It has been crazy busy at the Bowman house in the last 2 months but hockey has continued to be the mainstay of our weekends. I've even taken alot of pictures, but I've just not managed to get them posted out for the world to see...


This is Oliver the Pug - I don't have a good reason to put this up on the blog other than he is a cutie...

 Okay, so now that I have gotten back into your good graces by showing you a really cute picture of Oliver...
I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday! Since I've been out of the blogger loop for the last couple of weeks, I should let you know that the St. Joseph Griffon's have been on the ice kicking butt and taking names! Well, except for this game. This game shall go down in Griffon History as the game that made men out of our boys...

Carriage Club is the 1 team in our league that has an outdoor rink. This is actually kind of cool because I've been told that real men play hockey outdoors. Well, our boys got to be real men in -22 windchill weather with snow...


Even the heaters in the box didn't help...

 Since our boys had to endure the cold and wind, we parents stood outside as well -each praying that our kid would be the one to come across the ice to sit by the fire, so we could sit by the fire as well... IT NEVER HAPPENED. I asked Alex about it at the end of the game and all he would say was that he wasn't going to be the 1st one to skate over... (As a point of interest, I would have been FINE if he has skated over first...)

So, they endured miserable cold and snow while playing the Carriage Club team. Neither team really wanted to be out there. And, with the challenge of being outside on top of not being equipped with face warmers and glove warmers, etc. our team struggled and lost. The Carriage Club team played a good game despite the adversity.



Alex with his cold face




Going after the puck




Can you see the snow?

 We are glad our 1 outdoor game of the season is over, but seriously, when it isn't so cold, it's a great place to be!
I'm cold all over again just looking at these pictures! Stay warm, and stay out of the penalty box!