Week 7: St. Joe Griffons vs. Independence Jr. Mavericks

Griffons 10 - Jr. Mavericks 0

Stats: 5 Wins - 2 Losses

It was quite the weekend for the St. Joseph Griffons! (Way back in November!!!) Hockey was on everyone's mind! It started early Saturday morning and didn't end until VERY LATE Sunday night when Alex and Denny got home from practice. In fact, here is the face I got from Denny when I told him when practice was on Sunday night...



I'm gonna get home from hockey practice when?



HA HA HA! I couldn't help myself!

Actually, thankfully, Denny took Alex to hockey Sunday night, because they didn't get home until after 11:00 PM - I was already asleep when they got home, but that is a different story for a different blog...

As I was saying, hockey started early Saturday morning...

Denny and Alex headed out to St. Joe to play another Stars team while I headed off to work. Don't be jealous that I got to go into the office on Saturday while all of you slept in... Alex and his team were rock stars who showed another Stars team from Pepsi who's boss on the ice in Kansas City Pee Wee Hockey. The Final Score? 6-3 St. Joe - Go Griffons!

Saturday Night, a number of the Griffon's players met to go watch the Missouri Mavericks play the Dallas Oilers in hockey at the Independence Events Center - home of the Missouri Mavericks! We stayed at a hotel so the boys could hang out  and swim before the game.



Hockey players in a pool is always a sight!



What you can't see are the parents at the table hanging out enjoying their beverages while the boys splashed and played. A good time was had by all! After pool time, we cleaned up and met for Mexican before heading over to watch the Mavericks win another hockey game!

It had everything - penalties, goals, fights, broken hockey sticks, more fights, cheerleaders, Alex on the jumbo-tron, more fights, Alex eating nachos, more fights, Alex eating cotton candy, Denny eating peanuts, more fights, Alex on the jumbo-tron a couple more times, and one last fight that got 2 players kicked out of the game. Hockey at it's best! Did I mention all the eating and Alex being up on the big screen? 

We got back to the hotel and the first thing Alex does is to walk into the hotel's pantry looking for something to eat. The only thing I could say was "REALLY?" and then walked to the elevator. He soon followed and crawled into bed. He was asleep before he knew it...

Sunday morning we were up and at them early again. I have to insert here that I should get to sleep in at least 1 DAY on the weekend! I'm just sayin...

We had breakfast - well, Denny and I had breakfast. Alex had more like a medium size pig. The breakfast was a buffet in the hotel. The amount of bacon that this child put on this plate and then consumed was incredible. We are working on teaching Alex about portion control - clearly it didn't work this morning...

After breakfast we headed to the rink and get ready to take on the Jr. Mavericks...

It was a great game! For the Griffons that is...

Alex scored his first goal as a Griffon! Way to go Alex!!!!



This is what you look like when you have just scored a goal...



Alex, in fact scored 2 goals and had 2 assists. He even got to play Left Wing instead of Defense for the 2nd part of the game! He looked GREAT!



The Mavericks have surrounded Alex...




Alex is taking him out...





They all go down - Alex is taking one for the team...

 


It seemed like a good idea at the time...



The Mavericks are a new team this season and while they didn't score, they played their hearts out. They may be green this season, but they are going to be a team to watch come next fall!



The Griffons watching the win!



 


It's good to have friends on the ice with you...



So, another great hockey weekend. I will be better about getting my blog updates out now that the holidays are past. Stay tuned for more exciting hockey adventures, and as always...

Stay out of the penalty box!