#4-5

Was good to get out playing hockey again after being sick. I was a bit worried how I would do but everything started out well.

I had to make one good save through the first period and we scored a goal and I felt were the slightly better team overall.

In the second things were going pretty similar, we scored another and were a bit better but then during a power play our defender got the puck and threw a blind pass across the ice which was picked off. I made the first save with no defensive help at all but he put in the rebound and it was 2-1. We managed to get a third goal though on another power play, literally as time in the period ran out.

In the third they were clearly pushing harder and outplayed us overall. But I started out making some more good saves, until they got one when the puck came across to three of their guys uncovered right in front of the net. I made one save but couldn't cover and they scored on the rebound.

After that unfortunately my fatigue from what was most likely covid last week came in and I felt really slow and tired. I let in a shot under my arm that I should have had. Then we scored to take a lead again. They pulled their goalie and we nearly scored, hitting the post. But after that they got a nice tip, I feel I should have been able to catch it but I was tired and had my glove a bit low and was slow to raise it so we went to overtime tied 4-4.

They made the goalies switch ends for overtime. I don't know why, we haven't done that before. I didn't appreciate having to skate to the other end when I was feeling as tired as I was but tried to deal with it the best I could. The overtime was sort of back and forth, and sort of sloppy. After a couple minutes they got a chance that was kind of a breakaway. One of those odd plays where I maybe should have come out to play it but feeling tired already I wasn't sure I would be fast enough so I didn't and their guy came in alone. He got kind of a weak shot I missed with my stick and then just totally messed up stopping with my pads to end the game on a horrible goal and overtime loss.

At least we got a point and I did play well and made good saves before I got to simply feeling exhausted and slow. Hopefully I'll keep improving and feeling better and not get tired so easily next game.

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