Friday April 11, 2008
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Friday April 11, 2008 | Skate: Fail! | Hockey |
Long, long, ago, I used to play roller hockey with Joe, Rama and Will. We played in the parking lots between Sun's Mountain View buildings (now all Google buildings). Eventually I moved to ice hockey and hadn't touched the roller gear in years. This week my wife's cousin needed a sub on his roller hockey team. Not wanting to break my ankle trying to do an ice stop, I laced up the old pair and headed down the street with my dog running along side. I took a few test turns, and then *snap* - I was on my butt. Fortunately, it was not my ankle, but the skate itself. The entire bottom half of the skate just broke off. It was a cheap, plastic boot, not leather, and I guess we now know the lifespan of a cheap roller hockey skate.
The good news is I had two pairs of skates (outdoors and indoors) so I was still able to play since the game was indoors.
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April 11, 2008 03:05 PM PDT Permalink | Comments [2] |
Thursday February 01, 2007 | Hockey Training: RapidShot | Hockey |
This is what I'm going to buy when Sun stock gets a little higher. Like 50. Maybe I can improve on my 2 goal, 2 assist season last year (still not bad for a defenceman).
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Saturday December 25, 2004 | Hockey Weekend | Hockey |
Yes Richard, there are hockey fans at Sun. If you're into hockey, and need a fix due to the lockout, check out the IIHF World Junior Championship games this weekend. Team USA looks good this year.
The games are on Christmas Day and on Sunday the 26th. In the US, we can watch the gams on ESPN2.
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December 25, 2004 12:48 AM PST
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Tuesday August 24, 2004 | When losing is good | Hockey |
Well, we lost our playoff game (1-0) but it turns out that might have been for the best. About half of the team (including myself) would not have been able to make the next series of games. And next season starts in just two weeks! During the winter season, some of our games are played at the Shark Tank (HP Pavilion). Given the likelihood of an NHL lockout, we might be the only game in town!
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August 24, 2004 12:42 AM PDT
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Monday August 16, 2004 | Playoff bound | Hockey |
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My hockey team is going to the playoffs. We're a low level team made up of mostly geeks from Sun, Apple, Adobe, Google, Red Hat and other places. Our goal is to have fun first and win second, but we're managing to do both! Since the last game of the season didn't affect the standings, the offense and defense switched sides. We actually managed to tie, and really should have won. We play the same team in the playoffs, so hopefully we messed up their scouting of us. :) |
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