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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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5 May 2004 - 10:43 am
Last night had the chance to go to my first Blast game in a year. This was the championship game and both the Blast and their rivals, the Chiefs, and large, vocal groups in the stands supporting them. I arrived with Chris and Eileen about four minutes into the first period and the Blast were already down by one. The Blast managed to tie it up at one point, but by game's end the Chiefs were up 4-1. The Chiefs were playing a more physical game than the Blast, but this should have helped the Blast as they played most of the third period in power play mode, often with a two-person advantage on the ice. Nevertheless, they managed only one goal during all of this power play time, and that goal came during a one man advantage on the ice in a one-on-one breakaway situation. The loss, in my opinion, rests firmly on the shoulders of the Blast's power play line, who seemed stretched thin by late in the third period. All of the power play time had left them visibly tired, and despite the presence on the bench of fresh players, the power play lines stayed on the ice. I understand why the NHL has power play lines -- they use different techniques during power plays and these lines have practiced those techniques -- but I don't think they make sense for the Blast. The Blast don't seem to run plays and if you trust a player on the ice when the numbers are even shouldn't you be able to trust them out there with a numbers advantage? Anyway, Ron played no more than thirty seconds in the final period because of the power play lines, which is a shame for a recreational league. Everyone ought to get even time on the ice or what is the point of the whole thing?
Posted by on 5 May 2004 at 10:44 AM
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Thanks for coming to the game David! I was bummed greatly about not getting to play more.
Posted by rkc on 5 May 2004 - 9:44 PM