It's on!

I got the call last night. I've got a date with the bigs.

I was invited to try out for an elite hockey league here called the St. Margaret's Bay Gentlemen's League. It' very prestigious and the quality is top-shelf. They are adding a team this year (due to some attrition from last year) and the president of the league said the first step is finding a goalie.

Now, I'm not sure I'm as good as some of these players because many of them are former Juniors players and even a few of them are former Major Junior players. That's two steps below the NHL in most cases. The age range for the league is 23-47, so I'm right in the middle. I told them that I am out of shape since I haven't played since April, but he said he'd be able to tell if I'm just rusty or if I'm just not good enough. I'm not afraid to be cut, but I'm just going to go out there and give it my best.

My try-out is Sunday night at 9. It will basically just be playing an hour and a half game against one of the teams already in the league. The skaters in front of me is a group of guys that have also been invited to try out, so if it goes well, they will be my team and I will be their goalie.

I'm just stoked. The league is very well organized (each team is required to have matching uniforms - both home and away, there are refs and score-keepers and even a stats guy.)

I have to go home now to do some stretching.