Fall Series 2008

Strangely enough I can't seem to be able to just quit. After playing at Worlds and Canadian Nationals this summer one might think that it would be time to hang up the cleats for a while... but alas, that won't be the case.

I'm going to be playing this fall with the Toronto based team Goat. I am the latest Montrealer to be added to their roster. Last year they picked up Mark Zimmerl and Eric St-Amant but not me. I was cool with it since it meant I could go play with DoG for fall series. Go back a few posts and you can read all about how that turned out (hint: gold). After Worlds this past summer I definitely wanted to make sure I could get myself on a UPA bound open team. Partly to prove that I can still play at that level and partly because I've been playing on too many masters teams lately and I don't want to become "that really good masters player" just yet. I got the invite to join Goat the week after Canadian Nats/Chesapeake. Yay!

Unfortunately I got the invite too late to be able to work something out to go to Labour Day with the guys but I did get out to Sectionals and last weekends practice in Toronto. I'm really glad to be on board with the guys and it's an awesome team. There is so much talent and athletecism on that team. When you add in the handful of veteran players they brought in for the fall and I'm optimistic that this team can go places (Florida at least).

We rolled through Sectionals and we should make it through our Region; especially considering that we have 4 spots. I am ready to fill whatever role they ask me to in order to help Goat get as far as possible.

Regionals is in a week and a half and I'm excited. I'm staring my second weekend in Florida in the face after spending 12 years trying fruitlessly to get there. It's sorta like the forbidden fruit; you don't know what you are missing until you get there. Now that I got there I'd do just about anything to get back. Hopefully it works out and hopefully we can post a good result at the same time.

More later as the fall season unfolds.

DF