The Hockey Season Is Coming To An End For Ridgebacks Women's Hockey

After a hard fought season, the Ridgebacks women's hockey team will commence our season next weekend with two important games against the York University Lions and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Although we are out of playoffs mathematically, we are still playing for many important reasons. Firstly the battles between us and these two teams have been very consistent. We want to pick up points in these games that we feel are well deserved due to our excellent game play against these two teams. My team, a fourth year hockey program, has come a long way this year; we have achieved many milestones. We passed our total for most games won and were strong contenders in almost every game this season. Any team on any given night could come out with a win. It is hard to look back at the league leading five overtime losses and not be bitter. Those five extra points would have us in a very close race for the last playoff spot. Not to mention the many games we were leading in the third and could not hold on to. We are a young program and that is bound to happen, but all steps seem to be moving in the right direction. I am very proud of my team and cannot wait for next season to continue to achieve milestones for our school and our program. Our program has so many people investing in us and supporting us and I think we will continue to produce positive results as we grow as a team.

Back to the Grind

Well Christmas break is all over and we are well into our second week of school here at UOIT. Hockey is in full force, and coming off a tough weekend we are now starting our new schedule of three 6am practices a week. Coming up, we have five out of town games in a row. With our early mornings and travel it is going to be quite the start to the semester. Time management has never seemed so important. We currently have study rooms booked for every Wednesday at 6-9pm for athletes, so that is definitely going to be helpful. Personally I am going to be bringing my books and laptop on the road with me and by the looks of it so is everyone else. With the end of Christmas and the new semester costs it is no wonder everyone is stressed out.

Good thing coach is taking us for a nice meal before Friday’s game; that will help relax everyone before a big game against Western. I am really proud of how my team finished off the first half of the season. For a young, new program I feel as though we are making some very positive strides in the right direction. We have a challenge coming up with all of the travel, not to mention dealing with some injuries. However, if we all come together I feel we can finish the season out strong and make a big impact on the OUA for the first time. With all the travel it is important to make sure we are eating right and getting as much rest as possible. We are facing some diversity and coach says the most important thing to focus on is our character. If we do that then no matter what the outcome we can be proud of ourselves.

The playoff push is on...