Kirst Afloat

On to the D3 Semi-Finals

Last night was a "Do or Die" situation for the Huskies.  We're were tied 1-1 in the series with WIHO.  We had to win in order to move on to the semi-finals.  It was a good, solid game and my team played together really well.  Huge improvement over last week.  I unfortunately pulled a muscle during warm-ups which limited my movements.  I couldn't follow all of Grant's suggestions from last week but I did my best to hang in there.  By third period, I had a bit more range of motion.

We were winning 1-0 after first period and 2-0 after second.  Then WIHO player Nicolo Hayat skated around the net and tried to score.  I stopped the first shot which rebounded back towards the boards near where the Zamboni parks.  He managed to get the puck again, skate towards the front of the net and shoot the puck into the far side.  20 seconds later he scored again, after WIHO won the face off centre ice.  Third period ended 2-2.  There was then an 8 minute period of overtime which would be followed by a shoot out.  Fortunately, Alain Foster scored his second goal of the night and the Huskies won 3-2.  Next week, we take on the Wendigos which will be challenging.

Game Summary:

Huskies 3 – WIHO 2
Ø  WIHO – Nicolo Hayat 2G
Ø  Huskies – Alain Foster 2G, Keefe Lee 1G
Ø  Saves – Adrienne Li 13 & Kirsten Rendell 17
Ø  Three Stars of the Game – 1)Alain Foster 2G – Game Winner 2) Nicolo Hayat 2G in 20 seconds 3) Kirsten Rendell
 
Game MVP Alain Foster is ready for the Semi Finals…

First Shut Out of the Season!

Wow!  Dragonback played great last night.  It was so much FUN winning the first game of the quarter-finals.  YES!

I was very sore before the game.  Tuesday night was the first practice of the WIHO MegaIce 5's team.  I had asked Grant Phillips (who is graciously coaching us) to please help me improve my goal tending.  (He's an awesome goalie.)  I haven't had a proper practice in many, many years---probably not since my Brown days (or soon there after--there may have been some practices during the time I played hockey in the Boston area during my first two years out of school).  Ugh.  It was tough---and I have much room for improvement.  However, I followed Grant's advice (at least most of the time) during our game and my coverage of the net was greatly improved.  I'm looking forward to working more with him (and the WIHO team) during our next 5 practices.

Game Summary:

DragonBack 3 – PPG 0
Ø  DragonBack – Charlie Musgrave 1G, Ryan Grimes 1G, Kitamura LPP 1G
Ø  PPG – No Goals
Ø  Saves – Kirsten Rendell 12 & Alexi Sekmakas 7
 
The 3 Stars of Game – 1) Kirsten Rendell – Shut Out 2)Charlie Musgrave 3)Ryan Grimes
 
Kirsten Rendell Shuts Out #1 Seed PPG

Creative Commons is FANTASTIC!

In my Tech Innovations course, we are currently discussing copyright and how it pertains to teachers and students.  Copyright is a very complex topic and some parts of the concept are quite outdated with regards to Web 2.0 applications.

One of our required readings/videos was this one featuring Larry Lessig.  I inwardly groaned when I saw the run time and planned on multi-tasking.  That went right out the window once I began listening--this is an excellent presentation.

We then learned about Creative Commons. 

"creative commons. get creative. it's easy when you skip the intermediaries."

After learning more about copyright and Creative Commons, I downloaded a free CC license and embedded it on my sidebar.  I also changed the license on my Flickr photos to allow others to use my work for non-commercial purposes.  (This is especially helpful for students who need images to use in their work.)  I hope you will also consider using Creative Commons licenses for your work.

Dragonback: On a Roll

After a pretty dismal season, we've finally begun to peak.  It would have been a lot more beneficial if we had accomplished this before the end of the regular season.  We face the #1 team, PPG, in play-off's beginning next Wednesday night.

3-2 win in OT vs Giving Love

Game summary:

DragonBack 3 OT – Giving Love 2
Ø  DragonBack – Scott Strickland 1G, Ryan Harper LPP 1G, Neil Gough 1G
Ø  Giving Love – Alan Chan 1G, Leon Mo LPP 1G
Ø  Saves – Kirsten Rendell 14 & Eric Wai LPP 13
 
The 3 Stars of Game – 1) Neil Gough – Game Winner in OT, Kuroda 2A, Ryan Harper LPP 1G 1A
 
Game MVP Neil Gough is happy that his team made the playoffs

HKL: Division 3 Play-Off's: Game One--Huskies vs. WIHO

Our first game of the play-off's was last night against WIHO.  It was a close game but we were victorious.  Everyone hustled and played well (although I wasn't completely jazzed by own performance).  Can't wait until my cough is gone and I'm well-rested!

Summary of the game:

Huskies 3 – WIHO 2
Ø  Huskies – Dennis Liu 2G, Keefe Lee 1G
Ø  WIHO – Nero Lam 1G, Chris But 1G
Ø  Saves – Kirsten Rendell 15 & Edgar Lau 10
Ø  Three Stars of the Game – 1)Dennis Liu 2G 2)Keefe Lee 1G 1A, 3)Chris But 1G - Shorthanded
 
Game MVP Dennis Liu is a happy camper…

 

Game Summary: Dragonback vs. Penguins

We had our first decisive victory last night and we dominated the game.  Yea!  We were a bit late in getting to this (it was the second to last game of the regular season), but it felt GREAT!

Go Dragonback!!!

DragonBack 9 – Penguins 4
Ø  DragonBack – Charlie Musgrave 4G, Ryan Grimes 2G, Neil Gough 1G, Mark Irwin 1G, Colin Shea 1G
Ø   Penguins – Daniel Cottini 2G, Dan Vo 1G, Andy Tam LPP 1G
Ø  Saves – Kirsten Rendell 12 & Bengy Hui 17
 
The 3 Stars of Game – 1) Charlie Musgrave 4G 4A, Ryan Grimes 2G 1A, Neil Gough 1G 1A

And Charlie Musgrave had an 8 point game---that's AMAZING!!!

Music to My Ears

Today I read The Incredible Book Eating Boy to the extended and full day students in Antarctica class.  They really got a kick out of the story.  I then hung around South Horizons as I had to pick James and a friend up after school.

A few minutes before 3:00, another mom (whom I did not recognize) walked up to me.  She said that she volunteered in the library and that James sometimes came in while she was there.  The mom then went on to say that James is very smart and inquisitive. However, the quality that she most enjoyed about him was that he was so well-spoken.

That blew me away.  How far James has come!  From a 3-year-old who couldn't talk when he started school to a 5 1/2 year old with an extensive vocabulary.

This other mom probably had no idea just how much her observation meant to me

HKL: Division 3 Final Standings (Regular Season)

1.  Redwings  2.  Wendigos  3.  Huskies  4.  Playmore 

5.  IceWolves  6.  WIHO  7.  GI Japan  8.  Bloody Orange

Thus we will be facing WIHO in the first round of the play-off's.

Results from Last Night's Game: Wendigos vs. Huskies

Wendingos 4 – Huskies 0
Ø  Wendingos – Arthur Chan 2G, Jason Leung 2G
Ø  Huskies – No Goals
Ø  Saves – Ka Ming 12 & Kirsten Rendell 21
Ø  Three Stars of the Game – 1) Jason Leung 2G 2A, 2)Arthur Chan 2G 1A, 3) Ka Ming – Shut Out!
 
Jason Leung talks about his 2 goal and 2 assists performance…

HKL: Divsion 3-Huskies

Tonight the Huskies had the early game against the Wendigos (who have unfortunate baby blue uniforms this season---they rightly call their uniforms "pajamas").  We did not have a good game and I'm not quite sure why.

We lost 0-4.  The first two goals of the game were quick, within the first two minutes.  The Wendigos were all over us---they game out ready to play.  We didn't.

Our defense played pretty well.  We just were indecisive.  People were slow to clear the puck out of our zone and we were weak in the neutral zone.  I would much rather someone decisively pass the puck.  We kept diddling around near centre ice and the Wendigos would get control.  Same thing with going into the offensive zone.  Either skate the puck in and shoot (or pass if someone is there) OR dump (put some power into it) & chase.  Some of our wings also need to step it up---forecheck & backcheck, please! 

I felt good after the game although I wish that the third goal could be a do-over. It wasn't pretty.  In fact, I felt much better tonight than after the last game which we won in a shoot out (also known as a "goalie nightmare").  My skates were sharp and I felt relatively good.  Last week I ate bok choy before my game and kept burping. It was disgusting. Never had that happen before and hope to never have it again.  Oh, and my glove hand was smoking tonight.  It was like I used to play.  Fun!

Stats from last week's game against the IceWolves.

Huskies 4 SO – IceWolves 3
Ø  Huskies – Alex Fradette 1G, Dennis Liu 1G (Alian Foster SO Goal & Timmy Tsui SO Goal Game Winner)
Ø  IceWolves – Kevin Law 1G, Felix Lo 1G (Felix Lo SO Goal)
Ø  Saves – Kirsten Rendell 14 & Jerome Liu 12
Ø  Three Stars of the Game – 1) Timmy Tsui 2) Felix Lo 3) Kirsten Rendell
 
Game MVP Timmy Tsui talks about the game…

We were second place in our division going into the game.  Now we fall back to third.  Play-off's begin next week, best of 3 games moves on.

Screencast Complete

Yea!  Module 6 of my Tech Innovations class is finished!  It was an interesting module, but very time-consuming.  The topic I chose for my screencast was Adding Links within Desire2Learn.  (This is the software in which our online course is presented.)  One of my pet peeves is people who do not properly link within their discussion posts.  I think, however, that people are just unaware of how to go about inserting links.

The sound is uneven and not that great.  I really need to buy a proper microphone to use.  Must get to a computer shop at some point in the relative near future.

Hope this TeacherTube embeddable player works properly.  That website is experiencing quite a few technical problems at the moment.  (My apologies if it's not working.)