Exhausted...but it was worth it!

This is day two of Mattias' first hockey tournament every. His opening game was last night, it is very cute and exciting when you see your son and kids around his age, who are just learning the sport or how tournaments start.  He is playing for the U8 Titans a local team out in Beaverton. 

When he played the game opener game last night, believe it or not, he scored the first goal of the game and of the whole tournament for his team.  He was very excited about that.  He really skates well for a 7 year old and he definitely holds his own out there.  He also and two assist last night.  For those of you who don’t know hockey that is when he passes the puck to someone else who score the goal. 

Today, we saw the same hard work and determination in his playing skills, though he didn’t score any goals today, he usually plays defenseman, he still had two assist today.  His team is playing against the Titans U10 team.  We won last night 8-5 and today we lost 5-8.  I thought that it was very interesting that the score was the same both games the visiting team won.

Tomorrow is the last day of the tournament they play in the championship game.  Even though they only have one game, we will be staying to support the other Titan teams, which will be exciting.  The Titan’s organization is run very well by a husband and wife and they have hired some really great staff too.  The parents are a lot of fun to hang out with to and it’s perfect for Kristin, because there are many little girls her age that she runs around and plays hard throughout the tournament.  Hockey is such a fun and exciting sport and can’t wait to see how he progresses over the rest of this season and next year!