Trophy day?

The kids play in the tournament final this afternoon in St. Thomas, the fifth of six games they're playing this weekend.
It'll be interesting to see how chipper they are or if, like one I know, they used time between games yesterday to play touch football with school friends in the rain, and ended the night with homework and staying up to watch Saturday Night Live.
Parents who've paid $900 or so to enter their kids' teams in tournaments know the dubious value, especially if travel, restaurant meals, beer and hotel rooms are factored in. Teams that don't advance beyond preliminary games end up paying a lot of coin for little ice. When that's the case, just smile and remember tournaments are really fundraisers for local minor hockey associations. Unless you're dealing with a private U.S. sports tournament company, but that's another blog entry.
Wish us luck. Our West London Hawks are playing against a very fast-skating, highly skilled Dorchester Dragons team. They had a tough schedule in the preliminaries, playing three games on Saturday. Our kids beat them 2-1 in what was Dorchester's third game of the day.
Unfortunately, one of the Dorchester boys was hurt when hit into the boards. Looked like a broken collar bone.
Later tonight, it's back to league play where our 'A' team plays the 'AA' London Knights.
And Monday, it's back to our real lives.