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The summer hockey season started this week, and we kicked it off in style with a convincing 5-1 win. The summer performax league is much more engaging than the crappy winter league we were in over the past several months: the league maintains a website that uploads scores and stats after every game. I'm not going to deny the geeky pleasure I get out of playing a game, and then coming home and checking out my stats for the night. If you're interested, they can be found here. (note you have to select the "sportsman north" league from the drop-down box in order to see yours truly.) For the record, this was my best statistical game ever, with a 1.00 GAA and .963 save percentage. However, if there's any significance to those stats (and there isn't), they serve to illustrate the difference in skill level between winter league and summer league. Our 5-1 win came on monday night. The following night, we played one of our 4 remaining winter league games, and were soundly beaten 8-2. Granted, our team had a grand total of 7 skaters for Tuesday's game, and none of our better players showed up, but still...