I'm just back from my first time playing hockey since I got here. I thought I had to play if I came to Canada but I was worried that I might not be able to find a team where I wouldn't be embarrassed every time I got on the ice. Luckily my friend Felix (the Phoenix) at work plays rec hockey and asked me along as his team are looking for a few more players. It was so fun to be playing and I just about held my own; I'm sure it'll be good for my game when I get home to play at a slightly higher level here.

I thought I'd had a dream start by making a neat play on only my second shift on the ice. I was playing for the dark team against the white shirts and I got the puck at centre ice, looked up and saw a bloke in a yellow shirt in acres of space. I zipped a pass across the ice right onto his stick, then watched as he skated towards our goal and shot: apparently it was darks against whites and one guy in yellow. Gah.