Nail Biter At Lowell
Last night Weston played Lowell at Lowell. You know the rink that seems to always have the ice tilted in the wrong direction. I have not asked our stats man, but I cannot remember a game we have won in that building, well before last nights game that is. The other thing that strikes me about that rink is how warm it is. Although Weston won 2:1 they were not hot and certainly did not play their best game. The hockey gods were with us, with a number of shots ringing out against the post, ending back in play versus in the back of the net. Although a few post clangers got by Sam he had another amazing game, which has become the standard. Check out this picture of a stop made in heavy traffic. Bart’s picture sums up all three periods!
Weston Hockey Fans
Weston Hockey Kicks Ass
Thursday the guys played Dracut away. A game you can always count on for one sided calls by the referees. The referees lived up to the standard and the guys stepped up taking on Dracut right from the first whistle. The game ended 3:1 Weston with Weston in the lead from the end of the first. Dracut never once backed down out shooting Weston by a solid factor. Sam played what I called a Joe Dell game. Sam and the rest of the team played nothing short of a fantastic game of hockey and I do not know about the rest of the fans but I am sticking with my season opening prediction of us winning half our games. Joey started Weston off with a behind the back, behind the net shot that rolled up and over the goalie and found the red line. This I guess is why they say “throw the puck at the net”. Chase followed with a back hand one timer off a rebound. I guess this is why they say “go to the net”. Before the third Dracut had the count at 2:1 Weston and it was clear the next team to score would win. The third had Weston pinned in their end of the ice with Sam taking shots from every angle. The team stood firm and continued to battle and near the end John directed one from our end into a open net putting the finishing touches on a great game.
McCrae Is Working On Digital Art
Posted by Chris in Uncategorized on January 19, 2010
Purchased a cool new digital drawing pad to work on photos http://www.wacom.com/intuos/medium.php. McCrae was the first to put it through the paces and created the image you see here. The Wacom Intuos is very cool as it is like drawing on paper. You use a pen and it even understands pressure. McCrae is talking about doing a whole catalog of character pictures that we will show on smugmug. He used Autodesk SketchBook http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=6848332&siteID=123112 as his drawing application. I must say it was a very cool and easy to use tool.
New Jackets WHS Varsity Hockey
The team has soome new hot gear. I you want a picture of them in the gear you can get it here.
- http://www.chrisdiannefamily.com/files/team.jpg
- http://www.chrisdiannefamily.com/files/team1.png
- http://www.chrisdiannefamily.com/files/team2.png
- http://chriswilliams.smugmug.com/Chase-Hockey/Weston-Varsity-Hockey-2010/Team-Shot/10854149_ZiEN7#757206840_fujUE
Snow People For Christmas
Posted by Chris in Uncategorized on December 30, 2009
McCrae built some great snow people just before Christmas. He also built a snow dog in hopes there was a puppy under the Christmas tree. There has been a lot of dog sketching in the house these days…
Well as luck would have it Santa did end up leaving a dog under the tree. Well that is a virtual dog as ours has yet to be born. The new addition to the family is coming from Australia in the next 3-6 months or so. We will be getting an Australian Labradoodle from Rutland Manor, the founder of the breed. We do not yet have a name but there is a list brewing and as you would expect there are many hockey based names on the list. If you have some ideas for names feel free to tell us. Just enter the name below.
A Snowy Day of Lacrosse
McCrae played in the NESLL Jingle Bells tournament yesterday. We left the house first thing in the morning after Dad shoveled the drive. With 10″ of snow on the ground it seemed a strange day to be playing lacrosse, but game on. The tournament was out in Marlboro at this new indoor sports complex ForeKicks (http://www.forekicks.com/) that was just amazing. I would say about half of the people who signed up showed up. The drive was slow as the roads were still a mess. Games were great even though McCrae’s team did not fair so well. You can find the pictures at http://chriswilliams.smugmug.com/McCrae-Lacrosse/NESLL/Jingle-Bell-Tournament/10714729_44gkf#746315864_A5WUL.
Weston Game One – Ends In A Tie 3:3
Weston played their first game against Newton South. Weston came out with a bang and a two point early lead. Joe put the first two in the back of the net and the goalie did not know they were there until the whistle blew. Both his goalshis goals were from the same spot on the ice and from the same position he scores from in Lacrosse. Weston got comfortable and Newton South closed the gap to one and then none. Weston stepped back up and took the lead with a third goal from Chase, great pass from Joe. With significant time on the clock Newton South looked to tie and ultimately did. Weston dug deep and had a number of opportunities to take the lead but could not find the net.
WHS Varsity Scrimage
Well the hockey team is off and running. We played two tough scrimages, one with Waltham and another with Boston Latin. As expected Waltham rang up the points. Weston looked really good in the third of the Boston Latin game, as they slowed the game down and started making passes. Boston Latin put a few on the board and Weston closed the gap with Chase and Joe both put one in the back of the net, but at the buzzer the bad guys out numbered Weston.
Colgate Holiday Shoot-Out
Chase and I had a great time at Colgate. The ride out was fantastic, really nice day. The ride back is another story, clearly winter is here. The Lacrosse was great and Chase played in 6 games. The campus is so amazing. Below are some pictures of a wonderful old barn just off the campus as well as some shots from the games. Check out our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/chrisdiannefamily for some game video Chase playing close defense and some zone.
