Than this week the olympics started, and i’ve literally become obsessed! I cant stop watching the dang stuff. I have never been a plan your day around a sitcom or a TV series like I know alot of people do, but Olympics wise, I’ve now become that, i find myself going to the gym in between broadcast and even eating dinner before prime time! ha ha I just cant help it, there’s just something inspiring about watching people so passionate about there sports, I just cant get enough of it! And i mean sometimes you even catch a babe flying around in there and thats just an added bonus! haha

So thank you Olympics for making this week fly by and get me closer to returning to the ice! My rehab is finished and I’ve been skating all week trying to come back in better shape and a better player than before i got injured. Thats one thing that I’ve always tried to do is when you get injured or enter a set back look for things that you can do during them that will end in a positive! So these weeks i’ve been able to work on my hands alot more than i was before and also my shot, so my goal of coming back better is I hope going to be a reality because of the hard work to get back!

So I hope to see you all at the hive, cheering us on in our last 16 or so games in our final push to the playoffs!!! after all we have alot of good divisional games left, so you gotta think, “there’s no better thing to control than your own destiny eh!”

here’s a clip for sir sting…. i mean everyone is cutting edge and if he wants mascott of the year, he might need to do some of this! haha heads up ice girls!!!

http://www.break.com/index/mascot-eats-cheerleader.html

We have just gotten back from tulsa, literally hours ago actually and i think we are hopefully on the way back up and out of this funk! Why you may ask???? well after our worst loss of the season in Bossier we came back and coach sent as pretty good message to us with a no puck practice. Thats a nice way of saying, he beat thee old crapola outta us! but i think we deserved it. We than studied film and learned alot of mistakes we’ve been making in the past few games and i think we all took alot out of that day. So i think that was the start of good progress….

Than I think this is why were on our way out of our slump…. Our owner who makes a couple trips a year with us, decided to come and join us in tulsa which is pretty sweet! so as we were en route at about 6 am while everyone was sound asleep and bus driver benny was flooring it, Troy (our owner) was sleeping on the bunk in the front of the bus above coach Brooks…. when all the sudden BOOM, the joint on his bunk snaps sending him sliding down and into the cooler and fridge, hahah sorry troy but it was kinda funny now that your not hurt ya know! But as his bunk collapsed somehow missed smashing coach! Whew haha i cant help but laugh a bit now knowing that everyone is fine and dandy! but i figured we hit rock bottom right there, and we had no where but up too go! We than played tulsa to what i think was our best team played game in a long time! everyone was hustling just as hard on defense as they were on offense. It was good to see, and even though we ended up losing 2-1 in a shootout I still think we are on our way back up!!

So now back in the valley preparing to take on thee old Odessa Jackolopes on wednesday and than off to Bossier on friday starting a busy weekend, and hopefully one filled with alot of good wins!! But i’ll leave you all with a little something to keep you excited for the next month!! haha

As far as hockey goes, this christmas break is great too. We were able to have a good finish into the break by winning two out of three games.Than followed by jamming christmas music in the locker room as we walked out feeling good and excited to go home for the holidays. I dont think  you can ask for much better and I think everyone was feeling the same way, excited to see if they made the good boy list in a few days! haha So I hope everyone is having as good as a christmas holiday as I’m in michigan, and no matter where your travels or family take you i hope its all the best!!

here is a little something from frankenmuth, and don’t forget that world class candy ships anywhere in the world….. great for parties and especially new years!!

www.frankenmuthfudge.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1AXq_oEWd0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI81lxhNQxI&feature=related

Happy Holidays

zak

For example we were able to have our booster Christmas party at south padre island!. It was a great time for everybody, the players were able to cut loose and relax and i think so were the boosters . Although our bus broke down in the morning and caused us to be a few hours late the boosters were still very gracious and showed us an amazing time, with great food and fun times!! now after getting the Christmas spirit spread hard throughout the team we were able to head to a weak of pounding it out of us on the ice! haha We’ve been in a little hiccup our last few games so it was back to the basics for us this week, and alot of grinding it out! But its sometimes what ya need to do when you sometimes start a skid…. just go back to basics and just simple and hard work till ya get back on track again.

So as were getting close to puck drop here against corpus, i have a good feeling about how our team is going to be this weekend. I though we had a great week of practice and the guys really seem to have alot of jump this morning at pre game skate… so i think the minute of madness tonight in the hive will be a good one! haha might wanna pack the ear muffs for that one! but now its off to relax before the game tonight for me but i don’t want to leave you empty handed, so i left you a lil show into Wylie’s career outside the pipes!! so he took you outta the pipes and into his kitchen!!!!

enjoy it!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_JsxkaDOqI

The games this weekend were all hard fought games… the two against Laredo seemed to almost be the same game, both 3-2 shootout loses, but if you look at it getting 2 points in Laredo considering we’ve only gotten about 12 in 8 years in the arena… so that really isn’t to bad. Odessa was another tough game in the old bomb shelter. ha the ice had been out for a horse show or something so needless to say it was pretty soft and watery. No excuses though they played us tough and they have a good powerplay, but boy it’ll be nice to get them in the hive this weekend.!! Texas was a great game, especially to go in and win in that place. Probably me personally, my least favorite place to play in…. just a tin can!! and about that big too! ha

But with a tough weekend a couple of us had to get home and blow off some steam….. so we called up John Mozingo and he took us out for a day HUNT!! haha it was awesome Aaron Lee the marksman Wylie the hillbilly Rogers and me had a blast! we made a little video for you all to see how we are without the sticks and with some ammunition!!! Enjoy!

“Don’t bash the Stache!!”

Zak

This week started pretty eventful, we had a golf outing on monday. You figure golf outing in south texas in October, should be great eh…. mmmm tough sleddin. It was about 50 with torential rains hard enough to make some fairways look like a slip and slide into the ponds. and 15 mile an hour winds!! but we battled it with the support of all the groups, needless to say I’m impressed with the toughness of our fans and supporters!! Though tough conditions it was really a great event and the support was amazing.

This weekend starts our first three of three this season. For those who don’t know what that means, its three games in three nights. These weekends are tough and really end up being games of will . But being early in the season and guys fresh i think it’ll make for good games. This weeks practices looked good and sharp so i’m sure it’ll be a good opportunity for us to keep going in the right direction. Its also a fun weekend to see what costumes pop up at the rink So in honor of holloween being this weekend i will put up my top three costumes i’ve seen in person. So try to beat them and come to the dodge and show me what you GOT!!!

Forcast for the weekend…… “A little swirling high pressure system coming into the valley friday night from the west but should be cleared up by saturday night with a strong chance of cheers and jeers to be swept up and taken north west looking to try and make it rain on loredo by sunday” hahaha

zak

But yesterdays game against corpus was a good one! felt good in  a lot of ways!!!!! I think every year when you start with a new team its always important to get a win early to make your team identity and get that confidence. Our first two games caused a little stumble, but a little stumble in a long season is just that….pretty darn little !! but i thought our team really battled hard on Saturday. Yea we weren’t perfect but I thought we worked harder, and that is the identity we plan on having! and our fans were great!!! we had a nice loud building to come home to and get the train back on track! So that my little worker bee’s that is the honey to the hive!!! But being this blog is a little short and sweet, i will hit you all with a nice one mid week here to get you all over the hump!! till than, “keep your feet on the ground and reach for the stars”!!!

“if it aint rough it aint right”

zak

As i sit here a little nervous because, flat out i’m just not good at writing!!! but i like to think i could talk to anyone, even probably get the beefeaters (the royal british guards that never move or talk) to chat a bit with me!! hahaha but we are now starting to wind down with training camp. this is always a good feeling, not that ya don’t like to work hard….but just nice to get to have some fun with the new guys, and get to know them and call them by nicknames like sleezy( aaron lee), and sweazey (matt sweazey) and baumer (stacey bauman) and beaut (topher scott) not bash there heads in while battling in the corners against them.

Its good to  be back though… gilly still has his vicious flip with the puck, one that keeps everyone alert… even the zamboni guys, cause you just never know where he might put the puck when he’s passing or dumping them in the zones for drills!! haha and coach brooks wheeling around out there, actually better than what i feel like i probably look like to people, kinda a kick in the pants actually hahah but i think if i got him in a corner…. i’d be able to get out with the puck. One rapp on the “no shin pad shins” and i’m dancing out of the corner! hahaha but it is really good to have that aspect of training camp back in our lives for a nice long while.

Our team though for all the fans is looking good!! i think we have alot of great people back from last year! after being in a sport for pretty much my whole life, you realize that the core of a team is by far the most important part and i think we have a great group of core leaders back. The new additions to the team have a lot of skill and speed as well!!! Last year we had good team speed and i think this year we’re even faster!! should be fun to have a fast paced game for you all to watch and listen to as rich will try to spit the names out like a rapper would were moving so fast!! hahaha good luck big guy!! hahah 

I’d like to also tell everyone that in this blog i’d like to post some picture to keep it exciting and something for people to look forward too! so send me any pictures you have from games or appearences the bee’s do, and i will pick some to put on the website ZAKM@KILLERBEEHOCKEY.COM! also i’m a fan of fun clips and pics, so i just may put one on each blog whether it deals with hockey or not! haha maybe something we all laugh at in the locker room or just maybe me and wylie do in our apt! so be ready!!!!

So in closing my first blog of my life… still cracks me up that i get to do this haha i’ excited to say that i think this year will be a fun year to be in the hive enjoying the BUZZ! don’t mind the PUN!!! hahaha but get excited for saturday and get your tickets and play ted nugent fred bear the rest of the week cause come saturday we get to, “get that buck!” hahaha cheesy eh!

here’s a clip wylie showed me…… he’s been sitting in his room working on it for any promotion he gets so… if ya see him ask him about seeing it!! hahahah hah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJqYc0Q6uOM

remember, “if your gunna be a bear… be a grizzley!” haha

zak