project 365 {65-71}

Day 65

{March 6th}

Jake preparing to leave for the Deca State Tournament.

{Deca is a business and marketing competition.}

He had a busy week qualifiing and particitpating in two State Tournaments.

He missed 4 days of school this week between both tournaments.

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Day 66

{March 7th}

The "rink rat" t-shirt from the State Hockey Tournament.

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Day 67

{March 8th}

Jake's medal from the Section Final game win.

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Day 68

{March 9th}

The send off to the State Hockey Tournament.

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Day 69

{March 10th}

Game 1 at the State Hockey Tournament.

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Day 70

{March 11th}

Game 2 at the State Hockey Tournament.

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Day 71

{March 12th}

Game 2 at the State Hockey Tournament.

Consolation Champs!

project 365 {57-64}

Day 57

{February 26th}

Jake's team winning the Section Semi-Finals.
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Day 58

{February 27th}

Drew had another amazing game- and scored a hat trick.
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Day 59

{February 28th}

Swimsuit shopping. And I actually found a suit on my second trip out! :)
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Day 60

{March 1st}

Movie night out with the hubby.

We went to see The Kings Speech. Loved it!!!
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Day 61

{March 2nd}

A pretty card ~that reminds me of our trip to Paris.
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Day 62

{March 3rd}

Love.

I am really proud of my self in that I have only had one of these favorite Easter treats (so far). :)
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Day 63

{March 4th}

Section Finals----Win!!!***

Day 64

{March 5th}

Mmmm...Chinese take-out.

2nd and 3rd Game at State

Game 2 of the State High School Hockey Tournament for our team was held at Mariucci Arena at the University of Minnesota on Friday.

This game was a must win- or we would be going home.

And we won...with only 8 shots!! We won 2-1!!

The parents met the boys in the hallway outside the locker room and clapped and cheered for each boy as they walked through! So exciting that there would be a game 3!

My favorite line from the day came from a staff worker at Mariucci.

He said; "I love seeing a game where a team doesn't waste any shots!"

Ha! That totally summed up this game!

The boys headed back to their hotel in St. Paul for another night of fun, watching games at the Excel and preparing for their next game.

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Game 3 was Saturday, and again was played at Mariucci.

Tyler and some of his friends were able to make it to this game.

This nail-biter game went into triple overtime.

And we won!

And the boys became Consolation Champs!

5th in State!!

Congrats on an awesome season!

2011 Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament - All Hockey Hair Team

Love this!! And according to the announcer our team will need to 'step up' next year and make the team! :)

First Game at State

What an exciting weekend it was!

Lots of hockey and festivities!

We took 700 pictures over the course of the weekend and needless to say, it has been really hard to narrow it down- but I have tried. :)

Jake had to be at our home rink for a morning pre-skate.

The team then loaded all their gear and boarded a bus to St. Paul and checked into their hotel where they would be staying for a few days and then headed over to the Excel to watch some of the afternoon games.

Making some last minute plans.

We went to the Excel to see the afternoon games as well.

Then headed over to McGovern's for a little pre-game celebration with all of the families from our team (minus the players).

Jake's team played their first game at 6pm on Thursday against the number one seeded Eden Prairie.

The boys came out to the bench before the game to get a look around.

Warm ups.

This first game is pretty special because it is televised and each member of the team is introduced.

(Jake said this was his favorite part of the tournament.)

Unfortunately, we lost this game.

But the boys would play again Friday at the Mariucci Arena  at the University of Minnesota.