The good part of the weekend: Saturday I played my first game as part of the Mirage, a team in the Women's league at the Redwood City Ice Oasis. A lot of my friends are in this league and have a blast so I figured I'd try it. So far, it's the best thing ever! The level is a bit above where I play in the NCWHL, I felt both completely outclassed and right with the pack at the same time. Outclassed because I'm used to being one of the stronger players in the women's league and right with the pack because I could keep up with or catch almost everyone. We have a bunch of girls from the 19 and under Jr Girls Sharks team on the team. They're a great bunch of skaters with Mad Skillz. I played forward with a girl named Hoover. After her first goal (my assist, thank you very much) I called it the Hoover Maneuver. She scored again, we won 9-4. Winning is fun and playing with women is even more fun than winning.

I can see it getting to a point where I only play in women's leagues.