More Sioux Hockey!

We had another weekend of Sioux hockey in Grand Forks a week ago. We had two families of our friends up there and had a great time. We all stayed at the same motel so the kids could swim together all day Saturday. The kids were exhausted by the time the games were over and slept very well. Here is Declan after he scored a goal.
This area where Isaac is sitting under the cabinets is the goal. The kids use these little wooden hockey sticks and foam pucks to have their own little game in the suite. Yes, we have to remind them often to keep the pucks on the floor to protect breakables, but they do a great job. I am not so sure when Ralph designed the place he knew the opening for the garbage can and hot food tray would be used for kid hockey games. We never have the hot food tray things and the garbage gets moved out of the way almost as soon as we walk in the room.

Here are all the kids that were in our suite over the weekend. They all know each other and have played many times. Plus, Declan (second from left), Mason (green Sioux jersey), and Nycole (green stripes) were all in preschool together for 2 years. Declan and Nycole are also in the same 1st grade class this year.
I had to take a picture of the circle after the team won on Saturday. They only do this on the circle when they win both games of the weekend, which is called a "Sweep". This is the first weekend all season they have swept and it was exciting.
You gotta have a picture of your family every once in a while at Sioux hockey. The boys are holding their new pucks for the year. These are actually the official game pucks the players use, too. I buy them a new Sioux puck every year and they look forward to them so they can put them on their new puck holders a good friend made for us.