ITS GAME DAY BABY!

We were up at around 8am this morning, we then headed over to breakfast and then onto our training at 1045am. The training was pretty easy going, we went over our power plays/ kills which we needed. a quick training for us, the jumped off and headed to lunch. Food here is TOPS!!! we are all really enjoying it, very impressive and certainly getting enough food in. The afternoon was very quiet, with a lot of sleeping and hanging out going on. Preparing and getting focused was our main aim of the afternoon. Left for dinner at around 4pm then headed to the rink to watch the last of the South Africa Vs Korea game, where Korea gave them a rather large beating. Our game started at 8pm, had a really good warm up, really good intensity and fast paced. Good start to the game. We really came out hard from the first drop of the puck. Iceland got the first goal, then we were quick to catchup with a beautiful goal from our fabulous captain Casey making it 1-1 at the end of the first period. The intensity was very high, everyone skated their buts off. Second period was much the same, our structure was good, passing was great and we were really positive ending the 2nd period with a 2-1 lead. the STUNNING goal was scored by Emma assisted by Tara. Third period was rather intense, the Iceland team were really hustling us. For most of the period we were up by one then within the last five minutes of the game Ashley got a beautiful goal, that really topped our fabulous game off, but boy was it nerve wracking. The final buzzer went, we were incredibly happy, speechless. WE DID IT, WE WON 3-1!! it was a fight of a game, but we came out on top we were the dominating team. Unfortunately the NZ national anthem didn't work, soo us being typical kiwis didnt let this pass, we as a team sung our anthem loud and proud, with nothing but our amazing voices, a little off pitch though, but we were one incredibly happy team. Zanzee got player of the game, who played an amazing game, played great defence, and aswell was wearing a completely new set of gear! GO ZANZEE! We have an off day tomorrow, with a training in the morning, will keep you posted :)