Now, you all know that I’m a pretty good football player.  I’d like to think I’m a good athlete in general.  That’s why I didn’t think twice when asked to strap on the pads and play goalie last Saturday night at the Mammoth Mascot Game.  I’m used to pads, but being a Lacrosse Goalie is borderline ridiculous.  After making sure my lower half was taken care of, the next thing I wanted to protect is my face.  I mean, when you got a face like mine, it’s worth taking care of.  Unfortunately, they don’t make masks for horses, so I had to make my own.  I was torn between a “Jason” like hockey mask, or the cage.  As it turns out, that plastic is pretty hard to get ahold of, so I went with the wire cage.  After getting my bearing in the crease, I did a pretty solid job of defending my territory.  I blocked a couple of good shots, and even denied Rocky on a breakaway. (you can see the aftermath in the pictures below)  In the end, my team won!  I did get called out by Wooly at the end, so we had a little Sumo match, that ended with me giving him a good whack in the shins with my goalie stick.  What!?  He started it!  Check out the pics.

Geared Up!

Wooly in goal