Sometimes it is ok to loose

This last weekend was my Hockey team's playoff weekend between the top seated teams from Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Luck of the draw had us playing the same team that knocked us out of the tourney last year but we played very well and won with a shut out 2-0. Unfortunately for us that put us playing the top seated team in Wisconsin who we play during our normal season. We were a bit off our game and lost 0-2. But luck was again on our side and we played the team we had beat the previous night again. It was a rough and tumble game, but luckily we had our white level team there to cheer us on and we won in over time 2-1, and because of the two loss rule, we knocked them out of the tourney. We were still in the running for the championship game at this point, but we had to play and beat the top seated Wisconsin team again, in order to get to the championship game. We played a good game, but it just wasn't enough we lost 2-4, and they went on to play the championship game, and we got third place in the league tourney. Not bad for a team with just two lines of players and 4 games in a span of 36 hours. So out of five teams, I won't complain about third place when we played as well as we did that weekend. When playing teams who all are contenders be called the best, it is good to keep some perspective that although it is great to win sometimes it is OK to loose. There can only be one champion, perhaps next year if we play our best through the season and find ourselves in the top of the Wisconsin teams again. We will have our chance to improve our performance again and continue our forward momentum as a team to win the league tourney.