This coming summer, Kitchener-Waterloo is hosting the Canadian National Ball Hockey Championship. The tryouts were held over the last few weeks, and the team has mostly been selected. I was chosen as one of the two goalies on the team. Our team will be underestimated, and we may even not be a good team, but this is a once in a lifetime sort of experience that not many get. We will be playing teams from BC, Alberta, Other parts of Ontario, Manitoba, and I think one or two teams from the East Coast of Canada.
To me, playing in this tournament means a lot. I am the youngest player on the team by atleast one year, and in the tournament there probably won't be a whole whack of 93's playing. The best players from the tournament are selected to play for Team Canada in the following year. This year the tournament is being held in Austria, which tells you that this isn't just road hockey, it's taken seriously.
I never thought I would ever be able to play in the National tournament, let alone it being in my home town. I was extremely excited when I was told about the try outs for the team. I've played for team KW before, but that was is Provincials. This is a whole new level, this is against the best of the best from Canada. It is at the end of July. The week before the tournament I will be extremely jittery, and I will not get much sleep. It takes place over several days, and will be at several different arenas. I hope that our team will be solid and we will dominate teams from all over the country.
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