Lost to That Good Team 12-6

What a frustrating lost last night. We have been falling apart in the third period and last night was no exception. We knew that the game was going to be tough because we anticipated that only five players would show. Four of us did and the the fifth, Jamie who has played on the New Zealand under 18 team, was AWOL. We picked up a fifth player Nigel who played in the game prior to us. For the first two periods we played very well. I scored our first goal on a two-hand shot off the far post at a tight angle. We were tied 4-4 going into the third period and then they racked up 8 goals on us. I had a spectacular misfire in the third period. I cocked my arm to shoot and the ball slipped from my hand behind me 6 feet. I was slow in turning around. They scooped the ball, went on the fast break, and scored. I will play more conservatively in the third period next week to prevent a melt down. We should form a tight group and hand the ball from player to player. Let the other team attempt to break that apart. There are infinite permutations of how one can approach the game that with players who are fast to adjust we could try some weird approaches. I am still mastering my camera which is why the photo is so blurry. The photo is from the game after ours three weeks ago.