<div align="center">Dude Love's First Goal</div>

My Whalers started the season really poorly and are sitting at the bottom of the standings. Wins are more important than goals but it seems we weren't getting either. Then our GM DrunkenTeddy hit the phones and made some trades. He was able to trade for one of the best rookies in the league Howie Dewitt from the Montreal Militia. This seemed to spark the Whalers. In Dewitt's first game against his former team he started a line brawl early in the first period which lead to a 3-1 Whalers victory. Riding the high of this win we had a second game back to back with Montreal and I was buzzing for my first goal.

Shawn Gretzky won a face off right back to me in the neutral zone in the second period and I skated the puck in, I remember the defender on me falling down and just seeing open ice. My eyes lit up as the goalie showing lots of room 5 hole. I snapped the puck quickly and I didn't even see it go in but I saw the light go off and the reaction of the crowd. It was the fourth goal in what would be a 5-4 second victory in a row. Getting the monkey off my back seemed to help as well as I have scored 3 in the last 6 games now after going scoreless for so long to start the season.

Our locker room is really vibing now and we have won 6 of 7 since the line brawl. Hopefully we have more fight in us to carry us to the playoffs.