Difficult Endings

One might think that the title of this post - and the nature of this Blog would mean that I am going to write about the funerals that we are facing in this second week of Easter! But no - on Tuesday evening I was with my friends Maureen and Emil Schemitsch for the hockey game Oshawa was playing against the Barrie Colts.  This is the second round of the OHL playoffs - and the Oshawa Generals had beat Niagara Ice Dogs in the first round - 4 games to 1. The Barrie Colts had won thier first round 4 games straight - so we know that they are a strong team, yet Oshawa had beat them in the regular season.  It was not so in the playoffs.  Barrie came from behind in the first game of the series, and it was all Barrie after that.  
It was in getting ready to go to the game Tuesday night that I realized that it could be Geoffrey's last OHL Game.  He is an "Over-Ager" this year - one of 3 players that were born in 1992 and are allowed on each OHL team this year.  
The first period was tight, with Barrie scoring once - while Oshawa out shot the Colts.  The turning point was in the second half of the second period when Barrie went up 3-1.
With a final score of 4-2 Oshawa was elinated in 4 games.  It was an emotional time, realizing that Geoffrey will not play in the OHL next Fall.
The classy part of the night was that Oshawa announced the 3 Stars of the game as being the 3 players who were over age: 

Matt Petgrave  - Scott Sabourin - Geoffrey Schemitsch

Where will Geoffrey be next year?  I do not know - but I do know that he has tremendous talent, great leadership skills and is a genuine gentleman.  On top of that - he has "Hockey smarts" and that might mean he will play in another professional league.

Peace.