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Nov 16, 2013 | kenglish | 4440 views
Oh yes we’ll call it a streak. Groovy
Article written by Brent Alderdice

    The Grey Bruce PeeWee Highlanders are on a streak.  

    Okay, I know what you are thinking.            

         “Heh, I’m super old and I remember the Ray Stevens 1974 monster hit “ The Streak”, is that what you are talking about, because that sounds wrong”?


or…

        “ Do you mean the type of streaking that Will Ferrell, aka Frank, The Tank, Ricard, made famous in the 2003’s cinematic classic “Old School”? I loved that movie and I still say “Blue, you're my boy””! 
 

    In both cases you are thinking of a different type of streak. I am not talking about people running around with their clothes off. I am talking about a team consistently delivering similar results game over game. Think groove. This team is officially in a groove and on a streak. 
 
    Okay, I know what you are saying to yourself now. 
 
         “What’s different”…? 
 
         “What has changed our teams’ fortune”? 
 

    And most importantly… 
 
         “Help me understand why the PeeWee Highlanders are in said groove”? 
 
    Well dear reader here are some facts. The PeeWee teams’ last four SCTA games, all losses, combined with four losses suffered at the recent Kitchener Blueline tournament could also be labelled a streak. In this case though I think experts would agree that this type of streak would be defined as a rut and is not the type of streak teams like to be on. 
 
    Okay, I know what you want to say right now. 
 
         “Thanks very much. I appreciate the effort in explaining the whole rut vs. groove thing, but, how did the team get on the groove…or should it be to the groove…or maybe in the groove”? 
 

    First, let’s go with in the groove. Second. It all started on Tuesday, November 12th in the Earnscliffe arena in Brampton. The PeeWees, on the lure of post-game fresh homemade cookies, were ready. They struck first. Then again. Up two goals. Tension building. Those cookies smelled good. Brampton is tough competition though. They fought back and tied the game. Twice. Once at two goals apiece and then after the Highlanders had taken the lead Brampton came back again. But…when a team is about to end a rut like streak and begin a groove-esque streak, change must happen. Think of President Obama’s famous quote about change. 
 
        “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. 
 
         We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” 

 
    And so this young team sought out change and scored and then killed a penalty in the dying minutes and then won. 4-3. 
 
    I think it’s a streak. I think it’s a groove. A groovy streak. 
 
    Also, I would like to point out that I was at this game, in person, and am thereby eliminated from being the jinx.
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