Dejection

Last home game of the season last night for Cardiff Devils. We needed to beat Belfast in order to go to the playoffs next weekend in Nottingham, but couldn't manage it in the end. It's been a long, entertaining and rewarding season, so players and fans were disappointed to fall at this final hurdle. But compared with last season, we won a trophy, challenged for the league and played really good stuff. So no need to feel downbeat about the end. It's now 5 months before we start again. I don't know what daughter will do - she should get one of those signs similar to the 'wake me for food' one on aeroplanes "wake me for ice hockey".