The "Shoe Incident"!

Yesterday was finally game day here at The Dominion. Our first game was against Nunavut and we had 2nd practice. Just as they were finishing their 1st practice, I walked back to the change room to get my broom and it felt like my gripper had slipped off my slider shoe. I looked down to fix it, only to realize it was a whole lot worse than that. The sole of the shoe had come off!

There was a few chaotic moments as Kevin and I tried to figure out what to do since practice was starting and the game was 5 minutes away. The Dominion volunteers had several ideas (borrow some one's shoe, get it repaired right away, just play with it, get a pair from the pro shop, etc). I was worried about having a shoe to play with at all, but I was also worried about having to use a totally different shoe and slider!

Up stepped Tom McKay (volunteer and member of the spare pool) who has a pair black and white Asham Slams in my size! I tried it on and it fit nicely, and the best part is that I could take off his Velcro sliders and put mine on. All this took 4 minutes and I was on the ice to throw one practice rock and sweep our draw to the button. The shoe fit so well I didn't notice it all game (any missed shots were all me!).

After the game I chatted with ice maker Bill Duck, who I know from back home in Toronto, and he said he's repaired similar problems in the past. So I was off to Rona with our driver Johnathan to get a tube of Shoe Goo and Bill went to work. I played our 2nd game against Nova Scotia with Tom's loaner shoe and he generously offered to let me use it all week if necessary. I'm hoping my shoe is fixed up for today's game but it's great to see so much support from the volunteers! Thanks to Tom and Bill!!

-Jordan

PS: Just so no one thinks poorly of Asham shoes, this pair is well past their best before date. A new pair of shoes will be on my Christmas list this year!