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A recap of 2021/2022. Part 2: the memorable moments edition

2021-2022 memorable moments Well, I told myself that I would try and get a blog post out before the beginning of the 2022-23 season but that went tits up for me so here I am coming to you in time for the 2022-23 home opener! A lot happened last season and also during the offseason, and it would be remiss of me to not discuss this before getting to my preview/hopes for this season. However, when starting to write this I realised that there was no way I would fit a recap of the weird shit last year and a formal discussion of team performance last year/a preview of this year into one post. So here comes part 2, where I’m going to attempt to wrap up some key memorable moments of the 2021-2022 season, and the 2022 off-season.  DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that some dates and times may not be accurate due to me being in a different time zone. I’ve probably fucked up somewhere. But I don’t care. The first half of the season Following the absolute absurdity of the 2020-2021 all-Canada sea

A recap of 2021/2022. Part 1: the Kelly edition

So here we are again. It's been a while hasn't it folks? A lot has happened in the last year and a half (ish), both in my life, and on/off the ice over in Ottawa, but I'll start with me first in this part 1. As per usual, I have to apologise for my absence, but I suppose I at least have several reasons for that now. Just to be clear- this is going to contain very little Sens content. This is also not intended to be a pity party. I don't write this for sympathy, but more to show you all what an absolute state my life has been in and the reasons for which I was not able to open up blogger until now. *** TW: health, mental health, neurodivergency, gross mention of flesh??? In 2020 I started my master's degree down south at the University of Reading. My last post, in early 2021 was written in a time where I was busy, and struggling, but coping. However, I was also in the UK's third lockdown, and at that point, slowly started to lose the ol' marbles. My course be