Hockey is more than a sport, it's a family commitment
Hockey is a Rough Sport Hockey is a rough spot and you know what you are getting into when you send your child onto a frozen sheet of ice and hope for the best. As checking gets involved then you up the ante on potential hospital visits. Knowing the risk on an intellectual level is […]
Hockey gear is a million little pieces of funk filled pieces of leather, Velcro and some special composite material that traps and exponentially amplifies the stench all piled into bags that become hostage to the smell. The black on black motif of most hockey gear makes it easier to misplace or mistakenly think everything is […]
Changing Coaches Change is inevitable, but it doesn’t make it any easier when it’s thrust upon you or in this case your child. As the new hockey season approached we found ourselves at a cross roads with the private hockey coach my bantam worked with for the past 9 months. His commitments to his club […]
Hockey brings many special things to the table: teamwork, dedication and passion. But it also comes with a stench that defies description. It’s the mix of the smell of victory and defeat, of hard work, hours of ice time and the mix of hormones and human odor that combine into a noxious mix that can […]
Fateful Questions Just another day of summer clinic season, drop-off, pick-up idle chatter about what happened and how it went. Today was no different until the fateful words spilled from my daughter’s mouth, “Coach was asking about my skates.” I can hear the grim background music start to play in my head, the ones that […]
A Special Slice of Hell Cruising past Judas in Dante’s 9thcircle of hell with a wave and a wistful look of envy, because where we are going is far worse. Lucifer himself dare not venture into this realm – the emotions too raw, the stakes too high. TRY OUTS. I still pour myself a glass […]
Much like skating style, training methods and equipment preferences how one tapes their stick is as unique as the person themselves. Being newbies, first we didn’t realize how often the dang stick would need re-taping, didn’t hear about stick wax until season two and I googled. A YouTube video or two later I felt like […]
Game One The nerves, the excitement, all the questions and that was just me. My bantam was feeling a bit edgy, this being her first tournament and first game with a fair amount of her new team and coming off a development team year that they only played 12 games, never had a team full […]
Gear to date is by far the most confusing part of the hockey world for a newbie. Between the different type of laces (waxed or unwaxed) with 20 different lengths, colors or patterns to stick tape; Target-sized array of options. And let’s not forget sock tape. This wonderous invention for some reason is different than […]
Trips to the pro shop is as regular an occurrence as hitting up the grocery store or rechecking the schedule to make sure you didn’t miss an addition, time change or cancellation. As a still-new-to-this-sport hockey mom, every time I wander into one of my normal skate shops, I come away with at least a […]
