NotesWhat a way to end the regular season!
Here's to...
faceoffs, goals, assists, overtime, living on the road, cold rinks, early mornings, breakaways, going top cheese, countless hours of practice, bag skates, puking, hundreds of dollars, dangling d-men, end to end rushes, incidental contact, broken twigs, new skates, packing bombs, coaches, adding the letter y to the end of everyone's last name, pick up, tape to tape saucers, let downs, miracles and most of all - the game of Hockey.
Why?
Why do we skate back and forth game after game? Skating so hard we throw up. Skating so hard your heart beat rings in your head, while your
lungs are grasping for air. Game days, early mornings, Friday nights, Sunday practices, aching bones, torn muscles and deep bruises. We skate through it all. Because we live off our adrenaline, because the game frees your spirit, because the party in the locker room is second to none, because you're invincible once you step on the ice, because one shot can make you smile all night, sniping the twine, backy shelf where momma keeps the peanut butter, the rattling of the boards, the feel of the puck, and skates carving into the ice is a rhythm to live by, because its possible to skate fast enough to leave all your worries behind. Sweat is the cologne of our accomplishment.
Why? Why would someone push themselves so hard the uninitiated always ask?
HOUSE LEAGUE, HL SELECT, MD, A, AA, AAA, JR.A, OHL, COLLEGE, PRO ... It's never going to be for the money, it's not for the girls, and it's not for the fame. Our boys play because they love it ...
Play like you played today. Play like you'll never play again; but most of all, play like the team you are.
Good luck in the playoffs Jets!