I saw this pasted to my locker:

"It's nice to get the goals but sometimes I think we're too focused on who scores the goals and who are the heros," said Renberg. "We have a great team and we feel good about ourselves right now, and with the group of guys we have we're not going to be satisfied."I keep... thinking ( Read more... )

Can you feel it?

That, just... moment right before someone pops a balloon. That anticipation, and everyone is holding their breath until their lungs are bursting, and their shoulders are twitching as they mentally cringe, mentally try to prepare themselves for the inevitable popThere's so much build up, and yet... Yet, when it's over, it's just a ( Read more... )

I feel like being vindictive and petty.

Why won't you give me an apple, apple man? I said.. GIVE ME AN APPLE!

Fine. I have an orange anyway. And a pear. In fact, this pear has been here for a week. A week before I even had a craving for an apple.

If you don't give me an apple, I'll eat this pear. So... give me an apple now.Thanks. I'm so glad ( Read more... )

Eight wins ( Read more... )

A goal the other day ( Read more... )

Three games in four nights, and I'm so tired, but so... satisfied. There are aches and pains that do disappear when you're riding a winning streak. Everything is falling into place and I know where my linemates are. There's this trust, and just this knowing that comes when you're playing hockey, and you have chemistry, and you're winningI wish the ( Read more... )

Our second win in as many nights and I find myself throwing myself into hockey. It's as if I'm hoping that if I focus on only hockey everything else will melt away. It's a simple life, filled with lines and rules. The lines are straight and the rules aren't negotiable ( Read more... )

Perhaps I talk in too many circles and puzzles. I always do that ( Read more... )

Ups and downs, and ups again on this road trip: both personal and professional. A loss one night, and a win the next. A goal here, a goal against there. And for once, I feel as if this roller coaster isn't just going down. My stomach isn't plunging, there isn't any screaming in my head, and my eyes just aren't wide--they're open, and I can see the ( Read more... )

She wants to grow up; she's ready for the world. When I was her age, I never thought beyond the pond out back, or the football field. When I woke up in the morning and looked out as far as I could see, that was everything. And that's all that mattered, and that's all that was important. Her world view is a little bigger than mine considering she ( Read more... )