The end of our daughter’s hockey season will mark the end of much more than a game she’s played. Hockey forged her into a strong, confident, dependable, resilient hard worker who knows what it means to stand for something bigger than herself. We both have her dad to […]
Someone recently reminded me about this piece originally posted in 2016 on a site that has since been removed. I felt compelled to post it again because I want to enable coaches to seek and provide for one another the resources needed to keep good coaches in the […]
My daughter and I leave tomorrow morning for a hockey trip to Duluth. The girls will be building friendships, learning about themselves as athletes and as teammates, and playing some good hockey. The parents will be partying. I am willing to roll our kids from rink to rink, […]
Coach Steve Wills, Woodbury Hockey Peewee B2 Royal Head Coach The story I am about to tell you is not a story you will find in national media. It’s not the kind of story that gets attention from the loudest tv or radio hosts. This is the kind of […]
I eavesdrop in ice hockey rinks, in sports bars, and I listen in on conversations that happen in the grocery line. I lurk in chat rooms and listen to radio programs that deal with the hottest issues having to do with sports. I’m listening for the bigger […]
This post is dedicated to Terrell Mayes- a three-year old Minneapolis boy who was killed by a stray bullet as he ran into his house and away from gunfire. His story is more tragic than Jablonski’s…his family deserves justice and there is no reason those who have money […]
Except for what I’ve seen on the news, and read on his caring bridge site, I don’t know this smiling hockey player. I don’t know his parents or his younger brother. I don’t know the record of the team for which he plays, or how many goals he […]
The Team Adult Playbook 