Being a Hockey Parent

[Ahbroody]

Nice sticks.
Kind of tough to go down to a CanAm event with a team that has not played together.

Little man's new team suuuucks. But he's first line and while playing center and taking faceoffs is pretty much playing D because as he puts it " someone has to play D". Been nice seeing him backcheck like a maniac and hustle his as$ off. He wants to play inhouse and we are going to let him so he can have some screw around time.

[Eleven]

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

Little man's new team suuuucks. But he's first line and while playing center and taking faceoffs is pretty much playing D because as he puts it " someone has to play D". Been nice seeing him backcheck like a maniac and hustle his as$ off. He wants to play inhouse and we are going to let him so he can have some screw around time.

I'm feeling your pain. My kid's team is pretty bad this year as well. They were short benched from the beginning and the team's captain got injured in St Louis a couple weeks ago so the coach made the decision to pull out of the Warrior tournament in Detroit this weekend.

It's bad enough that the team isn't very good but now they're being denied games. The organizers of a tournament in Pittsburgh for next month has pulled them off the schedule. There was no reason given but it seemed obvious that they wanted better teams.

Sucks.

[Ahbroody]

Originally Posted by Eleven

I'm feeling your pain. My kid's team is pretty bad this year as well. They were short benched from the beginning and the team's captain got injured in St Louis a couple weeks ago so the coach made the decision to pull out of the Warrior tournament in Detroit this weekend.

It's bad enough that the team isn't very good but now they're being denied games. The organizers of a tournament in Pittsburgh for next month has pulled them off the schedule. There was no reason given but it seemed obvious that they wanted better teams.

Sucks.

That does suck. Obviously since mines a first year mite its not a big deal to me. I actually told his coach they shouldn't go down to socal this year. They normally go down 2x a season. Having been down there with the other team which was considerably better it would be suicide. The coach is a great kid and knows what's up. They would get their heads kicked in. So glad I left other team. Getting reports of tons of drama. Nice and.happy where we are now. Atleast one other kid wants to defect.