i love hockey! i love watching it, and i love being able to play it too. i remember playing as a kid in the foyer of our home. i would play goalie, and shoot my orange nerf ball against the front door and when it bounced back towards me i’d make last-minute acrobatic sprawling saves to win the game time after time. i think i was ken dryden or something. and because i didn’t have much money to spend on any gear, i’d make my own foam goalie pads and cut out a cardboard face-mask for myself. anyway, i must’ve spent hours doing that every day after school.

i have been playing pick-up ice hockey for a few years now, and this fall/winter i’ve joined my 3rd recreational league ice hockey team. i played this past summer as well, and really enjoy the exercise and group of guys (and girl!) i get to play with. i play left wing.

the top picture is most of our team this winter, and in the bottom one i’m at the far left with my head down trying to skate back.