Hockey’s back, which is reason enough for celebration in our house. The NHL season actually began Tuesday night, but last night was the first that all of our favorite teams were in action, and tonight is the Devils’ home-opener, meaning we will spend the evening together as a family at the site of some of […]
Read more "Drop the Puck"On Saturday morning, we attended a New Jersey Devils player “meet and greet” for season-ticket holders. If you’ve been a regular reader here, you might be thinking, “Wow, I bet your kids were unbelievably excited for that!” And you’d be correct — about Riley (although she was saddened by the news that her idol Martin […]
Read more "When the Pieces Fall Into Place"We had a meeting with the Child Study Team at Ryan’s school Wednesday morning (which was the reason I didn’t have a post that day). It’s something we have done near the beginning of each new school year for as long as we can remember. We gather around a small conference table with all the […]
Read more "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"Ever since Ryan began playing organized hockey two years ago, I have feared the beginning of this season. The year Ryan started as a peewee, the sport’s governing body in this country, USA Hockey, made the controversial decision to remove checking from the peewee age group. A generation ago, when I was a youth player, […]
Read more "Timelines? What Timelines?"Hockey is back. You know how I know? Saturday night at 7, just as one of the biggest college football games of the year, Alabama-Texas A&M, was winding down, I was forced to surrender the living room TV for a preseason game on NHL Network. Johnny Football ain’t got nuthin’ on Evander Kane, Alex Ovechkin, […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 