As part of its annual “Hockey Weekend Across America” celebration, USA Hockey and the NHL are asking people to use social media to say what hockey means to them, marking their posts with the hash tag #hockeymeans Since there is no way I could confine my answer to 140 characters, and since I’m sure USA […]
Read more "Hockey Weekend Across America"Despite his intense interest in hockey, Ryan doesn’t care much for hockey cards. We have them all over the house in various stacks and boxes, but he doesn’t often look at them. Trying to figure out how to engage him in something I thought would be right up his alley became a challenge. We tried […]
Read more "Get Your Facts Right"<– If you haven’t yet, please read Part 1 Apologies for the cliff-hanger with Part 1. I’m not a huge fan of the “To Be Continued” either, but I was running out of time to finish up the post and I didn’t want to skimp on the details. It’s the details that matter most — […]
Read more "Grand Adventures, Part 2"On the first full day of his life, I held a swaddled Ryan and rocked him for three-plus hours while I watched a college football game. Not just any college football game. A Michigan game. My school. My team. The school I was already dreaming of seeing Ryan attend. Maybe, just maybe, I dreamed of […]
Read more "Grand Adventures, Part 1"Anyone who has played hockey remembers their first goal. Mine came in a house league clinic when I was probably 5. I scored during a goal-mouth scramble and afterwards was awarded the puck by my coach. I treated that puck like it was the Stanley Cup. Ryan had been attending a hockey development clinic for […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 