I woke up this morning to find Ryan watching engaged in an Olympic hockey game on the DVR. The Slovenia-Sweden quarterfinal match started at 3 a.m. ET, but Ryan skipped his normal morning routine of checking scores first thing in favor of watching the recorded game. When I left for work he was watching a […]
Read more "Olympic Spirit"The Winter Olympics are upon us, and Ryan is fired up. Four years ago, he really took an interest in the hockey tournament at the Vancouver Games. And why not? With essentially six NHL All-Star teams competing (Teams USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic are composed largely, if not entirely, of NHL […]
Read more "Don’t Talk To Ryan About Curling"January 2, 2012 was a perfect day in so many ways. That was the day Ryan skated in front of 47,000 people on the kids auxiliary rink at the NHL Winter Classic in Philadelphia. I have told the story many times in this space. Indeed, it was one of the first posts on the blog […]
Read more "A Time To Brag"You know how sometimes, you know the progress is happening, only it’s too slow to see it on a day-to-day basis? And then suddenly you look up and some major threshold has been crossed? Ryan has achieved many milestones through hockey. To just get on the ice he had to learn to tolerate the helmet […]
Read more "Hockey Skates as a Metaphor for Life"So, yeah, this happened. And a few months ago, it would have been huge news in our house. Maybe it still is — I’m not really sure. I know that Ryan’s interest in Wipeout was a big enough deal that some months back I set up a Google News Alert to find out when and […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 