This post was inevitable. But I still hate writing it. Because it is beginning to look more and more like Sunday, February 14th was the last skating day of the 2009-2010 backyard rink season. I spent about an hour on the…

This post was inevitable. But I still hate writing it. Because it is beginning to look more and more like Sunday, February 14th was the last skating day of the 2009-2010 backyard rink season. I spent about an hour on the…
“Is it February 2011 yet?” Such was the general sentiment as we begrudgingly made our way back to ‘real life’ late Saturday afternoon after playing our last game (and drinking our last Labatt’s) at the first annual New England Pond…
Just a quick note to let you know about a really cool event that’s coming to the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Hundreds of hockey players and fans will converge on tiny and picturesque Meredith Bay, NH for the first…
It was probably somewhere around 8pm, after the first of two intra-city hockey games at the JFK Coliseum. I was clad in my then-awesome varsity jacket, the giant “W” crest and stark-white pleather sleeves overstating my confidence. One of my good…
You know, some day I’ll stop being so damn sappy and mushy and sentimental on this blog. Someday I’ll just talk about ice conditions and hose adapters and weather forecasts. But I’m sorry, that day won’t be January 1, 2010. …