Hockey Day

Sundays are hockey days.  It starts with Alex’s PeeWee team in the morning, Matthew’s Junior clinic/game after that and Alex’s Varsity game in the evening.  Sometimes, Alex goalies too, which means additional games.   The hockey rink becomes our second home.  I’m thinking about getting our newspaper delivered there.  

It could be worse.  We play in a program that’s touts itself as the “less competitive” league.  This is a league that puts the kids’ fun above winning.  Yeah, yeah, winning is fun, but this league’s philosophy is that it’s better to turn out well rounded athletes that like to play hockey than rabid hockey players who want to win at all costs.  This is really more of a selection process for parents than kids.  There are a lot of other leagues in the area that are more concerned with being “competitive.”  There is even a local league that advertises on the web that it is specifically designed to help your kid play college hockey.  We lose many good players to those leagues, but that’s ok.  Natural selection doesn’t always mean “survival of the fittest.”  Sometimes it means that good kids who care more about having fun than winning just play together.