Running a Hockey Team

On most days i kick myself wondering why the heck did i ever start a hockey team , i mean it is cool and all but it is a tremendous amount of work . I was just sick of being lied to by other teams i had played for , and i didn't want to hurt myself again playing for another bunch of assholes .

Don't really want to swing off topic too much as this is more of a positive post .... i mean it starts off dark and gloomy but stick around , it gets nicer :) .... i am not going to moan about some jerk or this or that what i do want to mention is how starting a hockey team has built my own little community . The team we were supposed to play bailed out last night so we had an elaborate scrimmage with some random players we put together with the help of our league . Our game started and about 10 minutes in i look over my shoulder and see Rob Trick trying to get into our room.

Ok so a few weeks ago Rob put his hockey equipment out in his backyard and some low life stole his gear !! He showed up to hockey that night and sat on the bench .... yeah i know doesn't that suck . The Ghetto Blasters as a collective all pulled together and got all of our old and spare equipment together to get him onto the ice , so i knew when i saw him he was there to play hockey . Next thing you know he was stepping on the ice very awkwardly , looking weird in his new pieced together set of hockey equipment HAHAHA . It must have felt really weird for Rob in all this new (used) equipment ....for now it will do until Rob can get his own gear together .

Running a hockey team is mostly a pain in the ass , but last night when i got into the dressing room after our ice time and Rob stood up and thanked us all it gave me a much better perspective on things . At that moment i finally realized that we had become like a small community , it is a very comforting feeling knowing that we are all there to help each other when in need . Today i wake up and i can say that i am proud to be running the Ghetto Blasters more than ever and it is not because of a win or a trophy , it is because i know i am running a hockey team full of great people !

I really want to thank all the guys that pitched in for Rob , we actually have enough to donate to our league too just in case someone ever forgets their equipment !