Hockey Players....

The cockiest, dirtiest, most irresponsible group of athletes in
the world. Will do anything just to be able to tell his teammates
a great story in the dressing room. Live the dream until they are
35 then realize they never made it. Ladies love us, guys want to
be us, and we are the soul of the universe. You lace up the skates, put
on the gloves, strap on the helmet, and walk on to the ice and nothing
else matters. It doesn't matter that you failed a test, your girl is being a bitch, or that you got a ticket on the way there...you're world is
absolutely perfect for the next couple hours. Here's to face-offs, goals, assists, overtime, living on the road, cold rinks, early mornings, breakaways, going top cheese, countless hours of practice, bag skates, puking, thousands of dollars, dangling d-men, end to end rushes, big hits, broken sticks, new skates, packing bombs, dropping the mitts, wheelin' broads, coaches, adding the letter "y" to the end of everyone's last name, the word "fuck", let downs, miracles and most of all - the game of Hockey.
Why do we skate back and forth night after night? Skating so hard
we throw up. Skating so hard your heart beat rings in your head,
while your lungs are grasping for air. Late nights, early mornings, Friday nights, Saturday evenings, broken bones, torn muscles and deep bruises. We skate through it all. Because we live off our
adrenaline, because the game frees your spirit, because the party
in the locker room is second to none, because you're invincible
once you step on the ice, because one shot can make you
smile all night, sniping the twine, top shelf where momma keeps the peanut butter, the rattling of the boards, the feel of the puck, and
skates carving into the ice is a rhythm to live by, because its
possible to skate fast enough to leave all your worries behind.
Sweat is the cologne of our accomplishment. Why?
Why would someone push themselves so hard the uneducated pussies
always ask? HOUSE LEAGUE, A, AA, AAA, JR.A, WHL, US COLLEGE, PRO
... It's never been for the fucking, the money, it's not for the
girls, and it's not for the fame.
'The Boys' play because we fucking love it...









The Hockey Dressing Room:

People on the outside world cannot understand what happens in a hockey dressing room.
The word chemistry is often used to describe what lurks behind the walls of a tight knit hockey room.
If you talk to most players who win championships, they talk of the blood and guts, the second efforts, but most importantly they point out the chemistry in the room.
From the day training camp starts, players are thrown together from all parts of the globe.
Once the team is made, this is now your second family.
You will bleed with these team-mates, you will win and you will lose with them, but most of all they will become your best buddies in the world.
These are the guys you have to trust � not only on the ice but off the ice as well.
When you�re flying up the ice and you hear a �heads up Stewy!�, and you quickly avoid a train coming at you, your buddies were there for you. When you are at the bar unable to walk, your buddies are the ones to make sure you get home ok.
When you passed out on the couch, your buddies are the ones that will t-bag you and then take pictures of it for everybody.
You will taste the sweet flavour of victory, and you will cry tears together in defeat.
You Will Go Through hell and high water for the next 9 months and you will have a family that will take care of you.
Away from home for the first time, you may feel homesick.
Your boys will stick together and all of you will have some of the best times of you life.
Stories told in the dressing room, end when you walk out the door.
What happens in a dressing room becomes a world of itself.
If you respect this responsibility you will reap the benefits of a great year.
Respecting the code of the locker room is more about life then it is about what happens on the ice.
Cherish these times in the room; From sitting around having a chew after a game, or pissing on a rookie in the shower - these are memories that will
stay with you for a lifetime.
Embrace these rules, respect your team-mates.
When it�s all over, you will think back and smile at the golden moments of your youth.
Then you will wake up your son or daughter and take him or her to practice.
As you take a sip of your warm coffee, you can be gracious that you were there