To all my Hockey Buds:

The cockiest, dirtiest, most irresponsible group of athletes in the world. We’ll do anything just to be able to tell are buds on the team a great story in the dressing room. We live the dream until we are 35 then realize that we’ll never make it. Ladies love us, guys want to be us, and we are the soul of the universe. We lace up our skates, put on our gloves, strap on our helmet, and walk on to the ice because nothing else matters. It doesn't matter if you failed a test, or even some girl is being a bitch. Here's to goals, assists, overtime, living on the road, cold rinks, early mornings, breakaways, going top cheddar, countless hours of practice, bag skates, puking, thousands of dollars, dangling d-men, end to end rushes, big hits, broken twigs, new skates, packing dips, dropping the mits, wheelin' broads, coaches, unreal nicknames, “fuck”, sauce passes, PP’s, PK’s, losses, wins, ties, miracles and most of all - the game of Hockey. Why? 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 and don’t forget Sunday games at 6. 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 post to post, back bar and out, beaking players MILF’s, the feel of the puck, and skates carving into the ice is the rhythm we live by, because it is 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 “why?” AAA, Jr. A, OHL, WHL QMJHL, 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. We play HOCKEY because we
fucking love it!!


~~Our lives are gong show, don't try and change us. We are dirty proud
men who stick by our boys first, we don't rat. We will do nasty shit
just to tell the story in the room. That is our lives. We are kings to
men, and God's to you.~~