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 teammates, 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 your flying up the ice and you
hear a “heads up!”, 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 tea bag you and then take pictures of it for all
the lads. You will taste the sweet flavor of
victory, and you will cry tears together in defeat. You Will Go Through hell
and high water for the next 9 months 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 boys, 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
teammates, but most of all enjoy the dance. 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 and take him to practice.
As you take a sip of your warm coffee, you can be gracious that
you were there – you played, you laughed, you cried –
and above all else, you experienced the dance

Hockey Life


Your friends call you asking to hang out. You can't because
You have hockey--they'll ask if you can skip it. No you can't
Skip it--You're part of a team. & though you want to keep up
On your social life as much as possible--you want to keep up
With your dream even more. Everytime you were invited to
Parties, movies, & just to hang-out you couldn't you had hockey.
You feel like giving up on rep hockey, quiting on your dream.
You think it's taking over your life & you get so frustrated.
Years go by--- you look back on all of those times
You've turned down a friend to go to hockey practice-
You realize all of those practices build up, for one moment,
The feeling you get when you work so hard to reach that dream.
Even though you miss out on a lot trying to reach your dream
I've realised along the way I have made some of the best friends
I'm ever going to have. And the best part of that is that they understand,
They know what it feels like to miss out, because there in the same
Situation. And along with making best friends come some of the best memories.
These memories come from the dressing room, to the ice, to team bonding,
And tournaments. What's a better feeling than your team coming together and
Winning a championship together? There is no better feeling.

Hockey - My Dream, My Life, My Future
Anywhere - My Place, My Responsibility, My Position
The Ice - My Home, My Get-Away, My Sanctuary
12 - My Reputation, My Pride, My Number