The Hockey Player

[2nd string]

The Mysteries of a Hockey Player

This pretty much says it all...
The cockiest, dirtiest, most irresponsible group of athletes in the world who will do anything just to be able to tell his teammates a great story in the dressing room. They'll live the dream until they are 35, some even older, and 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 significant other is being difficult, or that you got a ticket on the way there...you're world is absolutely perfect for the next couple hours on the ice.
Here's to face-offs, goals, assists, overtime, traveling 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 twigs, new skates, packing bombs, dropping the mitts, wheelin' broads, coaches, adding the letter "y" to the end of everyone's last name, picking up, tape to tape sauce, let downs, miracles and most of all, the game, Hockey!
Why?
Why do we skate back and forth night after night? Skating so hard we throw up. Here's to skating so hard your heart beat rings in your head, while your lungs are grasping for air. Through 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, back 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 always ask? HOUSE LEAGUE, A, AA, AAA, JR.A, OHL, US COLLEGE, PRO ... and even OLD TIMERS, it's never been for the damn money, it's not for the girls, and it's not for the fame; 'The Boys' play because we love it, pure and simple!

[SiouxRecruit]

That was nice...

[pondhockeyfan19]

nice but i sometimes play for the girls. but mostly cause i love it

[slapshooter]

What about the "pine riders"?

SS UNDEFEATED 28 (...a legend in his wn mind ...)

[Mite-dad]

That's what water bottles are for. You spray it on your head so at least you look like you played.

[Goldy Gopher]

That's quality.