I’ve been a father of three for about a month now. There were a lot of unknowns going into number three: What’s life going to be like with a third kid? Do I remember anything about babies? What vehicle are we going to buy? Daycare. When can I start buying hockey equipment? You know, the […]
Today was the first day of school for the young(est) men in the family. They didn’t actually have school, we just met their teachers and dropped their stuff off. But it was still the first day. Semantics. Upon arrival, there was a table setup outside at which two aides were sitting. The Phy Ed teacher […]
I’m not going to sit here and pretend that hockey players are tougher than other athletes. It’s just a fact so I don’t have to pretend. I mean it’s right there in the title. And tonight we got another example of that from Vincent Trocheck. The dude can’t even skate, and even though he’s trying […]
Early last year we decided we wanted to save some money for a real live vacation. A family vacation, sure, but one where we’d still need to save some money. We had gone to Disney World the year prior (I won a trip, expenses were quite low), so Disneyland was intriguing to us. My favorite […]
Well let’s see. I live in the year 2021 so I stream everything. I have Hulu Live, which doesn’t carry Bally Sports (the hip new name for the regional Fox Sports channels). That means no Brewers. However, they still have the Fox Sports Go app. Win. Except I only have Spectrum for internet and not […]
My sister-in-law sent a text to me and my wife today. For once it wasn’t about her wedding. No, it was because of that house up there. More specifically, it was because of this. Not entirely sure why she thought I’d be interested in a mansion with hockey rink on the premises, but here we […]
A comprehensive list: You care entirely too much about the outcome of a game between 7-9 year olds (or 10 or 11 or 12 or…) and yell at the kids. On either team. Not cheer, yell. You yell at the refs. That’s pretty much it. I personally could do without the cowbells and cheering for […]
Large child had a hockey tournament in Rhinelander this weekend, which is where another young man played one of his first youth hockey tournaments once upon a time. Tournaments were always the best part of playing hockey as a kid, so even though this year was radically different due to COVID restrictions, it was pretty […]
“Blog about me,” the younger child piped up. “Blog about you? What should I write about?” “About how I like hockey.” “What do you like about hockey?” “I like shooting and skating and passing and flipping the puck up high. And I like drills.” My youngest child likes hockey. He particularly enjoys shooting and skating […]
I run a tight ship around here. When I say “jump,” my kids say “in a minute.” So when I say it’s time for school, rest assured we’ll get there eventually. Here’s what that looked like yesterday (this could be literally any day). The setting: the boys are playing knee hockey in the basement, the […]
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