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High maintenance

Trainers and training books will tell you how important it is for players to spend quality time in the gym throughout a hockey season, to maintain the gains made during the off-season.
A pre-season confession

Forgive me teammates for I have trained. It’s been 187 days since our last beer league game and I have committed the following transgressions.
By the numbers

It’s official – summer is over, not only by the Gregorian calendar but also by the hockey one. A new beer league season kicks off tomorrow and my off-season is officially in the books.
Tools of the trade – part 2

When I first started training for beer league hockey, one of my rules was to spend next to no money on it. I stuck to that for several months. Then I made a conscious decision to break the rule.
Radar love

How quickly love can turn to hate, sweet murmurings to spiteful hisses, sporting wrist shots to explosions of fury.
Tools of the trade

I suspect that one of the best parts of being a cop is getting to wear a wide assortment of tools and weapons on your belt. Not only are these things cool in their own right, but I expect that having them all within easy reach invokes a feeling of officialness that is nearly intoxicating.
Personal best

I have a confession. After my power skating course was over, even though my ankles and ego were scorched and trying to scab over, I didn’t take time to recover. No, I went a different direction – I hit the ice the very next day, making it five days in a row on skates.
One hurtin' unit

Man, I’m one hurtin’ unit. Not only are my ankles killing me but my feelings are all scuffed up as well.
If you want to be a monster on the ice ...

I’m not usually much for sayings. Like, I’m rarely moved by those inspirational posters of eagles or oceans or Ghandi or Einstein, you know, those ones that convey wisdom about persistence or success or attitude or whatever.
Wearing the pants

So I’m trudging up the stairs at work, several steps behind my co-worker – let’s call him Carl – which has me at eye level with his rump, but rather than avert my eyes, as per “The Guy Code,” I’m taking in the view for all it’s worth.

OFF
SEASON

Putting the "ag_e"
in beer league hockey

Aging recreational hockey player borrows training methods from the pros in an attempt to transform himself into a beer league dynamo.