by sutherland | May 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
I go looking for T after his skating lesson today to give him the wristband he needs for public skating, but he’s still on the ice where the lessons are. I figure they’re just taking advantage of some extra ice time until the zamboni is finished cleaning the other...
by sutherland | Apr 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Second skate and shoot for T. Near the end of the session, the goalie from the adult scrimmage goes in net at center ice where the kids are scrimmaging. T’s not scrimmaging, he’s just grabbing loose pucks and skating in to take shots, some of which the goalie...
by sutherland | Apr 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Tonight there are Division C-Gold games … annotated as “novice” on the schedule. I come in mid-game and I’m immediately disappointed. If this is “novice”, then I’m an even worse skater than I thought I was. I knew I needed to work on things, but I didn’t...
by sutherland | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Okay, that was fun. After checking out the skate and shoot Monday, I decided to bring T today. The rest of his gear arrived, so he’s well-padded and ready for some more ice time. Unlike last time, when I just skated around trying to control the puck, this time I...
by sutherland | Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
In a couple months T’ll be done with learn to skate and then we’ll both take a learn to play class. After that, I’m pretty sure he’ll be ready to play on a team, but I’m not so sure about myself. The kid’s picking things up and improving a lot faster than I can....
