No, this list will not be everything that T and I need to work on, just the most immediate couple of things I can see right now.  There’s not enough room on the interweb for the complete list.  One thing I’ve noticed observing both the kids’ and adults’...

There are a lot of things I need to work on as far as general skating skills before I’ll really feel ready to play, so each new accomplishment is a big milestone for me – one step closer to that first game. On Sunday, I watched the adult learn-to-play class, the one a...

Today’s skate-and-shoot had very few people at it, so there was a lot of ice for T and I.  We started out with T skating with the puck and taking shots on goal while I poked the puck away once in a while and gave him something to worry about to keep him on his...

One thing I didn’t realize before starting all this was how much you sweat in hockey – I mean, ice, right? Cold? Sweat comes from heat, right? Well, once all that gear’s on and you skate for forty-five minutes, you find out different. And even I know that leaving the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....