How I Started

Christmas 2000 – My brother in law got me one of the best Christmas gifts I ever recieved. He got me my first hockey stick and goal. It wasn’t anything special, just one of those PVC pipes and a cheap stick with a few pucks. It was great. I remember bringing it to his house, which was on a channel. At that time, it was frozen over, so we were able to go out there and play. We shoveled the ice and made tiny boards with the snow shovel. We put the net out there and just played in our shoes, since neither of us had skates and it was so small. It was a blast.

More people wanted to come and play, so we made the rink bigger. We got a second goal, and set them at opposite ends of the shoveled surface, just like a real rink. It was quite fun. We also put a thin layer of water on the rough ice every night so it’d be smooth. Wow did I fall a lot! I found a relative’s old pair of skates that I tried out when no one was around or wanted to play. It Skating wasn’t too difficult for me considering I inline skated a lot. It only took me a couple of minutes to learn to move and turn.

Thanks for Stopping By

My name is Larry and for quite a while, I’ve been playing hockey. I started playing around 2000, and I’ve been playing against others since about 2006. I look at myself and see the ups and downs of my career, and think that I really wish I had documented it a little bit better. That’s why I started this blog. I’ve thought about starting a blog for a while for that very reason. So from now on, I’ll try and write a review of each time I play. What my thoughts are on equipment, and pretty much anything related to my experiences playing.

Now remember that I don’t consider myself talented by any means. I’ll make note of that over and over. I appreciate any constructive criticism, advice or questions. That is another objective of me starting this. Do I keep talking about how I have a hard time getting my shot off? Well maybe you’ve got some advice. Perhaps I have discovered something that you haven’t. Ask away, read away.

So for the beginning of this, there will be all kinds of posts like my history, and the type of equipment I’m using.