For those who missed the opportunity to congratulate the Chargers for our Nanaimo victory, I have some news. The PARTY'S not over!!!!! Hahahaha. Again and again we're CHAMPS!!! Now in Parksville... amazing hockey dominance, all by cool guys who work during the day and play at night. VICTORY is saaaweeeet!!!! To have a winning percentage like the Chargers this season is pretty cool too. It's been quite the season... Beating the Showerkings, who were the previous Tubber champs and Division A Parksville champs, with a short bench, in a late night regular season game, stands out in my mind... at 41 I wouldn't have imagined myself to be a part of completing such a feat or being in such conditioning (I managed to improve my cardio, besides my regular weight-training, and it paid off - big time). With the victory over the Titans tonight, the Chargers are now 2019 champs in Parksville!! It might be my last cele though... As far as my desire to improve on achieving more goals and assists at 41 years of age, it just hasn't really happened. I've always made the effort to be a team guy and I've always offered to play any position (left "D," right "D," forward right, or left, and center) that teams want me to. I know I can check... backcheck, forecheck, and make the opposition turn over a lot of pucks, but scoring is REALLY fun and I've always wanted to be better at it. I think about an earlier player influence on me like Pavel Bure - I see his highlights, amazing ability and excitement and get chills... still. I think about Canada winning gold in 2002 and watching Joe Sakic and feel inspired. So not scoring often, I sometimes felt like I wasn't contributing enough. ALSO, I've never been a player to "chirp" and I just kind of cringe if I hear any nasty or questionable chirping by any teammate - as much as an "art" that it might be. Maybe the closest I come to chirping are my blogs... haha. The other thing about hockey for me has been the finacial costs. If there's anybody out there who thinks that winning in hockey has come at no serious financial cost to me, and no real hard work, get your head out of the sand. That said, CONGRATS and thanks (especially) to the Chargers!!!!!
