When I was a kid, from the moment I learned there was such a thing as hockey until the day I left for college and no longer had a TV, I lived and breathed hockey. Whatever hockey was available, I…
Hockey Parents
USA Hockey: What are Tier I, Tier II, AAA, AA, A, B (and BB?)?
by Quisp •
When my kid joined the circus that is youth hockey, I was assaulted by lingo that had mutated wildly in the thirty years since my own youth hockey “career” ended. Then as now, there were mite, squirt, peewee, bantam and…
Kid athletes, hockey parents, Gatorade, velcro, tap water and chocolate milk
by Quisp •
It’s August. The Kings have nobody left to sign. The odds of the NHL season starting on time don’t seem very good. But most of the rest of the North American hockey world — by which I mean juniors, college…