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Hockey Timekeeping pt2

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Joe Cummings

Yesterday, we left off with our hero, (yes me), acting less heroically, desperately trying to figure out how to work the hockey rink’s time machine. So far, the game was about to start and all I’d managed to do was … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey Life, Parenting | Tagged apps, arachnophobia, bantam, fear, hockey, humor, langley, Minor Hockey, old age, parenting, phobia, phobias, scorekeeping, spiders, step-dad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, timekeeping | Leave a comment

Hockey Timekeeping

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Joe Cummings

Are you afraid of anything that’s kind of irrational? Me, I want to deal with one of my phobias. Like all good phobias, it’s not logical, (except arachnophobia, which is completely understandable because it’s a fear of freaking spiders with … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged apps, arachnophobia, bantam, fear, hockey, humor, langley, Minor Hockey, old age, parenting, phobia, phobias, scorekeeping, spiders, step-dad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, timekeeping | 1 Comment

Top 10 Things Learned From the Tournament

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Joe Cummings

There’s always something to be learned from every situation and I’m a life-long learner, which means I usually screw up constantly. Here are the top 10 things I learned from the hockey tournament… There is a sliding scale of when … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports | Tagged bad coffee, Einstein, goalies, hockey tournaments, karl sagan, matrix quotes, Minor Hockey, more cow bell, norse gods, rav 4, sheldon, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest | Leave a comment

Tournament Trials – The Loss – Part 7

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Joe Cummings

So, after 5 games, the boys had won four and lost one. The last one. And we were in serious danger of missing the ferry. Worse, we still had a ceremony to get through. The boys lined up on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports | Tagged asshats, BC Ferries, dumbass, hockey, hockey goalie, humor, humour, Minor Hockey, MVP, parenting, pastor, rav 4, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, Traveling with children, trophy | Leave a comment

Tournament Trials – Playoffs – Part 6

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Joe Cummings

After 3 games, the boys should have been near catatonic exhaustion. I know I was. But no, they were full of excited energy. Hell, they’d just won 3 games in a row and were going to the finals. Top 4 … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports | Tagged goalie, langley minor hockey association, Minor Hockey, nanaimo, oceanside, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, victoria | Leave a comment

Tournament Trials – The Games – Part 5

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Joe Cummings

Normally, getting the Youngest out of bed is like prying a clam out of its shell, but not on this day, the day of the tournament. I won’t say he leapt out of bed, cuz, you know, that would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports | Tagged hockey games, humor, humour, langley, Minor Hockey, MVP, playoffs, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest, Traveling with kids | Leave a comment

The Tournament Trials – Part 1

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Joe Cummings

Christmas had come and gone. So had New Years. So what better way to start off 2016 than with a hockey tournament in Nanaimo? 2 days of hockey. A day of travel to and from the tournament. With 16 kids. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey Life, Parenting | Tagged BC Ferries, goalie, hockey, hockey tournaments, hogan, hogan's heroes, humor, humour, kids, langley, Minor Hockey, nanaimo, sergeant shultz, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the youngest | Leave a comment

Inside the Change Room

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Last post in the hockey blogathon… In Atom, for the first time, the moms are banned from being in the change rooms. Well, ‘banned’ may be too strong a word, so let’s say ‘discouraged’, instead. It’s partially because boys are … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged Canucks, change room, hockey, hockey goalie, humor, humour, langley minor hockey association, Minor Hockey, parenting, smog, swedish messeurs, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world | Leave a comment

8 Reasons Minor Hockey Remains Superior to the NHL

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Joe Cummings

I still think that minor hockey remains vastly more entertaining than the NHL. Not only is it free (at least to sit in the stands), but as I mentioned in early posts – here and here – it’s just plain … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Stepdad | Tagged excel, fees, goalie, hockey, hockey fees, hockey goalie, Hockey Life, humor, humour, langley minor hockey association, LMHA, Minor Hockey, parenting, parents, prettiest girl in the world, ref fees, Sports, Stepdad and tagged collections, the youngest, tournaments, treasurer | Leave a comment

My Big Mistake – A Hockey Cautionary Tale

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Joe Cummings

I’ve made plenty in my new life as a hockey-parent, but this one may be my biggest. I’ve signed up to be a volunteer for The Youngest’s hockey team. Now, please understand that I’m not going to actually go on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports, Stepdad | Tagged collections, excel, fees, goalie, hockey, hockey fees, hockey goalie, humor, humour, langley minor hockey association, LMHA, Minor Hockey, parenting, parents, prettiest girl in the world, ref fees, the youngest, tournaments, treasurer, worksheets | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Minor Hockey

Hockey Timekeeping pt2

Hockey Timekeeping

Top 10 Things Learned From the Tournament

Tournament Trials – The Loss – Part 7

Tournament Trials – Playoffs – Part 6

Tournament Trials – The Games – Part 5

The Tournament Trials – Part 1

Inside the Change Room

8 Reasons Minor Hockey Remains Superior to the NHL

My Big Mistake – A Hockey Cautionary Tale

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