Archive for December 2015

Merry Christmas from The Hockey Noob

Merry Christmas from The Hockey Noob
Merry Christmas from The Hockey Noob and have a safe and fun hockey season!      
By Shellie Lewis,
December 24, 2015 at 9:39 pm • 

5 great, last-minute gifts for a new hockey player

5 great, last-minute gifts for a new hockey player
Christmas is just a little over one week away, and time is running out to get your holiday shopping done. Fortunately, if you have a relative or friend who is a new hockey player, shopping for them is easy. There is so much useful stuff that hockey players need — and most of it doesn’t... Read more »
By Sal Barry,
December 16, 2015 at 2:21 pm • 

Best weird bruise ever...

I have an odd photographic souvenir from my 3 on 3 league team this past summer. This big guy on the opposing team was really chippy and bent on knocking the stuffing out of every single one of my teammates. I took a wallop from him along the boards which resulted in the weirdest bruise in my life...

By Shellie Lewis,
December 9, 2015 at 1:44 am • 
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I don't miss you, Blackhawks fans

I don't miss you, Blackhawks fans

"Oh great, the Blackhawks fans are here."

Every woman in the locker room before our beginner ice hockey class paused when someone said this.

"Wait, aren't we fans too," we asked?

"You know what I mean," she said. "The fans."

We got it. She meant the fans that were here just as spectators.

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By Shellie Lewis,
December 8, 2015 at 1:41 am • 

The best advice I heard: DON'T shoot the puck!

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This video, from the excellent website How-To Hockey, has given me perhaps the best advice I have heard in a while. The title of the video, Don’t Shoot the Puck, is misleading, as it effectively explains how new players should shoot a hockey puck. Before I saw this video, I would just whack at the... Read more »
By Sal Barry,
December 1, 2015 at 11:57 am •