Hockey season is well under way but there’s no TV hockey. So let’s go for it with the Juniors, the Bantams, all those young people playing their hearts out so that they can make the Big Leagues.
puck drops
sticks hack
run of blades
thud on boards
flick of stick
long pass
icing
and the call
“we will
we will rock you
stamp stamp clap
stamp stamp”
puck slap
cold feet, hard bench
peanuts and candy
crash of bodies
fall and slide
crack of stick
on puck
a lost game
a good game
first published in Ink Sweat and Tears
The first photo is of start of the 2008 Czech/Canada game, taken by Andrew Weston
The Willow Tree Girl for ages 7-11 … Weston doesn’t miss a beat as she untangles past and present, ghosts, missing treasure, and her heroine’s longing for success.
And so it begins…We started hockey season at 7:30am last Sunday.
You are lucky! We’re definitely still in the no-game scene here in Canada. So glad you continue to enjoy my blog, I love doing it.