Misc Hockey Update

Isaac's hockey team started practice the first of the month. He practices on Tuesdays 6:15-7:30 and Wednesdays 7:45 - 9:00. I know Wednesday that is LATE... He loves it. He is learning when and were to be on the ice for the different positions. He is learning how much better it is to be the first or second in line instead of at the end of the line. I think he is starting to see how the coaches pay more attention to you when to are working hard on the drills. This has been a good experience so far. I hope the we can hold up through the season.

Here he is on the ice during practice. He is sporting his early, early birthday present, a Kris Letang (#58) jersey. He loves that jersey.

We got the preliminary schedule this last week. Isaac's team is in a league from Cincinnati. He has 7 home games and 7 road games at a minimum. Their first game is November 27 here in So Charleston. The November calender is here. You can select the months along the top to see the rest of the current schedule. There will be some changes and some additions. We will go to Morgantown and Wheeling and they will come here to play. That is four more games. I am excited to see how it all goes.

If you have been around hockey at all you know that the gear STINKS... No really, all the sweat, all the pads covering up the body... It stinks. One way to combat the smell is to have the equipment dry quickly. So, I built a drying rack for Isaac's gear.
A chunk of 2x6, a couple of 1" dowels, a 4" PVC cap, and a coat hook or two. This one is a bit of a prototype. I need to adjust a few thinks. But it works, it does the job, and I only spent about an hour total building it.

Here is a picture of it loaded up. If you look close to the right there on the couch you can see his early, early birthday present.

I am trying to get ustream.com figured out. I am going to try to broadcast a few of Isaac's games. I will post an address when it get it figured out and working. I did get a really, really bad video of myself to broadcast directly from Amy's Droid X the other night. But I need better quality for the hockey games.