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ten to your ipod all the way to toronto at the time these all seemed sensible questions or comments to me i have since learned however they should either be texted in private or not even uttered insert sad emoticon here not long ago out of town hockey tournament weekends were a family event for us during the 2009 10 hockey season however our 3 kids participated in a total of 10 tournaments averaging about 3 each five of these tournaments involved hotel stays out of town as the kids get older they are no longer content to sacrifice their own busy hockey and social schedules deferring to that of the tournament child so we now travel alone the parent left behind must contend with the busy home schedule and the travelling parent gets to fork out hundreds of dollars for uncomfortable beds bad food and paper thin walls these miseries are all initially alleviated by substantial amounts of alcohol but that too eventually leads to another traditional hockey tournament weekend legacy hockey tournaments all seem to start on friday so they also involve vacation days off work or school so the impact is felt even deeper than the wallet or the hangover there s just a lot of catching up to do on monday nevertheless ask any professional hockey player his favourite childhood hockey memory and he will no doubt reminisce the away tournament weekend i am sure my kids though not destined to be professional hockey players will also one day recall these unforgettable weekends among their most cherished memories perhaps even the fact that i was there to share it go team go posted in the schedule 1 comment bell capital cup 2009 posted by astra on january 7 2010 it s not every day your kid gets to participate in an athletic competition with close to 10 000 other kids from around the world although a pretty significant one comes to mind commencing in a couple of weeks in vancouver i am actually referring to the 11 th annual bell capital cup for minor hockey players ages 9 to 12 from around the world which takes place annually in ottawa in late december what started as a pretty small international event deemed international because there was one team from upstate new york has grown to close to 500 teams from all over canada including the iqaluit blizzard germany finland switzerland and the united states three years ago the participation of 510 teams earned the bell capital cup a spot in the guinness book of world records for the world s largest hockey tournament the championship game of each division and there are 26 divisions ranging from major peewee aaa to sledge hockey is played at scotiabank place and is televised in a gesture of friendship competing teams exchange hockey pins before each game pin trading is had become a very common a side sport throughout the tournament and its 21 venues around ottawa gatineau while the pin trade might be just another disney inspired capitalistic venture to some to my kids it s just the ice breaker needed to speak to your opposing goalie from the geneva moskitos geneva switzerland that is not geneva new york speaking of memories the 2009 nhl draft boasted 9 bell capital cup alumni including john tavares participating team coaches in this years bell capital cup included tom glavine keith primeau matthew barnaby and derian hatcher aside from these notables the 2 000 volunteers who make this annual event possible also deserve a couple hip hip hoorays this past bell capital cup marked our family s 5 th and possibly final year of participation making our boys veterans of the tournament it has spawned great memories and numerous traditions including spaghetti dinners with the andersons of the clarington toros this year our son s team finished round robin play with a respectable 2 1 0 record including a win against the geneva moskitos but did not advance to the elimination rounds our family s future participation hinges on the hopes dreams and will of our 9 year old daughter whose eligibility is only possible should she succeed at the competitive girls atom aa level i realize canada has just suffered a crushing blow to its hockey supremacy with a world junior championship loss to the united states but the world has not seen the last of our great young players and the bell capital cup has hopefully not seen the last of the chisholms the bell capital cup the holy grail of hockey for thousands of 9 to 12 year olds www bellcapitalcup ca posted in hockey fun our superstars leave a comment the international hockey weekend posted by astra on december 2 2009 this past weekend marked the 4 th hockey tournament of our month of november 2009 and a double bill for our family my husband went off to lake placid ny for a canam tournament with my oldest i went off to toronto for the ice dogs tournament with my middle guy and my daughter was thrilled to be left behind from this hectic boys road trip by spending it with her friend for a double bill of her own the weekend sleepover tournament weekends are always a source of great anticipation and excitement for young minor hockey players because they are usually kicked off with a friday off school i look forward to them quite selfishly too since i am not usually summoned for kitchen duty or other household chores the packing list can be intimidating as thought must be given to how the beer will stay cold and the hockey equipment warm your wardrobe must span warm arena attire to lifeguarding in the pool area in sauna like heat sensible foot ware for shopping if i m lucky and the right clothes for restaurants without golden arches if i m lucky i think there is more free space in a van packed for a week long camping trip than one packed for a hockey weekend the canam tournament was a huge success with my son s team winning the gold medal a fitting feat in this miracle of miracles olympic village though i wasn t able to witness the win text messaging and emailed camera phone shots kept me in the loop almost like being there although our toronto weekend was not as successful as hoped we were one goal shy of advancing to the semifinal with a 1 1 1 record i was reminded of the same lesson i learn after every loss get over it the kids already have we took in the king tut exhibit at the ago on sunday morning which made up for any other disappointments during the weekend i found the exhibit rather expensive crowded and slow moving but my budding egyptologist s intense review of each and every display and careful attention to the audio guide he never listens to me so intently was as rewarding to me as his hockey wins posted in our superstars tagged hockey moms leave a comment the hapless hockey manager posted by astra on november 22 2009 research for my upcoming memoir of a hockey mom has spawned a new chapter the hapless hockey manager i am the protagonist i have taken on the added challenge of team management for my daughter s hockey team this season a team manager handles every off ice duty including making sure the team has ice time there is an expectation from the coaches and parents that i actually know what i am doing as i recently posted my daughter s team participated in their first hockey tournament of the season many of the preliminary details had already been arranged by our very experienced head coach the tournament registration itself and blocking group hotel rooms a defining moment of my hockey manager haplessness occurred following our third and final round robin game while looking over the tournament results board with another parent she turned to me and said what do they do when there is a tie it dawns on me as i look at her expectantly that no punch line is forthcoming she really is waiting for the answer uh oh i think to myself don t look stupid think fast i embarrassingly recall the tournament rule package i picked up at the registration desk suddenly realizing i was probably supposed to read it and not use it as a placemat at the snack bar so i knowingly nod and my eyes wander over to the rule board seeing if i can fake this aha there it is tie break rules in red a tie in overall points is settled by highest goal differential most tournaments in my experience settle tie breakers by goals for and against but i guess not this one i am saved she walks away and relays my professional expertise to her husband at dinner that evening which i pat myself on the back for organizing the head coach mentions to me that our round robin ranking will determine who we play in the semi final game and when that semi final takes place as there are 2 semis played at 2 different times again it dawns on me again that it is my role to determine what our final standing is and to communicate the time and location of our semi final game to the rest of the team since not everyone has access to email while away from home this age of blackberrys and iphones makes my job decidedly easier this will require old fashioned communication phoning people s cell phones and hotel rooms this exercise will also require some level of sobriety for the rest of the evening a state of which i am not always accustomed during hockey tournament weekends as the rest of the story goes the team does manage to all show up at the right arena and at the right time but we lose in the semi final to another rival nepean team a fact which is not being blamed on my haplessness i hope i have managed to stave off those who doubt my competence for yet another weekend there are many more challenges for me to overcome this year the next big one being our december practice schedule i am certain that by the end of the season i will have to rename this chapter in my memoir i simply cannot remain stupid all year go fireblades go posted in volunteering tagged hockey moms leave a comment my almost paul henderson moment posted by astra on november 18 2009 my daughter participated in the cornwall girls hockey association annual house league tournament it was their 26 th annual event which was the first tough pill to swallow because i lived in cornwall for eleven years and don t remember a girls hockey team let alone their annual hockey tournament now that i think more about it though i graduated from high school and left cornwall in 1983 which would have been the year of their first annual event this math illustration upsets me still i do not remember any girls hockey when i lived there back to my daughter s weekend the cornwall event is always a great event for her and her team as the players get to know each other a little better and gel as a team we always stay at the navcan conference facility transportation canada training facility for air traffic controllers which is a great venue complete with a pool cafeteria and gym pub and social rooms galore hopefully navcan s corporate event planner warned tara smith that attendees to her friday evening scrapbooking function are going to be a little distracted by the noise level accompanied by 350 little girls as upwards of 20 girls hockey teams were staying there poor tara hope she got a refund it s also a great weekend for the parents to get to know each other too my daughter s team did very well as they finished first in the round robin but lost in the semifinal it was a very close game and soon afterward on the drive home i found myself fantasizing about emily scoring the winning goal or at least netting the tying goal very feeble hockey parenting i know she had had a couple of breakaways and my heart started to beat a little faster each time she deaks the first player no sweat go girl go i scream in my head okay not in my head i hold my breath but then a second player overtakes her and knocks the puck out from under her stick poof there goes my fairytale ending my cinderella story with just one minute left in the game we are down 2 1 so our coach pulls our goalie and puts the extra man out there an empty netter seals the win for our opponents who incidentally go on to win the final in double overtime mind you and take the trophy for the atom division a new rivalry has emerged ah2 and ah5 look for the fierce rematch at the nepean girls hockey association in january i really have to laugh now about my little fantasy about my pint size would be paul henderson looking in the rear view mirror she is fast asleep recuperating from a weekend of fun fast food and friendship with 15 other little girls i m sure she was dreaming about the frolic in the pool the movie nights and crafting sessions during party time and the raucous group restaurant meals i m pretty sure she wasn t worried about the foiled breakaway and the tying goal that wasn t to be that was after all my fantasy not hers and i can barely skate 26 th annual indeed posted in our superstars leave a comment fundraising 101 posted by astra on november 10 2009 ok tony robbins help me out i m a lousy salesperson as every hockey parent knows the fall season brings us all back to the hockey arena as well as the showground of team fundraising three cheques x 3 kids totals an already considerable sum yet this will only cover their ice schedule practices and games jersey use or rental tournament entry fees trainers and team equipment first aid kids pucks pylons etc most team budgets cannot cover the cost of team activities team meals during tournaments or any other semi hockey related event without hitting the pavement knocking on doors and rubbing elbows have i missed any clichés in order to do some fundraising for the teams this seasonal event is not without anxiety as i have now lived in the same neighbourhood for 10 years married to the same man for 18 years and been part of the same family for 46 years my network of new suckers is not growing each year i have a number of options open to me in addition to volunteering 4 hours of my saturday morning staffing a local bingo hall with 3 other hockey parents i may also be asked to participate in neighbourhood bottle drives collecting someone else s old beer and wine bottles over the years i have been asked to sell christmas wreaths cookie dough gift cards jra hockey tickets or programs and numerous raffle tickets i will solicit participation in hockey pools and post practice gatorade sales i may be asked to attend or organize parties and dances or purchase tickets to these events as many times as i ve put out my requests i ve also received as many in return from the various fundraising events of my friends and their kids teams nine years in hockey and i ve probably doled out as much cash for other teams as i ve raked in for ours when i receive another incoming email about a team fundraiser i have the best intentions of really doing a good job truth is i suck my kids are waaaaay better at selling just to lay credit where it is due they do often participate in the fundraising activities sponsored by their team as well they should since they are the ones who benefit directly from the effort who can say no to a cute 9 year old with big blue eyes sporting a hockey jersey that goes 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