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How You Can Cope With Parent Peer Pressure

How You Can Cope With Parent Peer Pressure

Yeah, met my share of dads and moms with this affliction.

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Hockey Calgary bans the handshake between players, refs and coaches

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Hockey Calgary bans the handshake between players, refs and coaches

Yeah, this is unacceptable and unfortunate. Rather, I would encourage kids to shake refs hands after games. Once a game is over, it’s over. Grow up hockey folks.

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It’s Hockey, But Underwater

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It’s Hockey, But Underwater

Hand me a snorkel, hold my breath and sign me up…

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Stick Tap to the Hockey Dad |

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Stick Tap to the Hockey Dad |

Great post for Father’s Day and every day as I’m sure so many of us can relate.

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How To Destroy Your Child’s Athletic Future In 3 Easy Steps

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How To Destroy Your Child’s Athletic Future In 3 Easy Steps

Key message to newer hockey dads and moms everywhere…BACK OFF and let the kids play! Develop well-rounded athletes and people, not hockey robots.

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Hockey Parent Confidential: An oral history of sex, bribes and goalie moms

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Hockey Parent Confidential: An oral history of sex, bribes and goalie moms

Great look at a few familiar, funny and not-so-funny stories I can relate to from my own 15+ years as a hockey parent having been on many of “those” teams and away to a few infamous games and tournaments. Of course, I was always one of the “good” ones 😉 and the parents I hung around with weren’t all bad. Having been with other teams in other sports I can confidently say it’s not just a hockey thing.

Kudos to Joe O’Connor for exploring the dark side.

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BarDown: The greatest hockey movie mash-up of all-time

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BarDown: The greatest hockey movie mash-up of all-time

Everybody loves a good hockey movie right and here ya got classic after classic…

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Canadian Dad | Sticks In The Middle

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Canadian Dad | Sticks In The Middle

Share….Hockey players come in all shapes, sizes and skill levels. Some are naturally talented while others have to scratch and claw for every inch. We sort them by age and skill level, throw them on teams and shuttle them off to their 6am practices while we sip coffee or lace up with them and breathe […]