Reply To: Letter to the Calgary +55

[Paulie]

Tom M,

Two things come to mind reading this post.

1. As a youngster I loved the Northland sticks. I remember buying them in Detroit when our Ontario team visited.

2. Of course you backcheck! You're a coach.lol

As for your girls, I recall taking a coaching course where they showed a video of a game. The camera only focussed on the players legs, so you never saw anything but Canada socks. It was a wonderful demonsrtation of game like skating…and it was very good!

Eventually the camera panned out so that we could see that this was a womens game. I think a few eyebrows raised that day, and a few light bulbs switched on.

Tom, I'm interested in your insights over the last three years. Mens hockey overseas sandwiched between two years of high level female hockey. Perhaps you could write an insightful book on this.

Cheers,

Paulie