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Florida Bay Outfitters has an annual torment Paul rental fleet sale: Why am I drooling this year? Wilderness Systems Tarpon 160 w/ Rudder for $845 Yes, I already have a Tarpon, but it’s the older model.  The new model…

Nothing earth-shaking in skating this week.  T had his regular lesson today and I went to the public skate – after his lesson, he joined me and I had him work on his crossover and backward skating a little bit.…

T’s regular lesson in learn-to-play today and not much new, except that I’ve decided not to jump into the current adult learn-to-play session.  I’d like to, but I’ve watched it a couple times now and I’d be the worst skater…

No, this list will not be everything that T and I need to work on, just the most immediate couple of things I can see right now.  There’s not enough room on the interweb for the complete list.  One thing…

There are a lot of things I need to work on as far as general skating skills before I’ll really feel ready to play, so each new accomplishment is a big milestone for me – one step closer to that…

Today’s skate-and-shoot had very few people at it, so there was a lot of ice for T and I.  We started out with T skating with the puck and taking shots on goal while I poked the puck away once…

One thing I didn’t realize before starting all this was how much you sweat in hockey – I mean, ice, right? Cold? Sweat comes from heat, right? Well, once all that gear’s on and you skate for forty-five minutes, you…

I go looking for T after his skating lesson today to give him the wristband he needs for public skating, but he’s still on the ice where the lessons are. I figure they’re just taking advantage of some extra ice…

Second skate and shoot for T.  Near the end of the session, the goalie from the adult scrimmage goes in net at center ice where the kids are scrimmaging. T’s not scrimmaging, he’s just grabbing loose pucks and skating in…

Tonight there are Division C-Gold games … annotated as “novice” on the schedule. I come in mid-game and I’m immediately disappointed.  If this is “novice”, then I’m an even worse skater than I thought I was.  I knew I needed…