IS HOCKEY TAKING OVER YOUR LIFE???

·        You base the next purchase of your new vehicle on whether it will hold six kids, six sticks, and six hockey bags.

·        You know the location of every Tim Horton's within a 400 mile radius.

·        You relate directions to places by the nearest arena.

·        Knows every single kid on every single team your child has ever played on... But doesn't have a clue who his school mates are.

·        You feel lost when you have a free weekend.

·        Your spouse waits until you decide where to sit and then chooses a spot on the opposite side of arena.

·        You become a partner in a skate sharpening business to save money.

·        Can justify complaining about someone who gives hundreds of hours of volunteer time to your son or daughter.

·        You ground your kids for a week (except for hockey practice).

·        Can rationalize spending $159 on a Synergy for a 9 year old but won't spend $5 on a Birthday card for his wife.

·        When someone asks how old your children are you respond, "I have a '94 and a '97."

·        Has had to use a grandparent to take kid #1 to a tournament because Dad was in a Different province with kid #2 at a tournament and Mom had kid #3 two provinces away in a 3rd tournament all in one weekend.

·        Has more miles on '05 minivan than a '66 Chevy

·        Practices make up a very large part of your social life.

·        You buy gloves according to how loud you can clap in them.

·        You find yourself missing the parents of your child's team mates during the off-season.

·        You refuse to make any plans with your friends until you check your kids' hockey schedule.

·        Takes out a home loan to pay for all the equipment and expenses.

·        Plans birth of next child so he has a good hockey birthday.

·        New baby's first word is Zamboni.

·        All computer passwords begin with "hockey" or contain child's number.

·        Has been barred from more than one rink on more than one occasion

·        Purchases new $135.00 stick because old one "didn't have any goals left in it."

·        Knows a few 5 year olds that are good but "lack focus".

·        Has had kids ask if Christmas is "home or away".

·        Asked to decide between try-out and first communion - asked church what his options were.

·        Received a letter from AAA Automobile Club and called for more info about tryouts.

See you at the rink!