The Owners' Manual Newsletter | Issue 23 | Winter 2022

Hockey

Michael McGowan, Cherry Hill Ice Hockey!! Shocker there, huh? Lol!! My love of the game as a player/coach/spectator and history of the game are the main reasons. I was too young to remember the 1980 games, but have seem the movies/ documentaries and read a few books written by the players. Speaks volumes to the need to be agile and think outside the box to achieve a collective goal. Shows the importance of teamwork and work ethic. Obvious Ice Hockey is a huge winter (er, year-long activity. We do enjoy sledding when mother-nature provides us enough snow to do so and heading to the local mountains for some snow-tubing. Never had the opportunity to attend an Olympic Game, but it is on the bucket list. Favorite winter athlete would have to be Jim Craig, 1980 Team USA Goalie.

Brian Skelcher, Meriden I’d like to win a medal in Hockey because I played hockey in high school as a goalie. My junior year we had another goalie transfer to my high school. His name was Jonathan Quick and he beat me out for the starting position. For those who have never heard the name, he went on to play in the NHL, played in three all star games, won the Best NHL player award, won the MVP award, holds the record for highest save percentage in a season, won two Stanley cups, and a silver Olympic medal. I went on to play intramurals in college. Therefore, I propose, after some brief stretching to limber up, given the chance in net, I could bring home the gold and finally prove that starting position should have been mine! If the Olympic committee rejects my offer then we should at least get a BL hockey team going!

Intramural champs at UConn!

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