The “5″ hole… what the puck?

Now that summer is almost over we all know that America’s 4th most popular professional sport, Hockey, is just around the corner. (I know that I’m not including motorsports.  Their fans would argue that they are actully the most popular and don’t get respect. That is for another blog.)

Hockey is a great sport with “Man Up!” written all over it. They use terms that are as cool as the ice it is played on… “five hole”, “dump and chase”, ” between the pipes”, “gongshow”, “light the lamp”, “put the biscuit in the basket”.  (Well maybe not the last one.  It sounds a lot like the line from the movie Silence of the Lambs.  ”…she puts the lotion in the basket…”)  If you can’t strap on the skates and play for the Colorado Avalanche you might just try to get into an adult hockey league to work off some aggression, get back into shape and have a cold adult beverage with your teammates in the locker room after your game.

There is a great local rink in Superior, CO named Boulder Valley Ice.   It has a full NHL, 200′ x 85′ sheet of ice maintained by hockey players “serious” about smooth, cold, hard ice. BVICE provides programs from Learn to Skate to Adult Hockey.  Check it out at http://bvice.pucksystems.com/.

While you are out on the ice moving around like Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin, you might be inspired by a couple of new dasher board ads encouraging you to “Man Up!”