Pizza powers players

It's hard to say what kids like best, hockey or pizza.
We've consumed plenty of both over a decade of minor hockey, from team parties and teambuilding events to tournament prizes.

Fundamental fuel for fun hockey.

Pizza in the dressing room was an almost monthly reward for one season's team. I admit mothers would cringe when the kids would eat slices without washing their hands - hockey gloves being the second most foul-smelling piece of equipment - or rest slices on the bench.
Maybe the sweetest tasting pizza came in a small town tournament in Clifford, Ont., where the team won a couple of extra larges from a locally owned place.
Of course, it's always a shock to watch how much teens and pre-teens can consume. Eating a medium by one's self is not unheard of.
Pizza for hockey teams? It's as fundamental as sticks and skates.