Enjoyed this story in the Toronto Star about retired NHLers volunteering as coaches for the kids' minor hockey teams in the Greater Toronto Area.
The most interesting volunteer, of course, is Tie Domi. Domi, whose second language is HBO/Bruce Bourdreau, never met a hockey rule he couldn't break and gained publicity he didn't want over an extra-cirricular relationship with a billionaire Canadian politician, is an interesting role model for teenagers. I wonder how he did with the Speak Out clinic required of all adults volunteering with young people.
Nevertheless, Domi's 15-year-old son, Max, is a high skill player on the Don Mills Flyers and has a bright in either Ontario Major Junior or U.S. NCAA hockey.
Mentioning his son brings to mind the story from a hockey dad who witnessed Domi as a parent watching his son play at a Toronto rink. His loud, rude language made regular parents around him uneasy and shattered any notion that highly paid NHL pros always act with class in the community.
Better are the examples of people like former Maple Leafs captain Wendell Clark, who jokes his job on the bench as an assistant coach is to open the door and bring coffee.
Or ex-Leaf Tom Fergus (kind of surprised he chose to retire in the Toronto area), who notes that he chooses parents as much as kids when decided who makes his teams. Parents with reputations of being trouble through complaining or unrealistic expectations for their kids need not apply.
I wonder if that's how my son's coach in the West London Hawks organization chooses his players.
The most interesting volunteer, of course, is Tie Domi. Domi, whose second language is HBO/Bruce Bourdreau, never met a hockey rule he couldn't break and gained publicity he didn't want over an extra-cirricular relationship with a billionaire Canadian politician, is an interesting role model for teenagers. I wonder how he did with the Speak Out clinic required of all adults volunteering with young people.
Nevertheless, Domi's 15-year-old son, Max, is a high skill player on the Don Mills Flyers and has a bright in either Ontario Major Junior or U.S. NCAA hockey.
Mentioning his son brings to mind the story from a hockey dad who witnessed Domi as a parent watching his son play at a Toronto rink. His loud, rude language made regular parents around him uneasy and shattered any notion that highly paid NHL pros always act with class in the community.
Better are the examples of people like former Maple Leafs captain Wendell Clark, who jokes his job on the bench as an assistant coach is to open the door and bring coffee.
Or ex-Leaf Tom Fergus (kind of surprised he chose to retire in the Toronto area), who notes that he chooses parents as much as kids when decided who makes his teams. Parents with reputations of being trouble through complaining or unrealistic expectations for their kids need not apply.
I wonder if that's how my son's coach in the West London Hawks organization chooses his players.
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