Why I Like It : Hockey
Hockey to me isn’t just a sport, even though I no longer play hockey at one point it was the only thing that I truly cared about. Everything revolved around playing hockey, watching hockey and practicing in my driveway everyday. I loved hockey and I still do my favorite team is the San jose Sharks so I have a little bias. Most times it doesn’t matter who is playing I’ll still watch because just watching hockey is so interesting to me.
It is sad that I can no longer play hockey but I still enjoy watching my favorite team and talking about it. If I had to pick a favorite team it would definitely be the San Jose sharks, I’m from the bay area and they are the only team in the bay area. I grew up watching the Sharks on the tv, even though they haven’t won a stanley cup I still like them. My favorite all time player on the sharks was Joe Thornton, but some new players have joined the team since. I still like Thornton and he will always be my first sharks jersey. But my current favorite is Tomáš Hertl. Hertl joined the team in 2012 and he hasn’t played as long as Thornton but he is still my favorite and Thornton is old and will retire soon. Another thing I really like about hockey is the fights, such as goalie Patrick Roy who was notorious for that. Patrick Roy was a goalie who played in the 1990s and he was one angry guy, it is rare to see a fight but to see a goalie fight is even better. Though I never got to watch him fight live, I still love to watch him fight other goalies on YouTube.
If I had to pick a favorite brand of hockey gear I would probably pick ccm because that’s what I use the most. In my personal opinion CCM is the most comfortable gear you could wear, their skates are nice and their sticks are too. Almost all of my gear that I had except my elbow pads and my helmet were CCM because I really liked that specific brand. My helmet and elbow pads were Bauer because those specifically fit me better than CCM in that aspect.
When I played hockey I played for three different teams but when I did play my favorite was the Black Stars. We were the Redwood City Black Stars and they were my favorite to play for because I actually meshed with my team even though we didn’t win very much. Even though we didn’t win we still had fun and at that age having fun was the whole main idea. The other teams that I played for I didn’t like so much because the players on those teams weren’t very nice. Some other teams that I played for were The Santa Clara Blackhawks and the California Cougars. I also didn’t have the most fun of times playing for these teams and the players didn’t mesh together well. Most of the players fought in the locker room about playing time and the amount of goals you had. I really didn’t like this because it was only my first year playing when I played for Santa Clara. I didn’t like this because I only had 2 goals so the other players didn’t like me much. I also didn’t get to play much because I was a redshirt for half of the season so I only got to play half of the season. For those who don’t know what a redshirt is, a redshirt is a player that doesn’t play in games and can only practice with the team. Every season that I played after that, I was able to play the entire season so I was lucky.