- How to be part of a team.
- How important it is to have good teammates.
- How to respect the other team.
- How to find another “gear” and how easy it is to lose it.
- It’s ok to imitate great players, but eventually find your own style and own it.
- How to break down complex situations into smaller manageable tasks.
- Sometimes the smallest move is the most significant.
- Flashy moves usually get your head taken off.
- No body likes a hot dog, be humble.
- If you are that good, make your linemates better.
- We play to win, but we learn from losses.
- You learn how to win, its a mindset.
- If your gonna talk trash, be prepared to back it up.
- you always back up a teammate, even if they are wrong. if they are wrong you let them know quietly…after the scrap is over.
- Celebrate goals and wins!
- Some of your teammates best moves happen off the ice and they .should be celebrated as well.
- There is always a game within a game.
- The scoreboard doesn’t always reflect all the hard work that went into the game.
- Sometimes there are no more games to play, but the work never stops.
- The majority of the work is done leading up to game day. Game day is all execution.
- Practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
- You play hard, maybe scrap a bit, but when the clock stops you shake hands with your opponent and teammates.
- Your gonna meet the best people around and automatically become .buds because they learned the same stuff…
don't over think it, just go with it..