[Northendzone]

at first i wondered if being a goalie parent was some type of payback, but my reality is that my son was much happier in net even at the novice age.

to me when he is moving well on the ice and seeing the puck, he makes it look effortless and the picture i have of him as the clock woound down to 0 in last years city championship game is worth far more to me than i will pay in hockey related expenses........to me the only real hard part about being a goalie parent is really getting engaged in the games where he is not playing.

there is still a lot of hard work to be done by him in the next month, but for today i will enjoy the spot he has put himself in.

The team has their first practice on tomorrow and between the AA pracitces, games and our association tryouts he has 27 ice times between tomorrow and September 30......