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Hockey: Score like Bobby Orr

I noticed I didn’t say anything about hockey yet. Only about the team I used to follow, the Kemphanen, who don’t seem to do to well. I would like to tell you a bit about why I love hockey so much.

I find it hard to explain why I have wanted to play NHL 2014 on the Xbox pretty much every night, atleast for an hour. I love the feeling of being in the middle of everything there with a character that looks a bit like myself, scoring goals against goalies like Halak and Varlamov, picking a fight with Alex Ovechkin or tripping Sidney Crosby. There’s a charm to it, which you cant deny.

Source: Wikipedia

Apart from all the fun and comradery, hockey is also the last bastion of an almost Gladiator like sense of morality, bravery and dedication. You never see a football player come back on the field with stitches on his face, he just stays injured. A hockey player doesn’t dive, they go on, even when in pain. They train to be physically at their peek and have  a team spirit that truly deserves to be called a band of brothers.

The picture you see above is the famous flying goal by Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins. A goal that won the team the Stanley Cup (meaning the most important price for a hockey team). It shows true daring and dedication, the will to give it all and go for that impossible goal. It shows what you can learn from Hockey: give it your all, your best and forget that you also have to land. Score like Bobby Orr.