Yukon Joe
Registered User
I'll just throw this out there, see if anyone has some wisdom.
I've played with the same rec hockey team for the last 4 years. We started out entirely as a brand new team coming out of a "learn to play" program. Maybe half the team had literally never played before, while the other half had played just a little bit.
So fast forward 4 years. I really, really enjoy playing hockey. I enjoy the guys I play with. But of the group we started with only about 1/3-1/4 are left. As we have lost guys we've recruited new guys - all of whom came in with a lot more hockey experience. So over the last 4 years we keep being moved up the various tiers. We're now in the middle, closer to the top than we are to the bottom where we started.
All of which has me feeling useless out there on the ice. I've been moved up from defence (which I prefer) to the wing. I can see our D looking for a pass, seeing me, then passing to someone else because they rightly decide that even if I'm open the other guy is more likely to do something useful with the pass.
But I do like the guys I play with. Both the guys I've played 4 years with, but also the newer guys are all pretty good guys in the locker room as well. I just can't keep up with most of them on the ice. I also really, really want to score just one goal (four years on and I never have, though I pick up assists here and there) and the higher our team keeps moving up the less and less likely that ever is.
Any thoughts?
I've played with the same rec hockey team for the last 4 years. We started out entirely as a brand new team coming out of a "learn to play" program. Maybe half the team had literally never played before, while the other half had played just a little bit.
So fast forward 4 years. I really, really enjoy playing hockey. I enjoy the guys I play with. But of the group we started with only about 1/3-1/4 are left. As we have lost guys we've recruited new guys - all of whom came in with a lot more hockey experience. So over the last 4 years we keep being moved up the various tiers. We're now in the middle, closer to the top than we are to the bottom where we started.
All of which has me feeling useless out there on the ice. I've been moved up from defence (which I prefer) to the wing. I can see our D looking for a pass, seeing me, then passing to someone else because they rightly decide that even if I'm open the other guy is more likely to do something useful with the pass.
But I do like the guys I play with. Both the guys I've played 4 years with, but also the newer guys are all pretty good guys in the locker room as well. I just can't keep up with most of them on the ice. I also really, really want to score just one goal (four years on and I never have, though I pick up assists here and there) and the higher our team keeps moving up the less and less likely that ever is.
Any thoughts?