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Las Vegas Update: All hockey is suspended.

Las Vegas: Just spoke to our league. All the rinks in town have suspended youth activities. The rink in the Fiesta (where I play) is still playing men's league. Not sure about City National Arena or Las Vegas Ice Center.

Just do like most Refs in our men's league when there's only 1, skate blue line to blue line and make sure you stay on the side the score keeper sits so you don't have to skate to far if something happens...

I was starting to get burned out also. Years of playing with little break, a team that was going through a dysfunctional period and parts of my body starting to fail me were really getting to me. It took an non-serious injury to get me straight. I hurt my shoulder (the one I already had operated on) and I was seriously thinking about hanging up my skates. At almost 54 my glory years are behind me and I have nothing to prove. The more I thought about stopping the more depressed (more like down) I got. It made me take a hard look at why I'm still playing. I realized how much the game means to me, how much its done for our family, how much the friendships I've made mean, especially with a few that have become like 2nd children. I still play as hard as I can and try to be competitive but my outlook on winning and loosing has changed some. Depending on how my body holds up I may not have to many years left for league play. So now every time I play I remind myself that and try to make the most of it. If my body needs a break, I take a game off and when I do I am looking forward to getting back out there. It sounds like it might be time for you to stand back and take a look at everything from a distance. Be honest with yourself and you'll know what to do.

Congratulations to the Caps. Washington was the better team and stayed focused. I don't begrudge them winning. VGK had a great season. Glad that Ovi finally got his cup and MVP.

Nope, I have gone to a game every now and then (my brother has season tickets) and I have a total of 1 shirt given to me as a present. After the naming fiasco they did do something to earn my support, mainly helped the city in a really bad time after the October 1 shooting (I was at that game and drove through the shooting zone about a half hour before it started). I have supported the team and will keep supporting them but I'll also support the Red Wings like I have for the last 40+ years. I'm not a fair weather fan who only supports a team because the are winning. And believe it or not, some people are capable of supporting more than one team. I like the GN's for the west games and RW for the east. When they played against each other I supported the Wings. If I had meant to finish the post off with "jk" I would have included it.

Read my past posts, I've always been a fan of the team, just don't care for the owner or the name. Go figure, someone can like the team even if they don't like everything about it.

WOW!!! Just Wow!!!

The VGK are just tenacious! When they stick to their game plan they take every inch of space away and transition fast. I think the coaches have found that rare balance for lines. Every line buys into the program, knows their responsibilities and plays every shift hard. The lines haven't changed much from the start of the season and they roll all four. This lets the top lines get that extra break instead of having to jump out every 3rd shift.

In the immortal words of Stephen Hawking...Space here I come. Thank you from humanity for everything you did.

Watched the USA vs CA game last night. CA's 2nd goal sure looked offside. The USA bench didn't ask for a review. Since it was basically a throw away game my thought was the USA coach wants to put the team behind the eight ball to see how they react to being down. USA did a good job playing and if they had a little better puck luck could have won the game. Anyone who says Women's hockey isn't physical needs to watch the US and CA play. Those ladies were brutal.

If you are learning to skate get lessons from a figure skating instructor. You can still wear a hockey skate. In my experience a figure skating instructor will teach you how to use your edges, maximize your stride and all around balance. When my son was playing at a high level the teams always brought a figure skating instructor in to help them. Once you get the skating down then you can work in using a stick and puck.

you look great. my only thought was don't let your body get to tight. The way you are holding your right arm and glove looks like you don't want to move them. Keep the glove up but relax and let things move a little. Time to let your body go on auto-pilot. You are a great example of what persistence is. Keep i up.

First....NO CRYING IN HOCKEY!!! Don't ever be embarrassed if you can't do something or have a question. That is part of the learning process. We all had to learn, some just did it earlier than other. When you are practicing, don't every be afraid to fail or fall. You learn that way. As long as you are putting in a honest, hard effort you have nothing to be embarrassed about. If someone gives you crap because you asked a question, fell during a drilled or whiffed a shot they are the fools not you. Even the pros still make mistakes and they will tell you they are always learning something.

I am convinced Keith Richards died about 15 years ago but his body doesn't know it yet.