Last night was a glowing reminder of why I still eat bacon. ***Warning, kind of a downer, but read anyway.*** Though I was not supposed to play hockey, I still went to my game to support my team (aka watch), I am captain after all. As I walked into the rink, I could tell something was off. One of the players in the game before me, someone I knew well (and many guys knew) had collapsed on the bench during the game. At that point the EMT’s arrived and worked on reviving him. It’s one thing to watch that, it’s another thing to watch that happen to someone you know. Horrid is the only word I can find to describe it. He is stable now but still in ICU, we are hoping for the best. We didn’t end up playing, obviously. We mostly sat in silence facing that of our own mortality. Most of the guys in the league that play at our level are around his age. You could see that look in their eye of that could be me. That could be anyone. At any time. It really is a giant game of Russian … [Read more...]